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A HUUUUUGE THANK YOU to everyone who shared the first part of this tutorial on twitter HERE last week - TEN THOUSAND retweets and likes - incredible! Wonderful for me to think of all the people that are going to be able to use these ideas in their work, this is what it's all about!So here for you is BOTH PARTS of the tutorial, looking at how to THINK When you draw FOREGROUND, MIDGROUND and BACKGROUND. I recommend you use this tutorial in conjunction with some of my other world building tutorials, such as THINKING IN 3D , and How to draw ROCK FORMATIONS.
And here's a link to... 50 MORE FREE TUTORIALS!
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Lorenzo!
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I think a lot of novice artists think as long as they have a foreground, mid ground and background, they can afford to have 2/3 of them completely flat. That's why when someone takes it one step further and has an element point into the depth or towards the front (such as a path, a thick tree limb, a hanging bridge), it really appeals to me because it's so rarely seen. Also a lot of times people paint a scene with seemingly thick vegetation, place a row of foreground grass, overhanging branches etc at the edges of the frame, yet leave the mid ground completely exposed and without any variance in terrain. It makes it look like an artificial curtain at the edge of a theater stage.
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Excellent tutorial. This is one of the best conceptual art tutorials I have ever seen. None of my art teachers ever went this far. Your classifications for form, shape and 3D space are spot on and most useful!
Well done, Lorenzo!
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Ah, thank you so much, I HUGELY appreciate the kind words, and so glad to see it's useful! Loads more covering other areas of stuff like this coming up every day, hope you continue to enjoy!
Cheers!
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I will continue to learn from your tutorials too!
You are most welcome, Lorenzo!
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Awesome, thanks pal!
Lorenzo!
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You are most welcome, L.!
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My pleasure, Em!
Lorenzo!
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Thanks you pal!
Lorenzo!
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Hello Lorenzo! I'm a long time admirer of your work and would like to thank you for continually providing these super helpful drawing lessons! You tend to cover a lot of obscure subjects that often get overlooked, so good on you for that
I know your work tends to incorporate more natural elements and scenery, but for this guide in particular I'd love to know how these strategies might translate into more refined interior environments/settings i.e. rooms, schools, shopping malls, haunted houses, "secret lairs", etc.
Far too often I see these kinds of backgrounds be nothing more than (occasionally some tossed-in perspective on) flat backgrounds! It'd be really nice to see what you'd suggest to make even inside places feel more 3d 
-StarJita
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Hey StartJita!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful message! So nice to hear that you've been enjoying all this work for a while, and that the tutorials are proving useful and fun, that's awesome to hear
Thanks so much for your question on how to apply this to interiors - I'll be covering EVERYTHING in the end 
Cheers!
Lorenzo!
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Very useful for me because I use backgrounds in my comic Iluminus in my country tapas.io/episode/824742 but I'm not good at scenaries, so this it helped me so much!Thank you from the heart *V*
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Ah, so good to know you're going to be able to use it on your comic, that's awesome! Environments can seem trickier than they are, it's all about seeing them as simple forms that compliment and support your characters and narrative
More to come!
Lorenzo!
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I cannot think of any puns FORE this
Oh wait, there's one!
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Lorenzo!
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Your tutorials are so nicely illustrated and explained.
Great Job.
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Thank you so much, pal, very important to me to get that user-friendliness right on these, so this feedback is so valuable, cheers!
Lorenzo!
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Nice variety of examples for how to construct the fore- and background of a pic!
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Thank you! Glad it's useful!
Lorenzo!
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Cheers!
Lorenzo!
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Cool tutorial. Very good for when I'm looking for ideas!
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Thank you pal, so glad it's handy!
More each week!
Lorenzo!
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My pleasure!
Lorenzo!
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Thank you, Emylee! Glad they're still making you smile!
Lorenzo!
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The art within each panel makes very good use of such a simple palette and simple shapes; overall, it's all very classily done.
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Thank you so much, Sam! Yes, I kept them small because if the layout reads at that size, you know it works, and will translate up to full sized art strongly. Many thanks for such kind words!
Lorenzo!
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My absolute pleasure! More to come every week
Lorenzo!
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Backgrounds... I don't like drawing them, but this provides great ways to draw them.
Baffles me that YOU USED ONLY 4 COLORS for these backgrounds!
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Man, I love backgrounds, I think they're the most important element to generating a mood and tone in any piece of art. But I know a lot of people don't enjoy planning them into their drawings, hopefully this simple approach will make them seem a little more interesting to tackle?
Cheers pal!
Lorenzo!
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This simple 4 color approach should work. It makes me feel like using it on some of my pieces
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Great, be sure to show me your results, pal!
Cheers!
Lorenzo!
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Thank you, Marco! Lots more on the way!
Lorenzo!
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Thank you Ada
Lorenzo!
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Can I metaphorically kiss your feet?!
This is just fantastic! I've never seen the theories put together so clear! Genius!
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So glad it's all clear and works for you, I think the restricted space for each tutorial keeps me super-economic, so you only get the information you really need
Thanks for the kind words and continued support!
Lorenzo!
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Cheeky monkey
Lorenzo!
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