Background practice

Zeekii's picture
Two fairly large pictures ahead!



There is something wrong with the ice cliff(?) on this one, need to fix that...

Mehh...just some practice drawing backgrounds cause I'm so lazy and never draw backgrounds. Ever. I need to practice them a lot more than this! x.x
Criticism/feedback is welcome, always nice to know how to improve c:


Again, no idea where this goes but I'm going to say background concept...
Flyleaf's picture

On the first one , i am

On the first one , i am really dragged in and ready to dive the water !! Beautiful Smiling
The second one is like you are on an another planet ; yae spacyyyy !
Avatar @ Sluggs Siggy @ Amazegenalo
Bouncing Fly by Mary13
Zeekii's picture

Aww thank you, Fly! Your

Aww thank you, Fly! Your comments always make me smile! c:
Flyleaf's picture

I am happy i was able to make

I am happy i was able to make you smile Eye Smiling
Avatar @ Sluggs Siggy @ Amazegenalo
Bouncing Fly by Mary13

These are really nice, I love

These are really nice, I love the second one especially, it's beautiful.
Starling's picture

Beautiful! I especially like

Beautiful! I especially like the atmosphere in the first.
Ghh, I suck at backgrounds. I wish I could some like these.
Pink's picture

Hi Zeekii, I like both

Hi Zeekii, I like both pictures a lot. At the first one I want to put myself on a campingchair with a book and a icecold drink and on the second one I want to make a big snowball fight. Eye
Ok, Pink be a little bit more serious! On the first picture I like the colours very much. Blue and green are my favorites. And the little clouds are perfect.
On the second one I like the icy meening and the sky is really good with this little tendence to lilac. The Rock (ice cliff) looks good. Maybe if it is possible you can change the lines into curves or so? But who am I that I can critize Art.
so at the end all I want to say is: great job, and I hope we can see more of this!
siggi by Sybilline
SobekNofru's picture

They look both great!!!

They look both great!!! Drawing backrounds is always so hard but you drew really good atmospheres!!!

The first looks so peaceful and the second so cold C8 I like it!
Siggy by Bu <3
Corell's picture

These are very very beautiful

These are very very beautiful Zeekii!
z.m123's picture

Just... Wow. &hearts;

Just... Wow. ♥
Kamino's picture

Wow, backgrounds - a terrible

Wow, backgrounds - a terrible thing to draw...
Good job, can't believe you never drew grass, water or ice Laughing out loud I like especially the first one, because I've no idea how to draw grass, but you managed the ground to look soft and... well, grassy *cough*. The same for the sea, the reflection of the sun is great.
Criticism? Hm. Maybe the snow in the second one looks a bit to... white ?!!?!!? That sound's stupid, I just mean it could be possible to add some structure or texture or something to the ground, to stress three-dimensionality and perspective.
I agree everyone, I'd like to see more c-:
byButterbrot
Munkel's picture

I wish I would draw proper

I wish I would draw proper backgrounds too... I always lose the patience.
Those look so pretty~ ♥
Iaurdagnire's picture

... wow. The ice one is my

... wow. The ice one is my favourite... so awesome kasdhjkldf
Dampir's picture

I want to be there! ;D Your

I want to be there! ;D Your backgrounds are really better than mine. Good work!
Melusine's picture

Let me live in that first

Let me live in that first one. ;w;
That second one is just so cool, I like your use of shadows.

So beautiful..<3

So beautiful..<3

The colours are really

The colours are really pretty. I like how you drew the skies (:
Zeekii's picture

xylv - Thank you very much! I

xylv - Thank you very much! I think I prefer the second one myself ^^
Starling - Aw, thank you! I'm sure if you practice you'd be able to draw better backgrounds than these c:
Pink - Haha yeah! Reading and a snowball fight hmm... xD
Thank you, I have trouble drawing clouds they usually look rather odd but I quite like these. As for the rock, thanks for the idea! I will try using curves and see how that turns out... c:
Sobek - Yeah, I never know how many things to put into the background to stop it from looking bare.
Thank you! ^^
Corell - Aww, thank you so much, Corell!
Z - Fff, thank you ♥
Kami - Haha thank you! Grassy grass hmm...I wasn't so sure about the reflection so that's good to hear ^^
I agree with that and it doesn't sound stupid, the snow does look too white, maybe I should add in some blue. Thanks for the tip!
When I stop being lazy, I will practice some more c:
Mu - Yeah, I'm quite patient but never with drawing backgrounds...I would love to see backgrounds from you *-*
Thank you ♥
Dag - Thank you so much! c:
Dampir - Me too! Let's go haha...thank you very much, although I'm sure you could draw some backgrounds like this if you tried! ^^
Melusine - 'So cool' - was that meant literally? Haha, thank you so much c:
Nopje - Thanks a lot, Nopje ♥
DawnDay - Aw, I do enjoy drawing skies the most, thank you! c:
Amazegenalo's picture

Gawwwd~ I love the icy one.

Gawwwd~ I love the icy one. It's so blindingly bright and you get that feeling of tranquillity and endless emptiness. <3

Nayu's picture

Oh, rather nice! If you work

Oh, rather nice! If you work on the textures a bit, and try differents compositions ( you could get some inspiration by looking at lot of landscapes pics for instance) I'm sure it will turn out even better.
<3 Enouraging you to draw more of these.

Siggy by Butterbrot <3
DEERTH's picture

HOLY GAWWD THIS IS TOTALLY

HOLY GAWWD THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME! Dynamic!!!
Call me Deery. Smiling
Dragon Scroll.
Avvie by me, siggy by Saosin

These are

These are gorgeous...♥.