Some things I've done in my short AGS career ;)

[Mr. Mozzarella]

I've had a look around here and noticed some very good backgrounds. So I asked myself what I am doing wrong and why my backgrounds, despite the hours I've put into, look rather strange.

This was my first background drawn with the computer ever:


And this one is for the first bigger project I'm planning:


Do you have any ideas how I could improve them, especially the second one?

Btw, this is the main character (200% here) from the game I'm planning. (I've done the quiz before the registration so I'm not going to open a topic in "games in production" until I'm at a point of no return )


Thanks

[Blackthorne]

Hey!

You've got some great ideas there, and it's wonderful work for your first attempts.   I'd say that your biggest obstacles are perspective problems in your backgrounds.   I'm not a great authority on art technique; there are many here that could give you excellent pointers.  I'll just say that I like what you are doing, and that uyou could improve by working on your perspective, and maybe some pixel-editing detail work on the little things in the backgrounds.

Keep it up, and have fun while doing it!

Bt

[Nexic]

The stuff is pretty nice. But I agree Blakcthorne, you has some problems with perspective. For example on the picture with the outside of the house, the path goes deep into the distance, but doesnt seem to get very much smaller as is goes into the distance. However the back of the house is significently smaller than the front of the house, where in the same amount of distance, the path barely shrinks at all. I think you have a similar problem with the fence, but to a lesser extent.

In the first picture the stairs are way off, the right edge of the stair that touches the floor should be a slightly lesser angle than the bottom edge of the left wall, but you have got a hugely greater angle. Also the right edges of the stairs should also be the same angle as the botton right edge of the stair case.

Look around on the net for tutorials on perspective, and you will be laughing in no time at all.

[Mr. Mozzarella]

Thanks to both of you.
Now that you mention it, I see that the path indeed looks strange. In fact, it isn't meant to go until the woods but only around the house, so I should let it stop behind the house earlier ...

Edit: I changed the path a little, this is what it looks like now:

[UP]

I think it still has the problem, and in my opinion it's even worse now  The house seems to be quite big, but like this it looks about maybe 1/4 of it's actual size. The Fence should also het alot smaller...