Topic: High up
Description: A location placed somewhere high up in the sky/space or what ever is high up in the world you create. It can be inside or outside location, it can be a mega structure or a small cave etc.
Techincal Restriction: AGS compatible
Voting: starts 25th of January, unless someone wants extension.
Have fun!
Quote from: zyndikate on Tue 08/02/2011 08:51:07Description: A location placed somewhere high up in the sky/space or what ever is high up in the world you create. It can be inside or outside location, it can be a mega structure or a small cave etc.
So...basically all the rough sketches I did for the previous Blitz - which (if I had the time) was going to be the abandoned pantheon of the Greek gods on top op Mount Olympus - are still go. What are the odds. :)
Inspired by Mad's amusement park last time.
The Ferris wheel suddenly stops. Your date turns to you and says, "We should have that conversation now."
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/040/a/4/trapped_on_a_ferris_wheel_by_oraxon-d396fyf.jpg)
Quote from: Misj' on Tue 08/02/2011 09:00:32
Quote from: zyndikate on Tue 08/02/2011 08:51:07Description: A location placed somewhere high up in the sky/space or what ever is high up in the world you create. It can be inside or outside location, it can be a mega structure or a small cave etc.
So...basically all the rough sketches I did for the previous Blitz - which (if I had the time) was going to be the abandoned pantheon of the Greek gods on top op Mount Olympus - are still go. What are the odds. :)
I vote for it!
Others may have done scetches, too, but didn't share it with the community. It shouldn't be of disadvantage, showing scetches to us before.
... and I really would love to see this bg done :D
oraxon, that's great! Love the ambience and DOF effect. Quite unusual for a background, but it could've been a great scene in a game.
Will try to enter this one, like the theme.
Thanks, Ilyich! Looking forward to voting for your entry. ( or Misj's or Tabata's, this should be a fun month. )
(http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab12/Mad1978/skyTown.png)
No, it's not steam-punk, it's peddle-punk!
A pre-historical society cranking up their pyramids (and themselves up in lifts), trying to be as near to the gods as possible!
new entry:
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x122/mordalles/spaceshipcolornew.png)
cleaned up a bit, kept high res. still missing the planned dead corpses. ::)
old "concept entry".
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x122/mordalles/spaceshipcolorlow.png)
a very rough infected space ship interior, looking down on earth. i wanted to add lots of stuff and refine a bit, but decided just to post to low res version as is. and try again next time. :)
edit:thanks, Ilyich! your background looks stunning, btw! :o
edit:imageshack seems to be giving problems?
Mordalles, that's great! You've oversized it a little, but the non-scaled version looks splendid!
Mad, interesting stuff, I like the concept!
Mine didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to, probably due to poor composition, but, nevertheless, here it goes:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2159609/uphigh3.jpg)
An office at the top floor of the Victoria Heights building in New Brussels, year 1919 in an alternative universe. Heavily inspired by architecture of Victor Horta. Obligatory retro-futuristic zeppelin outside the window is not included.
Quote from: Ilyich on Tue 22/02/2011 02:48:08
Obligatory retro-futuristic zeppelin outside the window is not included.
But... but... it's obligatory! :(
Awesome to see Mordalles posting!
Quote from: Ilyich on Tue 22/02/2011 02:48:08
Mine didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to, probably due to poor composition, but, nevertheless, here it goes:
An office at the top floor of the Victoria Heights building in New Brussels, year 1919 in an alternative universe. Heavily inspired by architecture of Victor Horta. Obligatory retro-futuristic zeppelin outside the window is not included.
really can't see any bad composition here.
in fact, the moment i saw this picture i wanted to live in that universe :(
beautiful atmosphere!
Ilyich, this is beautiful! My only complain is, if I was living there, I'd definitely turn the sofa around to look out of the window.
Quote from: zyndikate on Tue 08/02/2011 08:51:07
Voting: starts 22th of January, unless someone wants extension.
