My first BG, could use some critism

[Remco]

Hi, i`m a bitt new with ags and my drawning lvl is at a minimum. i`ve made this bg with some help of a tutorial. I could use some critism, so that I can improve my drawning skills, but please, don`t hurt me to bad  . (please forgive me for my bad english).

[ravenfusion]

That's a very nice background you got there. One thing I don't like is the texture on the tree though, It would look ten times better if you shaded and textured it by hand. The texture on the building looks alright though. Other than that, there is nothing wrong with it. I actually like the style. I like the background to it, looks awesome. Show more.

[Dart]

Raven's right; the background is awesome. Also, you should texture the trees by yourself like he suggested.

And I don't know if this is just me or not, but the red and yellow wall strains my eye a bit. Perhaps you could make it darker?

Other than that, everything is fine.

Also, if you find that you need someone to proofread the text in your game, just message me. I'd be glad to help.

[Turing]

The building and right part of the wall have shadows, yet the left part of the wall and the trees don't).  Other than that, the background looks very nice.

[Remco]

tnx everybody, but what do you mean exactly with texturing the tree with hand?

[DanClarke]

tnx everybody, but what do you mean exactly with texturing the tree with hand?

I think he means do the detailing on the tree yourself, as the texturing looks a little out of place. Work looks neat though.

[LordHart]

Very nice for a first. A few things:

- As suggested by Raven, try to do the texture of the tree by yourself, as it seems you used a filter on it, and doesn't match the style of the rest of the image.
- The road should be a bit darker, as the sidewalk is cement, and the road is asphalt. Try making it darker, and adding a slight tint of blue to it.
- The trees dont seem to making any shadows whatsoever...

[Remco]

well, exactly i`ve made the texturing of the tree by myself. I just draw some vertical lines with a brigtning proccesor.

[Remco]

i`ve made some improvements.

old:



new:

[Andail]

Here's a good advice on composition:
Never crop the image so that an object (like the tree) ends just within the edges of the canvas. It looks jammed in, so to say.

Either make a good space between the top of the tree and the top of the picture, or make a much bigger crown, which is cut somewhere in the middle.

The latter option is preferable, because trees usually have much more foliage anyway.

[Remco]

tnx for the tip andail.

[[Cameron]]

Its increators bg tutorial.

[Remco]

like i said, i made it with the help of a toturial.