Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
Adding Background
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: Adding Background
Overview
“The figures look great, now let’s add in some background to give them a setting and more realism. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: Adding Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination. Learn how to translate people and places from your mind into lively scenes on a page.
Partial transcription of the video
“Adding Background Our figures are complete and we'll take things further by adding in a background. As always, we'll take an overview first. We'll look at the image as a whole. I'll do a quick check. With Flip Horizontal, I can take a look at the image flipped 180 degrees, which is a really helpful way of checking if the figures work. A drawing can look great from one angle, and that fresh perspective makes you realise something looks strange. If you're working on paper, you can use a mirror. That's how people used to do it and it works just as well. We'll review what we did in the thumbnai...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Tom Fox
A course by Tom Fox
Tom Fox is a figure drawing instructor and storyboard artist who has worked in the animation industry for more than ten years. He studied zoology at university but, frustrated by the lack of practical skills involved, decided to take up drawing alongside his studies. He spent the next five years honing his craft through short courses and online resources and has worked for Universal Studios, Aardman Animations, The BBC, and Axis Animation.
As well as working as a professional storyboard artist, Tom focuses on reducing complex subjects like perspective and anatomy into an easy-to-follow process for teaching online.
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