Lighthouse background, C&C please

Echarin · Fri 21/05/2004 19:10:03

I doubt I'll be using this for anything. More just a practice in low resolution backgrounds.

How do I make it bigger? Every time I resieze it in Photoshop it kind of blurs everything.

Edit: Did a print screen when it was zoomed in 300%. Copied it to a new file and cropped it.

Renal Shutdown · Fri 21/05/2004 19:20:29

To resize it in photoshop, there's a choice resize methods.. It's bi-linear or pixel resize or something. Just test them out see which comes out best.
To resize it here, use (img width=## height=##)link.whatnot/pic.etc(/img) only with square brackets, not round. eg..

EDIT:

I'm not quite sure what distance you're focusing on. The bottom cloud has sharp edges, whilst the lighthouse itself is blurred.

Ben · Fri 21/05/2004 21:45:30

To resize in the forum, you can just use BBCode. Just do this, with square brackets instead of squiggly ones:

{img width=640 height=480}http://urlofpicture{img}

That way, you don't need to upload two different versions of the picture..

Echarin · Fri 21/05/2004 22:35:53

Quick improvements:

I'm not too fond of the railing, but I'm not too sure if I want to throw it away. Anyone got any suggestions on how I can fix the railing?

Hollister Man · Sat 22/05/2004 02:16:50

"bend" it, so that the forwardmost part seems to curve in more, so it would look like 'c' rather than 'C', if you know what I mean. Perspective and all

Echarin · Sat 22/05/2004 18:11:29

Quote from: Hollister Man on Sat 22/05/2004 02:16:50
"bend" it, so that the forwardmost part seems to curve in more, so it would look like 'c' rather than 'C', if you know what I mean.Ã,Â Perspective and all

Thanks, but it's more that the railing seems to me not to be part of the scene. As if it was just glued onto the original and it's really obvious.

Echarin · Sat 22/05/2004 19:58:57

Something to go along with the lighthouse pic.

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Might make a short game out of this. Already working on witty observations.
"At least he died with a smile on his face."
Maybe I'll put another skeleton on top, to explain the smile on the guy's face, or a porno mag in his free hand.

HillBilly · Sat 22/05/2004 20:01:54

Nice place to die. Maybe you shouldn't make this a sexual related smile, but a drug related one. Give him a shot in his left arm.

Hollister Man · Sat 22/05/2004 21:13:58

Great skeleton, but he needs a NOSE (a skull nose is just a triangular hole in the center.)

In addition, the path could use to get somewhat darker as it fades into the jungle, right now it looks like it leads into the treetops.

On the lighthouse pic, I tried drawing what I meant and it did help, but you also need a darker shadow on the railing where the lighthouse shades it.

Great work so far

Echarin · Sat 22/05/2004 23:24:47

Hey, thanks. I completely forgot about the lighthouse shadow.

ps. Could you maybe post your take on the lighthouse railing? I'm not quite sure what you meant.

Hollister Man · Sun 23/05/2004 01:24:48

I think this is what I meant. :)Ã,Â Its nowhere like your style, but it'll give you an idea.Ã,Â The shading on yours is great, but it also needs to cast a shadow onto the lighthouse, not just the ground.Ã,Â I forgot to add that.

Edwin Xie · Sun 23/05/2004 01:29:57

The shadows depend on where the sun is.

Echarin · Sun 23/05/2004 22:50:30

Update:
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New railing, grass straws, flowers.

The Beach
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Main character (heavily inspired by n00bie's character in this thread.
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