Indy 3 style

[Vel]

Im almost done with this background, but Ive got several problems:
1) I cant make the temple wall.
2) I cant make the flower less-realistic

If someone can help me, he's welcome.
EDIT: Since my backgrounds look more like indy 3, Ill use this style

[Renal Shutdown]

Hey

For the flower..
I'd suggest using the draw tool (or similar one pixel wide brush, depending on what you use) and on a second layer, trace the out of the flower, petals and stem.. no need to be to precise.
Secondly color this second layer in with pink for flower, green for stalk - just the two colors.
Then on a third layer (i like layers, they're not essential.. just easier)..  third layer, using a slightly lighter color than the previous pink/green, draw in the larger gaps on color, avoiding edges.

+ - - - - - - - +
|..................|
|......(b).......|
|..................|
|...#####...| <---- (a)
|...##(c)# ...|
|...#####...|
|..................|
+ - - - - - - - +

a. should be the out line, dark color.
b. should be the medium color block.
c. should be the bright, highlighted section.

Obviously, it's not square, this is just a bad example of what i mean.  Hopefully, you get the jist.

Hugs
Iqu

[Vel]

I updated the image a bit, but it still doesnt seem right.

[Vel]

I updated it again, but I can paint the wall. Can anyone help?

[Miez]

Why don't you pick up the colours of the existing wall (wit an eyedropper tool) and trace over the scanned wall?

[Vel]

What wall? You mean the one abouve the flower?

EDIT: I tried. It doesnt seem right.

[Neole]

Try using the watercolor filter in photoshop on the whole painting and then putting the modifications on top. That should remove the photorealism.

[Vel]

Can someone else do that, 'cause I dont have photoshop?

[Neole]

I used watercolor then smudged it with the smudge tool than used watercolor again. Looks messy now.

[Vel]

sorry neole, but Im after FOA style

[Neole]

Then Miez is the right guy for advise, not me!

[Privateer Puddin']

if you're after FOA style, i suggest doing a lot of it pixel by pixel

[Vel]

Thats what i did... so far. But I cant paint the wall

[Vel]

At last!

[makri]

I would just skip the flower. No matter how right you get it, it doesn't look right.

[Vel]

I havent modified the flower a bit since my first post. Im waiting Iqu to do a tutorial.

[Renal Shutdown]

Hey

Here follows my incompetent bodging of a perfectly good tutorial..

Original Image..


Using layers, block color the parts of the flowers.


Using a darker color, shade in the darkest parts.


Using a color in between the last two, blend in the shades.


Then using a lighter color, add some highlights to it.


Then using the brush (5x5 pixels), with a low density setting paint over the flower with a darker color.. This should add some texture to it.  Set opacity to less than 100.


It should come out looking like a kinda hand painted thing.


Hugs
Iqu

Um..  on reading thru your recent posts, I'm not a 100% that it's Indy-esque, but it doesn't look photo-realistic anymore..  which is what you asked me.

You can also zoom in and fiddle individual pixels you think look wrong far easier than a photo.

Also, for some reason the enlarged version look anti aliased.  They shouldn't.  It should also only have 5 colors for the flower and 5 for the leaves..

It looked better while I was doing it.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Xadhoom]

Looks good so far.
About the flower, how about just painting it out of the picture? You could replace it with a bush or something.

[Privateer Puddin']

vel, could you post it without the gradient, i wanna try somit

[Vel]

nevermind