That's it, endless 3-4 nights, tearfull nights, tired nights I've spent with this. :'( :'( >:( And now I don't know what to do! The problem is this: I'm quite satisfied with the way the kitchen-thing turned out, also, the corridor, but I really couldn't keep up the style to what is mine when I worked on the TV and the chair. I don't know if it's visible or if I haven't given it a good look, but it seems like this thing gets worse the more I draw it. And yet one thing. I have, as my art teacher says always been good with using colours. But, hell, I can't choose one that looks good. Now basically I hate the floor as it is, but I have no idea what to do with it, I mean the basic colour of it, ir what ever it needs.
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Here you see my attempt on this livingroom. I've been playing wih the thought of putting a plant or so in the right corner before the doorway, and then in the corridor, I tried a seemingly bad floor-option. :( I was hoping for some comments, and/or advice basically on the colourscheme, and on the artifacts that are not aligned in the 90 degree angle, and don't go to the vanishing point, aka, tv and chair.
Thanks for your time! :)
Looks pretty good to me.
Main thing I notice is that the chair seems a bit odd to me for some reason.
Not exactly sure why, maybe the border / edge lines of the chair should be little darker so it stands out a bit better? Or perhaps add a little "texture" of some kind to the chair? Perhaps a little shadowing on the corners / edges of the walls might help as well? Oh yeah, and some of the lines (mostly the back top part) of the TV seems a bit un-even as well or not quite "lined-up" right.
Anways, I'm sure someone else who's a better artist than I will come along to give you some better advice.
Keep up da good work.
Very quick paintover:
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Adding some colour really warms it up.Ã, I didn't really correct the armchair perspective (I often have problems with that kind of thing too ^_^), but just remember that vertical lines will remain vertical in one point perspective. Ã, It might help if you draw a box first, then draw the chair inside the box, just to keep an idea of where things should go. Ã, I added some tiles to the kitchen to differentiate the floor from the living room's (obviously, the new tiles are not in correct perspective).
Some suggestions:
-the little hallway and the kitchen seem to close to one another. Ã, I suggest moving the entrance to the hallway to the left
-this room could really use some more furniture... a coffee table, a set of drawers, a shelf, etc. You might want to play around with the layout as to where the chair and TV are too, depending on where the new furniture goes.
-maybe add some curtains or blinds to the window
-there's no corner or shading on the kitchen walls, making it appear flat
I hope this helps. Ã, Good work so far, and keep at it ^_^
At a first glance, the appartment looks very Japanese-like, thanks to the the colors/materials chosen, the lack of furniture in the living room and the decoration hanging on the wall. Is this what you intended?
Is the thing hanging on the left wall supposed to be a window? It looks more like a picture - the frame has no depth, there is no window sill, no way to open it, no tile splitting... It doesn't seem to be dark outside, and yet there is no light coming in through the window.
Thanks for the advice. I got a bit radical last night, you know, the usual; ate corns with apples, cut off my fingers, became a jew, realised I was hetero, had sex with my cousin, and tried one idea on the wall part. I also made the bg scrolling, as Ildu suggested at #AGS. I figured out a possible light source, which I won't draw, but that will define the shadows, ie, a lamp in the middle and the the window. I also made a something for the door that leads outside, and moved the door to bedrooms a bit further from the kitchen opening, also dropped the opening from the roof a bit.
I'm still planning on adding the green plant in the rightmost corner and something small everywhere. I think there's a lot of planning to do since this doesn't quite look like the bg I wanted it to be. I shall also see to the shadowing of the walls with other methods, but currently I'm very troubled about that. Well, it looks like this:
(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6774/livingroom36fz.png)
Now you notice the difference in the wall between the right and the left. I basically started doesng that, and then thoughtI'd sleep on it and see which look better in the morning.
Barbarian: Yeah, I noticed the problem with the chair. I had real trouble drawing it in the first place. I also took your advice and gave it darker lines. The tv I recoloured completely.
MashPotato: This is why I'm going to let my wife decorate the house when I get one ;) I love your colourchoises, especially the walls and the floor. Sadly this wouldn''t fit in my game, or I suppose so at least, I haven't really thought of that yet.
About the chair, thanks for the advice, I'll try the box thing, that's help me sort it out a bit. Oh, and I won't be making a tiled kitchen. We just had a conversation about it, I've never seen a tiled floor in the kitchen, and I don't want one here either, just personal preferences. But agreed, I need to separete it from the livingroom floor.
+Added the corner to the kitchen wall
*Will add curtains, thanks.
seaduck: Indeed it did look a bit Japanese, and that's very far from what I intended. I suppose the walls seemed a bit too paperlike with wooden railings. Now the decoration has it's roots that go back to Africa, but I can't tell you more. Oh, added another one. Oh, and I'll have to work on that window, I tried adding some depth, but I guess I'll have to draw it transparent like the one above the kitchen opening, didn't quite think of that.
EDIT: Bloody hell, the TV is on the floor, why didn't anyone tell me, that needs to be changed :D :D :D
I think the kitchen door is too wide...
I also think the halway on left door perspective is wierd.
The tv looks like its on the floor
The windows also look like a wierd perspective.
The placement of the chair and tv in room is unpractical.
Also chair compared to doorway is a little bit big.
Thats my take on it. Too much lighitng on the windows and no texture on the gray floors.
Cheers
Afflict
To bring this back up. I did some changes again. considered a light source, as it will be noon, there'll be no need for lamplight. The shadows will be long etc. Added a few carpets, plants, a more cozy floor colour after serious reconsideration, and a view from the window. Now I know it's not ready, but it does look better than before, doesn't it?
(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1301/livingroom66tj.png)
Any comments, suggestions are most welcome.
Quite nice, a huge improvement over what you started out with. Btw, unlike others, I don't think the kitchen doorway is big...I just think you need to add two sliding doors...or just leave it open plan such as it is :)
The hallway looks a little off, but meh, heck of a lot of work gone into it and I like it :)
Regards,
Yickle.
I did an edit to give you some ideas.
1. You had highlights in too many places where light from the window could not hit. Changed the highlights to where they seemed to be most interesting.
2. The border around the floor really needed to go as it was the same color and thickness as the wood panelling border.
3. removed the panelling going into the right room as it looked confusing.
4. Removed the upper window to the kitchen. The room looks much more symmetrical now.
5. Shaded the walls,etc with the window in mind as a light source, though I did not get to the bottom of the room where the tv,etc is at.
6. Based on the direction of light in your image I would say that the building through the window would not be fully lit, nor would the objects inside the windows be clearly visible and bright unless there was an internal light source. As these windows distracted from your room and plant I darkened them.
7. Added an additional shade to the wall hangings and made their color ranges more logical for each other (blues and reds on right, yellows and greens on left).
8. Shaded the cabinets and the door and extended the carpet into the left and right rooms to make them seem more connected.
There are still some things left to do, like shading the couch with the window light source in mind, the tv, the stool and the table. Also, stylistically I would question the wood panelling stopping at a door on the far wall. To me it would continue straight across or not be on the wall at all. Hopefully you will find this useful!
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