I thought I'd mention this as it's so obvious it's often overlooked.
Flat-screen PC monitors and TV's are great backgrounds for figures. Just find a photo on-line or freeze a scene on a DVD or YouTube vid, put your figure in front and away you go.
I did this a while ago in front of a shot of a Dakota on my PC monitor:
I like the darkness of the figure, I thought it worked quite well.
Here it is lightened a bit:
Flat-screen PC monitors and TV's are great backgrounds for figures. Just find a photo on-line or freeze a scene on a DVD or YouTube vid, put your figure in front and away you go.
I did this a while ago in front of a shot of a Dakota on my PC monitor:
I like the darkness of the figure, I thought it worked quite well.
Here it is lightened a bit: