another tip, that's sort of a mix of using 3d models and drawing a blueprint of a room: if you play any sims games you can create "sets" for your indoor scenes, screen shot it and trace it :D

I feel bad for the people who feel guilty for tracing backgrounds or props/vehicles (I used to as well!). Now I use a combination of most of the techniques you talk about because otherwise it would take FOREVER to finish an episode. I believe in making the best use of the tools we have at disposition, specially if you're trying to deliver a 50 panel episode :)

Love these tips and your bgs!! Wanna add on to this by saying Google Earth and street view on maps are a goldmine for free landscapes. You just need to find the right area of the world to suit your setting ✨

I was surprised by how forgiving my readers are for my crappy backgrounds, and they also tend to notice when I put more effort into them which is nice too ; v ; so I'm trying not to stress too much about the backgrounds, but I am aiming to improve!!! I also want to incorporate more 3D models into my work to help me make backgrounds, however I think finding materials in a sort of medieval/fantasy setting is more difficult than modern buildings/furniture. So I've been considering picking up blender to learn to make my own! I just gotta sit down and actually take the time to learn haha

I think another good idea when mapping out a room would be to look up floor plans online; I use those for references too when I get stuck.

I'm currently working on a comic (not published yet-) and I'm afraid of backgrounds so thanks Walter

1:25 "you can get buildings, streets, trees, offices, bedrooms, planes, trains, and automobiles, etcetera, etcetera ad nauseum, ad infinitum, e pluribus unum."

So well said! One day I accidentally created a background using an industrial photo of pipes, ducts, and huge valves on the floor. I just put the image on GIMP and went from there. First I used a filter to "posterize". Next I started tweaking the image by fiddling with color, hue, brightness, contrast, etc. The result was a sort of surreal look, a bit in the grungy side. I instantly thought that it would make a good background for a panel. Yes, inspiration can come from anywhere.

I remember using minecraft to create some places and use them as my backgrounds... then I forgot about that and never used those anymore xd

I kinda struggle with backgrounds, so thank you for this video ♡♡♡ I like doing nature backgrounds since i can get away with drawing a tree, a bush, and then blobs in the back. However, Im very scared for when i have to draw houses and interior in my webtoon. So for now, ill enjoy the peace of the woods, especially since ive gotten alot of support and compliments on the webtoon's art

Wow, this was super helpful! I have a script, still working on my characters, but very close to story boarding my webtoon and I've been trying to figure out what my style would be for backgrounds. The established location frame & the pickle jar theory really clicked for me. The mapping a room advice is another really good thing to know. I can't describe how much of a confidence boost this video was for me as a new web comic artist. Thanks for the advice!

Love the birds eye view strategy and the loosening pickle jar anology too. Also thanks for the list of ref resources! Been reading Ghost Bats on webtoons and enjoying it a lot

YESSSSS! I WAS J U S T. WONDERING HOW TO DO THIS.

Again a very, very useful video Walter. Backrounds can give the comic a lot. I mean, you can tell alot about the situations there are in, foreshadowing story and supporting the characters.Another thing is worldbuilding when you etablish space or fantasy stuff;) It can helpful to think of: -What car will your Character drive (old and dirty , luxus limo, SUV etc) -What will his house/ room look like according his character. (even in the special "world" you are in) -If you do etablishing shots, make shure you might use that place again, having enough reference for the case you might use it again -especially when your Comic is longer than a oneshot. -When it comes to houses it can be helpful to browse to houses what are on sale. Sometimes they support even 3d views of every room and you can stop it any time you want shooting references (push the print button on your keyboard and open photoshop/paint whatever> new import) or just use your own school/ cityhall/museum etc. as general reference> take photos! sometimes Google maps can give you at least a general mood and feel of a location. -Easier then common 3d progs are roomplaners (as app or online) If you have spare time: scetch, scetch scetch;) -Don`t copy and paste Star Wars or LOTR (or whatever) but you can use it as Idea.Movies can give you also a hint what you can do with coloring... (or you can pet your OCD and google every damn medival building as i did recently, to find my general style for my fantasy inviroment :P) Can I use your t-shirt as reference ? I need some nice Tshirt design for my char Gunnar anyway

Thanks for another useful video. Backgrounds can seem so daunting but there are some useful tips in this video. I especially love the use of establishing shots. After I realized I could make a detailed establishing shot and follow that up with multiple panels with close to no background, it made the task of creating backgrounds feel much less intimidating.

Thank you for this! Honestly, I struggle even making a map for an area where a fight takes place if I haven't solidified everything that needs to happen, but creating the map gives you more ideas for things to happen in an action comic.

hey i just wanted to say I'm glad i found your channel. you clearly love what you are doing and i love ur genuineness

I'm just getting started on drawing backgrounds, and this video taught me alot! Thank you so much. You gained a new subscriber!

Thank you so much! I've always struggled with backgrounds and I think your tips will really help me, I'll definitely try putting them into practice!

