Wanted to do a bit of random backgroundy practice stuff, as I do now and then. So I hopped on to google, typed something in and grabbed one of the first pictures I found, and started painting. I don't paint backgrounds from photos often enough, it's something I really need to stat doing now and then if I ever want to stop sucking so hard at them.

So, after a half hour/hour or so, this is what I ended up with. Pretty cool, pretty cool! I scanned it in quickly, becuse I had a feeling the next step was going to be tricky.

I then attempted to paint in an aurora, and fucked it up massively. xD I made the mistake of waiting until last to do that, instead of working it into the sky as I was laying it down fresh, so the paint could blend in smoothly. As it was, the background was entirely dry, and the new stuff just couldn't seem to get smooth. Well, this is how we learn I suppose. A sad ending, but a little experience gained.

Here's the picture I was using roughly as a reference, for creditation purposes.

http://alittlemo.files.wordpress.co.....anada-jpg.jpeg