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Creative Production => Critics' Lounge => Topic started by: Setsuna on Wed 20/07/2005 21:18:33

Title: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: Setsuna on Wed 20/07/2005 21:18:33
This is my first background, i did it with paint in about 1 hour. I'd really appreciate any c&c you can give to help me improve it.

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/netdragon/1stbg.png)

I wanted to make the whole background affected by moonlight, that's why i used all these grey-ish colours, but it looks rather flat and i think the ground and mountains lacks some details/texture, any idea?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: fertoff on Wed 20/07/2005 21:30:07
i really like. Looks like a good starting point. Regarding the colours, i would use more blue-ish tones. And make the moonlight highlights in some kind of white-yellow colour. 

but is looking really good
Title: Re: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: Juliuz on Wed 20/07/2005 21:46:05
As a first background I think this is great! I especially like the sky in the back!!

As for the rest, you could sure work on the perspective on the house and on the tombstone things(?). I also think there is something wrong with the perspective on the lowest step on the cliff in the foreground. To finish of my critics ;) I also think that you can make the ground and river a littlebit more detailed (yes I realize that you only have worked on this for an hour :P )

The lighting and the light effects are by the way great!

Good luck with your game ;)
Title: Re: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: yourhumblecartoonist on Thu 21/07/2005 02:49:33
Looks really good, man!  I really dig the moonlight effect.  I was thinking maybe if there was a light on in the house, it might liven the background up a little bit.  Maybe a tree on the other side of the river too?  Really I don't see a lot wrong with it, just some more you could do with it.
Title: Re: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: Khris on Thu 21/07/2005 03:31:09
Cool bg, only two suggestions:

-add subtle moonlight shadows
-make the river wider in the front and narrower in the back to add depth, like this:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/redraw_set.png)
Title: Re: Need help with my 1st bg
Post by: Setsuna on Thu 21/07/2005 22:45:33
Hey thanks for the crits, i tried to correct what you pointed out, but i wonder if it looks better, maybe i overdid it...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/netdragon/edit.png)

The lights look strange and i don't really know how to add details but i tried something with the river, any help would be appreciated!