Motion Comic (Background Painting Process)

Here's a Motion Comic I made for school!

Rainwater Harvesting is a real method that we can practice in the Philippines to combat water shortages! You can collect and store rainwater, and use it for NON-DRINKING purposes such as washing clothes or vehicles, flushing, and watering your garden. Some of the advantages of this method are: it reduces flooding, saves money, and reduces demand on groundwater.
(READ: "5 Advantages of Rainwater Harvesting" https://www.accurateleak.com/rainwater-harvesting/5-advantages-of-rainwater-harvesting/)

With proper filtration and purification (disinfection is a MUST!), this stored water can be also be used as drinking water.

FILTERING SYSTEM INSTALLATION
For more information on how you can get professional installation for a Rainwater Filtering System, VISIT: http://vertigrow.filipinasplastic.com/product_rainwaterharvesting.php

LAYOUT (Photoshop)
I started by sketching the layout I wanted for my motion comic.

FIRST DRAFT
After checking out other comic layouts for inspiration, I decided to remove the usual white comic borders. I sketched a whole page of the first scene (which is the first panel).

LINEART
To help certain objects stand out, give them a thicker outlines. For the details and textures, give them thinner lines.

COLOR
I went through Pinterest to search for digital artworks with color palettes that I wanted for my background. After coloring, I added a color dodge layer to make the lantern and window appear to glow.

LINEART COLOR
Finally, recolored the black lineart into darker colors of its objects to give the whole picture a bit of cohesiveness.

Animated on ToonBoom!