Another practice BG (New Style)

[auhsor]

Yeah you definately need to fix some things up on the arms. Maybe make them so they bend more, instead of just swinging around his body.

[jayel_]

arms swing when we walk because our shoulders are moving.  move the shoulders and the movement of the arms may look more natural.

[Synthetique]

He's obviously gay, so I think it looks natural already.

[Damien]

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I need help with this background I started today.

The main problem is that the grass and the path look flat, could anyone give me a hand with this. I don't mean putting stuff on it to give it depth, I mean just shading it or something. I tried and it didn't work to well.
I made this to try out some new stuff (drawing trees, clouds, mountains), and it was done in MsPaint, so please note that I'm unable to make psp like gradients, L3n6 Fl4er5 and similar stuff.

Thanks in advance.

[Babloyi cant log in]

great BG. the tree looks great. If you can make the rest of the BG like that it would be incredible. It does look rather plain right now. About the depth, the path going to the mountains should be narrowed uptil just a point, unless the land slopes downhil at the horizon and then up again for the hills. aside from the grass, the mountains should also have some shading to define its shape, showing rocks and irregularites (it looks kind of smooth now to be realistic) The blue outline on top of the mountains look kind of odd. Maybe you can add some clouds infront of them, if they are meant to be high enough for that.

[Darth Mandarb]

Not quite the end-result I had in mind at first (don't know where the lake came from) but I think it looks pretty good.

This was done with nothing but color and brushes.Ã,  No filters/gradients/etc.

Hope it helps!

[Damien]

Thanks Darth and Babloyi, that helps a lot!

I'll try adding some noise to the grass (which is not hard to do using MsPaint), and i noticed that the clouds look weird and need to be fixed.

When it's finished, it'll be posted here.

[Igor]

The main problem i see with this pic is its composition... The way it is now, it's practicaly divided on 2 parts (as shown on pic) that equaly draw viewers attention and so make pic more confussing and less pleasant for the eyes as it could have been.
I'd suggest to make the road's course from bottom right corner to the same upper point it is now. This will make pic much clearer and more dynamic.

Btw, great backgrounds otherwise.

[Damien]

Here's the new version, based on the DM's edit:

x2:


I:
-added some noise on the ground
-fixed the sky
-added reflection on the background lake
-added some myst on the mountains


Igor:
Yeah, I see what you mean. It's weird how i never notice those things. Anyway, I made this mostly to practice on my tree making skills, and to try out a new sky drawing style.

Btw, great backgrounds otherwise.

Hvala : )

[auhsor]

Wow, it looks really great. I don't think I can find anything to criticize. You have really transformed the original into a great background. I love this style of art. I love the tree and it's shading, I love the path and the water. I especially love the mist on the mountains.Ã,  At first they seem that they dont really fit in with the style (being more AGI looking), I think that it is awesome.

Btw, Darth. I'd like to thank you for all the work you put into helping people with their art. I've been hanging out in the Critics lounge quite regularly lately, and its so good to see how you help everyone. You have great ability, and its good to see you helping people.
Oh and yeah I'll also take this opportunity to thank Igor for the most amazing pictures ever. I look up to those drawings, and know that I'll never be that good. But yeah, thank you for sharing your art. And it is very beauriful art.
Oh and I will also thank everyone else who helps to make the CL such a great place.

Um yeah and back to the topic, sorry I just felt that I needed to say that, tho this isnt the right thread...

[Damien]

Thanks Auhsor.
About the myst, I think that this is the best way to make it using MsPaint, and yeah it looks all pixelly and cool. Heheh.

I would also like to thank Darth, he has helped me improve my style a lot, and Igor for his art and especially for this:

Ink or Photoshop are for pussies

He he.

[Sam.]

That looks fantastic, my only crit is that the water is too clear. The refletion is good but maybe you could make it a bit duler or put something in it? at the moment it looks like a blu mirror, other than that, great work mate.

[Opo Terser]

you could try the misty kinda fade shit like this:

[Damien]

Here's a little soldier walkcycle sprite I've been working on:

x2:

BANZAI!


And the same guy, but with different weapons:

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I don't think I drew that shotgun wery well, could someone help me out with it?

What do you think?

[Chicky]

I like, they all look pretty much perfect to me. Would you be making a platformer?

If so, i wish you all the luck Damiem. Your art looks real nice.

[Daz]

shot guns do not usually dont get pushed back into the shoulder, i like the restÃ,  they look cool

maybe give a different stance for each gun if it isn't too much bother

-Daz

[Damien]

Whoa! 3 replies in just one minute!

First of all thanks for the feedback.

OSC:
Maybe, but if I make it I'll probably use the game maker.
You see, I don't plan redrawing the whole character for every weapon, instead I plan making him in 2 parts: body and hands. Then when i want to animate ,let's say, a recoil, the main part of character (body) runs, jumps, swims, or whatever while the arms move backwards one pixel. That way i don't need to have a recoil animation for jumping, running, swimming, etc.
I guess that would be kind of hard to do in AGS, since i don't know much about programming.

Ummm, I hope you understood what i wanted to say.

[Moox]

I tried to make him more tough by adding a tatoo, removing the downed fighter jet helmet and changing the boot color.

[Daz]

i prefered it before now they look like allout american action heroes

[Damien]

Hey, thanks Lost. I will make something simmilar, but for the enemies. I prefer the main character as he is , except that shotgun...