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no worries, ill have to create a photobucket account tomorrow. unless there is an easier way to post pics these days?

it was for the CG Cookie apocalyptic character contest in August.

however If there has never been anything in the rules that an entry can have been made before the competition then it is unfair for me to submit. As you say, opinions would be divided and without rules stating anything, people will have every right to disapprove. I would have only submitted it if the rules clearly allowed entry of past work but since they dont say either way then I dont want to interfere or cause bother.

Im sure most people assume that a submission for a competition should be made specifically for that one, at that time, its only fair.

If you dont mind, I would like however to put it in as a non entry if thats ok, just so people can enjoy a bit more art , and possibly other participants may get some inspiration or ideas from it?

i have a background that I recently made for another competition. Although it is perfect for this competition, I wasnt sure if I was allowed to submit it or not but ive just noticed that Silverspook, you submitted and won last time with a background for your game. My piece is all my own work from scratch, digitally painted in Photoshop so Would it be ok to submit? I wasnt sure if submissions had to be specifically made for the competition or not? Ill conmpletely understand if anybody objects.

Not that its hugely important but I thought I would mention it, when I first saw the portrait I immediatley thought "Eddie Marsan" http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=50580 (scroll down for the better pics)

Thats enough useless information for one day.

I dont have much time to spare tonight to write much, But I did want to point out that when I first saw this character in your Wip thread a while back, my initial reaction was that it was a female. Perhaps its the lack of an adams apple

sorry my mistake, it was late and I didnt see the "not finished" bit. Should have gone to Specsavers......

sorry to dampen your blowtorch pyro-maniac excitement Selmiak but I think its a paintbrush with yellow paint on it.....

I think its a whole "depth of field" thing that makes it not quite right. The fact that the foreground and waterfall/cliff that its running off are quite blurry and low detail, whilst the rocks that are behind them in the distance are sharp and full of detail creates an optical illusion that confuses the depth of the image. Typically the objects in the background will get blurryer and less defined the further back into the distance they go, and the contrast and colour value will drop as natural particles in the air obscure the view and "fog over" it over a large distance ( theres a technical name for it that I forget) .
unless this is a WIP and you have yet to add the other detail and have only worked into the rocky area in which case ill shut up

yes exactly like that lol

Mandle better explained what i was trying to get at , my attempt was futile compared to his "boob tentacle" explanation.

I think the hair makes her arm look really long as it creates the illusion that it is one long arm coming out of her chest.  At first I mistook it as coming out from almost the same point as the other arm and being very wierd and very long. looking at it again I can see that the dark shading just above her right elbow also emphasises the crazy bendy arm illusion. staying on the arm subject, it also looks as if his has been cut off and is just a stump but I think its part of the background playing another optical illusion. is his arm behind his back?
As for her face, I quite like it , the eyes are quite white and maybe look a bit scary but otherwise its cool Black and white always makes it hard to get things looking right I find. could you maybe try painting it on colour to get a range of values in and then convert to black and white? maybe to much hassle though.
He reminds me of a young George Stobart
sorry Im tired and going on a bit. Shut up Matthew.

your imagination must be an amazing place to hang out

I agree. The left half looks good,  but the right half looks amazing. You can kind of notice the difference between the old part and the new part you have done after getting better. Now you have to go back over the left section and polish it up to be as amazing as the right . my only other comment is that the lightbulb above the bath is closer to the back wall than the floor, yet it casts no light on the wall directly behind it but there is a strong highlight on the floor. It just looks slightly wrong in my opinion.
not sure the best way to go about sorting that though as personally i think you would lose the atmospheric quality by lightening any parts. Maybe a light shade to lessen the outward glow of the bulb without affecting it downwards?
love the candles too , very cool but watch out for the health and safety guys, they wont like that fire hazard one bit
keep up the good work.

If its an "all different story" then I would suggest calling it something other than Clone of Monkey Island as "clone" to me suggests it's an exact copy.
sounds exciting though, I was always disappointed that they ended with a horrible 3D attempt with MI4 and then unlike broken sword , gave up rather than go back to the hand drawn , atmospheric artwork that we all love and continued making more.

aha are you looking for help? If so then what field? Im more arty than computer programmy , not got much free time but always happy to help when And If I can.....

I got the sex site too wayhaa.... i mean boo!
mobile juicy ads or something like that, I closed it before it got carried away but thats what I saw.

I really like this Idea makes a game much more interesting, I personally usually plAy a good game several times, and it would be so much better to be able to try different things and have a different experience each time. This has also inspired me to re-think my very much linear game that Is currently at the story complete stage....... or at least it was..... thanks for the inspiration .......... but not all the extra work I now have to do . keep up the great work .

I was really starting to feel sorry for poor Larry, what with all the injuries he has sustained so far and all the bad luck he is having. But now he has his very own boobies so its all been worth it in the long run cause what man doesn't want his very own boobies.......
yay for Larry

just wanted to point out that in the post title you call the game "tactician" but the game logo with the cannon is spelt "tactitian" .
Im in a rush so dont have time to spellcheck but only one can be right. Hopefully its the post as it would be far easier to change.

Matt

im a 10 too, it just looks the cleanest and clearest or 5 if you decide to lose the thick outline, but as Cassiebsg says, the background may affect things. 10 or 5 for me as it stands at the moment