hi all, Im no artist and was wonderind if you coud give alot of crit on these 2 drawings (this is part of an animation which starts with the sky moves down to this pic;
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/bright_wood.jpg)
then a guy on a horse rides through leading to this title screne;
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/castle.jpg)
any paintovers verry welcome...
Yeah, I like the second pic. Nice sky you got there. Very nice, I can see the style you're after immediately.
About the first picture: The tree trunks are way too wide/big, and the thops are to small. What you need is more leaves, more datails in them, and more shadows. there's some basic advice for you.
I suggest you to save imnages in .PNG format.
About the pictures.
What Tuomas already said. The sky is nice.
ON the first pic the trees that are in the edges of the picture could use a little darker color.
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/castle101.png)
changed;
1) bricks on caslte
2) sky at top of pic
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/forest.png)
changed;
1) better shading on trees
2) also added 'leaves'
3) made 1 of the tree tops bigger
Any better? ???
(Also changes them to .png files Thanks.... :))
The trunks on those trees are a lot better, imho. Tops could still be a lttle larger in general, especially on the trees toward the bottom. And maybe fill in the bit of sky peeking through on the left or move it up a bit.
Good pics, though. I like the castle pic. Brings back memories of 8- and 16- bit goodness. :)
Hey Dave, not much of a graphics guy as you know but nyeh.
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Wood.PNG)
I've added grass effects, bird holes in the trees, birdies in the sky, a sign which is supposed to say castle and a sun.
I've also made a night version, seein as the game is called dark wood afterall.
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Darkwood.PNG)
cool, what is that thing in the bottom right corner?
lol its supposed to be someone hanging
What do you think of this?
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/wood2.png)
started brand new pic made it alot darker
no longer looks like your going for a picnick lol
lol your right it dont, thats why your the graphics guy, i sprout graphical ideas you make them good....speaking of which:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/my_crappynight.PNG)
i know you laugh but i was impressed
err... this is beginning to look like a personal conversation here. I know i'm not a moderator, but would be nice if you could continue this chat in PM :) Again, not acting like a moderator, just saying my opinion
Sorry if it seemed that way, we do know each other yes but were also trying to welcome critisms from other people. Thats why its here and not in a personal message.
sorry if it seems as if we're havin a personal discussion, But we are wanting crit from others as well...
Changed the pic to the right size and colour depth... has it lost anything yo think?
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/wood3.png)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/woodlight.png)
bit lighter now
what do u think?
That ones much better, you might be onto somethin
Wow, when viewed in fullscreen, this background has great mood!
How about a path and some dark hills on the horizon?
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1336/woodpo1nz.gif)
(sorry for converting to 256 colors...)
ok made the firs animation... the bats moving
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/darkwood.png)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/darkwood1.png)
also made eyes in the bird hole in the bark...
Added path also, thanks seaduck
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/woodpath.png)
Looks much better, especially the floor. Still looks a bit dark around the edges, but thats ok seeing as the the night is going to be riding through the centre, he is where the attention is focused.
Hello, Just made the First bit of the Animation (Added hanging man as wel)
quick pic;
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Hang.png)
x2
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Hang.png)
http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/flic1.zip
also MrBen is composing the music and sound effects for me, check this out;
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24641.0
this music is to go with this animation...
I'm likin. Lookin forward to the full sequence, Designed a character yet?
Hi made the Hanging man swing less, Which is better?
http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/animationwood.zip
*(Also to answer your question MrBen, yes I have made a main character; http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24699.0 )