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Part 5: Handpainted city backdrop

M Graff

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It was time to do something about the background as it had been neglected due to other activities, such as building houses and such :rolleyes:.

I didn´t like to sit at the layout doing all the details that are inevitable when making a city....

I bought some high quality artist poster board and went to work on it, sitting at my workplace.

 

I put the board on the backdrop to draw all the existing buildings.

I then printed out some nice photos of houses along with some books I have for inspiration.

I use ordinary artist acrylics and start with blocking in the major parts:

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(yup the whiskey is mandatory when making backdrops :D)

As can be seen I have started on the houses nearest the observer.

After some time it looks like this:

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I then cut it out with a scalpel and used a gluestick to apply it on the backdrop:

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This is how it looks so far:

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I´m really satisfied with the result. Now it´s only the rest of the 10 foot background to do B)

Then to make the clouds as well.

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Jan

Beautifully done, Sir.

 

That last shot REALLY works. What it must be to be SO talented.

 

Cheers

 

Jan

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M Graff

Thanks for the appreciative comments, I really enjoyed this project and will now continue with the rest of the backdrop in sections. I would be very tired of it if I did too much at once.... :unsure:

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