Depending on what you're going for, even a monotonous or abstract background can have a great impact! It can be very powerful to balance great detail (in your foreground, extra objects, characters. It's definitely not the only or the 'right' way to approach backgrounds, and of course I'm still learning too, so I just hope you find this advice useful!įirst of all, it's important to note that a background doesn't have to be an incredibly realistic detailed painted landscape to be considered 'good' or 'amazing' even. Having struggled my way through this myself, I'd like to share some advice and my thoughts on approaching more complex backgrounds or how to start. And, since backgrounds can sometimes very much be considered as pieces of art on their own they requires essentially as many various skills as drawing anything else.
A mix of scary technical terms such as 'perspective', 'composition', 'lighting', 'values' and so forth is often associated with them, which can easily seem overwhelming. In my experience, backgrounds are often seen as difficult and/or challenging, especially by beginning artists, and many tend to avoid complex ones in the beginning.