This tutorial volition apace utter over a few of import expanse inward icon an anime trend background. I volition live on using my anime omnibus halt artwork equally the event for this tutorial.
3D Render
This is the 3D artwork I model as well as homecoming amongst Blender3D. The scene is homecoming amongst 1 Lord's Day Lamp as well as 1 hemi Lamp. All object materials inward the scene are merely using default Lambert diffuse shader.
Sky
Start icon the heaven amongst a soft border circular brush (air brush) or purpose the slope tool. If you lot can't arrive at upward one's heed which colouring to purpose for sky, endeavor using colouring reference from photo.
Clouds
Cloud tin mail away live on pigment amongst default Photoshop brush. In the next example, I am using a circular brush amongst trim border hardness.
- Use circular brush to describe the cloud shape.
- Scale downward brush size, refine as well as add together details to cloud contour.
- Lock as well as protect layer transparency as well as root shading the cloud.
- Lower downward brush opacity as well as travel on to shade the cloud.
- Add minor cloudlets roughly the bigger clouds
Trees, Bushes, Shrub
Just similar cloud painting, bushes as well as shrub tin mail away live on pigment amongst default Photoshop brush. Personally I prefer to purpose "Oil Pastel Large".
- Use pastel or chalk brush. Enable "shape dynamic" as well as "scattering" option. Start icon the contour of the bushes.
- Scale downward brush size, refine as well as add together details to bush contour.
- Lock as well as protect layer transparency as well as root shading the bush.
- Lower downward brush opacity as well as travel on to shade the bush. Paint the highlight specular amongst smaller brush size.
Shadow
Shadow are commonly pigment inward some other layer amongst blend manner develop to "Multiply". Pay attending to reason pinnacle as well as slope when icon shadow.
Fog
Fog as well as haze are practiced atmospheric result to live on include inward anime artwork. Add a novel layer as well as root icon expanse almost horizon amongst soft border circular brush. Blending manner tin mail away live on travel out equally "normal". But you lot tin mail away endeavor other manner such equally "screen" or "overlay".
The character
In anime, outline for grapheme are commonly to a greater extent than uniform inward trouble width. Dark colours are also purpose for out lines instead of pure black. Anime grapheme are also commonly inward apartment colours or cel shade.
Before as well as After Painting
Image below demo the earlier as well as afterward pigment over the 3D homecoming using Photoshop. Refresh if images are non loaded.
Artwork
Different version of artwork using the same 3D models.
Top to bottom: 2012, 2014, 2017 Reference
Bustop 2012 Bustop 2014 Bustop 2017