An Office by the Lake (of fire) WIP

[Cluey]

Not as much clutter as I usually put on my backgrounds, but it's

A- been a while
B- Going to have a bigass character behind the desk.

Thinking of still adding some wall dressings that will be funny, but not too out of place for Hell.

Any ideas?

[Anian]

- kinda dont have a feeling of light radiation from the lava
- you're missing handles on furniture, that's just so you don't forget 
- maybe an office lamp on the desk instead of the one on the left...ori even better -> candles
- the cabinets and the table and the lights kinda don't look like they belong togheter with doors made of wooden boards and medieval type windows...

Kinda hard to tell, can you say something about the game (setting, time period, style, genere etc.)?

And again, I like the background and the style these are just minor tweaks, I'd do.

[Cluey]

- kinda dont have a feeling of light radiation from the lava
- you're missing handles on furniture, that's just so you don't forget 
- maybe an office lamp on the desk instead of the one on the left...ori even better -> candles
- the cabinets and the table and the lights kinda don't look like they belong togheter with doors made of wooden boards and medieval type windows...

Kinda hard to tell, can you say something about the game (setting, time period, style, genere etc.)?

And again, I like the background and the style these are just minor tweaks, I'd do.

-Yeah, I tried to add some orange to the light but it's hard to do, I tihnk if/when I add in the roof I think I'll add that in. Definately will do something with it.

-Yeah, the handles are what I call "decal level" and thus aren't in (the only "decal" level thing is the goop on the top of the tall filing cabinet. I won't forget.

-Candles, brilliant, will change that,

-The game is set in the 1940's at the height of the Second World War. Starts out in London and goes to the afterlife, which is styled in a sort of "anything from any period goes" way. So there's tudor houses with neon lights etc.

[arj0n]

Somehow I miss a classic coat rack.
Maybe put it in the room with the desk, in the corner [not the corner with the candle but the other one].
Or when that makes the screen too busy, maybe in the hallway.

Something like this one:


Or:

[Mr Flibble]

I love it, I love it more than I'd love a child of my own. But I did notice that the glow of light from the lamp doesn't fit the perspective of the walls so I changed that a little, you might want to make the edges of the new light circles more jagged and un-even for that DOTT feel. I also added some darker shadows under the boxes and desk. I also adjusted the light falling on the window frames and desk for perspective.

Food for thought: The lamp still appears to be illuminating the lava floes outside, you probably want to recolour all the lava so it's uniform. I didn't do this myself because, as others have said, the light radiation needs some work too. I'd suggest slightly tinting the wall colours with orange and making it quite bright, and making the shadows in the rest of the room much darker. But generally I love the style you've done this in, the contrast and shading shapes are very fun and feel very solid.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I like the way the room is laid out but I'd question whether or not you need a lamp in the room at all.  If you focus on the lava and make the glow intense, the light from it could easily be used to illuminate that area of the room (and cast some interesting shadows as well).

[Cluey]

I like the way the room is laid out but I'd question whether or not you need a lamp in the room at all.  If you focus on the lava and make the glow intense, the light from it could easily be used to illuminate that area of the room (and cast some interesting shadows as well).

Originally there was no light, until my room-mate pointed out that if that was someones desk, they'd need a reading light even with the ambience from outside.

I don't feel confident enough to take on ambient light shadows with hard pixels just yet, but it was a nice suggestion




Added some little details, tweaked the lighting, upped the colours a bit and replaced the lamp with a candle. I tried adding a coat/hat hanger but it didn't really find a home and drew the eye too much.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I think that looks quite good.  Maybe you could muddy up the room by adding cobwebs, torn wallpaper with sections of brick visible, or if it's not meant to be run down you could add relevant posters and perhaps a wallpaper trim along the top and bottom (or wood lining).  Other than adding a few of these details to make things less bare I think you've done a fine job!