new beach background

Sim · Thu 04/12/2003 01:29:50

Hi All,

I've just finished a second background of a beach shore and would appreciate any
cc/advice on it.

Cheers.

James Kay · Thu 04/12/2003 01:40:44

That's very nice! Well done!

My only suggestion is to make the green in the far background darker so the palm trees in the middle background stand out a bit more.

sergiocornaga · Thu 04/12/2003 03:20:07

Very interesting style. Reminds me of classic 'retro' adventure games.

Darth Mandarb · Thu 04/12/2003 04:34:08

Off to a really good start!!

I agree with James Kay ... the flora in the far background needs to be darker. Maybe just a little bit to offset the forground elements.

Also, maybe throw a few shadows around the beach? Like where the reeds touch the sand, the rock, and the palm trees ... (just subtle shadows would probably be enough)

Also, unless that wave is rolling as high as they get what about adding some darker sand (wet) where the wave action hits the beach?

Just outta curiousity ... are you planning on animating these backgrounds?

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Sim · Thu 04/12/2003 05:32:58

yep - I've animated the ocean in the previous beach background and added some sounds of the waves breaking onto the beach and some jungle sounds, but for this screen I was thinking of adding some small birds flying around the trees in the backgorund. The main area of interest is the tree/coconuts and the rock so I don't want to add in too much to distract the player away from this.

James Kay · Thu 04/12/2003 07:08:57

Quote from: Sim on Thu 04/12/2003 05:32:58
The main area of interest is the tree/coconuts and the rock so I don't want to add in too much to distract the player away from this.

As it stands now, the only way you can make it more obvious it's about the coconuts and the rock is to have flashing red targets animated over then.
What I mean to say is, the image immediately let's you know that it's the coconuts and rock that are important and therefore it is good art.
Keep up the good work!

Darth Mandarb · Thu 04/12/2003 07:12:27

Gotcha! Of course ... a little lave 'lapping' never hurts

Also, after takin' another good look at it ... the sky portion (top right corner) kind of stands out.

Perhaps needs to be more of a sky color? The only reason it stands out is because everything in the foreground is so bright the darker lookin' sky just seems a little off.

(I'm only being such a pain 'cause this image [the last one too] just rock! I can't wait to see how you're using these!!)

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cpage · Thu 04/12/2003 10:39:22

just as before it looks awsome

one small request tho... Is the any chance we can get some of those sexy blue flowers from the last one?

Nine Toes · Thu 04/12/2003 19:49:11

...Aww... crap, I thought it said NUDE beach background...

Seriously, that's really good work.

It looks great the way it is.

Scummbuddy · Thu 04/12/2003 21:21:33

Hate to be the bitch, but... the large tree thats in the midground on the right that has the top of it off the screen, well at the top of the trunk there is some bad white anti-aliasing or whatever. But other than that, i really like this background. such a great job!

Sim · Fri 05/12/2003 01:04:29

thanks for all your input. I'll re-work the pic. with your suggestions and add a few animations in.