I don’t even do comics, came here for tricks in backgrounds for regular illustration, and your tip of drawing out a 2d layout of the space blew my mind. When you’re at a point where you have a nice simple shape-based composition thumbnail and know where the characters go, when you need to figure out *what exactly* goes into the background, even 3D blockouts seem a bit daunting just because you aren’t sure what you’re going for yet, especially if you’re designing some weird fantasy architecture rather than a modern world scene. Making a flat layout seems kinda like a precursor/companion to the 3d method, a quick and not scary way to ideate. Thank you so much!! :)

Oh hey! I was just working on some backgrounds. Thanks for the vid. It helped reaffirm some of the stuff I was already doing. Peace!

I also used to struggle in drawing backgrounds before. But then I came up with the idea of learning how to use the sketchup and or autocad. I discovered a new skill, and it's easy to use. You can capture any angle and perspective that you desire because it can be rotated 360 degrees. Then I trace the photos out on a drawing app and make my own style.

I've been procrastinating on my first chapter's draft forever because I couldn't get this one scene right. Then this just got recommended to me and wow- I am feeling inspired to try again

I've been waiting for this!

This is so helpful and I love your art philosophy. Thank you !!

Backgrounds 😨 I like that your okay with “fake” perspective 🤣 I honestly love your backgrounds, Haxor and Ghost Bats slay the background game

Bro just saved my art career in the most casual way

Oh my gosh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you as you said in the beginning of the video I have been very stressed out for a very long time trying to write a comic draw my comic whatever and I always get overwhelmed because of the backgrounds this video is very helpful thank you so much I appreciate you.

Thanks bro. This really helped me draw backgrounds! Rock On!

Holyyy Molyyy!!! I-I was JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT!!! Theory: Walter is a psychic. No one say otherwise😤😤

This is really helpful! Thank you so much

I like your explenation , much more easier to digest.

Yes I have used 3D model tracing. It works and there was no problem 😉 and it was more quick

"Opening the pickle jar" panel. I love that analogy!

Once had to draw some cars in proper perspective for scene elements in a commission. Normally I'm halfway decent with machines, but had little experience with cars. I eventually resorted to using GTA5, walking up to random parked cars and using the camera controls to place them in the proper POV, then taking screenshots to use in tracing their general shapes to insert into the scene. Another tactic I used for an indoor scene with fairly ornate furniture was to sketch out an overhead map of the room, lay it on the "surface" in SketchUp Make 2017 (the last free standalone version). I'd then draw the outline of the room and furniture, then use SketchUp's tools to extrude the walls and furniture upward, creating the room in 3D, populateed with basic shapes that I could carve up into simple representations of the furniture for perspective, than drew over those to 'pencil' the backdrop.

Another helpful video! Thankyou 😁

Tbh I simply wander around NY and I take pictures to every hotspot places as a background reference for my webcomic series. Then I draft it by using different color pencils like blue, orange and red along with the 3D human models and objects to connect with the perspective. And I use google images often to look some image that I’m looking for. So yeah I’m not having a hard time about it

I am currently in the process of learning Blender to use 3D models. It will save me time since I don't have to ink or color everything and just need to add the details when I import the render into Clip Studio Paint. If I had to learn drawing everything by hand it will take me years to get to a decent quality since I don't have much spare time to work on my comic. I just kitbash some free 3d models until I got a model that I am satisfied with.

This was a good video, thank you!

Great vid! I wish I'd found it a little sooner though haha. Just spent several hours on an establishing shot of a city. Probably didn't need to draw each individual building, but hey- at least it was kind of therapeutic ;D

Yeah I waiting for that

Sweet Home 3D takes floor plans and turns them into 3D models! If you have a particular idea for a building or room, you can draw the floor plan and the program does the rest. It even allows you to export the 3D model to use in CSP! (If you export the 3D model, you might have to scale it down in Blender so CSP doesn't crash-ESPECIALLY if you make a full building!)

Welp..still on the grind still sticcn with the project but its gon take a minute since I’ve decided to change it from a manga to a webtoon. I’ll keep you posted big bro, these vids give me all kinda of help. Won’t forget u when im up n poppin off🔥🕶🤏😎 To our success🥂✨

Thank you, im making a webtoon and backgrounds are the bane of my exisistence

I don't trust people who say trace is not teaching you anything lol, it IS help a lot to understand shapes, form, shadows, perspectives and you can learn on your own way these with practice ..,.

you are really underrated.. thanks a ton

Unrelated, but I hope Walter knows how handsome he is 😳💕

🙏 just in time for my assignment, yes thank you

thanks for this video, i really appreciate your tips!! :) i want to make my own webtoon one day as well~

Amazing

Awesome!

Thanks the pickle jar is great

Thanks for this video and not forgetting about the people who are trying to come up.

very helpful

I used 3D models as well but I started seeing that it's not fitting the style of my comic. I always have an issue with filters and trying to make it fit so I think it may be better for me to just draw from it scratch. The floorplan tip is helpful.

