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Before attempting backgrounds for the final piece, I looked into various Animation Background Painters’ work. I don’t expect my work to be at that level, however, it was very informative to see their workflow and gave me tools to feel more confident about the next steps. I have linked the videos below if anyone wants to explore them further.

Here are the videos in the order of the notes:

Olof Storm’s “2D Animation in Clip Studio Paint – Beginner Tips & Tricks” – https://youtu.be/UTQgOcZ35ik

The SPA Studios’ “KLAUS | How to paint a ‘Klaus’ style Background” – https://youtu.be/vqJ_pq2YZK0

Andrea Gerstmann’s “Animation Stuff: Forest Background Painting” – https://youtu.be/zijtkZ03XLg

Nicholas Kennedy’s “Background Painting Walkthrough for Animation” – https://youtu.be/-3656QBywSg

Devin Elle Kurtz’s “Background Art 101” – https://youtu.be/t4s2aIAKZ6s

Devin Elle Kurtz’s “Painting a Field – Free brush-set” – https://youtu.be/jzwkgw9SE_Q

Devin Elle Kurtz’s “Mountain Field Painting Tutorial (With my new free brushes!) – https://youtu.be/P8lNvU85ZXk

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THE LINE works on a lot of advertising but what I know them for are their music-driven game-themed promotional/official videos – their main client is Riot Games with Valorant and League of Legends. Their work is heavily influenced by Japanese animation, and they often work on wide canvases.

I made myself a little Canva board where I explored THE LINE Animation Studio’s work:
https://www.canva.com/design/DAFU1mP5iIo/k1t-S-tbDAoNz2wGw7KXUg/edit?utm_content=DAFU1mP5iIo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Also, the way THE LINE uses a coloured lineart to the shadows that’s a more saturated line (I talk about it in the ‘Star Walking’ window) reminds me of Mika Pikazo’s art: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/1039353/artworks who is definitely an artist whose work I’d like to dive deeper in.