The background tool for comic creators.

Focus on your OC.
We'll build the world.

100% Human-Directed. No technical experience needed.

Build your first background — free

*2-week free trial. No card required.

Background by @lumeree_art · Made with ABLUR

Tap any image. Watch ABLUR step in.

Meet Bob Bingi — a detective by Blue Moon. Drop your OC in. Build the scene around them.

Tap each scene to reveal ABLUR.

See it on your OC. First scene is free.

No credit card. Beginner-friendly.

Build your first background — free

What is ABLUR?

Built this scene in 30 minutes.

A background studio — built for your hand, your eye, your story.

Backgrounds, finally.

The bottleneck that stopped you? It's gone.

Draw the character. We build the world.

You don't have to draw backgrounds. ABLUR places, lights, and frames the scene.

You direct every shot.

Hand-placed, hand-lit, hand-framed. Every angle is yours.

Made with ABLUR

Creators like you. OCs like yours.

See how other comic creators gave their OCs a world to live in.

@beabubb 133K followers
Creator of Children of the Overgrown — OC apocalypse
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@lumeree_art 54.1K followers
Story WIP: Shattered Paradise — fantasy & magic
@mithsd_ 73K followers
Four years in the making. Built in ABLUR.
@mithsd_ 73K followers
Inside Mithsd's ABLUR workspace.
Black and white comic scene by Allie, built with ABLUR screen tones 🖤 Screen Tone

Black & white. Tones do the heavy lifting.

by @Allie

Night scene by Arechanga, built with ABLUR moonlight 🌙 Moonlight

Set any light. Even a quiet moon.

by @Arechanga

Comic scene by Bhabs restyled into cartoon look with ABLUR 🎨 Cartoon Style

From realistic to cartoon — one step.

by @Bhabs

What you can do

What you can build.

Everything you build works with Clip Studio, Procreate, or any comic workflow.

Light tells the story.

  • Move lights, shift shadows
  • Golden hour to neon night
  • One-slider time of day

Same space. Different story.

  • Swap walls, floors, curtains
  • Ready-made material library
  • Real-time preview

From bold ink to painted scenes.

  • Slide line weight, bold to faint
  • Hide lines completely for painted scenes
  • Match any art style — manga to graphic novel

Thousands of backgrounds, ready.

  • Prebuilt scene library
  • Drop-in placement
  • Fully editable after
NOT AI

Every object placed by you.
Every light adjusted by you.
Every camera framed by you.
Not a single pixel generated by AI.

You're not replacing your art. You're directing your scenes.
Your style stays yours. Your hand stays in every panel.

Place objects

Drag, rotate, position — every prop in the scene by your hand.

Light scenes

Move every light. Cast every shadow exactly where you want.

Direct cameras

Frame every angle. Choose every panel composition.

Focus on your OC.
We'll build the world.

Build your first background — free

Free to start. No credit card. Beginner-friendly.

Focus on your OC. We'll build the world.

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