Background Blitz: Horror Scene (Winner: Loominous!)

[Mad]

Idea - Alan v.Drake: I just like the whole randomness of it: eyeballs, deformed bird-like carcasses and whatever that moonstone thing below the tree-chalice(?) is! One constantly picks up on new little details.
Technique - Alan v.Drake: The collage-like effect of the different elements somehow adds to the creepiness, methinks.
Usefulness - pilferinloot: It has a defined walkable area, a lot of potential hotspots, and a sense of purpose, (since the eye seems to draw one in). Very useable indeed!

[Atelier]

Idea: loominous
Technique: Alan v.Drake
Usefulness: pilferinloot

[Dualnames]

Idea - I'm gonna go with Grim here, because I wanted more dead chicks and blood
Technique - Hard to choose, but I'm saying pilf here.
Usefulness - Mad, pilf, loominous seem to have a background that would work well. But I'm closing my vote to Mad.

I'm also gonna vote, if anyone feels its wrong please tell me.
I'm barely affecting the votes, but if one things it's not correct, I'm fine to remove my votes or not take them into account.

[Xellie]

Firstly, congrats on everybody's! They look awesome, hats off to all.

My votes:

Idea: loominous
My imagination is bubbling along with with whatever is in that cauldron. Where is this room, and who or what uses it for cooking something? I think the concept is strong and is a good answer to the topic. I KNOW it's not hardcore horror like some of the others, but if you look a bit deeper I think it has all the potential of the more 'bloody' entries.
Technique: loominous
Although all the BG's submitted are well done, I think focus must not be lost that the art has the final purpose of being used in a game, no? loominous's art is still atmospheric but well defined walk areas and hot spots are clear. While MAD's also has this, it is just a bit too empty.
Usefulness: loominous
All the other BG's have either not clear use in AGS (if you're thinking of putting a character in rather than a cutscene) or then, like MAD, there is not enough to interact with.

[Wyz]

Idea: pilferinloot
Technique: pilferinloot
Usefulness: Mad

[kconan]

Idea: Alan v.Drake
Technique: Loominous
Usefulness: Loominous

[Dualnames]

Keep voting!

Xellie has made some wonderful trophies for you guys to grab!

Trophies

[Xellie]

Xellie has made some wonderful trophies for you guys to grab!

Once the voting is complete I'll post them here separately, at the moment they're all in one file.

[Dualnames]

Vote peeps it's a tie!

[Daniel Thomas]

Idea - loominous -- hard one since most seem to be in the same track using blood,gore and such. I tend to agree with Xellie in this one, the idea stood out the most(with a close up with Jenn).
Technique - loominous
Usefulness - loominous

[IndieBoy]

I'll vote anyway since the winner hasn't been announced


Idea - pilferinloot
Technique - Loominous
Usefulness - Mad

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Edit:

ooh, I really like pilfer's fish-eye catacombs view.  I grant her 3 votes of power!

It reminds me of some of the older rough artwork done for dark childrens' stories.

[Jim Reed]

I'll just chip in while there's still time.

Idea: pilferinloot
Technique: Loominous
Usefullness: Loominous

[Dualnames]

Okay, so winner is:

Loominous!

Second place goes to: pilfy!!!YAY!
Third place goes to: Mad!

Thanks to the wonderful entries from AlanVDrake and Grim!!
Loominous, you know the deal!


Trophies



Xellie will post shortly a separate version of the trophies!

[pilferinloot]

Congrats Loominous and Mad!

[Mad]

Woah, I always wanted to call an ice hockey mask my own... For playing ice hockey of course!

And Loominous, pilferinloot are deserving winners!

[Xellie]

Dum da-da dum!

And the trophies go to:

loominous: Gold

pilferinloot: Silver

Mad: Bronze