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First of all: Sorry for any kind of typos or grammar-errors, I'm german, english isn't my native language so bear with me... =v=;;;

*requested*

As promised, here a tutorial about how to blend a character into a background so it really LOOKS like the chara belongs there...

This example was really hard because my character (Keel) was done for a charactersheet, so the lighting was rather neutral and basic, on the other hand the background was not at all. Let me explain some additional things:
The background throws light as well, not only your main light source. Thus, it throws colorful light at your character as well. Imagine you are walking through a tunnel painted in pink. The lights from above are white, but somehow everything on you appears pinkish, because the surroundings throw light on you as well. -> When blending a character into your background, pick up some colors of your surroundings and cast them on your character. The main-reason why some characters totally don't seem to match into a background is because they simply have a completely different lighting. Imagine the sun shining from the right side, but their shadows are on the right side as well. Doesn't make any sense and this causes the character to look COMPLETELY off. Usually I indicate the colors of the surroundings and the lighting while shading the character already, but if you notice 'too late' that your chara doesn't fit, that's what I do to blend them in.

Program: Illuststudio, but works perfectly fine on Photoshop as well. Most things should work on SAI too, have no clue about GIMP or other programs though... sorry...

Other helpful links and tutorials:

Speedpaint-Video how I colored the character:
[link]

Step-by-Step Tutorial on creating a character within a background (some of the steps above are explained there again too)

A bit older already, but on the right side is a small section about how I create magic circles such as the one in the tutorial:

Speedpaint-Tutorial about how I did the clouds:

Flashtutorial to create this tutorial:

Finished results:
Character on Sheet:

Finished picture

(c)

Description
First of all: Sorry for any kind of typos or grammar-errors, I'm german, english isn't my native language so bear with me... =v=;;;

*requested*

As promised, here a tutorial about how to blend a character into a background so it really LOOKS like the chara belongs there...

This example was really hard because my character (Keel) was done for a charactersheet, so the lighting was rather neutral and basic, on the other hand the background was not at all. Let me explain some additional things:
The background throws light as well, not only your main light source. Thus, it throws colorful light at your character as well. Imagine you are walking through a tunnel painted in pink. The lights from above are white, but somehow everything on you appears pinkish, because the surroundings throw light on you as well. -> When blending a character into your background, pick up some colors of your surroundings and cast them on your character. The main-reason why some characters totally don't seem to match into a background is because they simply have a completely different lighting. Imagine the sun shining from the right side, but their shadows are on the right side as well. Doesn't make any sense and this causes the character to look COMPLETELY off. Usually I indicate the colors of the surroundings and the lighting while shading the character already, but if you notice 'too late' that your chara doesn't fit, that's what I do to blend them in.

Program: Illuststudio, but works perfectly fine on Photoshop as well. Most things should work on SAI too, have no clue about GIMP or other programs though... sorry...

Other helpful links and tutorials:

Speedpaint-Video how I colored the character:
[link]

Step-by-Step Tutorial on creating a character within a background (some of the steps above are explained there again too)

A bit older already, but on the right side is a small section about how I create magic circles such as the one in the tutorial:

Speedpaint-Tutorial about how I did the clouds:

Flashtutorial to create this tutorial:

Finished results:
Character on Sheet:

Finished picture

(c)