Description

Your anime world is a silent narrator — this course teaches you how to embed powerful storytelling through environment design. Learn how to use visual clues and symbols in backgrounds and settings to deepen your narrative and add layers of meaning. You will discover how details like weathered walls, scattered objects, and background graffiti can hint at plot points, character histories, and emotional undertones. The course emphasizes subtlety and coherence, teaching you to design environments that reward close viewers and enrich the story without distracting from the main action. Whether you’re creating manga panels or animated backgrounds, this course will elevate your work by turning your environments into integral storytelling elements.

You'll learn how to:

• Identify opportunities to add symbolic details to your scenes
• Design backgrounds that reflect character and story development
• Use environmental storytelling to foreshadow and build tension
• Balance subtlety and clarity for effective visual narrative
• Incorporate cultural and thematic symbolism into designs