Let's look closely at another trailer park background from #BigCityGreens designed by me, painted by @spookybri.
A process thread:
Again, starting with the storyboard.
This panel is about staging the action for the characters and giving a basic composition.
I threw down a grid to lay out the perspective.
This is a quick way to find perspective without dealing in vanishing points that would be so far away.
Roughing details is where the story of the location starts to come alive.
You can see how I adhere to the perspective grid.
Mailboxes in trailer parks are typically at a central location. But I think there is some mail (bills, letters from an ex) this guy won't even open and bring inside.
Here's the final design with all its details of a rugged history to support the introduction of a character.
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I lay some pre-made grids over the storyboard panel and adjust them with Photoshop's perspective tool. I eyeball it this time instead of using vanishing points.
The horizon line (dark blue) is near the top of the frame so we look down into the room.
Then using the storyboard as a guide, I rough in the architecture and major elements.
Though I used reference for the pirate ship, it's a theater stage, not a seafaring vessel, so I cheated a lot of the logistics of a ship.