To help with the painting, I used references collated on a pinterest board (I used this same board for reference for all of my previous BG development work as well as future ones):
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/eaglefour444/voyeur-bg-inspo/
I had to paint a bit more of the vertical slice BG, but after that I used that as my base to create the other 3. Despite this, these still took me over a day to paint each. I think the main difficulty I had was finding the motivation to do it due to covid, so simple tasks were taking much more energy. The bsae was good as it allowed me to re-use the bedroom, as well as the previously made shape shape selections, however I still had to repaint everything. I'm pretty happy with the results however, as they still fit the film's style and look fairly polished. I think the colours also work very well together and show the right time of day.
The first BG (overcast day) is my least favourite and the weakest painting of these 4. I think it's due to the lack of details being made more obvious by the lack of strong lighting, and the overall lack of contrast within the image. I wanted the windows to reflect the cloudy sky, however I should have been more bold with my bruishstrokes as currently it looks too flat. I also should have made the lower windows reflect the building rather than the sky as they are below the creep.
I found it very challenging to paint the same scene but within different times of days, as not only do you have to match the colours of the building, but also each material's textures and the general brushstrokes of the other paintings to avoid it looking like a completely separate building. I think I did a pretty good job of this however.
Next time I do something like this, I should start with the overcast day as that is the most plain, and would allow me to build on that easier than the nighttime one.
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