Background is hard… So I Found 7 Easier Ways!

[@nothil835]

When the world need him the most, he vanished.. (then comeback at the perfect time)

[@tppoart]

🔥👅🔥

[@miikaomocha]

YES

[@MattPin]

I love the avatar reference

[@jqrief]

AVATAR MENTIONED

[@ernea2923]

With the dope ass new editing skills too

[@sxoul_]

He remembered his password finally

[@KagamiSeiko]

HES BACK HES SO BACK AND HE COOKED AGAIN WITH THE EDITING

[@tppoart]

👨‍🍳

[@Ps-x4r]

@@tppoart do you edit your own videos?

[@Shinesart]

There's a lot of 3D artist who share their shaders and stylizes models using blender for free. You don't really need to do anything other than tweaking here and there. I've been using blender from my backgrounds for years. There's channels like Tadayoshi CG, CG Dash, Tawan Sunflower etc who has tutorials and shaders on KZbin.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Thank you for giving a proper tutorial on how to make backgrounds quickly without telling people to use an AI-generated image. At first I was a little worried that the video was going to end up that way, but your dedication to LEARNING art reminded me that you wouldn't rely on AI-generated images, much less tell others to rely on it. Your improvement is seriously incredible and you've inspired me to give backgrounds a proper shot!

[@veen6847]

"So when do i start to draw the background?" "That's the neat part, you don't!"

[@longgsmrito]

the editor cooked hard

[@Justakatto]

I think he does the editing himself

[@longgsmrito]

​@@Justakatto that's great ngl, bro mastered every single skill

[@angel_plushieart]

For CSP Users, we do actually have a posterize filter under edit > tonal correction > posterization.

[@kelbym3710]

OMG ITS A TPPO VIDEO

[@kazuna_Endi]

i got pretty inspired, i should take more photographs irl and edit it and insert my character, luckily my dad has a big garden with grass and an apple tree, right now there are already apples growing, and when they turn a little red i should take some nice pictures of the tree when its sunny

[@tppoart]

that's nice! I regret not taking more photos myself. I was struggling so much trying to find decent photos for this video

[@2karu]

the editing on this was so phenomenal like always. i loved seeing the video elements just dropping to the bottom of the screen and the little blurbs and AGH tppo you've done it again

[@tppoart]

hahahah thank you!

[@ArtezanOnline]

The single most helpful art youtuber to exist. Ive seen alot of ppl copying your niche. Goes to show you created a new genre of learning that is both innovative and stylish, as well as incredibly helpful.

[@Athylyn]

My jaw dropped when you said ue5 cause I only used it for my game assignment and never thought to use it for art😂 great vid btww!

[@MOTHsan]

the video editing is so... smooth yet crunchy?????? it's perfect. it makes me happy and it keeps me invested, i LOVE it.

[@Tonfafuhahahaha]

HE'S BACK!!!!

[@VikalpRajKisku]

With unbridled elation and ardent enthusiasm, I am most delighted to have beheld your video!

[@toastedcarpenter122]

As a student studying in broadcasting, photography and video editing, the editing in this video is killer af it got my head dead.

[@soep4925]

The editing style ALONE must have taken hours but it was worth it! amazing video as always.

[@gardenbandaid]

your editing is always top tier, better than anything I've ever seen. really great to see a new upload from you!! btw, I always feel amateur compared to other artists because of the software I use, so it's really nice to see you validate ibispaint :D I'll definitely check out the other apps you mentioned too. thanks for the banger vid!

[@xooviq]

I genuinely find your video’s eye pleasing and relatable , it helps me learn and grow my art!

[@animerman2017]

Although these are really beneficial but my inner self is exclaiming that the hand drawn backgrounds are the best ones.

[@zeroyuki92]

Actually just like everything else you can do both. I'm surprised that this video didn't mention overpainting and bish bashing assets from various sources.

[@otaku-chan4888]

A lot of the hand drawn models you see, are actually taken from sites like acon3d. it's made by anime style graphic designers, for anime style graphic designers. I recommend downloading free models from acon, sketchup warehouse and sketchfab, importing them into sketchup/abler/blender/csp, then using whatever methods you like to touch up filters.

[@hollowdescent]

OH MY GOD HES BACK WE MISSED YOU KING!! 👑👑👑

[@jimmychicken6949]

I struggle with drawing background from lacking of knowledge too. I used to choose to draw simple background or rely on clip studio 3D model. I usually don't use convert function but choose to trace them so I can add more details I want or cut some out. I think I should start trying Blender too. Thanks for video!

