Mastering AI Backgrounds: From Sci-Fi Cities to Fantasy Forests
Struggling with background consistency? Learn specific prompts and techniques to generate breathtaking settings for your story.
Mike Johnson
CTO
The Importance of Setting
Backgrounds ground your characters in reality. In manga and webtoons, backgrounds often set the emotional tone of the scene (known as "Ma" in Japanese aesthetics).
1. Prompts for Different Genres
Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk
Keywords: "neon lights, rain-slicked streets, towering skyscrapers, holograms, wires and cables, volumetric lighting, cyan and magenta color palette".
Fantasy / Isekai
Keywords: "lush green forest, ancient ruins, magical glow, floating islands, crystal clear water, painting style, sunlight filtering through leaves".
School Life / Slice of Life
Keywords: "golden hour, japanese classroom, cherry blossoms outside window, lens flare, detailed desk clutter, nostalgic atmosphere".
2. Depth of Field
Use "depth of field" or "blurred background" controls in ComicsAI when you want to focus on the character. For establishing shots, use "wide angle lens" and "highly detailed background".
3. Consistency Hack: Asset Reuse
Generate a few high-quality background images (e.g., "hero's bedroom", "school gate") and reuse them. You can filter them to look like "night" or "sunset" using simple color grading, rather than re-generating them from scratch every time.
Mike Johnson
CTO
"Specializing in environment generation and 3D-to-2D workflows."