musician tries to draw (new bg)

Problem · Tue 08/03/2005 13:39:01

Hello,
I really like programing and music, but when it comes to backgrounds, I usually don't have enough motivation to do them. But today I tried to draw my first "serious" room, and it took me about three hours. Please tell me what you think and what I could change or improve.

(I know it's not finished, as there is nothing in that cupboard etc.)

Babar · Tue 08/03/2005 14:03:29

It is a nice background, but the almost same texture makes it look flat. The shelves don't look complete (some of the planks are not drawn fully). Other than that, it is a incredible work for someone who is supposed to be a beginner. You might wish to fill it up a bit more. Something on the wall, a table somewhere, a small rug, etc.

Problem · Tue 08/03/2005 14:06:53

Thank you

Quote from: Babar on Tue 08/03/2005 14:03:29
The shelves don't look complete (some of the planks are not drawn fully).

Ah, of course you're right. I totally overlooked that.

Reptile · Tue 08/03/2005 17:12:28

I love the textures.

Problem · Tue 08/03/2005 17:23:36

New Version:

- fixed the shelves

- added more furniture

- added a little more shading to make it less flat

- changed some minor things

edited: I had scaled it up to 640x480, although it should have been 640x400 (as it's a 320x200 background)

InCreator · Tue 08/03/2005 20:23:12

Ooh, it's a really nice bg you have there!
Now, the main problem relies in colors and lines. Both are sooo blending and unclear that whole thing looks just pale.

1. Use stronger contrast! for example, keep one side of shelves as it is, but other side - ALOT darker brown.

2. Play with palette! The walls definetly need stronger and cleaner colors. Maybe a wallpaper with some pattern on it.

3. Eliminate all cases of bad antialiasing, like where floor meets walls and some other places too.

4. The plant looks extremely pathetic, in this quite modern room. It definetly needs more leaves, maybe more height aswell.

Maybe I'll make an edit later.

Problem · Tue 08/03/2005 21:06:23

Thanks for the suggestions.
Yes, you may be right about the background looking pale. At least the shelves could have stronger colours. I don't agree about the walls and antialiasing, though. If I made the lines sharper and added more contrast it would look too cartoony imho. But I think that's a matter of style anyway.

But you're perfectly right about that plant, it looks out of place in that "modern" room. So do the paintings. Maybe I will replace the plant with something else, and make the paintings more like modern art.

jrl2222 · Tue 08/03/2005 21:33:41

It looks to me like the shelf on the left casts a shadow. But the plant has none.

InCreator · Wed 09/03/2005 05:19:05

Hm. A super fast and lousy edit...

A little brightening here and there can change a lot.
Notice the shelves...

Well, I didn't do it very carefully, but it's just for show.

Problem · Wed 09/03/2005 08:13:57

Okay, that's much better! Thank you very much, that gave me some ideas how to improve my style

x_traveler_x · Wed 09/03/2005 18:11:47

One knit-picky thing:

Is that a TV or a microwave?

HillBilly · Wed 09/03/2005 20:18:42

Everybody must have a microwave in their living room!

To make it look more TV-like, attach some speakers to it, or even a antenna! If everything fails, have it turned on.

InCreator · Thu 10/03/2005 00:26:56

Yes. How wonderful, just as I modified the tv I thought, "hey, it looks more like a microwave".

People recoginize the things on your picture -- therefore you can draw, hehe...

Well, to make it less microwave-like, just do what HillBilly suggested, plus:

* it wasn't so microwave-like on your pic, but didn't look so TV-ey neither
* it was alot more microwave on my edit, but there's also more possible to call this a TV

So find a halfway on those two pics: I suggest just making the light-spots on opposite diagonal corners on the tv and not all around, as I did.

Problem · Thu 10/03/2005 21:35:51

Here's a new practise bg, different style and theme.

I'm not quite happy with the trees, but I don't know what to change. Any Ideas?

Totoro · Fri 11/03/2005 13:22:52

Damned, not only your music is great, but also your graphics look really nice, Problem. Seems like I am the only one having problems about all kinds of art $:-\$
Mmmh... maybe the position where the tree starts to have branches and leaves could be nearer to the ground? I know there are some kind of exotic trees who look like that, but maybe it would give them a more natural look to change it.