[@ardizzle06]

THE GOAT RETURNS

[@mangopiranha5059]

THE EDITS ARE SO GOOD

[@ZeldaFan0o0]

tppo do u know how iconic u are to have basically created a genre of video and so many people inspired by you? tppo u are loved 🫶🏽

[@joaoarielaraujo5176]

0:06 hands: what did you say!!?

[@TrakeDaGamer]

Noted, very useful information!

[@RetcVava]

watching the king return during my mock trial

[@milyrockz]

the editing so good its literally distracting, ill see some super cool dynamic thing and then replay it like 5 times just to see it again

[@pikachuo3o]

im amazed. as a graphic designer and a artist i am so amazed by every aspect of this video, thank u for this, this 12 minute video has done more for me than university (graphic design major) and im not even joking

[@tppoart]

Hope the video was good reference! I was also a graphic design major, so things like layout, grids, and typography was a big part of the video!

[@planteeen]

your editing is something else. (in a really good way)

[@nexgen6249]

NO WAY IT'S A TPPO VIDEO BRO IS BACK LET'S GOO

[@fatalblue]

If you use PS, I highly recommend playing around with the camera raw filters > details. It's one of the quickest ways to nudge photos or 3D renders towards looking 2D. After I'll usually use any combo of paint daubs from the filter gallery, layer modes, and adjustment layers. This was the method I used to create my VN backgrounds. Another important factor to using photos or 3D well in 2D drawing is lighting and size of the photo or render. The better my lighting in photos/3D renders, the less I found I needed to do to get them to where I wanted. For size, I tried to find photos/do 3D renders double the size of my canvas.

[@041able]

That was great! I think that the best way to use blender is using just as a base for photos, and not the entire render process, unless you really know how to use blender and how to transform photos in 3d( yes, it's possible and fast once you know how). But, my personal choice is just paint over, with brush strokes or whatever you got. Yes, it's harder, but it has the most beautiful results.

[@deerie912]

bro is singlehandedly saving my whole career

[@Djeibas]

Nice video man! Very useful, nice bunch of techniques that i will be using when wanting to save time. Also, i'm surprised to see some brazilian bossa nova in the background music! Great video and editing again, Hugs from Brazil!!

[@epicplayer999]

Never thought of using unreal engine until now.. Great video!

[@redgravy8809]

Man we missed you so much!!!!!! Im so happy to see you again ♥♥♥

[@grdbrdtbttebdth]

I'd love to see Noelle in a dark knight kind of outfit !! #TeyvatFashionWeek

[@AnzuSadbome]

traditional artist: 👁️👄👁️ me as both: 👁️👄👁️👍 (here's a tip of mine that sometimes works and sometimes don't!) When i got new idea i'll go to Pinterest first and looking for a background art that fit with my idea the most and draw my idea base on that background more so it fit in with the background quite perfectly when i add the background in (traditional is the same but i trace the background on the paper instead of add the background in like digital, work most of the time for me but i don't know about you and it took me quite much time try to looking for a background that fit in) That's my small personal tip thanks for reading this!

[@1337chan]

I'm glad to see my idol getting active again B)

[@raoulkim6013]

You should make a video on how you did the editing. It’s so good!

[@hongo00]

now i need a editing tutorial vid from you, man you cooked with this one 🗣🗣🗣

[@elenawayman986]

I’m so happy you made this video because although I have years of drawing I still need to work more on backgrounds. This was really helpful and something I really needed! Thank you tppo!

[@kiricappuchin]

My favourite of the test backgrounds is the one done in Blender... Simple but gorgeous! And I'll definitely check out FIMO. Those filters simulating different camera film look really cool

[@rinowichan]

booooooyyyy did I miss your videos, I follow you since you were like 30k followers, love your videos always

[@YuXuanLai-k1x]

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[@corpopunk]

You’re saving lives here

[@eri9986]

There is also less demanding option of 3d Background which gives you control over modeling, cameras and color Sketchup in my opinion is a pretty beginner friendly program, although its paid, the free web version is surprisingly pretty advanced and has all the essentials to make backgrounds. Although making organic stuff in sketchup is doable, it's pretty challenging to do compared to making it in Blender, cuz sketchup is mostly geometric in nature with architectural modeling in mind. However there are 3rd party models made by people already you can import into your scene and there's quite a lot of them, but you might need to read its terms of use. 2nd program pairs with sketchup, it's called D5 Render. D5 Render is a real time rendering program and unfortunately you need a somewhat beefy pc to run it. D5 can sync directly with sketchup if you have the Sketchup paid version, where it displays real time updates in D5 while you're doing stuff in sketchup Although you can also just import the Sketchup models in blender but D5 is a bit less a pain in ass to use

[@misticornart]

HES BACK AND ALIVE. YOUR SKIN HAS NOT BEEN CRAWLED OFF AND EATEN BY THE WOLVES. HE IS SAFE. HE IS ALIVE I hope youre doing well man.

