How To Draw A Good Background

Do yous ever draw illustrations with backgrounds?
This article is for people who notice drawing backgrounds and landscapes difficult. I'd like to evidence yous some easy patterns for drawing backgrounds using shape tools, etc!

If you are clicked on this article, then I'm sure y'all are looking for ways to ameliorate your backgrounds.
So, I'd like to introduce some background patterns that suit your needs.

1. What colors should I use?

When you see a white background, information technology all the same makes you lot unclear on what you want to depict or what colors to use.
For those who are truly lost, I recommend the color"greyness" and a "rectangle".

It makes a perfect groundwork for illustrations with a stylish epitome.
Let's take a wait at how to do it.

Create a new layer nether the character layer.

Select a suitable gray color from the color palette and select the Fill tool.

Select the curt form

Drag the cursor to identify a large rectangle on the screen so that it extends beyond the canvas.

This is not symmetrical, so we want to move the rectangle to the center.

Select Move from the Layers tab and choose "Heart".

The rectangle has been placed in the centre.

Now I would like to explain the key points of how to choose your best gray colors.

Here is an analogy with two patterns of gray background.

Hither is a version that reduces the colour saturation of the characters.

y'all tin come across past comparison the two above, that the background saturation on the right is as well strong.
If the background is light gray, it will not interfere with the presence of the characters.

In addition to vertical rectangles, you lot can also employ horizontal rectangles or rectangles placed diagonally.

ii. Use polygons and shapes outside of rectangles

A elementary rectangle with a gray color might exist a bit too uncomplicated for a character with a sense of energy like this one.

The next step is to create the background using the shape tools "Ellipse" and "Tile".

Select the Fill tool, then select Ellipse from the Shape tool.

Cheque the Fixed attribute ratio checkbox.

Hibernate the character once and decide the size of the circle.
Once yous take determined the approximate size, decide where to place the circles.
Here, I placed iii circles.

This fourth dimension, we want to make this circle a dotted circle.

Create a new layer for placing the dots on top of the circle layer nosotros merely placed.

Select a dot of the desired size from the tiles.
In this case, we used MT000030-350 Ami 10L30%.
Cull to stick information technology on the campus.

The groundwork has become dotted

Select the circle layer, and from the Selections tab, cull "Create from Layer/Opacity".

This will select the "circle" role of the image. (For clarity, the dot layer has been removed.

This fourth dimension, we desire to select the "non-circle range" and cutting out the dots in the unwanted range, so select "Capsize" from the Select Range tab and select the non-circle range.

Select the dot layer where you want to cut out the circle, and choose "Articulate" from the Layers tab.

The background of the dotted circumvolve is now complete.
If you hibernate the bones circle, the dotted circle is complete.

Change the color of the dots.
Create a new layer on tiptop of the dot layer.

Select the color you want for the background, fill the campus, and bank check the Clipping box.

And information technology'southward complete!

This tin be applied to more than just ovals, so try it with any shape you similar.

3. Extra

I introduced how to describe backgrounds using various tools, only I recall some of you may find those hard.
For those who do, I recommend "mitt-drawn illustrations".

The image of the grapheme I drew this time was "panda", so I will draw a panda.

Every bit you copy and paste, change the angle and place it accordingly.

Don't put them in the same place vertically.
Don't put nearby objects at the aforementioned angle.
If you can be aware of the following, I retrieve information technology will brand a good pattern.

The panda line between the character and the background was bothering me, and so I would like to add a white edge around the grapheme.

Create a new layer for the white border under the character layer.

Select a range of characters, and later selecting them, select "Expand".

Afterward that, type in the number of pixels you desire to expand.

Here, I extended it by x pixels.

Yous tin now select the range of the white border.

Select the previously created layer for the edge, choose white from the color circle, and select Fill from the Layer tab.

The white ruffles are gear up.

4. Conclusion

What did you think?
I promise it will make you lot feel less afraid of drawing backgrounds.
And I hope you will claiming at illustrating variety of backgrounds.

(Text and pictures by Mido Hachino)
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