Create Stylized Landscapes for Animation

In this class you will learn techniques and processes for easily creating beautiful background art for TV animation, mobile games and short films.

I will walk you through the whole process from start to finish.

Throughout this class, you'll learn how to create a stylized and graphic background with simple colors and gradients. This is created with just the pen tool, the lasso and the default Photoshop brushes, with just one or two textured brushes.

Throughout each section, and in each video, I teach you new Photoshop tips and techniques; I teach you a variety of approaches to digital painting and drawing; and I also give you advice on how to work to a professional standard, how to be efficient and effective and how to support the production you're working on, through your art.

I hope you enjoy the class and the project, and if you finish your landscape, don't forget to post the image to me for review and feedback!

You'll find info about the class project as well as the brush set in the Class Project tab! :)

• Stylized Background Art for Animation
• What to Use for this Class
• Making the Rough Sketch
• Blocking In Colours
• Using the Lasso Tool to Create a Forest
• Using the Curves Editor to Create the Tree
• Adding Definition to the Foreground
• Adding Brush textures to the Foreground
• Painting the Mid Ground
• Painting the Background
• Final Touches