Text Background

Backgrounds of text are just such a cool, stylish touch in modern anime art. This can range anywhere from chaotic arrangements of newspaper clippings to minimalist kanji text that frames the main character. Notice how the artist has used floating text arrangements to give the design a touch of graphical design or 'magazine cover' style.

The style of text backgrounds is usually one of bold contrast, such as white font on dark shadows or neon gradients. Character designers enjoy the use of text to fill empty space, often with a slight blur effect to keep the character front and center. And let's face it, a text-heavy background is just an artistically clean phone lockscreen.