What to do with the floor?

[Alynn]

I have this hallway nearly completed except for not quite knowing what to do with the floor (which is supposed to be a linoleum type surface). I've tried a slightly off white color and some patter brushings, and even lightening where the lights are and darkening the rest, but it just doesn't look right.

So any suggestions on what to do with the floor?

Note: the far right side will eventually be cropped, so don't worry about the incompleteness there)

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[cobra79]

I think the floor in this picture by low_res_man resembles linoleum, both color and pattern-wise. If you desaturate the colors a bit and adjust the perspective of course it might look good in your background.

[Alynn]

Ok... before I finish filling this all in... I tried doing some tiles... not final coloring or anything, and this is how it turns out...

I guess I could just keep the outline... but anyway... should I continue with the checkerboard pattern or go with something else?

[TerranRich]

I like it! It fits very well...the only thing is that, as you go further and further to the right, it's going to be so angled it won't look right. Perhaps make the angle a little more gradual?

[Hudders]

Now that you've removed the foreground doorframes, the door on the left looks incorrect somehow.

[Alynn]

Ok, finished the tiling, changed the light colored tiles to a blue color, and added slight light reflections from the lights in the ceiling. The room will be cut off just past the right fore side door (because technically from that angle, you would see into part of the next room).

I may darken up some of the light highlights, use a custom angled elipse brush with 25% opacity. But all in all, I do like how the floor has turned up.



Here is it again, without the bright spots from the overhead lights, I kinda like this a little better.

[cobra79]

It looks very nice. I also prefer the one without the reflections. You could add a 2nd vanishing point for the checkerboard pattern to the right of the middle door. Due to the 2 overlaying doors and the fact that it is a scrolling background most likely the player wouldn't even notice it.