Side-scroller game backgrounds
Turn a flat gray block-in into a painted side-scroller background, then extend it and generate lighting variants for other levels.
How it works
- 1
Block in the level
Flat gray shapes for the layers: foreground platforms, mid-ground, sky.
- 2
Render the style
Mirva renders the block-in in the game’s style, keeping every shape and the aspect ratio.
- 3
Refine and paint over
More texture detail where it matters; overpaint and color correction by hand.
- 4
Extend and relight
Extend the background sideways and relight it for other levels: night, dusk, winter, sunset, each from the same block-in.
The whole run
Related workflows
Environment concept iterations
Take one environment from a gray sketch to a detailed matte painting, then iterate weather, time of day and camera angle in the same world.
Isometric game buildings
From a simple 3D blockout to a painted isometric building — clean render, painterly pass, weathered and line-art versions — at the same angle.
Color script
Plan how color moves through a story: new scenes in the same world, with the palette shifting from the first key image to the last.