from concept picture to functional background

Andail · Wed 14/04/2004 18:53:42

You're the lead computer artist in your game company. The concept artist has just sent you his newest sketch. Now it's up to you to make something useful out of it.

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

The concept sketch for these two weeks is:

http://esseb.com/andail/concept.jpg

Deadline: End of April

Vel · Wed 14/04/2004 19:04:51

That competition idea seems cool, but can we have a whiter version of the sketch please?

Nacho · Wed 14/04/2004 19:14:14

I don't see the problem, Vel, as the wiser way to make what Petter demmands should be using that painiting as the basic layer and go on over that... the darkness is no problem, and you cann allways make it brighter with your Painting program...

I am going to participate!

ElectricMonk · Wed 14/04/2004 19:17:24

There ya go, Andail... just cranked up brightness and contrast.

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/whiterconcept.jpg

Andail · Wed 14/04/2004 20:50:27

Ok, as I said, it's up to you what to do with it...

Usually when colouring a piece it can be handy to have some sort of soft underlying hue to easier apply highlights and shadows afterwards, and to make sure no area has those annoying white glitches. Not necessarily as dark as mine was, though,

Thanks ElectricMonk, though, for showing your version.

Privateer Puddin' · Wed 14/04/2004 21:05:40

I may give it a go(if you remember Andail, i once coloured one of your sketches?) time permitting

ElectricMonk · Wed 14/04/2004 23:04:51

Erm, I meant "Here you go, Vel", not Andail. It wasn't meant to be a "version" as such...

Migs · Wed 14/04/2004 23:58:13

http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/music8/whiterconcept.jpg

Inkoddi · Thu 15/04/2004 00:10:36

Migs, that's just teh greatest :o!!11

(Isn't that the town from Tulle's world 3?)

DanClarke · Thu 15/04/2004 00:27:14

im gonna geve this one a go i think

big brother · Thu 15/04/2004 01:13:34

I must say I have to give Migs props for his fast response time. With a colorizer like Migs on your team, you'll have a full-length adventure game done in no time. None of this dawdling business and slaving over drawings pixel-by-pixel.

It's always good to see what industry calls, "a quick start."

Hats off to you, Migs.

MrColossal · Thu 15/04/2004 05:09:04

this is a thread ment for the competition, please don't take it too off topic

i'm working on one but i don't know how i'm gonna do it...

we'll see

Scummbuddy · Thu 15/04/2004 05:12:56

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/mi5concept.jpg

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/mi5concept2.jpg

can anyone guess what style i was going in. it shouldnt be hard, although I did leave out a key thing in the sky that would give it away.
This is more like a preview of colors then a functional background, so I will take this another step if I have time.

AGA · Thu 15/04/2004 12:54:53

Also guys, could you please LINK to your images, instead of posting them in the thread. It's hell on us dialup users.

Damien · Thu 15/04/2004 15:31:53

Here's mine:

1st version
This is the unfinished version without rock texture, etc.

Sorry for not puting it in a link, but It's only 13kb anyway.

Andail · Thu 15/04/2004 19:40:44

Very well done so far, guys!

It's nice to see the progress of the images, it's after all an educational activity and not primarilly a contest. I hope to see many step-by-step tutorials afterwards

Damien · Thu 15/04/2004 20:38:03

1st version
2nd version

And here is the final version:

BTW: Made with mspaint & IrfanView

Ben · Sat 17/04/2004 00:54:45

Click!

Colored in Paint Shop Pro.. Background layer is plain white, colors are on another layer, and the outline is in a layer on top of that with a multiply blending mode..

Domino · Sat 17/04/2004 00:56:56

Ben,

Yours was AMAZING!! It looks great.

Nice Job.

Blackthorne · Sat 17/04/2004 02:41:41

Wow, I really like everyone's work so far. I decided to give this a go. This isn't finished, but I figured I'd share my progress.

My Work In Progress......
The same image in 640x400 res

Blackthorne