critic on my nighttime background

[Mouth for war]

I just finished this background...what do you think about it? should i change anything, remove or add things etc.?

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/nighttime.PNG

[Indie Boy]

I very nice background just a few snags:

• The size of the moon is pretty large and more oval than circle shaped
  
• The door handle being yellow kinda sticks out too much
  
• Some areas have more detailed shading than others. I really mean that theres no shading on the door or the top window, while theres alot of detail on the bird's nest/dog bowl compared to the simplistic shading of the other objects in the background
  

All in all it is very nice and very atmospheric

[Mouth for war]

ah yes i took care of the doorhandle i forgot about that hehe...I will do some more shading as well...thanks for pointing that out

[Mr Flibble]

Very nice, clean style. I really like this, I don't really see anything wrong with it. Good stuff!

[Mouth for war]

thank you very much

[Khris]

Rough paintover:


I've focused on the lighting, basically I darkened many areas. The moon is the only lightsource, so everything facing away should be very dark.

The white outline on the tree and the hedge makes them look very flat, but I was too lazy to correct that.

[Mouth for war]

thanks that helped quite a lot

[Oneway]

A very nice background indeed! The absence of detailed shading gives a very calm and simple look which i really like in adventures games. It's easier to spot objects and important places when everything is clearly defined as opposed to some antialiased backgrounds i've seen.

I have 2 gripes and the only came to me after staring at it for a while, wondering what it was that felt wrong. Usually, to me anyway, that means something is off perspective-wise. And in this case that's exacly what it was.
- The right edge of the porch ceiling (hope you know what i mean) is off compared to the left side. The right side should be less steep instead of steeper than the left side.
- The supporting posts of the porch should be perfectly straight down, unless of course they are indeed slanted or crooked.

Keep up the good work though, this bg is very nice. And although it looks really simple, i'd have a hard time creating something like this.

[Khris]

- The right edge of the porch ceiling (hope you know what i mean) is off compared to the left side. The right side should be less steep instead of steeper than the left side.

No. The angles are correct. The right side has to be steeper because it's closer to the VP.
I'm pretty sure the pic was painted over a 3D model.

[EagerMind]

I'd say KhrisMUC's paintover looks pretty dead-on, although the original was pretty good to begin with.

To me, it seems like the upstairs windows would be in a position to reflect a little bit of moonlight. I don't know, I may just be having perspective issues.

[Mouth for war]

here's an updated version

[Khris]

Way better, now darken the fence and the tree and you're done. Unless there's another light source besides the moon.

[UP]

The shading on the tree really bugs me. The shadow is on the left side, but the light source being the moon, there really shouldn't be any more shadow there than on the front side...

It's a common thing people do (and it might be hard to do the shadow so that it doesn't look flat), maybe you've realized it and/or it doesn't bug anyone else, but still it is quite disturbing in my opinion (the more I look at it the more it bugs me...)

[Mouth for war]

Oh right, I didn't think about that hehe. I will change it.

[accolyte]

I really like this background. Clean, simple and nice. The only thing i might suggest is drawing an outline to the doorknob so it doesn,t look so flat. And i agree with Oneway that all of the support-poles should be perfectly straight. And lastly, just to make you aware of it (Now I,m really nitpicking) you have overlooked two red pixels, one right above the door and the other one on the the porch above the lower-right window. But overall it,s a very god work indeed.

[Mouth for war]

hmm maybe i'm blind but...overlooked two red pixels? don't really see it hehe...yeah i'll change the doorknob as well...thanks

[Sean]

I believe, he meant this..

 

Very nice background overall, what do your day scenes look like?

[Mouth for war]

Here's a daytime pic

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/daytime.PNG

[Sean]

Ah, glad to see the two styles match up.

Both are great, hope to see some more stuff from ya soon

[Mouth for war]

thanks I have about 20 backgrounds done...I'm working hard to get a demo ready soon