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How do I delete the white background from line art?

How do I delete the white background from line art?

Over the last year I've been Googling the sentence above - how do I delete the white background from line art? I know that I know how to do this, but I keep forgetting. So I've decided to write it down so that I can reference it in future, and hopefully help others as...

Deer Background and Breakdowns

Deer Background and Breakdowns

I returned to my deer animation today, changing quite a lot of the ending and adding more breakdowns and inbetweens. I'm planning to clean it up in Photoshop, something like the deer shown below: quite loose and free, hopefully keeping some of the rough nature of the...

Mount Hood

Mount Hood

Using some family holiday photographs for reference, I painted Mount Hood (vaguely based on it) for my father's birthday present. I used gouache and a stencil made from paper which gave interesting gloopy results, especially each time it was reused. Here are the final...

Dunes

Dunes

I got some new paintbrushes for Christmas, so I played around with gouache this morning! Close-ups below.

Book Page Background

Book Page Background

I've enjoyed creating this background. At first I was going to leave each strip the same (with the focus on the characters, who aren't included here) but then I thought by cycling through the seasons I could have a better atmosphere.

Backgrounds

Backgrounds

I recently finished painting my backgrounds. I'm now at the compositing stage, and I'm really enjoying seeing my film look like a film rather than a line test. Here are a few of the finished pieces!