Why your background is broken, a semi-comprehensive guide to background painting

[Kweepa]

Amazing that they managed to do this 9 years before wikipedia was even founded.

I guess one smiley isn't enough for some people...

[Gilbert]

This is serious business. This shows that the game makers were much concerned about the quality of their games, so they put a lot of budget into it and built the chronojohn to acquire some still photos for reference. 


Well, back to topic (a bit), I see that they didn't follow the details exactly and had managed to take some liberty, most noticeably in the house placement. Of course, they didn't use this exact photo for reference, as the displayed area have been shifted a bit (I couldn't remember, did this background scroll?) and the houses may have been changed through years (but not that much I think). This is a good thing as it's not a mindless trace-over (I think it may not be traced actually and they might just use photos of real locations for reference).

[Ilyich]

Great guide, Andail! Very useful, accessible and original.

The idea of creating a tutorial based on images by other people works really well, it's like a compilation of quintessential advice from "Critics Lounge". Good luck on the second chapter!

This made me think that it would've been great to have some sort of "Best of" showcase gallery of progress made in Critics Lounge (before/after kind of thing), so it would be easier to point newcomers in the right direction.

[Jakerpot]

AGAIN: What will the 2 chapter talk about?