[@RRamens]

a program ive found (but havent tried yet) is called mangaka, its made to be a simple program for making stylized backgrounds, from what ive seen its very powerful and seems to have a workflow similar to csp 3d

[@ITSujuice]

THE KING IS BACK!

[@amycaslol95]

Another think you can do is photo mashing for a more sureal vibe , but still even then you can make extremely pretty scenes I use it a lot in my work as a base and render on top if it to help with composition and textures , depending on the vibes i want to create i just leave the photos as is for more sureal dreamlike vibes

[@aurorar016]

I love you TPPO sensei i love you so much this is just what i needed

[@0730]

GOD I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@momob4276]

Amazing video especially since most artists shy away from backgrounds BUT I will add my two A-hole opinions. 1. Backgrounds using just photos with filters only work if your art is of a high skill. If your character art is not very skilled then the realistic backgrounds even if it's blurred, will emphasize low skill character art and will make everything look inconsistent and look off. 2. The shortcuts mentioned are best used alongside a strong art skills to hand draw or touch up the background with brushes so it blends with your art style. A lot of pro artists that have detailed backgrounds you can see even if they used some kind of 3d or photo base they did hand draw or lineart some parts of it themselves. But regardless, just know using a base for a background is very normalized and is not cheating :)

[@tppoart]

That's an insightful perspective! I actually had a drawing early on that didn't make it into the video because I struggled to blend it into the background. The drawing itself was pretty bad, and polishing the background couldn't save it. Maybe I should've added that as an example of what doesn't work with these background techniques! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@matchafuku5913]

Another great video! Thank you so much, tppo! For me when i drawing a character and background illustration, i try to, in someway, make the character interacting with the background. So it doesn't look like two separate things. Don't get me wrong, i personally think your Chiori illustration is very good, but for me i would try to make her like holding the lamp structure or even touching one lamp, something like that.

[@mouthman8575]

Bro I just started to learn about background yesterday, then this video dropped

[@asucah]

I WAS LITERALLY STUCK ON HOW TO DRAW THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS ONE ARTWORK I'M WORKING ON HOLY SHIT, THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@seafoamsiren]

saw your Genshin art in person at the event! I already thought that it was great but it’s amazing to know that you’re constantly working to improve and already creating more with the new tools you’ve showcased here. I really like the final piece you did and this def helped make backgrounds way less intimidating c:

[@lazydoo8318]

Your editing style is always so satisfying to watch! Everything moves so smoothly, as someone who's still learning at art and sucks at drawing background, these quick ways helps and inspire me!

[@halletelen9825]

I'm so glad photosketcher is getting the attention it deserves

[@psniem]

Chromatic Aberration in Clip Studio is extremely easy. It's just Filter > Effect > Chromatic Aberration

[@thaaboijay7162]

OMG HE'S BACKKKKK!! 🤩 W VID

[@ahero4357]

Unreal engine backgrounds look siickkk. I'm always drawing everything by hand and am intimidated by Blender, so going to look into alternatives! Great vid

[@Joysticknerd]

You could potentially also use Adobe Illustrator's image trace (not sure if there are other softwares with it) which tends to really flatten photos but can be kinda of iffy for some. Its also a very consistent output so it can be kinda recognisable if you use it a lot

[@StereotypicalQuietKid]

I KNEW THIS GOD LEVEL HELPFUL VIDEO WAS FAMILIAR.. TPPO!! I needed these tips so much, please continue!

[@MargudnRoboter]

Great video. Considering Blender: There is also the IanHubert style of approach. Which is basically photobashing texture to create cheap fast models. But it of course needs some basic knowledge of blender and then most of his lazy tutorials take 20 minutes to actually make. And a little Bonus: In Blender there also is compositing, which just is adding effects to images, so you can also probably set up the compositing in blender to apply atleast some of the photo filters directly to the render

[@aricraftla5443]

I really missed these kinds of videos

[@satozita]

FINALLY TPPO IS BACK WITH A VIDEO

[@Sutiver]

Who let Bro cook this video? By the way, this is the most helpful video I have watched! Thank you for everything and the effort you put in; we need it exactly.

[@atsukikurosaki4063]

Just a tangent - LOVE the editing for your videos. Don't know if it's you who edit them...but if you do, would perhaps like an editing tutorial too in future ❤

[@aditgantengbrutal]

bro is cooking again 🔥🔥🔥

[@fruitsnack1812]

Your video presentation look like a well-designed website.

