--- title: Tutorial: Using Blender For Backgrounds In Concept Art description: Concept artist Ullaiin shows how to use Blender to build backgrounds for 2D concept art. The video walks through Blender basics and her full workflow, from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-using-blender-for-backgrounds-in-concept-art-krzr2pusx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tutorial: Using Blender For Backgrounds In Concept Art | daily.dev og:description: Concept artist Ullaiin shows how to use Blender to build backgrounds for 2D concept art. The video walks through Blender basics and her full workflow, from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-using-blender-for-backgrounds-in-concept-art-krzr2pusx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kRzr2puSX.png og:image:alt: Tutorial: Using Blender For Backgrounds In Concept Art og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tutorial: Using Blender For Backgrounds In Concept Art **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Concept artist Ullaiin shows how to use Blender to build backgrounds for 2D concept art. The video walks through Blender basics and her full workflow, from modeling a Western-inspired environment blockout to painting over it into a finished 2D piece. Blender is highlighted as a free, community-backed tool with extensive tutorials for 3D beginners. A related video from Eugenia Chernova covers combining 2D and 3D to create a fantasy village environment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I use Blender to help with drawing backgrounds in 2D concept art? Build a rough 3D blockout of the environment in Blender, then paint over it to finish the piece in 2D. Concept artist Ullaiin demonstrates this by modeling a Western-inspired environment blockout in Blender and then painting it into a finished 2D piece, using 3D as a structural aid for perspective and spatial layout. _Artists weighing 3D-assisted workflows for backgrounds can find more breakdowns like this through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Creating Fantasy Village Concept Art Using Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-fantasy-village-concept-art-using-blender-qpnyfazt1) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How To Turn Procreate Illustrations Into 3D Backgrounds In Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-turn-procreate-illustrations-into-3d-backgrounds-in-blender-fdmba3i1n) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Beginner's Tutorial on Blender Techniques for a Stylized Scene](https://daily.dev/posts/beginner-s-tutorial-on-blender-techniques-for-a-stylized-scene-9xpkddsk9) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-using-blender-for-backgrounds-in-concept-art-krzr2pusx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tutorial: Using Blender For Backgrounds In Concept Art","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-using-blender-for-backgrounds-in-concept-art-krzr2pusx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-using-blender-for-backgrounds-in-concept-art-krzr2pusx"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T16:51:48.927Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T16:52:12.808Z","description":"Concept artist Ullaiin shows how to use Blender to build backgrounds for 2D concept art. 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