from concept picture to functional background

Matt Frith · Sat 17/04/2004 12:09:47

Nice Job Ben

looks like concept art for a game

Looking good so far BlackThorne, cant wait for the final version.
This is really good how everyone has coloured the original in their own stlye, each one different.

Personally, I prefer the cartoon style like Damiens.

Phemar · Sun 18/04/2004 08:17:14

Wow, I'd vote for Damiens one.

Pessi · Sun 18/04/2004 10:15:47

Rock on, Ben! That's fantastic! Totally rockin.

I like the watercolor look in Blackthorne's image. Waiting to see the finished product.

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 18/04/2004 11:28:31

no way as awesome as Bens but I'm happy with it

http://www.btinternet.com/~ctswin/custard.PNG

.. · Sun 18/04/2004 12:00:32

Are you allowed to redraw the background in a diff style and then color it?

Damien · Sun 18/04/2004 12:01:52

QuoteBasically you may change it however you like, alter the style or remove parts. Just colour it or make a brand new piece of art.

I guess so.

Kweepa · Sun 18/04/2004 12:15:01

Quote from: Scuthbert on Sun 18/04/2004 12:00:32
Are you allowed to redraw the background in a diff style and then color it?

Absolutely. Concept art hardly ever survives intact.
For a start, the dimensions of this piece are all wrong for a game.
It's probably too sketchy for most games.
Etc.

Minimi · Sun 18/04/2004 12:50:06

Damien your background is sooo awesome! It should be the winner already, i.m.o. !!

Pessi · Sun 18/04/2004 13:02:28

Could you explain the dimension issue further, Steve McCrea? I'm just curious because I think the image would serve pretty well as an entrance screen to the town. You get a good overall view of the town and you know where you're coming from.

However, I think this was used more than just as an entrance screen in Tulle's World but I might be wrong.

Anyway, I don't see what's all wrong about it.

Andail · Sun 18/04/2004 15:09:45

Quote from: Minimi on Sun 18/04/2004 12:50:06
Damien your background is sooo awesome! It should be the winner already, i.m.o. !!

Did I say there was a winner? I think it would be hard; all contributions so far have been great, and as the resident educationalist, I would like to see a competition-free thread for once.

And SteveMcCrea...those were some big words

Perhaps you meant it doesn't look like an ordinary, conventional room? Well all scenes in a game can't be square rooms seen straight from the front.
Cause if you take a look at Ben's version, which is one of the best backgrounds I've seen in a good while, I can tell you right now that it will work darn well for a game

Pessi:
This will probably be an entrance scene. However you - and I think it was inkoddi - were right in a way; a similar scene was used in tw3, and it still features the same town.

Kweepa · Sun 18/04/2004 15:21:17

Don't get me wrong - I like the sketch.
All I meant was that it's not 320x200 or 640x400!
You can put down those weapons now

I think it would make an awesome MI2-town-style room if extended to the right...

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 18/04/2004 15:21:54

Andail is right, we don't need to turn this into a contest.

We can just participate, do mini tutorials and the such and eventually improve our art.

Andail · Sun 18/04/2004 15:36:24

Steve, ok, no problem

Still, the dimensions would work great if the background scrolled a little when the player came from the bottom edge walking upwards, wouldn't they?

Kweepa · Sun 18/04/2004 15:46:49

Yup!
In that case I'd probably extend the pic down even further so that the town wasn't visible at all before the scroll. Just to add to that "reveal" feeling.

I was trying to encourage something other than paintovers. Not that the paintovers in this thread aren't great, but I'd like to see some interpretations! Anyway, I'll bugger off now. It's not my competition and I don't have time to compete.

Cheers,
Steve

Damien · Sun 18/04/2004 16:29:33

Thanks for the positive feedback.

I agree with Andail and Privateer, this shouldn't be a competition, but a way to improve ourselfs and if someone makes a tutorial along the way, even better.

Migs · Tue 20/04/2004 01:28:29

Okay, here's version 2 of my background.

I know, everyone's going to want a tutorial for this. I promise I'll make one soon.

Version 2

Domino · Tue 20/04/2004 02:10:42

Okay Migs, if i get sued by Donald Trump it's your fault.

But, You're Fired.

sorry.

Darth Mandarb · Tue 20/04/2004 14:24:45

I'm [very slowly] working on this when I get the chance ...

I'm not sure I'll have time to finish it before this topic goes the way of the dodo so I thought I'd post an WiP shot:

Image removed ... see my next post

I hope I can finish this.

Nacho · Tue 20/04/2004 15:22:26

Mmmm... DarthMandarbish... mmmmmm... I hope to work with this guy some day...

Kweepa · Tue 20/04/2004 17:32:51

Me too, eh Darth?