Sometimes in anime and visual novels, the perspective is spot on. But sometimes, it’s not.
Via Nijipoi, GirlsChannel and OneCall, let’s have a look at when those backgrounds and viewpoints come up short. These kind of images appear to exist in a different dimension, because they don’t follow our universe’s basic rules of perspective.
For example, can you tell what’s wrong with this image?
If not, this will explain:
Then, there’s this (with an explanation included):
The examples below might be more obvious:
There could be numerous reasons to explain these bad backgrounds, from poor working conditions to artistic shortcomings. Earlier this year, Kotaku posted Tokyo-based animator Thomas Romain’s excellent types for drawing backgrounds, which underscore just how important perspective is.
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