#steven universe background tutorial

[gallostrart]

Steven Universe Landscapes tutorial! (sort of)

I’m by no means an expert soo follow it by your own risk ;)

1. Sketch how do you want your landscape to look like, trying to create a sense of deepness.

2. Do lineart! I try to make it thin, but that really depends on how are you most comfortable with.  I use @gemcrust CUSTOM BRUSHES on Paint Tool Sai!

3. Set base colors. In order to create a feeling of perspective, I recommend using more saturated and up in the color wheel colours for the foreground, and less saturated and lower on the color wheel for the background. For example, I started by using vibrant orange and reds, but on the background there are more desaturated pinks and purples.

4. Add texture! Depending on what I’m looking for I use screen, overlay or multiply layers with low opacity. Use textures to create interesting stuff, and follow natural lines, if it makes any senes (I did vertical textured lines on the mountains in order to replicate cliffs and rocky walls). 

5. To finish, I added light effects on the mountains edges, to give a bit of cohesion to the whole picture.

That’s it! If you want you can check HOW TO DRAW STEVEN UNIVERSE SKIES

[gallostrart]

Steven Universe skies tutorial! (sort of)

I’m by no means an expert soo follow it by your own risk ;)

1. Set base colors. I prefer a darker tone on the top and a lighter one on the bottom.

2. Add a bit of texture.Depending on what I’m looking for I use screen, overlay or multiply layers with low opacity. I use @gemcrust CUSTOM BRUSHES on Paint Tool Sai!

3. Add the clouds. Try to add a bit of shade that matches with the sky, and also I blur the top of the clouds, to make them less hard-edged.

3. Add the sun or moon, if you want to!

4. Add a surrounding light to it, using airbrush and a luminosity layer.

5. Add more textures, same as before but more noticeable!

7. Add thin light strokes, with luminosity layer, to create the feeling of light I guess, it’s just part of the Steven Universe style.

8. Add diamonds in the sky! I usually do two layers, one with a lower opacity in order to have a bit of deepness.

That’s it! You can check HOW TO DRAW STEVEN UNIVERSE LANDSCAPES