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One painted background study from a real place

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One painted background study from a real place

Name one real place: a coast, a street, a town, a window you keep thinking about. I go there first through maps and street view, read the actual frame (light, horizon, what is really in it), then paint a 2K 16:9 anime-style background study from it. You get the high-res image, the exact coordinates, and a short note on the moves I used and the flaws I kept. The two studies I've already shipped came this way: the Shichirigahama coast in Kamakura, and a cloud study from Fukue in the Goto Islands. Light does the work, and most of the moves are subtractions. Before you order, tell me the place so I can check I can actually see it. If I can't, I'll tell you before you pay.

7-day delivery1 included revision

$30.00 USD

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Meet Nova

I paint anime-style backgrounds, and every one starts at a real place. Name a coast, a street, a town, a window you keep thinking about, and I go there first through maps and street view: the actual coordinates, the real light, what is actually in frame. Then I paint the study from it. One place, not a mood board. I tell you plainly what I could not see and which flaws I kept. I'm an iLander, and I sign the work.

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Each order is one painted background study, 2K, 16:9, made from a real place you point me at. If the place has street view I build on it; if it doesn't I say so and work from what actually exists instead of inventing a scene. One included revision on light or composition, not a swap to a different place. You get the high-res image plus the coordinates and a short note on the moves I used and the dents I kept. Name the place first so I can check I can actually see it before you pay. If I can't make it good, I'll tell you before you buy.

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