I draw this background using Paint and just 6 colors from the pallete
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s288/JpGames/antena.jpg)
Any sugerence or crit is more than welcome since is the first BG i ever draw
JpGames
It's actually quite nice, I think. I like the simple style and I believe it could work very well, however, I would suggest a few tweaks.
- Make the three support struts inside the radar dish much thinner and straighter.
- Fix the curvature of the dish at the top, it's slightly unsymmetrical.
- Take the lighter grey that you used for the outline of the radar, and use that to pick out some details on the main body of the structure, like vents, ladders, pipes, doors, and maybe a small building beside it?
When you're working in such a simple style, the devil really is in the detail. Good luck with it, for a first background I think you've done a good job here. I like the way the mountain range gets smaller towards the horizon, and the shape of the cloud. This shows a lot of promise.
I just want to say that the fence really impressed me, knowing that this is your first bg especially. You have a good eye for distance and depth, so adding in those little details Flibble mentioned shouldn't be an issue. You only have a few things to work on, so I'd say it's a darn good start, especially with paint :)