Animation Backgrounds

Animations backgrounds create the world where cartoons come to life. In traditional, classic animation, the backgrounds are often masterpieces in themselves. In this blog you will find backgrounds re-created from Disney Classics such as 101 DALMATIANS, CINDERELLA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, SNOW WHITE, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE JUNGLE BOOK and many more

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Learn more about background painting from the pro's. Here are some interviews with:

Bob Givens: Background Design Bill Lorencz: Background Painting Phil Phillipson: Background Painting

100 Tutorials

3DTotal and 2DArtist offer more than a hundred free tutorials for Photoshop, Maya, Lightwave, Digital Painting, 3d Studio Max, Softimage

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