Here I am, once again working on game graphics. The level I'm working on at the moment is set in the caverns and passages of an artificial planet. The first graphic I'm working on is the far backdrop, here's how it's shaping up:



I'm finding the lighting to be very tricky indeed! Besides the blue spotlights there is also an ambient lightsource coming from below. What I've got so far doesn't seem to look right, I feel.

C+C plzzzzz

The perspective I'd say has the horizon along the vertical middle of the picture, at where the glows from the spotlights stop.
You've guessed the rockiness pretty accurately, they are pretty much just sections of rock.
I haven't really moved onto the pillars yet, but I get what you're saying, I think, hehe.
With the ceiling light radius, do you mean how much they shine on the ceiling? Or overall how far down their intensity goes? Or both, I suppose..

My main problem is the ceiling, how the blue light mixes with the bottom lighting (which will probably be green or orange, but at the moment is pretty much white light), that line of greyness running between the two blue pools just looks crap, haha, I suppose I'll have more of a play with the contrasts, make it blend more. It's suppose to be like how the arches converge in the ceilings of cathedrals, hmmmm I'm getting more ideas now that I look at it, maybe I just needed a good nights sleep, hahaha.

Thanks for the help.

the blue lights should widen fuzzily somewhat after hitting the pillar top(diffused light from the pillar top)
otherwise looks fine.

the only thing i dont like is that this peice is very flat, no depth whatsoever.

Maybe you should think of adding smaller collums in the middle to simulate depth

cause right now it lacks something. its jus not of your usual peice quality really