From concept to functional BG (Applying for Monkey Island remake colorist)

[scourge]

This is what I have so far. It's sort of the rough version, so now i can so now I can start detailing.


Am i the only one doing this? Fury, where'sÃ,  yours?Ã, 

Oh, anybody know of some cool sky tutorials?

[Haddas]

That's quite allright as far as sky goes. Most excellent, if you will. Maybe the darkness should start fading in earlier though. Lovely image.

[Sam.]

that does look lovely, but its not exactly CMI style, i thought thats what you were going for. Its a lovely update of the original BG, and looks great, but its a little too close to the original style for it too be a proiper reake, at least in my eyes.

Lovely work though.

[scourge]

That's quite allright as far as sky goes. Most excellent, if you will. Maybe the darkness should start fading in earlier though. Lovely image.

Thanks haddas I see what you mean about the darkness. I'll fix it for the final version.

that does look lovely, but its not exactly CMI style, i thought thats what you were going for. Its a lovely update of the original BG, and looks great, but its a little too close to the original style for it too be a proiper reake, at least in my eyes.

Lovely work though.

Thanks zooty. I'm not really going for CMI style, i'm sort of trying to do my own style-kinda-thing This is my first painted background (like i've mentioned about a dozen times  ) so i don't really expect to be chosen for the project. There are so many good artists here, i think farlander will choose them if they decide to enter. Comon artists, where you at? 
Well, i'm stealing the colours from the original for nostalgia but that's as far as the closeness go, i think. I posted the original pic on the previous page. I'm just using this glorious farlander pencil art to practice

[vict0r]

Yay! That looks great B Very atmospheric. And i think it will really match your characters

[Secret Fawful]

Well, heres mine then. I don't think its nearly as MIish as buloghts, (great job on that newest version  )  especially since I only recently realized the cliffs were supposed to be grassy.  but heres the unfinished version, of what I have so far. And check out the stained glass on the church 

[Afflict]

You go Buloght  :o WOW

Thats some serious background!

[AlbinoPanther]

Hey buloght that's realy cool Just try to make clouds like one in CMI..And Zoot the style is perfect you doin't need to make it in CMI style better just improove the original graphics.Because you need to maintain the original MI 1 feel.Not to make new game.That is what we call remake.And Buloght's characters were so Monkey Islandish like reborned one from MI 1 ( that is what are we looking for ).

Farlander keep it up and you buloght esspecialy.Try to make it with the original feel of MI 1Ã, 

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[Scummbuddy]

I have a sky tutorial in my MI-Tutorials download:
http://home.comcast.net/%7Elucasstyle/media/MI-Style_Tutorials.pdf

[Damien]

I've just cleaned up the lineart and made a quick shading test on a small part of the BG.

Here's a sneak preview:



Of course, those black lines will be gone in the finished version. I wish I could say the same for the current crappyness of my shading.

[Kinoko]

I think CMI-style kinda sucks balls anyway. I like yours, Buloght I think i'd be better to go for MI 1 or 2 style.

I hate the goofy Guybrush from the CMI and that fourth game they made, whatever... (I refuse to acknowledge it as part of the series). Guybush was a sexy beast in the first two (proper) games.

[Secret Fawful]

Time to give up again.  8) A word from Fawful, me giving up is cool, this message has been approved by George W. Bush.

[Kinoko]

Aww, Fawful! Yours was looking good too! Same with Damien.

[scourge]

Thanks kinoko

Fury, yours is really good! Much more CMI than mine. Damien nice job on the texture.

[Damien]

Thanks Bullough, your BG is ace and I can't wait to see the next step.

Just one minor thing, I noticed the window reflections are at a 45 (more or less) degree angle.
The thing is, from the viewer's point, the reflections would be right under it's source.

Also, is that the Loom tree in the lineart?

[Nacho]

Also, is that the Loom tree in the lineart?

Hehehe...

[Afflict]

I agree the tree is from loom..

[scourge]

here is my latest. Added the milkyway thing. And corrected the reflections on the water (thanks damien) and also added the glow (thanks nikolas  )

The houses are also darker and the trees more shaded.

I had help from an artist friend to do the milkyway.

I still need to do the water, i might decide to make it a lot plainer. Also i have to finish the moutain with by making it smoother and adding higlights.

[cpage]

freaking awsome man!i think i'll do one but it wot be near as good as that

[Adamski]

The VGA version of Monkey Island is damn near perfect... and we can play it with ScummVM... so why on earth does it need to be remade? All the energy that's going into this could surely be diverted into original projects instead of going to a lot of effort cloning the wheel so to speak