Tuesday, October 21, 2008
FUN AND FANCY FREE part two
Images recreated digitally by Italian correspondent Andrea Giglio, with image editing by yours truly. Enjoy!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
CINDERELLA: steps...
These backgrounds are a comined effort of yours truly and colleague Andrea Giglio from Italy. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
FUN AND FANCY FREE
These incredible B/Gs from FUN AND FANCY FREE were created and shared by our wonderful Italian correspondent, Andrea Giglio. Graci!
How It's Done: Re-creating Digital B/Gs
I get emails from all over the world asking how I digitally recreate animation backgrounds.
I was looking at MARY POPPINS (yes, again) and found a perfect, simple scene with which I can demonstrate the process.
The first shot is Bert and Mary Poppins together. Most of the B/G is obscured.
In the last shot of the scene, Mary rides off, giving us nearly 2/3 of the entire B/G.
In Photoshop, I take this, layer it on top of the first, and erase the right third. The result is a great image of Bert, and most of the background art restored.
Since Bert stays in place through this scene, I was unable to digitally erase him, but this still concisely illustrates the recreation process.
It also makes a point of the difficulties... if a character doesn't move, there's no way to re-assemble the entire piece! And often, it takes several little pieces, stacked in Photoshop layers, to recreate the B/Gs. Sometimes upwards of 20 layers!
I was looking at MARY POPPINS (yes, again) and found a perfect, simple scene with which I can demonstrate the process.
The first shot is Bert and Mary Poppins together. Most of the B/G is obscured.
In the last shot of the scene, Mary rides off, giving us nearly 2/3 of the entire B/G.
In Photoshop, I take this, layer it on top of the first, and erase the right third. The result is a great image of Bert, and most of the background art restored.
Since Bert stays in place through this scene, I was unable to digitally erase him, but this still concisely illustrates the recreation process.
It also makes a point of the difficulties... if a character doesn't move, there's no way to re-assemble the entire piece! And often, it takes several little pieces, stacked in Photoshop layers, to recreate the B/Gs. Sometimes upwards of 20 layers!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
LADY AND THE TRAMP
There's a whole lotta love going on in the background art circles. This piece from LADY AND THE TRAMP just arrived from our friend Dan Johnson. (Great perspective!) Thanks for sharing, Dan!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
ROLLER COASTER RABBIT
These modern Disney backgrounds equal the best from the short subjects in any era. Colorful and fun, these come from ROLLER COASTER RABBIT, part of the short-lived series of Roger Rabbit cartoons.
BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
More Italian imports from correspondent Andrea Giglio (many thanks!)
"Postcards from the Land of Nabooombu."
"Postcards from the Land of Nabooombu."
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