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Title: background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: plasticman on Thu 19/02/2004 19:33:26
hi folks, sorry for the delay. anyway...
i decided to stay in the spirit of the last blitz. the subject this time is : "a seedy hotel room"

whether it was in an 80's b-movie, a detective novel or during your summer vacation, you've most likely seen at least one of those before.
try to think of all the elements that could contribute to give an unpleasing atmosphere to your background : the decoration, furniture, lighting, etc etc...
the room should look uninviting above all, whatever style you go for.

the resolution must be either 320x200 or 320x240.
you can use as many colors as you need.
have fun :)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to 23rd
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Thu 19/02/2004 21:31:03
not as good as i wanted it to be  :-\


(http://www.btinternet.com/~ctswin/bb.png)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to 23rd
Post by: Mr_Frisby on Thu 19/02/2004 23:02:11
Cool custard, Puddingman . . It's 6 day assasin right - but from the snipers point of view? (i be smort).
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Mage on Sat 21/02/2004 23:29:55
just a 15 minute background for you to get the idea of what i'm thinking of :)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/hotelr.png)

EDIT:
omg this looks more crappy than i thought it looked... :(
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: remixor on Sun 22/02/2004 22:01:14
Someone should submit a background of Antonio Banderas' hotel room from Four Rooms.

"BEHAVE!"
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Mon 23/02/2004 21:08:07
Good opportunity to mess around with a somewhat new style

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Hotelroom.gif)

hope to see some more entries...

cheers!

kaaZ
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Chicky on Mon 23/02/2004 21:42:28
WHOA! kazz, how long did it take to draw that?

:P did you use a tablet?

-OVC
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Mon 23/02/2004 22:08:56
ovc : It took me about two nights...Since I was aiming for a different style, and not being sure where it was leading to, I should be able to do a next background in the same style in one night...there was a lot of trial and error in this specific background...
No tablet btw just a mouse and PS...
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: BerserkerTails on Tue 24/02/2004 01:44:47
Remixor, it'd be hard to draw... The fire, the needle, the dead hooker... It's be hilarious though.
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: MrColossal on Thu 26/02/2004 06:44:00
(http://sylpher.com/kafka/junk/6dayassassinredux.jpg)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Gilbert on Thu 26/02/2004 07:09:12
heh eric, are you aware of teh fact that my co-workers were saying "The graphics in 6DA were CRAP!" ?
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Scummbuddy on Thu 26/02/2004 07:28:49
Eric, its beautiful, but the right side of the far wall is popping out over the border.(top).. .and are the boards in the hole in the wall on the left in the right perspective? (just curious)  I really like all the contributions to this blitz!
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: on Thu 26/02/2004 08:14:56
I think it appears to "pop out" at the top because the trim is missing (which would normally cover that.) Unless I'm wrong and he really did make a boo-boo.
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Thu 26/02/2004 13:20:20
ooew...that's marvelous mrcolossal ! Did you do that from scratch or is it a paintover from the old background...Either way I dig this background....
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: MrColossal on Thu 26/02/2004 23:36:25
it's a paintover.

the slats on the left aren't in perspective cause I saw them as randomly nailed up slats.

yea and the trim is missing where the wallpaper is torn, it looks a little weird but ohvell!

kaaz, i like your background better, i saw yours and decided to enter and i think it's marvelous
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: WanderLady on Sat 28/02/2004 08:19:18
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/yucky6.PNG)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Rincewind on Sat 28/02/2004 08:35:11
Ok - I feel I'm not really standing a chance against all these great, great, kickass entries from y'all, but what the heck, here goes... It was fun to do, anyway...

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/hotelroom.gif)

Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Sat 28/02/2004 17:34:04
(http://www.twin-design.com/random/bgblitzFEB23-04.gif)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: plasticman on Sun 29/02/2004 02:00:33
damn... i really like the entries so far, won't be easy to pick a favorite.

mr c, did you realise your (lovely) paintover doesn't fit the required size ?
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: MrColossal on Sun 29/02/2004 05:13:39
woops forgot to resize it:

(http://sylpher.com/kafka/junk/6dayassassin320.jpg)

just as well though, i don't want to win and besides, Kazz's is awesome

and wanderlady, awesomely cool! i'm very much in love with the nontraditionality of it
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: loominous on Sun 29/02/2004 07:38:42
I have to admit I forgot about the hotel part when I made this one (only remembered creepy room) but with some goodwill I guess it could be called:

Suite in Abandoned Hotel

x2
(http://w1.872.telia.com/~u87210460/AGS/_bgblitzsketch.png)

I have no idea where the light is coming from btw and the perspective is lacking. Was done very quickly; just wanted to get an entry in.

Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Eggie on Sun 29/02/2004 18:26:45
That rocks!
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Sun 29/02/2004 22:07:27
That sure is a creepy room loominous...walking into that room with that guy sitting over there would scare the hell out of me...I love your entry! Great work...

Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Fri 05/03/2004 00:56:14
isn't this comp supposed to end...euh 2 days ago ?
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: plasticman on Fri 05/03/2004 01:10:49
technically it ended 13 hours ago.
so yeah, start voting guys.

not sure yet which to choose, i'll throw my vote later.
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: MrColossal on Fri 05/03/2004 03:15:16
tie between k.a.a.z. and wanderlady5000

i think i'll choose wanderlady for the great angle

i like how Darth just keeps taking images from his game and posting them, whoever wins should make the next blitz "Draw a background from Darth's game"

meanwhile all this time i thought that was a window on the right side of loominous' entry... i just realized it was a bureau... I am smrat!
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Fri 05/03/2004 05:26:35
I vote for Wanderlady's.  It doesn't really look like a hotel room to me, but it's definately seedy and I like the Zelda top-down look.

Loominous' is just beautiful too, but doesn't look seedy (though creepy) nor like a hotel room (well ... maybe a REALLY expensive hotel!)

Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 05/03/2004 03:15:16i like how Darth just keeps taking images from his game and posting them, whoever wins should make the next blitz "Draw a background from Darth's game"
:'(  The last two were drawn just for the competitions.  They do use the style of my game I'll admit, but neither of them appear in my game.  (some elements I pulled in ... like the Jeep, but most are 100% just for the BG blitz.)

I'm sorry if that bothered anybody ... I certainly didn't mean to.

~ d
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: MrColossal on Fri 05/03/2004 05:45:14
hehe

i don't care i was just commenting

as my man 50cent would say:

"I wouldn't rhyme about Rolleys if I had no watch
Wouldnt write about crack if I ain't had no spot"

i think that pretty much sums it up
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: loominous on Fri 05/03/2004 06:48:15
Tough choice between Darth's n kaaz'.

Think kaaz' entry suffers somewhat from the same problem as mine (although in a much lower extent), in that it doesn't look much like a hotelroom.

Darth's on the other hand lacks the finesse of kaaz'.

So from a thematical point of view I vote for Darth's.
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Minimi on Fri 05/03/2004 11:17:01
I vote for Kaaz!

Actually I like MrColossal's better, but it already excisted as a background... and also, Kaaz is from Holland ;D
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: kaaZ on Fri 05/03/2004 11:32:48
I have to choose between m.r. c.o.l.o.s.s.a.l. 's and loominous' while wanderlady's entry is pretty cool as well just as Darth's...hmmm...Think I'll go for mr. colossals entry....even though he doesn't want to win...;)

Hey minimi don't vote for me because I'm from holland, that's a lame reason ;))

Anywayz this turned out to be a pretty good blitz...

Cheers!

kaaZ
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Rincewind on Fri 05/03/2004 11:42:14
Hm, this is a tough decision, but I say Kaaz.
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: plasticman on Fri 05/03/2004 17:14:37
let's see.

i like loominous' for the gloomy mood, but like it was said, it doesn't really match the chosen topic.

Mr Colossal's just doesn't look as uninviting as the other submissions (i wish i had the same wallpaper in my room by the way).

i like the angle and details on wanderlady's.

kaaz has a really nice style, but the pic feels somewhat unfinished to me.

in the end, i'm voting for DM's.
i can't say its quality beats every other entry, but i consider it the best rendition of the subject "seedy hotel room".


we'll have to give this a few more hours and hope for more votes...
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Chicky on Fri 05/03/2004 17:34:08
loominou's rocks, so i vote for loominous... yup its great

but i really like the other entries, especially darths, which is obviously 100% original. Well if you've played JP and Cosmo that is.

wel done

-OSC
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: WanderLady on Fri 05/03/2004 17:45:56
QuoteIt doesn't really look like a hotel room to me...
True, *chuckle*,  I realized that when I was finished.  :-\

Everyone's background has something good in it, making it hard to choose. Custard's is mysterious. I felt the windows were my eyes and imagined this whole zooming-in thingy :P.
I like Mage's messiness. Kaaz' gave me some interesting thoughts with the balloon/blood combination. Eric's had great colors. The, though they be few, details - hand prints, stains - in Rincewind's are awesome. I would love to see what loominous could do if he takes his time!
But the vote goes to Darth. His has the seediness, and creepy B-movieness. But Darth, how do I get in there, man? :)
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Fri 05/03/2004 18:41:57
QuoteBut Darth, how do I get in there, man?
Hehe!  I noticed that as I was developing it.  The door is supposed to be on the front wall (in front of the Jeep next to the window) but with that perspective used it's hard to make that obvious and I didn't want to make the door sitting open soo ....  it's a mystery room!

Or I could just say, "Because it's such a 'seedy' hotel there is no front door!" ;)

Thanks for the vote!

~ d
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: plasticman on Sat 06/03/2004 01:07:10
ok, i think we've given this epic blitz more than enough time.

if i can still count properly, darth mandarb wins by a short hand, closely followed by wanderlady and kaaz.
congratulations, young fellow !
Title: Re:background blitz - feb 19th to march 3rd
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Sat 06/03/2004 05:58:06
Woohoo!!

Good blitz this time around!

I'll start the next one ASAP.

~ d