Here is the bus scene background, along with the car and bus foreground elements:
This scene is set is the morning, therefore the lightning needed to be quite dark and cool, however I wanted to create some interest by having the brighter, warm light of the sun shining across some elements, which helps give the BG some depth and sense of physicality in the world (as external, off-screeen elements are intereacting with it). I initially was very apprehensive about this scene as there was going to be a lot of details, however due to time and my own lack of skill I opted to go for a much more simplified version, focusing on making the colours, values, lighting and texture strong to create a polished and believable background. I think what really helped this BG was the road markings, which I created flat and then skewed them into perspective. This also helped the sense of perspective.
I definitely think the painting would be better off if it had more details, such as graffiti/posters on the bus shelter, something on the walls of the buildings and cracks/markings on the pavement, however I'm satisfied with this at is is for the purpose of this film.
In addition to the main BG, I had to paint the car and bus FG elements as these will be animated in post. I wanted the car to be very simple as to not distract from the character, and thus it is silhouetted and almost completely black. I will also blur it in post. I also wanted the bus to be simple but needed to give it some texture so that it fits within the BG. I am not happy with how it is placed in the scene as it's not realistic, however hopefully in compositing it will work and appear correct.
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