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Backgrounds For Animation | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

I recently had the pleasure of creating the backgrounds for a fan-made reanimation of a scene from Netflix's 3D Spirit Riding Free, in the 2D style of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

I really enjoyed creating backgrounds in the style of the original Dreamworks film with my own techniques, I think the backgrounds look quite different from my usual work. It was also interesting to create almost a 360° turnaround of a single environment - and different angles of the same location, which was needed because of the camera movements following the characters.

Horses drawn by Rendou on Youtube, the full video has not yet been released. (The work in Progress can be seen here: https://youtu.be/P4O_j150owU )
All Characters featured belong to Dreamworks Animation

long environment needed for a camera pan

long environment needed for a camera pan

a second perspective of the fallen log

a second perspective of the fallen log

Screenshots of the animated characters  drawn on to the backgrounds | By Rendou

Screenshots of the animated characters drawn on to the backgrounds | By Rendou