Ahahha thank youu i needed this lol my backgrounds are literally white space not even kidding

THANKS

walter im a new subsciber and an aspiring webtoon maker thanks i learn a lot from you on how i should get a head start of my story.. hope you see it once its done

Have u talked about perspective and angles?? I see people doing interesting angles and I mainly do the frontal view

"Screw em!" Thank you. I agree

I liked the way you asked for a Like and Subscribe 😂, Also very Great information. this helps a bunch.

I actually build some props and vehicles in a game called GMOD, I take a screenshot of what I built and trace over it.

Will you plz make a coloring tutorial on background from scratch? For example that house shown earlier, how do I color it without bringing to much attention to it but still keep it detailed? Plz I really need a tutorial and I can't find one vid to help me. All of them are just importing pictures and using blending mode. But my story takes place on a more futuristic environment, so I can't find pictures that'll suit the environment. And I'm struggling to color. Plz make a tutorial?

3D Modeler website doesnt work anymore. Do you how can I put 3d mdoels on Photoshop?

I searched for "teenage bedroom" and now I'm in prison. Thanks a lot, Walt.

My story takes place on a island. So i digitally paint all the backgrounds. Its pretty time consuming but i like how it looks. How.i can see the texture of the brush strokes i leave there etc.

Thank you so much for this video it was really helpful! I have a question though in regards to webtoon. Am I allowed to write song lyrics of popular songs or should I avoid doing that. Of course, I'm not going to write the whole lyrics but just a snippet for when a character is singing.

I use a huion digital tablet 19”. But i really struggle to draw a half decent straight line. Using rulers not only takes up time but also it looks stiff. Its for this reason i dread drawing backgrounds. I have tried doing practices to improve this, but its gotten so bad, i have actually gone back to old school pen and paper

Is SketchUp acceptable? I also notice on some webtoons like unOrdinary that they just put a 3D background and add a blur effect when it comes to close-up shots.

because im kinda new into pc art programs,what program do you use and does 3d models comes with that or you need to download them separated

I have recently started webtoon and im struggling with backrounds like i have seen other having so so awesome backrounds while i have noting ? Makes me really unmotivated 🥺😭 i really struggle on backrounds, i hope i can find some references 3d backrounds app cheap or free . Thanks for this video it helped alot but im still unsure 🤔

I wanna ask. I’m not really good at drawing background. It comes an idea to use Google Earth to find good place and I screen capture it then I paint over it and use it as my Webtoon background, is that allowed? will I get copyrighted or banned or something?

Did I hit the like button after seeing the thumbs up establishing shot? Yes. Yes I did.😂

lol I agree with you on being impatient lol. I recently paid some some for a 3d model of a car since majority of my story will have the vehicle in it lol

Ey guys i hope this help XD for those who are android and doesnt have for 3d models i sometimes use minecraft and download a map like a city and i used that for the world of my comics :DD u can have a lots of perspective and i use it to underlay and sketch it or change the building faces and stuffs just need to look where the vanoshing point is and its all good XD

Pllsss i wanna make a historical manhwa but all the backround are 3D idk what to do

Where do I get a shirt? I'm loving the comic!!

If you use something like Sketchup, and the 3D warehouse, is that legal? Or do you need to credit the original creators or how does that work? For reference I'm talking about setting up your object or scene's angle in Sketchup and then tracing a 2D render? Thoughts?

In note to the model thing you were on about: ✨Minecraft✨

Me thinks I see Harry Potter in the background 👀⚡️

Yeah! Screw ‘em! 😄

What if your app is ibispaint X and there's no 3d models

For me, the problem isn't perspective it's composition. I'm horrible at knowing how much background to put in for what panels. Where I should put the eye level for the best shots for the scene. That kind of stuff. I guess the best bet is keep studying other comic artist's work for this.

May everyone have as many easy to open pickle jars as possible :)

Can you do Ibis paint background please

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hey guys! what programs or plugin did he used in video?

Try Home design 3D it's a 3D mobile app that fucking helped me omfg

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*Someday, you all will make it.*

I use Minecraft to make my desired settings and backgrounds, and just round off the edges afterwards lol

Honestly, I just used Roblox studio for my 3d scene stuff, there is the things about how the models you use aren't your own, gotta be creative to stay away from controversy.

Where's the Bryan Allen link?

Guys guys! I recommend using Roblox Studio. They have a lot of free models and most of em are sooo polished!

What 3d app are you using?

Me whos a mobile user who wanted to make backgrounds but dont have an computer 😥

´Art is a all juste faking reality’

I think Walter forgot Webtoon is on a 10 star scale. Oops. As long as people remember that Ghost Bats deserves all the points they'll rate it right. 10⭐ for Ghost Bats

Me: handed you the pickle jar I can’t open You: opened immediately Me:OBVIOUSLY I’ve loosened it up for you duh Haha love your similes

Screw em 😎😎,chad