Space Quest Backgrounds C&C

Karimi · Fri 14/05/2004 06:11:41

Quote from: Erwin_Br on Thu 13/05/2004 23:26:13
Quote from: Os Ã Å¡ltimo QuÃ£o Queijo ^_^ on Thu 13/05/2004 22:02:44
Actually space has no colour... its vast emptiness gives it a black appearance.

Black isn't a colour, so it's pretty obvious space has no colourÃ,Â ;DÃ,Â

--Erwin

Black absorbs all colors and since space is empty with no particles to absorb color , no light is reflected to your eyes and space remains colorless .

You could say white is all colors but none at all and black is no color and yet all of them at once. Since white reflects all colors so you see white and black absorbs all colors but you dont see the colors.

LordHart · Fri 14/05/2004 06:54:11

Quote from: Karimi on Fri 14/05/2004 06:11:41

Black absorbs all colors and since space is empty with no particles to absorb color , no light is reflected to your eyes and space remains colorless .

You could say white is all colors but none at all and black is no color and yet all of them at once. Since white reflects all colors so you see white and black absorbs all colors but you dont see the colors.

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson...

I like stories...

Farsight · Fri 14/05/2004 09:30:50

I DON"T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE TO BE SO TECHNICAL. (Even though I am

)
But thanks for all your advice. I will try to improve some more.

Andail · Fri 14/05/2004 12:04:11

Hm, Farsight, as Flavor suggested in the beginning of this thread, you've slightly misunderstood the purpose of this forum.
Luckily, the thread turned out pretty educational and constructive anyway.

Just remember you can't start a thread here every time you want people to do a background for you. If I were you, I'd have started way more basic, and learnt how to draw my own simple backgrounds, before trying to remake another game. That is just too hard. And ripping somebody else's graphic is certainly not the answer.

Ultimo and some other people have done a very good work so far, though.

Pessi · Fri 14/05/2004 12:48:27

That's true, it's a good idea to draw backgrounds from scratch but on the other hand, it's also great practice drawing over other backgrounds. You learn what kind of colors the great artists have used and stuff like that.

Igor · Fri 14/05/2004 13:39:25

Agree with both Andail and Pessi. Good thing with "remaking" backgrounds is, that you have already layed down composition, perspective and basic colors... so it is quite easier to start with.
On the other hand, i'm against drawing-over method (when you are learning, that is... later, all experiments can be useful), as this gives you a false feeling you are better at drawing than you really are. When in college, we had to repaint a few paintings of classic artists, but it wasn't really "draw over", as we only had a small photo of painting and had to paint a bigger version of it. That was a great learning experience, as you had to figure out what artist did by yourself and not just copy it.

Pessi · Fri 14/05/2004 13:42:47

Yeah, that sounds like a great experiment. I've done a couple of portrait paintings by just having the picture there as a reference somewhere on the side and get the colors right by myself. You sometimes don't have the same colors really, even though it looks practically the same. Colors are all relative.

LordHart · Fri 14/05/2004 19:38:36

I didn't really do anything... i could go over what i did and add detail to whoever did the picture i copied into photoshop and added stuff too... but i've been drinking a bit, and it probably wouldn't turn out that good...

Farsight · Fri 14/05/2004 20:05:08

Are there any specific improvements you think need doing?

JWar · Wed 19/05/2004 19:07:21

Just thought I'd have a go, after reading the how-to in this thread... whaddayathank?

Farsight · Wed 19/05/2004 20:14:04

QuoteJust thought I'd have a go, after reading the how-to in this thread... whaddayathank?

That's good....very good. What do you mean by the 'how-to' part of this thread.

JWar · Wed 19/05/2004 20:44:08

I meant the posts in the beginning of the thread explaining how the making of such a screen should be tackled.

LordHart · Wed 19/05/2004 22:08:13

You used too many photoshop filters in my opinion. $:-\$

Ali · Wed 19/05/2004 22:52:56

That's a nice image JWar, I like the way you've tackled the light.

Nevertheless, I agree with the previous post. Drawing your own textures using a range of brush shapes is far preferable to using filters. It gives you full control over the image, avoids problems with perspective (as on the left wall), and saves the backdrop from the 'cookie-cut' look that filters often result in.

Farsight · Sat 22/05/2004 06:44:08

I can't make backgrounds as good as you can because I don't have Photoshop and am quite inexperienced so all your backgrounds seem really good to me. I have to admit, that background is really good but the only thing I don't agree with is the blurred 'airlock' thing. You all seem to have really good ideas though.