Backgrounds and Scenes. HELP!

[simondraws]

Hi guys. I wanted to know if anyone could give me some advice. I am having trouble with my animation with creating my scenes and backgrounds and making them look realistic and making my rooms look "lived in" and things like that. Could anyone direct me to any tutorials about backgrounds and scene creation. Of course if anyone has there own tips for me that would be even better. This would be greatly appreciated as it is hindering my creating my animations. Thank you in advance for any help.

[neeters_guy]

Some good tips here: Making Backgrounds

There is forum member named Parker who made a series of background entirely in ASP. These are good to study for techniques: Parker's backgrounds
He also did a tutorial years ago, but I don't see it available.

If you post some screen shots, you could get more specific suggestions.

Added a couple more links. This question comes up often:
How Do I Make Anime Style Backgrounds?
Creating Decent Backgrounds