[@tppoart]

yes! I referenced a lot of websites for the motion, layout and transitions of this video!

[@hiiambarney4489]

I am a Pixel Artist by "trade" (I guess), so, obviously, I draw them by hand. But, yeah, the next best thing to learning it to draw them by hand would be learning Modelling. Blocking out a fairly realistic looking scene (not even worrying about textures and such) is pretty simple to learn, actually. And so all you have to do is go into your Art Program with a lockout Render you created, trace your lines and add the detail, it will look super painterly (Or whatever style you are going for, really). To get there, is probably not more than 2 days of focused learning.

[@milyrockz]

this guy could talk about rocket science and it'd still be interesting with how he edits his videos so well

[@greninja4744]

Bro wake up tppo just uploaded

[@Hvajndall]

A blessing from the Lord! Honestly, yours is literally the only channel I watch on immediate basis, whenever a new video is released. Each and every one of them left me with some new practical knowledge to be put into daily practice.

[@sakiamira]

Thanks for coming back to teach us that backgrounds can add spice and life to a drawing Also for a Genshin character i really want to see in a unique outfit, it would be BENNETT. he needs one #TeyvatFashionWeek

[@DaEmperor]

YO, HE'S BACKKK; My guy is an inspiration. Editing and artistically. Especially with the light video (borrowed the book).

[@Yur1Bee]

Sayu in everyday clothing would be epic, like a slice of life thing that i see a lot of people do! And its sayu and as a sayu main i would FREAK!!!! #TeyvatFashionWeek

[@crescent3273]

I've been struggling to draw backgrounds lately so this came at a perfect time, thank you for your incredible videos tppo!

[@ZedEdge]

Great walkthroughs and thoughts! Just like any tool, each will be suitable for different ideas. But as an extra point to manual painting, I find the more practiced you are with painting from scratch, the more creative your ideas will be - you'll start to recognize the infinite possibilities which can then be filled in with whichever tool you prefer. Or even be comfortable with manually painting unique elements into photographed/3D backgrounds.

[@t0kxii]

your videos always motivate me to draw and made me learn how to edit, i honestly owe you sm. thankyou for all these informative videos!! c:

[@tppoart]

glad the videos were helpful!

[@Korichisnt]

OMG NEW TPPO VIDEO MY ART BLOCK IS GONE!!

[@duke_of_dorks6139]

Recommended at a good time

[@livivanah330]

Ohhh thank god my fave art teacher is BACKKK WAHHHHHH IM GONNA CELEBRATE ✨✨✨✨

[@luanabarbosa2091]

Amazing video! I've been looking for faster way to draw bagkgrounds too for my animation and comic projects and learn more about blender has been one of my primary goals, as I watch amazing background works from artists like Polygon Runnaway. Now I might as well try some of the ways you did to see if I like it. Thanks!

[@tppoart]

That's great! If you have clip studio paint, I would highly recommend the 3D function for comics! I didn't emphasize much in the video, but turning 3D into lines and halftones in CSP is so convenient and fast. But Blender can do so much more, so it's a great skill to have for animation too!

[@ethereal7328]

I don’t think real photos are limiting, sure you can’t get crazy angles but that’s the point, it grounds your anime characters to reality giving that nostalgia feel ecc.

[@archimedeis]

People out here using Ibis as just a background tool when it's my entire workstation

[@maidenmaiden1439]

You should definitely try wlops artstyle. I think it'd be cool to see :) love your videos!

[@Adam-wy7mj]

I think a hood amount of artist also use sketchbook modles

[@MizuhoJox]

I'd like to see Kuki Shinobu in a kimono, while Heizou is hanging out with her! Definitely, a nice pair up in my honest opinion. #TeyvatFashionWeek

[@Mochaari6618]

Let's all say "We love you Tppo" when he appears the moment we need him the most!

[@kathdaarin]

i was just struggling with backgrounds.. this video is just what i needed lol. welcome back king

[@RedArchive1]

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[@luanabarbosa2091]

Btw if you still want to draw the backgrounds by hand but want to have it easier, creating the scene on blender using only cubes, rectangles , triangles and spheres and setting them up as if they where the final objects in prespective kills a lot of the time we spend figuring out the perspective and size of objects in relationship to one another.

[@tppoart]

that's actually such a great tip! thank you

[@SgCherrypie]

THE LEGEND IS BACK!! JUST IN TIME TOO, I WAS RESEARCHING FOR HOW ARTISTS MADE THEIR BACKGOUNDS!

[@kejoca]

Just starting watching you, but man, your videos are so easy to follow and have amazing editing skills. Your humble way of explaining and showing your studies makes me have hope and energizes me. Keep doing what you're doing!