I'm a bit confused... you mean 22th of February? So..today's the day? I started something, but it's still far from finished. Kinda thought it would be until 25th. :-\ If you're willing to grant a little extension, I'll probably have something ready by then.
Great entries, everyone! It's gonna be a tough one to vote.
Quote from: Cuiki on Tue 22/02/2011 19:50:13I'm a bit confused... you mean 22th of February? So..today's the day? I started something, but it's still far from finished. Kinda thought it would be until 25th. :-\
Hmm...I thought the same thing...but too many - unfortunately more important things - would have kept me from entering a final piece even before the 25th. I just don't have time to sit down and really draw (I currently do most of my sketches during (completely unrelated) work-meetings)...
I will post a few sketches shortly though, just to give an impression of where I was going, and how I thought about the background.
I'm sort of ashamed to place this entry here, along with Mordalles's and Ilyich's, but still...
A mini-golf site on the roof
(http://cave-progz.narod.ru/highup.jpg)
"...Mr.Johnson liked those 'trips' outside with his companion Harrieth, a chief manager of H&J Company. It felt like you were on the top of the world - literally and metaphorically speaking. But today it looked like raining since morning. Not the cause why Mr.Johnson wasn't here, though... But why wasn't he there?.."
Sorry for the confusion, the voting starts the 25th.
Great entries so far guys!
I'm constantly amazed at the sheer amount of talent there is in the AGS community. Some amazing pics here already!
Not much room for walking, but there ought to be quite a few puzzle opportunities.
(http://marcus.krupa.se/AGS/bb_110225.jpg)
Haha, so good loominous. When are you gonna make a damn game already.
An island up in the clouds. It's some kind of a trippy chill-out area.. or, at least it's supposed to be. :-\
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/missy_L/high_up.png)
Sorry guys for starting this a little late. But let the voting start, Ill keep it open for a day or so.
Idea: Was it an original/creative interpretation of the theme?
Atmosphere: Was an interesting world created? - Did the scene evoke a feeling?
Design: How well the individual elements are designed, from clouds to doorknobs.
Composition: How well the elements are combined to create a pleasing whole, and lead the viewer to the points of interest. This also includes the background's in-game functionality (hotspots, walkable areas, etc.)
Technique: How well it's rendered (within the chosen style!), in no way meaning the more elaborate the better.
[b]Idea[/b] -
[b]Atmosphere[/b] -
[b]Design[/b] -
[b]Composition[/b] -
[b]Technique[/b] -
I thought I'll elaborate somewhat this time:
Idea - loominous. Very cute. Has something of Calvin and Hobbes, which is a very good thing.
Atmosphere - Mordalles. ...even without the corpses.
Design - Ilyich. It really works as a whole.
Composition - Ilyich. This absolutly delivers what it promises on the packaging.
Technique - Mordalles. You said it needed refinement, but I like the roughness of it.
Idea - Mad
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - Ilyich
Composition - Mordalles (for functionality in particular)
Technique - Loominous
Lovely entries all round, so hard to vote once again. Took me three hours to reach a decision this time!
Idea - Oraxon - Great location, the story to that pic writes itself.
Atmosphere - Mordalles - Just rad. I like the first, low res one a thousand times more though:)
Design - Mordalles - Reminds me of a Flash Gordon set with a Dark Seed twist or something. Very cool.
Composition - Mad - Really interesting composition here.
Technique - Cuiki - While I usually give this one to Loominous, I see a lot of potential in your entry.
Really hard to choose, everything is so different and lovely in it's own right!
Idea - oraxon - quite an unexpected, interesting "closed" location idea
Atmosphere - Mordalles - dark, creepy and very thick
Design - loominous - cute and simply awesome
Composition - Mordalles - it's a real game background
Technique - loominous - love the soft colours and the contrast on this one.
Idea - Ilyich
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - Ilyich
Composition - Ilyich
Technique - Loominous
inspirational stuff!
