[Free Download] School Background Illustration (Portrait) — Free for Commercial Use by copainter Users

Perfect for school-based stories: we’re giving away free 9:16 (portrait) school background illustrations optimized for smartphone content. Great for manga, webtoons, and game backgrounds—commercial use is allowed and free of charge!

This is a free set of school background illustrations (portrait / 9:16) for smartphone entertainment content. Ideal for mobile webtoons, school-themed games, and comics. Free to use and permitted for commercial use, and tracing and edits are allowed.

Please save and use the images shown on this page as-is. See the license at the end of this article.

File Details

• Format: PNG (non-transparent)
• Aspect ratio: Portrait (optimized for smartphone viewing)
• Resolution: 768 × 1344 px
• Download: Save each image below individually (no ZIP bundle provided)

Backgrounds (Downloadable)

• Schoolyard (campus with cherry blossom trees)
  A spring-themed schoolyard with blooming sakura and a bright atmosphere.

• Courtyard and school building
  A daily-life courtyard scene featuring a flagpole and flower beds.

• Art room (evening light)
  An art classroom with warm sunlight—perfect for creative scenes and after-school mood.

• Schoolyard panorama (dusk)
  A wide overview of the campus and ground with a dramatic sunset.

• Campus view with mountains and a temple
  A unique, atmospheric scene combining a school near mountains with an old temple.

• Science lab (natural light)
  A science room with lab tools and specimens for a realistic, nostalgic feel.

• Playground and basketball court
  Ideal for outdoor sports scenes with hoops and a fenced court.

• Classroom (afternoon light)
  A standard classroom with soft light—great for school stories and coming-of-age scenes.

• School ground (club activity scene)
  A realistic ground with soccer goals and cones—suited for club activity moments.

• Classroom during class
  Desks with study materials and stationery—useful for class and conversation scenes.

• Gymnasium (afternoon light)
  A gym with sunlight, hoops, and mats—great for matches and practice scenes.

• Campus front view (dusk, clock tower building)
  A frontal composition centered on a clock tower, with soft evening light for青春 scenes.

• Schoolyard (cherry blossoms and school building)
  A symbolic sakura scene—perfect for new semester or farewell moments.

• Schoolyard (with gymnastics equipment)
  A schoolyard with bars and vaulting equipment—ideal for PE or club scenes.

• Hallway (lockers and bulletin boards)
  A warm hallway with wooden lockers and posted notices—great for everyday interactions.

• Library (quiet afternoon)
  A library lit by window light—perfect for studying or quiet character moments.

• Hallway with cleaning tools
  A realistic corridor with a cleaning cart and classroom doors—great for after-school shots.

• Schoolyard (ground surrounded by cherry blossoms)
  A spring scene suited for sports festivals, entrance ceremonies, or after-school conversations.

• Art room (in the middle of creating)
  A lively classroom with paints and sketchbooks—good for immersive creation scenes.

• Science lab (afternoon light)
  Test tubes and beakers with gentle light—creates a calm, intellectual mood.

• Science lab (neat desk layout)
  A clean, organized lab—easy to use for class or dialogue scenes.

• Home economics room
  A bright room with counters, bowls, and sewing machines—fits peaceful class scenes.

• Classroom (lesson scene)
  A versatile standard background with aligned desks, blackboard, and spring light.

• Hallway (with lockers)
  A bright corridor with wooden lockers—great for pre-club prep or conversations.

How to Use in copainter

Mass-produce variations with AI Assistant

Load as reference images to create variations such as time-of-day changes (morning/evening/night), sky replacement, and prop additions.

Upscale to 4000px+ with Upscaling AI

Use copainter’s Upscaling AI to increase resolution to sizes suitable for most productions:
https://www.copainter.ai/en/upscaling

Convert to manga-friendly backgrounds with Inking AI

Use Inking AI with these images as references to simplify lines into manga-ready backgrounds. Try different pen touches to create original results:
https://www.copainter.ai/en/inking

License / Terms of Use

• Eligible users: copainter subscribers
• Usage scope: Free and permitted for commercial use only for works created using copainter
• Modifications: Allowed (cropping, painting over, color changes, vectorization, etc.)
• Attribution: Not required
• Prohibited: Redistributing or selling the asset data, claiming it as your own, or commercial use outside copainter
• Disclaimer: The provider is not responsible for any damages arising from use of these assets.

FAQ

Q. I need higher-resolution assets.
A. Use copainter’s Upscaling AI (up to 4× in both dimensions) to obtain production-ready materials.

Q. Can I use these outside copainter?
A. If you are a copainter subscriber and use them for creating works that utilize copainter, commercial use is allowed and free. Editing in external tools is also fine as long as the purpose is to use them in a copainter-based workflow.

Q. Is commercial use okay?
A. Yes, if you’re creating works using copainter. You don’t need to produce the entire work only with copainter, but redistribution/resale of the assets themselves is not allowed.

Q. Are there more free assets?
A. Yes—backgrounds as well as pose sets. See “assets” here:
https://blog.copainter.ai/tag/assets-en/

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