Creating a background for any art can seem difficult, many times we decide not to illustrate a background for our illustrations for fear of coloring, perspective or the final result of the art. But, a good background always helps to complete the image.

 

This is the easy and practical way to make a simple background for your illustration.

1. Perspective

Remember that everything has an order, the perspective allows the background you create to have uniformity and correlation.

You can use the perspective of a base image if it is difficult for you to start it.

This means that you can use a vanishing point, that is, from where the visual focus and the midline starts, you can create the illusion of depth.

Urban landscapes tend to have one or more vanishing points, allowing a great visual load to be felt in a small space, unlike rural or nature landscapes.

2. Base coloring

The base coloring should be simple, sometimes I give myself the task of adding a simple shadow with the blur tool, it allows you to know where each object will go.

We use selection tools to have the base outline of the specific place, thing or building that you like.

Using the gradient tool will help you know the focus of light and the depth that you will add later.

Do not forget to choose only 3 colors for the base. This way you avoid getting confused and over-detailing in this process.

3. Simple colors

Simple coloring allows you to know where you can add shadows and highlights, as well as the final color that the image has. Using transformation tools, which are varied, you can place the objects.

I always recommend doing it in different layers and once it is perfectly arranged, combine them.

Clip Studio has many useful tools for coloring without getting complicated at an expert or intermediate level. With the tools in sight you can create many incredible things. The color should be complementary and not saturated if it is at night, and if it is daytime, you can use pastel colors.

4. Light and shadows

 

It is important to know where the lights and shadows come from, especially, as in the urban landscape like this where the neon lights are the main brightness that adorn the whole place.

Yellow for highlights and the light colors of the bright panel helps, layering with a gradient and using "Over Bright" for the yellows, "Over Color" for the colors you want to stand out brightly.

 

Controlling the lights you use "add brightness" with white colors.

 

Also use gradient for the shadows, with layers in violet or dark base colors, using the "darken" and "multiply" option in the layer according to taste.

5. Final details

This urban landscape background is perfect for any illustration, comic, poster, or whatever you like, always remembering that it is the background and that the main image will be placed on top, as is the case with the final result.

Finally, you add whatever your main image is. In my case, this character inspired by the song Choccoleto

This is the URL of the video tutorial, I hope you like it and well, thanks for getting here.