Background Blitz - Phone Booth - Winners announced

selmiak · Sat 17/10/2015 20:50:42

@Kumpel: What a great first entry you got there with an awesome perspective on a cruel event. I'm puzzling together the clues already

@Kastchey: That is just beautiful. If I may give some critique/suggestion: add another layer of a bit brighter (more distant) trees behind the dark trees and don't show any field behind it, just some very bright blue or bright yellowgreen light shining through it. The top of the lamp is really a bit hard to distinguish from the dark trees, maybe make it more reflective? There are still 2 week left, feel free to play around with and polish your image as much as you like.

speaking of the time left...
@OUXX: Do it! do it! just DO IT!

not even one week into this contest, just starting page 2 of the thread and there are already 5 great entries, I love this forum and the creative people here

SilverSpook · Sun 18/10/2015 14:24:05

"President Trump is sending the Anti-Other Gestapo down from the Sky Palace! Renegaydz, get to your Hacker-Box!" (TM)

selmiak · Mon 19/10/2015 01:24:08

SilverSpook, that's just sick! And I mean it in a good way! Sweet! This makes me want to play neofeud even more

SilverSpook · Mon 19/10/2015 01:43:53

Thanks! The phone booth concept was the (artificial) heart of this piece, so thanks also selmiak for the theme. I rewatched Hackers and that bit of the Matrix where Agent Smith tries to ram Trinity in the booth and I had it; I was jacked in.

Dor Hajaj · Tue 20/10/2015 12:32:08

Hi everyone!
This is also my first ever entry.
It is actually a scene i have in my game, but i changed the concept of what happens there.
not trying to imitate Kumpel though!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/VosYRFn.png[/imgzoom]

selmiak · Tue 20/10/2015 15:30:35

There is quite some heat on the streets there, Dor Hajaj! A gruesome first entry, I like it

btw you don't have to upscale your pixelart yourself when you use the imgzoom tags, these make the forum software scale the image

sketchess · Wed 21/10/2015 21:41:07

Oh hey Dor Hajaj!
I see you got rid of that pixel noise. Back to GIMP?
Yeah post it in original size, your upscaling is changing not only the outlines.

Code: ags

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Monsieur OUXX · Fri 23/10/2015 00:12:55

Very nice entries so far!!! Really.

Here's my work in progress. "Where's the phone booth" you'll ask? Well, it's an excellent question. The answer is: I have no idea yet where I want to put it! But this phone booth is going to be super Parisian, that's for sure. Wait and see!

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[imgzoom]https://41.media.tumblr.com/2ea2c49e7cd9d14e3194d1f1545e191b/tumblr_nwn9moVWWq1tsfksfo1_400.png[/imgzoom]

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selmiak · Fri 23/10/2015 02:14:51

ohnoes, you started! Who do I harass now? Finish it!

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 23/10/2015 06:57:10

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 23/10/2015 02:14:51
Finish it!

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Crimson Wizard · Fri 23/10/2015 13:50:08

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 23/10/2015 02:14:51
ohnoes, you started! Who do I harass now?

Harass me. I even made a sketch:

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Cassiebsg · Fri 23/10/2015 17:03:15

Ooohhh and double Indy even!

Nice sketch CW! You do realize that now you have to finish it, right!?

selmiak · Sat 24/10/2015 03:52:55

@Ouxx: seriously now, this looks great already, the composition + background is nice, I'm excited to see how you fill the more imporant foreground. So yeah, Finish him!

@CW: Cool, is this a phonebooth in the woods? yeah, looks good and promising already, please finish it!

@cassie: How are the 3d things coming along?

Cassiebsg · Sat 24/10/2015 09:01:50

Ooops, sorry I thought I had posted version 3, but guess not.

Anyway, version 4:

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Will probably change those light poles, don't really like them. $:-\$

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EDIT: Okay did a bit more work to it today, am getting happier with it now.

Changed the lamps! Looking much better now! Need to add a few more detail to the roof tops and add some pipes and stuff, and then I'll add the detail to the textures and hope it'll look okay enough to consider it finished. You'll need to wait for v5 to see this.

Monsieur OUXX · Sat 24/10/2015 16:38:32

As you can see, still working on the overall compo, scenery, and color balance.
Also there's a small reference to a classic from the 90's that starts in Paris. Can you guess which one?

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[imgzoom]https://41.media.tumblr.com/1b36e04062f9095c91bc644585defa0b/tumblr_nwqe14eUuM1tsfksfo1_500.png[/imgzoom]

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selmiak · Sun 25/10/2015 01:37:55

@Cassie: Cool! These lightpoles are cool when you have a night scene and they illuminate the whole scene in a moody light. Together with some candles on the tables this can look cool. hot. romantic. On a day they are too many. Maybe throw some pillars with statues in there or some small barriers between the chairs and the passengers. The one plant is exactly in front of the one edge towards the cafe door and when you don't see that edge the perspective looks odd.

@OUXX: something from gabriel knight maybe?

@CW: It's a telephone in a tree, isn't it? Do it!

I like how you put your progress pictures in spoilers, makes viewing this thread even more voyeristic

Cassiebsg · Sun 25/10/2015 07:29:05

No pillars and no statues, sorry. This is a little village in the middle of "nowhere".
Which plant are you talking about? The one on the middle/foreground or the reflex in the glass door? I have reduced the level of reflection from the glass, cause it was giving some weird views, and I might change the camera angle slightly once I'm happy with the model.

Monsieur OUXX · Sun 25/10/2015 12:56:15

Quote from: selmiak on Sun 25/10/2015 01:37:55
@OUXX: something from gabriel knight maybe?

Nope. This game starts in Paris and is French!

New update: This is now the final perspective. I have all the cheats I need in there for the background to be functional in a real game.

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EDIT: wooops, I forgot to remove the perspective lines/curves!

[imgzoom]https://36.media.tumblr.com/2f834753f9f5d25252d541be6bfe8b40/tumblr_nwsejhUVRZ1tsfksfo1_500.png[/imgzoom]

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New new update: this is what the final rendering will look like.
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selmiak · Mon 26/10/2015 01:16:48

sweeeeeeet! Don't forget to put that phonebox in. And yeah... finish it!

Monsieur OUXX · Mon 26/10/2015 09:13:20

Quote from: selmiak on Mon 26/10/2015 01:16:48
sweeeeeeet! Don't forget to put that phonebox in. And yeah... finish it!

By the way, I'd like to say that I won't be entering the competition. I'll finish the drawing, yes, but I don't want to receive votes (if any). It's a bit cheating to draw something and then shove a phonebox into the scene. I'm doing this for the pleasure of participating, the artistic stimulation, and to support the real entries! The more the merrier.