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Great that you like the idea. Thanks for the feedback, haven't drawn nature in a long time. Thanks for pointing out how I can improve on the scene. Your sketch is looking cool,(I'm totally jealous that I didn't come up with that design myself) although some elements on my image I want to keep. Like the field in the distance, but that is for me to do. let's see if and how I can improve this. (probably going to search for tutorials on drawing trees.)

Hi

Have started drawing again, this time decided to use watercolors. Haven't used them since primary school, but just had the urge to do it this time. I will not work on this piece, but I would greatly appriciate if you would give me feedback. Then I will know what to avoid next time, or how to improve. (There might or might not be a game in the making )

The first one is, pure scan. The second with a little bit contrast and brightness editing in GIMP. The picture itself is on A4 paper.
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For some Estonian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QIeng2lOo . Well Russian you can find quite easily.
   I thought hard but couldn't add anything to what InCreator said. Sums it up very well how stuff here is.

 Promised to upload the newer version.

Made three different types of it. Take a look. It is made of 8 different photos/




Gongrats, Matty

[Idea:]

 Here are my votes.

Idea: Cuiki
Atmosphere: oraxon
Functionality: 2dMatty
Technique: oraxon

Really liked your BG oraxon, very impressed. All were cool, but man the first time I saw yours, it evoked emotion. Well done!

Once the winner is decided, I will upload the new version of my image. So you can see how well or bad I used the technique I chose. (I think I improved the BG quite a bit)

 Ok, I thought I will give it a go. Didn't have much time, so it's quite plane and could use some more work. Saddly I can't  work on this piece more - not only because of the deadline. I googled for different images. Downloaded them and mixed together in GIMP. Never done anything like this before, but it was very interesting.

Thanks for this topic!

Ok here is the BG. It's supposed to be 320x240.

 I know this could be a bit late to say, but for me it looks a bit weird. The knees are too low.
Other then that it is really great. Looks cool.

[Idea:]

 I will give my votes then.

Idea: mode7
Atmosphere: mode7
Design: nihilyst
Composition: mode7
Functionality: nihilyst
Technique: nihilyst
Personality: nihilyst

Choosing the technique was the hardest for me, but I managed to make up my mind on that somehow.

  Ok, tried to make a bit better again.

Here is one.


Same with glowing rocks


I'm actually quite happy with this already. But the land looks kind of empty. Maybe should add some intresting objects. Don't know if I'm motivated enough to do that though.

Thanks for the feedback so far! 

 Just a few ideas.
The horizon should be a little curved. If possible then a bit lower or higher. Right now it is almost exactly in the middle and it somewhat bothers me You could just move your camera for that so no further editing is required for it.

anian
 Thanks! I had already started working on some of the things you mentioned. About the perspective - I think you should see the original BG. Line thickness difference was deliberate but if it disturbs most viewers, then I will not use it in later BGs. And the right gradient is starting to irritate me as well.

Here is the updated version. I worked around the glow a little, but it is left out on this version.

 Corby your answer is 100% correct! 

And as a prize I will now update the progress of my work. 

I remade the glow and put the lines over it. Added same gradients as you can see.


This one is without the lineart.


Let me know what you think of it! Please!

 Hey!
I thought of remaking one background form an old adventure game. Just picked a random one. So random in fact that I have not even played this one.  
Can you guess from where this BG is from?


Of course give me feedback! I've been making this quite long actually. It's vector piece. So I can easily resize and edit things. I know rocks are missing ground shadows and the other bricks in the wall could use some coloring. (Right now the coloring looks very close to the original one)
I am not colorblind just bad with them.

Here's also a quick idea of making the rocks glow. What you think of this?

 He has character I'll give you that!
I did a quick edit. Tried to fix the legs. Raised the trousers and knees. Moved the boots. I also made his eyes a bit brighter and did very small edit in the face. 
I might made it even worse, just did things how I see them fit.

Hey, I like the character.
So I hope you don't mind I did a small edit. My edit has 14 different colors what makes it easier to animate. Added more contrast. Made him a bit taller. The lighting comes from up left corner.
The middle one is yours. And the most right one is your pixel position with the colors from my edit.

 Firstly, yes it is drawn using a real room as a reference (not one on one, but some elements) I shall keep the bookshelf's size but then adding one more shelf to it.(It could be that because the books are huge the desktop looks small)  About the monitor - I'll see what I can do. Yeah the desk looks weird I know, I try to fix that - priority one.

It's my problem that I start to go into details too early.

Thanks for the feedback anian and nihilyst. 

 It's my first time really painting in GIMP so I could use some tips and critique from you. I made a sketch, scanned it and then started painting it.  I'll be painting on while I wait for a response. This is just a small part of the overall background, approximately 1/3 of it. You don't have to hold back, tell me what you think of this. 
Well here is the background.



Just noticed the monitor is missing a shadow. 

Thank you in advance!

 I think adding some shapes and sharper edges to the cliff would make it better. You should see a bit more into the cave, the darkening should be smoother transition. Also try to make the grass go one direction, right now it looks a bit messy.

Oh I do hope you get what I mean! 

 Agreeing with anian. I would also suggest maybe making the cave entrance visible on the waterfall(make the shape of the cave visible with adding darker tones to that place on the waterfall) I hope you understand what I mean.  A good example is in game Blackthorne. Couldn't find a good image  with google.  Here's the link to the game if you have the time. http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/56/Blackthorne.html

 I thought I give this one a try. So long since I have drawn chibi. Used GIMP - haven't used it for years and back then I did only did few linearts . Thanks for this CUTE theme, had a good practice. Made several sketches, but decided to go with this one. Didn't really count colors, but shouldn't have too many.

Ta-Daa



SpacePirateCane that cat is just MEAWsome. The zoomed version is blurred in my browser (my problem) but that makes his/her fur look very natural and fluffy.