Background - Jungle

[Sektor 13]

In the jungle... please advice.



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[InCreator]

You made it?
Oh my god.

Marry me! Marry me!

If you're male, I'm already collecting money for a trip to UK--
I can cook and clean and remove spyware and...

Er, though it's a sin to crit something as awesome like this, I suggest making water brighter color. Maybe even add some bits of green or brown, to get a bit better tone.

Also, some small, but strong color variety, such as tiny red or blue flower thinges on vines or something similar would be cool.

Ah, and the tree thingy over the chasm should produce a shadow of some sort.

Jesus, I feel so... weak.

[Sektor 13]

I am a male too :| so we have a no go about the marriage (At least I read in your profile that you are a male.)

I don't get the point for UK thou , I am from Slovenia..

Hmm cook and clean, that is good , but removing spyware is the THING i need! 


About the water, i will change it a bit because i must make and moving animation for it, and i will add more bright spots too.

I will see about the flowers, i must experiment a bit to see if it fits.

About the shadow, as the sun is still low, the shadow is cast beyond the screen (current picture) i guess , but i will see what can be done..

[Damien]

The river bothers me too. That blue color is something I would expect from a very deep pool of water with nothing but the sky being reflected on it, or a very bright bottom. If it is not supposed to be transparent, I would go with desaturated green color, and if it was, you could make the bottom more visible.

But that was just nitpicking. Odlična slika! 

[DanClarke]

Awesome bg, as said, the only thing id change is the reflection colour, bare in mind that with rivers, the reflection colour is usually a mixture of the colour of whatever the water reflects and the colour of the banks beneath the water. The mixture depends on how deep the water is. Great job though

[ManicMatt]

I am a male too :| so we have a no go about the marriage (At least I read in your profile that you are a male.)

Does it not occur to you that he might be gay? But you're evidently not so yeah, still a no go!

Whoops off topic, but then I too have no complaint s about your beautiful image!

[InCreator]

Gay? I was just trying to get close to him to secretly download his skills into my brain using a handy mindbender I got at eBay. And then perform a cruel murder so no one but me can use colors so nicely! muahah-- *khm*

[AlbinoPanther]

This is nice you realy improoved your BG skills.

[TheYak]

All the off-topic feels like blasphemy.  It's gorgeous.  I've got no crit on the foreground.

The water seems a bit, forcefully blue.  Particularly in a slow-flowing portion, I'd imagine it'd be a muddier color.  Rivers in jungle pics I see are usually like this, with the bluer ones being no more saturated than this.  What I picture in my head for correction is more like this, maybe without the inner-tubers. 

Other than saturation/brightness, it's non-reflective which makes it clash with the rest of the wonderfully-rendered detailed background. 

Some of the more angled or vertical surfaces of the surrounding hills seem to keep the plantlife level too consistent.  Between difficulties of growing on more vertical surfaces (which usually have rock or sporadic plantlife holding them in place), I'd imagine the area nearer the water would have fewer plants.  The hills, at present, are almost carpeted with them. 

The river banks seem too light-colored, being more the color of sand at a beach.  I'd assume that at least the border would be water-logged and take on a muddier, darker hue. 

Of course, I'm only being nit-picky as I felt quite capable of gasping in awe and leaving it at that.  I'm intensely curious as to what upcoming game might feature this.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Aside from the horizontal shading streaks in the upper left (which clash with the vertical vines), I believe you should make backgrounds for me IMMEDIATELY.

[Sektor 13]

I agree about the water ! I am on my way .!.

[Pesty]

That foreground is outstanding! The only two problems I see are the river (which has been mentioned so I won't say a thing) and the mountains in the back. They seem too dull and grey compared to the fresh green of the foreground. Maybe it's just nitpicking, but if it were a little greener, I think the whole thing would pop even more.

I second adding some flowers or something, to contrast the green. Little details like animals and flowers are always my favorite parts of jungle and forest backgrounds. Maybe that's just me being girly again.

[MarVelo]

Really Really Excellent! (cept for the water of course) May I ask what Program you use?

[Sektor 13]

Paint Shop Pro 10

[Elliott Hird]

They're up to 10 now?!?! o_O
I've still got a copied version of PSP5 on a disk...

[MarVelo]

to bad dreamcatcher only does 3d now they would hire you!

[Mordalles]

wow! thats amazing. this is a piece of art man. i wish i could do something like that from scratch.

could you maybe do a tutorial for the rest of us? did u use any reference? i would so like to learn how to do backgrounds like this, since bgs are my weak spot.

[Sektor 13]

this was a reference, a bit i just needed an idea and some kind of position..


so i first draw this:


-> then i used a lot of LIGHTEN AND DARKEN TOOL !!!


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I drawed this today:



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[InCreator]

Ouch.
Same technique I use.
But you're so much better!

[Sektor 13]

it is? I tried different kind of ways to start a background, this one looks to be the best for the moment .
Say, nice technique you have there