#animation background

I just discovered this incredible website. Photo-manipers, rejoice! You can now find detailed background scenes from animated movies or shorts, like Disney's "Merbabies" (1938).

I'm really proud of this little animated clip! Long and arduous process under the cut :)

Lady Elizabeth escapes her kidnapers and makes her way to Portsmouth on the southern shore of England. I continue world-building—here are sketches of a mediaeval town gate and an old street (neither of them are Portsmouth, actually). I’m mimicking on a very small scale what animation studios do. I want to have assembled sketches of all the locations and backgrounds I need before drawing the comic.

"The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux"

A story heavy game full of mystery and investigation: The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux. I had the opportunity to contribute these background paintings to the game. For most compositions, I was provided with a tiny pencil thumbnail for layout/composition, then built a 3D base, and finished by painting in Photoshop (and making sure everything is cleanly layered to allow for parallax effects ingame).