Idea - oraxon
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - Ilyich
Composition - Cuiki
Technique - Ilyich
I'm a bit sad, that cat didn't do her entry (her scetches promised a fantastic bg)! But to be honest, there are wonderful other ideas shown here.
I'd like to enter and explore all of the shown little worlds. They are sooo different in style and emotion, that it was hard for me to choose. They are all lovely to watch and would fit nice in a game.
Idea - oraxon
Atmosphere - Mordalles
Design - Ilyich
Composition - loominous
Technique - Ilyich
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 28/02/2011 16:35:40
I'm a bit sad, that cat didn't do her entry (her scetches promised a fantastic bg)! But to be honest, there are wonderful other ideas shown here.
I think you have mixed up something, I never made any sketches for this BGBlitz - maybe you meant Misj'?
Quote from: cat on Mon 28/02/2011 16:42:46
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 28/02/2011 16:35:40
I'm a bit sad, that cat didn't do her entry (her scetches promised a fantastic bg)! But to be honest, there are wonderful other ideas shown here.
I think you have mixed up something, I never made any sketches for this BGBlitz - maybe you meant Misj'?
UUUUPS!
Sorry!
Yes, you are right - I meant her! *ashamed* ::)
Idea - oraxon
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - Ilyich
Composition - Mordalles
Technique - Ilyich
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 28/02/2011 16:52:40
I'm a bit sad, that cat didn't do her entry (her scetches promised a fantastic bg)! But to be honest, there are wonderful other ideas shown here.
...
Yes, you are right - I meant her! *ashamed* ::)
I'm said I didn't get to finish anything either, but life took over and didn't leave me with enough room to draw...
That being said: While I really love my feminine side (that is: my wife and our cat) my decidedly more masculine side suffered some blows to some vital organs from that remark :P
My voting:
Idea - loominous - I'm still mostly undecided between Ilyich and Loominous, but decided to go for that latter for the sole and simple reason that I honestly didn't see this airship coming.
Atmosphere - Mordalles - I'm not sure whether the feeling it evokes is creepy or exciting, but this one stood out for me.
Design - Ilyich - The perspective of the banister bothers me a little, but the shapes that really reflect the reference material are just great
Composition - Mordalles - A good use of shapes and open spaces, light and darkness, and a nice walking area.
Technique - Ilyich - This was a hard-one again (and if I were to vote again in half an hour Loominous might win this one), but the fact that the reference material was so well used, and complemented by a nice dreamy painting-style earned Ilych my vote on this one.
Bonus vote:
Functionality - Ilych - apart from some minor issues I can really see how this background would work as part of a game...
Nice entries!
Idea - oraxon
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - Cuiki
Composition - Mordellas
Technique - Ilyich
Btw, I would like to voice an objection about conflating Composition and Functionality, which in my opinion don't have anything to do with each other.
I laughed when I saw loominous' entry, and then again with Misj's reply. :)
Idea - loominous
Atmosphere - Ilyich
Design - loominous
Composition - loominous
Technique - Cuiki
Ok, I'm wrapping it up here, thanks to everyone who participated and voted!
And the winner is Ilyich! Congratulation!
I agree with loominous, composition and functionality isn't really the same thing to me, a bad composed picture can still be very practical and the other way around.
The reason I didn't add more categories to vote on was that it might start to get too many. Then I though about generalize them more into something like 'Idea' 'execution' 'functionality', but didn't in the end. I'm sure someone else can do it better. :)
Wow, weird, thanks! I will try to start a new one asap.
Ohhh â€" Noooooo!!!
What a shame â€" Seems to me, that I am only posting "sorry's" theese days.
So here's a big one only for Misj'
(http://www.manysmileys.com/files/B/2z/c6/B2zc6zaQ66176485.gif)
... and let me tell you: Your reply about my mistake was great!
Not to forget:
Congratulations to Ilyich! (http://www.web-smilie.de/smilies/sonstige_smilies/appl.gif)