Background Projects - layouts from disney

Lilo and Stitch - the Beach (1)

the background itself to around 8 hours, using photoshop and several layers. but the layout itself is quite simple in form yet effective. you have the foreground - the animating area, the mid ground is the sea and the background is the sky. the lines between the three different sections are quite distinct, in that the horizon meets the sea with a bright yellow, opposite to blue on the colour wheel and therefore creating the biggest contrast, while the sand is a blood orange, darker, yet still far enough from blue on the colour wheel to create a crisp line between the fore- and mid-ground.

 Alice in Wonderland - the White Rabbits Home. (2)

this was the only one of 5 which i created with pen and paper rather that digitally. i spent some time roughing it out in pencil and paper before pushing into the acrylic paint. the process was much longer than the digital pieces (mixing paint, waiting for it to dry before you can apply the next layer... you get the idea)  the layout is rather odd in this piece, the layout suggests the animation will occur in the mid ground, say a character running or walking from the door and up the stairs (or the other way around), just because of the line between them. there is no real background in this piece, but the foreground is most defiantly the area furthest forward including the rug and table, anything in front of the staircase. 

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Mulan - Garden Temple (3)

the first image is the original, i semi traced this piece (the dog). this Disney background has a distinct mid- and back-ground but the foreground seems to have been cut out. the mid ground being the temple and Little Brother (the dog), and the background being, well almost everything in the second image below. the background as a whole leads your eyes up the stairs and into the darkness of the temple, but with the dog included, he becomes the focus - what with him being a character.

 Pocahontas - Some Tree Scene (4)

image 1 is my recreation of the second (original) image. as you will see from image 3, the foreground consist of the pond only, the mid ground included some of the pond as well as the weeping willow (which seconds as the focal point) and the banks. the trees on the sides, along with the sky make up the remaining piece -  the background. the trees on the edges are not only blurred to deter attention, but also descend in height - this is for two reasons, the first to aline with the vanishing point behind the centre of the weeping willow, and second, to guide the audiences eye to the willow tree. Even the light source on the right side of the screen and its reflection smoothly flow towards the focal point.