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Here is part 8 of my Let's Draw series and after spending about 18 hours drawing the characters, I finally got started on the background! While Coco, Crunch, and Aku Aku are fighting against Uka Uka and Dr. Cortex, the battle just so happens to take place during a massive volcano eruption! I sure did have a lot of fun drawing this and there is a lot I have to say about this part.

For starters, I chose the theme for a volcano eruption to create a Heaven/Hell-like contrast between the upper half and the lower half. To create the illusion of depth, I made the mountains darker and simpler the farther you look in the distance which is an important factor in creating landscapes. Also, lava(as with anything extremely hot) has a very strong glow to it and I made all of the mountains and even the characters have shades of red-orange on them to make it look like they're in an uncomfortably hot environment.

This battle was mainly inspired by two particular scenes. The first was the Valley of Fire mission in the video game Sky Odyssey(a very underrated game BTW). I also made a painting based on that mission many years ago. Here are the links to the painting and the gameplay footage.
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9yV--…
The second was the final battle between Simba and Scar near the end of The Lion King(which was also one of my artistic influences BTW). Here is the link to the clip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qa7f4…

So what advice do you have for the background? Let me know in the comments.

CLICK HERE FOR PART 9
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…

CLICK HERE FOR PART 7
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…

Description
Here is part 8 of my Let's Draw series and after spending about 18 hours drawing the characters, I finally got started on the background! While Coco, Crunch, and Aku Aku are fighting against Uka Uka and Dr. Cortex, the battle just so happens to take place during a massive volcano eruption! I sure did have a lot of fun drawing this and there is a lot I have to say about this part.

For starters, I chose the theme for a volcano eruption to create a Heaven/Hell-like contrast between the upper half and the lower half. To create the illusion of depth, I made the mountains darker and simpler the farther you look in the distance which is an important factor in creating landscapes. Also, lava(as with anything extremely hot) has a very strong glow to it and I made all of the mountains and even the characters have shades of red-orange on them to make it look like they're in an uncomfortably hot environment.

This battle was mainly inspired by two particular scenes. The first was the Valley of Fire mission in the video game Sky Odyssey(a very underrated game BTW). I also made a painting based on that mission many years ago. Here are the links to the painting and the gameplay footage.
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9yV--…
The second was the final battle between Simba and Scar near the end of The Lion King(which was also one of my artistic influences BTW). Here is the link to the clip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qa7f4…

So what advice do you have for the background? Let me know in the comments.

CLICK HERE FOR PART 9
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…

CLICK HERE FOR PART 7
www.deviantart.com/jac59col/ar…