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you can try adding some foreground objects... those things really add depth to backgrounds.

hmm.. seems like the post got lost somewhere.
so here i am again and the problem is water,
so if anyone can tell me how to improve it or give me a link to some tutorial or something that would be great.

thx all... everything is nice... but i still haven't found that mental inst. cell...

i'm looking for alot of inside and outside house reference, clothing reference, possibly furniture and especially for a mental institue cell pic

look at the topic... anyone can help me out i'd really appriciate that.

here's a quick and not totally accurate remake of the perspective :

some work in progress on this one :
it's still not finished as you can easily see
just wanted to know which chandelier fits better.

oh and can anyone help me finding reference to inner and outer house designs from about 1920-1930. I'm especially looking for reference about mental hospitals (cells) from that time.
any help would be appriciated.

Oh, and blackbird :
i didn't trace nuffin and the program is PSP 8.10

my vote goes for the monocle-wearing one
what you could change in my opinion is his skin color... perhaps a little more pale.. that would give him a more evil look.

you should have used less filters... perhaps only blurring it a bit or something

just a 15 minute background for you to get the idea of what i'm thinking of


EDIT:
omg this looks more crappy than i thought it looked...

nonono.. no 3d at all... hmmm dunno how to explain it... actually

Anyone ever played Mordor ? it's a great game, simple but fun.
anyway i wonder if anyone knows an utility (game engine) that would allow me to make a simmiliar game myself.
(for those who don't know how mordor looks like : i want to create an rpg with a first person view all the time, not an over the top view like all those anime/manga rpg's... ya know something like ultima underworld or return to castle ravenloft etc.)

i just want to show you some more work in progress (none of these are finished,actually they are in an early stage) :


the pic as seen before with some improvments


The title screen ( the game still needs a title )


an overview of the village


The mains character home

just a quick edit of the shading :

(dunno if you like it)

i'm not quite sure if this should be in the critics lounge... but anyway i use paint shop pro. u could also try adobe photoshop,it's very similiar

sum to that the nice background of the bar you did before, and you'll get a very promising game indeed...

what bar ?
anyway thanks for your feedback... i appriciate it.
and as for the resemblance (spelling correct ?) to shadow of the comet :
i'm trying to capture the climax of shadow of the comet... this is going to be a H.P. Lovecraft inspired game... i just hope i can handle it.

thanks for your critics...
i'll redo the door sometime in the future.
i'm planning on keeping the shading for the end.
as for the trees (foliage) :
i draw the basic shape with a custom foliage brush i made and a very dark green colour (almost black). next i build it up with lighter shades ending with a bright yellowish green. then i duplicate the layer ( don't know if it's neccecairy, i'm just making a new layer for everything ) and add noise (about 45, monochrome, uniform or gaussian)

EDIT:
work in progress :

yeah it's pretty much incomplete (the image)
thx 4 c&c i've used the advice with the shadow and i think i've got a pretty nice outcome :

i've been playing around with a new style for my game, it's not completely finished... i just need to find a good way of blending the path with the grass.. i've been trying a few things but it always looks crappy. i would appriciate if anyone could help me out with this  

and a larger version :


*UPDATE*
For newest updates see last post (obviouls )

"THe knife thing. I was going for a McGyver type character who could do anything with anything. example make a bomb out of chewing gum or pick a lock with a strand of hair. The kind of stupid stuff that would never work in real life."

in my opinion that would lead to some illogical and annoying puzzles.