The Secret Layers of Backgrounds

Takeaway 8 in our 18 takeaways from our Year Long Program

** The Hidden Layers

Takeaway 8:

Pictures that feel real have space in them, and can be created with simple layers.

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This is takeaway 8 in our summer preview of our Year Long Certificate Course. We’re doing live trainings of all 18 takeaways weekly in summer 2024. Click here to learn when!

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In what is probably our deepest craft course, Depth and Details, Justine Andersen shows you how to see the depth and translate the depth in any image

She starts by looking at the famous Hudson River School paintings.

And shows how it's made up of layers which you can see, and emulate.

Look again, do you see a handful of layers?

And you can render these layers in a simpler more graphic style. By placing more detail in front, and less in the back… Here’s an example…

(These ares screenshots from one of our oldest and most-loved video, excuse the lo-fi-ness! But enjoy!)

Takeaway 8:

Pictures that feel real have space in them, and can be created with simple layers.

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Enjoy, and check out the full program at https://learn.sawcomics.org/bundles/online-certificate-program

Want to learn more? We’re doing live trainings of all 18 takeaways weekly in summer 2024.

Click here to learn when!