Background Blitz (April 02 - April 15)

[nihilyst]

Hi all!

Thanks for voting for me in the last Blitz. And the new topic is ...

Wonderland

This time show us something, that deserves the name "Wonderland". What is your wonderland? Is it an amusement park? Is it a beautiful fantasy world with waterfalls "falling" into the yellow sky? Is it the Land of the Talking Avocados or a nightmarish place with unbelievable torture machines? It's up to you!

Your background
- must provide a wonder (like an upsidedown house, the waterfall falling upwards, a strange plant or something like that)
- shouldn't have more than 30 colours.
- can have any size you can choose in the AGS

If anything is unclear or you have questions ... just ask
Voting will start on April 15th.

cheers
nihilyst

[nihilyst]

Five days to go and no entries? Come on! ^^

Unfortunately I'm off the internet beginning on friday. So it would be cool, if one of the moderators could start voting and bring the Blitz to an end. Thanks in advance!

cheers
nihilyst

[Buckethead]

I'm too busy with all kind of thing to enter. But the topic is great. BB's are like boilers, they start so slow but when they are off they are awsome! try not to worry 

[radiowaves]

If I had checked back to the forums a little earlier, I could have participated... but then again, 5 days is enough time to make a good bg.

[Tuomas]

To continue useless posting, the themem is exellent. But as I'm working mornings and have every afternoon booked, well, I'll see if I have time on weekend. I most hope so, I really feel like drawing one, and I need the practise.

[KC]

I don't know how I missed this one till now, well here you go.  It's not exactly my ideal fantasyland or anything, but behold, the floating orb.

[FruitStripeApe]

Alien Paradise

All the species of the planet converge for The Great Alignment.

[Neil Dnuma]

A variation on the old Magritte trick

EDIT: pixelfix

[cat]

Of course the walkable area has to be invisible in the sky so the player can cut a piece of cheese out of the moon 

[TheJBurger]

Winter Wonderland:

[Domino]

Wow, some great entries coming in.

Probably won't be able to enter this one. But good luck to all the entrants.

[nihilyst]

Okay, I'm off now. May some moderator bring this competition to an end. Good luck to all the participants.

[gypsysnail]

hey TheJburger that is excellent!! What program did you use to make that one?

[Steel Drummer]

MSPaint, no doubt.

[TheJBurger]

hey TheJburger that is excellent!! What program did you use to make that one?

Thanks, I used Photoshop CS and a mouse.

[Steel Drummer]

It looks great!

[markbilly]

I think Neil Dnuma's is excellent. It would work really well as a Background, with maybe the character in a boat, or just used in a cut scene. The whole scene has lots of character, and the water looks very good as well.

[Buckethead]

Last minute entry:



The models are not mine so I'm not sure if this BG is allowed.

[Andail]

Allrightie, let's commence the voting. You know the drill.

My votes all categories go to Neil Dnuma. Good work lad!

[Neil Dnuma]

Thanks, Andail and markbilly Still unsure whether putting the night sky on the daylit scene was a worthy gimmick, but at least it increases the "wonder element".

--MY VOTES:

Idea: cat. An interesting place to visit, quite bizarre.
Atmosphere: TheJBurger. Good, cold color scheme. It's peaceful, yet dramatic.
Design: TheJBurger. Nice mountain shapes and a good looking ship. This is Antarctica, right?
Composition: TheJBurger. Nice and classic. Perfect establishing shot.
Functionality: Mr. Buckéthead. Very readable BG. I like this one, and it has quite a nice balance of tones. I think the color reduction treated it a bit hard though.
Technique: TheJBurger. I'd like to see the full color version of this one. The reduction artifacts are hurtful, especially in the sky. Still, you can tell the palette is carefully chosen, so it's really not too bad. I just believe the full color one is stunning:) Great BG again JBurger!