New background C&C

[Actual-AtZeuS]

This is from my upcomming game which i posted a screen of a while ago.

What do you guys think? What needs improvement?

BTW i couldn't retrieve my old password so this is my new login, my old nick was AtZeuS

[Neil Dnuma]

The perspective is off. If you want the graveyard to take up this much y-space, you could raise the vanishingpoint (and the horizon). As it is now, it seems to be lening quite a bit towards us. The bridge is worse however, it seems to operate by it's own rules. The river should also be more constant in terms of witdh change. But then, if you don't care so much about perspective, it's okay. Just change the bridge.

Every object seems to be floating and not connected to the ground.  This is mainly beacuse of the ground operating on a very blurry level. The "quick blurry brush strokes" are okay in the sky, cos that is damn far away, but the ground should have more detailed structure.  Also, a full moon casts shadow. That would help the atmosphere.

Why are certain gravestones red, blue and green? Among with the heavy yellow on the mushrooms, it all looks a bit too candy-ish. Unless this is some fairytale with kids, but then the skull count is a bit too high. General advice on the color scheme: Drain the color more out. The moon is normally white/light blue, and so - if it's the only light source - the sourroundings should mostly be different shades of blue.

But then it's up to you, cos it's some sort of style on display here, only it's a bit messy.

[Indie Boy]

Its very complicated to look at. You need somewhere your eyes can rest on. Its a kewl style reminds me of banjo-kazoie a bit but its really depends on what kind of game it is. But the thing that lets it down is the black in the trees for the face it would look good if you used a darker green or something instead of black. Im just away to find your post

[jason]

I really like this background, but I agree that it has too much going on. I think you should make unimportant things more dull or less colorful. I think adding fog  or mist in the backgroun would work really well and would help shift the player's attention to the main area.

Anyway, I think this bg has a lot of potential. Keep working on it!

[Actual-AtZeuS]

Thanks for your suggestions.

I worked on it some more using some of your suggestions.

Here it is:



Here's what's changed:

- Added new central light source (a place to rest your eyes on )

- Added shadows

- Added a black fog (which just makes the background darker)

- Redid the ground, now has more detail

what do you think? Maybe it's a bit to dark now... I'm not sure.

[Nexic]

Certainly looks much better now, the fact you cant see everything as much has stopped it from being too busy, also looks more realistic and cool.

Good Job.

[Cluey]

Looks ace, but shouldn't the bridge reflect in the water?

[Nexic]

I think it does reflect the bridge, its just hard to see because of the low light.

[DontTreadOnMe]

I really like the style and it all seems to fit much better now, the only thing that is really bothering me is the base of the big jacko lantern tree... all the other objects seem to fit into the ground now except the tree, it still looks like its floating, the ground needs to be more distorted where the roots enter the ground. It needs to bulge around the roots, where they have burrowed into the ground.

Hope that seemed clear - Rich

[Ozwalled]

Maybe consider brightening up the moon a bit, too.