Background Coloring Help

[warm notch]

I also realized the perspective alone makes it so weird looking

[misty basin]

I suggest for the background to add a lot or detail like windows and pollution or clouds , just anything to that fits the cyberpunk city theme and the buildings would need a 3d image right now there 2d which doesn’t fit in with the 3d foreground. Also the colors of the buildings are very similar so I’d suggest you pick colors that are more distinct since it looks more like the buildings are blending into eachother

[warm notch]

The perspective im using has 3 vanishing points, starting from the top right, top left, bottom right and then the vanishing points goes on the bottom left

The thing about this is that im struggling on imagining or thinking about how i would do the background with this

I was even thinking of changing the background itself and make it so that hes on the rooftop of a building inside the cyberpunk city

And i cant really think of another background other than cyberpunk, maybe i could use a bar themed background but this guy's character color scheme is mostly purple and black

So my only good option here is make the background be a cyberpunk themed city

Yet my main problem is how to do it

Would he be outside the city or inside the city

[warm notch]

I dont even know if im using vanishing points right

I think this red vanishing point was specifically only for the character

[warm notch]

My brain is too clogged for ts

Ive never done backgrounds before

[misty basin]

It would depend on your focus of your piece, I found a few good references for how these kinds of buildings look like and I’d suggest you draw more buildings but in the back but more blunt with each building further back

Do u use procreate or what do you use to draw?

[warm notch]

Ibis

[misty basin]

I just thought of that: you could also use a small glich effect for the background to get more of that cyberpunk feel

[warm notch]

Well, ill try

Never experimented with ibis fully

[misty basin]

Looks good already, try to keep it simple and later add the colors to give the buildings details and depth, also you should add my be add stuff for example like signs on buildings, airconditioner, and railings onto of your buildings to make it feel lived in

Basically focus on making a scene believable and in this case lived in, try focusing on the fact that this is supposed to be a city in a cyberpunk world we’re people actually live in

[warm notch]

Coloring Help

Now thats done, all i have to do is

Just probably color

But i dont really know what to color first, the background or the character

I decided to make a layer to put the gray color in

[warm notch]

Oh and i also have another problem, since i didn't remove the lines that the character blocks on the background, I had to make a new layer fill the character's full body and as for the background, i just change the canva's background itself

So basically if i remove the character's gray layer, it will look like this

[misty basin]

Its not that big of an issue if you have the lineare and gray color in a separate layer, everything will be colored anyway, and first I’d advise you to look on you characters colors and pick the background colors accordingly

So for example if your Charakter has purple hair you can only use purple in the background ones stuff which is further away from the character to not make the values blend in

You should pick colors according to the theme you looking for and it’s best to find a reference which you like in terms of colors

[warm notch]

So basically out of everything, i should do the char's color first?

[misty basin]

It doesn’t really mater what you do first but yeah I’d start with the character get the basic colors in no lighting and shading and then get the basic colors in for the background

You can also use different colors for lineart, it’ll help make the space more 3d since irl there aren’t any black outlines

[warm notch]

@misty basin

Kinda had to do this cuz i have no idea where to put the uh thingies

Is this correct

Or does it look

Off

[misty basin]

I think it should be about like this

[warm notch]

@misty basin ?

[misty basin]

Add shadow again to under the arm and remove or make the shadow in the middle of the shirt way smaller

And add have the shadow back on the arm my mistake sorry

[warm notch]

Genuinely so lost

I have no idea what to do with the background shadows

[misty basin]

https://youtu.be/59k5J4SbkSQ?is=hhFIDd3f679X2HHN it would take to long to explain here

[warm notch]

My brain has genuinely turned off

Oh and

The didnt put any shadow at the cylinder looking building on the top because the thing that wraps around the building is like the light source of it

[warm notch]

Does this look more natural

@misty basin

Man i really need to use my free time to study huh

[warm notch]

Annnnnd now im struggling with picking the colors

[misty basin]

https://youtu.be/pAK0cvVQr_4?is=4zO2K6JVcQi4s10w watch this and it’ll help hopefully

[warm notch]

https://tenor.com/view/touhou-gif-22528298

Currently having a bad day, hopefully i am able to understand this or im actually gonna crash out lmfao

Either way ill check it out later

[austere wing]

wow looks much better already!!!!!!!!

goodluck w colours haha i couldnt

[warm notch]

I understand it now

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[warm notch]

Man

Im going insane ✌️😭

Didnt get to sleep yesterday

[misty basin]

Looks good already, nice color scheme

[warm notch]

Yet again im running on 2 hours of sleep 🔥

[misty basin]

Then sleep it’s more important i personally work on one artwork for multiple days at a time

[warm notch]

@misty basin having a trouble picking the shadow color for the shirt

[misty basin]

The color you picked is already very dark, I think you can just brighten that color and then pick your current color as the shadow color

[warm notch]

@misty basin

The shadow here looks.. weird..

Or its just me?

[misty basin]

My mistake sorry I think it should be more like this

[warm notch]

@misty basin just gotta do the background now, unless there is something to improve here

If not then background

https://tenor.com/view/touhou-gif-22528298

Gotta figure out what color to use with backgrounds

Because I've never done backgrounds at all

[warm notch]

Yeah i cant

Actually think of what to do with the background

[warm notch]

Genuinely dont know what i am doing

I know thats the base color only

But

https://tenor.com/view/touhou-gif-22528298

Background Coloring Help