Say something about this little thing :D
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5963/islandnightvr7.jpg)
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5963/islandnightvr7.jpg)
Umm, I've seen that before...
Make the island less deep. It doesn't look like it is flat on top of the sea at the moment, rather an island that has been lifted up and tilted towards the camera.
If you know what I mean?
There are quite a few things wrong with this picture, to name a few:
-The shadow of the moon is circular, whereas the moon itself is not in the picture.
-I don't quite know what those lines in the sky are, Alien highway? They seem to have been reflected in the water, so i'm guessing that it is solid.
-The light from the moon should be much longer than what it is
And I would adive that you add some more detail to the path and the volcano - looks 2D.
Oh, and one more thing; try to add more life into the water e.g. crashing waves or something like that.
To markbilly: Yes I know what you mean, and I agree. And you could not see it before, i draw it about 2 hours before :) maybe it familliare to sth you have seen.
To Jon: The lines are... hmm I dont know, I just like them. Its like in Day of the Tentacle :D
And thanks for rest of ideas.
Not the greatest attempt in the world....but hey it is free ;D
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/islandnight_v8.png)
- raised the horizon to better fit the perspective
- the sky should be lighter then the sea
- added random lines :P
I would suggest to stick to one style. I like the background with the lines. You should also make the island in this style and use well defines lines for the shading instead of the smoothed/blured ones. You should also work on the shape of the island because at the moment it rather looks like a witches hat ;)
I like the original style better than cobra's redraw.
But it indeed looks weird - what you should do first is raise the horizon (like cobra did) and darken the sea and the sky or lighten the island, this way is just doesn't fit in.
Quote from: Chaos1987 on Tue 22/05/2007 20:59:22
To markbilly: Yes I know what you mean, and I agree. And you could not see it before, i draw it about 2 hours before :) maybe it familliare to sth you have seen.
To Jon: The lines are... hmm I dont know, I just like them. Its like in Day of the Tentacle :D
And thanks for rest of ideas.
Those lines represent "clouds". At least, that's what they did in DOTT (and Sam and Max HTR). I must say I find it kinda odd that an artist doesn't know what he's drawing or, in this case, imitating. Are you trying to make a Monkey Island game in the style of DOTT, by the way? (That Island is from MI, right?)
--Erwin
I thought so they were clouds. I draw this with pencil on lesson of Electricity and Magnetics and redraw it. Sorry if it's like MI ;) I dont want make DOTT style MI, but i'm working on something ;D
Just a few words about the islands shape:
A small island like this is usually (if not always) either the tip of an underwater volcano or an atoll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoll) (a reef grown around the top of a volcano/mountain).
As cat mentioned, your island is hat-shaped. I'd correct that before doing any fine-tuning.
Plus, the details on the island are way too dark. You might want to turn down the brightness of your monitor.
Quote from: KhrisMUC on Wed 23/05/2007 19:31:18
As cat mentioned, your island is hat-shaped. I'd correct that before doing any fine-tuning.
Maybe it is a hat?
There's nothing to suggest scale. Perhaps this game is about a submerged Mexican?
that game looks cool! reminds me of loom
Again, about a month old, stop it hello123