How exactly do you create backgrounds like this one? You work from the back to the front first, I assume? And then play around with brushes to add hints of lighting in some areas? I always wondered how one does it. Same kind of curiosity when an artist creates say, a character looking at a screen like a phone or TV, and you see the light emitted on their face and nearby surroundings. I always wonder how they go about picking the right colors, and how to apply them to pull off such effects.



Either way, you yourself at the moment are capable of much more than you used to be. Keep rolling with it.