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I don't watch Ousama Ranking... I might someday, but its not something I'm looking at rn. But oml they are *painting* their backgrounds. Not Photoshop or any other digital method, they're traditionally painting their backgrounds and I just want to scream at how gorgeous they all are.

I mean, look at this.

https://twitter.com/WIT_STUDIO/status/1484164413678661637
https://twitter.com/WIT_STUDIO/status/1481627684010708996
https://twitter.com/WIT_STUDIO/status/1479090935380299781

For the aesthetic the show has, painted BGs punch up the look perfectly. Traditionally painted BGs were fazed out in the 2000s, because digital offers so much more versatility (and an undo button...) so for them to go this route, for me, is *chef's kiss*. It's a lost art imo. I use to collect traditionally painted anime BGs and, well, 15-20 years ago, they were cheap. WIT knows what they're doing though LOL. If any of those go on sale, I expect them to be out of my price range.

I wish I could paint... I'd just paint pretty scenery every day, all day. Alas.

The man who did /try/ to teach me to paint use to paint animation BGs for a living (still does PT), so when I showed him my collection (I brought in some that were full of trees and painted foliage) and I remember him dissecting the BGs and going on like, whoever painted them was very, very skilled at their craft, had been doing it forever, every stroke they laid down was knowledgeable, etc, etc... my art envy was so strong.

So now every time WIT posts a new painted BG I want to scream with art envy LOL