Tablet background for c+c *EDIT - new background!*

Chicky · Wed 12/10/2005 22:12:49

Okay so i got my wacom today and have been trying to recreate Dans awesomeness all afternoon.

it's a lot harder than it looks

So i took a break and tried something different, took me about ten minutes to finish.

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EDIT - forget the last one

I took another stab at drawing a more serious background, this one has taken around an hour so far to lineart and colour, all done with the tablet.

I'm really stumped on how to do the water, i want to have something that looks realistic with a nice reflection of the moon in it but i also need to add more of a glow for the moon on the grass etc.

Scotch... Loominous? Eric?

Nikolas · Wed 12/10/2005 22:36:15

Artisticly it seems fine, but a very quick obsevation:

There is very little room for the character to move, most of the BG is the sky. This could provide problems for a game... (I guess)

Each a very nice style...

Exorph · Thu 13/10/2005 16:55:13

While it does look good, it feels a bit empty.
I'd say add details.. maybe a few flowers and mushrooms for example?

LGM · Thu 13/10/2005 22:53:58

What's with the grotesque blackness at the bottom? I get that the sides are bushes, but nothing in nature is perfectly straight like whatever that ungodly abomination in the middle is!

Darth Mandarb · Thu 13/10/2005 22:56:58

Quote from: [lgm] on Thu 13/10/2005 22:53:58
What's with the grotesque blackness at the bottom? I get that the sides are bushes, but nothing in nature is perfectly straight like whatever that ungodly abomination in the middle is!

I thought it was space for a GUI?

I'd say the image looks pretty good for 10 minutes and a 1st day with a new tablet!

DoorKnobHandle · Thu 13/10/2005 22:59:12

Quote from: [lgm] on Thu 13/10/2005 22:53:58
What's with the grotesque blackness at the bottom? I get that the sides are bushes, but nothing in nature is perfectly straight like whatever that ungodly abomination in the middle is!

I guess that's for the gui, [lgm].

Good work, I wish I could draw this good with my tablet. You could try to use a little more dramatic lighting ( Ã Â la loominous

) and some more details maybe, as said before. Apart from that it's cool.

But what is this noise all over the picture? Since this is a png I believe it's in the pic itself and not some kind of artefact!? It looks like you used the Photoshop noise filter on the whole image?

EDIT: Darth was quicker...

Chicky · Fri 14/10/2005 00:10:48

New background, see top post.

Spitfire · Fri 14/10/2005 23:24:33

Chicky,

I have that same problem, I can draw pretty well with a tablet but I can never get the perfect looking water & reflections. Don't even mention animating water. You're going to be a great tablet masta. Keep it up.