This is the first draft (very oekaki, cuz thats how I start) of another level for this fighting game. This is a ninja academy tucked in the forest somewhere in Asia. I am hoping to achieve a "dusk" lighting with loads of beamlights coming thru the trees. Pleace c+c about the palette and composition since all else is crap right now.

 

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<3 both but the house shape is scaring me. Architecture lookup plz?

Souly, I agree but haven't gotten to those type of details yet.

MoD, Yes the architecture is scary now, that will all change. The progremmer gave me a base with the XY coordinates so that I could pixel while they do their magic.

Bifur, waterfall on order and will arrive shortly, thanks for that

Hey, here's a bit of advice. Get out of digital art, get yourself some brushes and some canvas, paint and sell them for millions.

...you talented bastard, you.

w8, did I just sware? 4 goodness s8ke, I'm 2 cool 4 skule.

I think the sunset looks more like fire.. cause the lightest hightlights on the trees look sort of like sparks.. I dont know how you'd make it more sun-ish, and it already looks awesome, im just throwing this out there

I decided to change things around a bit so that this scene matches the rooftop level since they are for the same game. I changed the sunset color palette cuz leel is correct in thinking it looked like a fire was going on and when I looked at it today it seemed that Snow White and her minions were gonna show up any second. the bottom image show the playable platforms, these hopefully stand out enough for easy play. So.... let me have it, you all did great c+c with the other one.

the platforms are pretty easily recognizeabe, except the tiny one near the waterfall (the lowest of the 3)

that waterfall looks damn gorgeous by the way.. is it animated?

Parallex is where the backgrounds scroll at different rates in order to create the illusion of depth. Eg, the furthest background (say the sun and horizon) would move very slowly, whilst closer objects (such as a sign or plant) would move faster.

It's used a lot in platformer games, and generally demands a different type of work from the artist (because things are done in seperate looped layers, not just one big object).

This is looking real perdy, by the way Jalonso. The first image you posted definately had a more atmospheric feel.

The others seem a bit cold and lifeless, especially due to the flat shading used in parts such as the buildings. Which may make the interactive backgrounds stand out from the distant ones, but they simply don't match the level of detail found in the beautiful waterfall and rock scene.

I'd also tighten some of the shading. It feels a little random in some parts.

Overall nice work! I'm looking forward to seeing this art progress mate!

I don't think the house matches the rest at all. It's way different, and uh, with less detail. Are you going to make the laterns on the ground more discernable as well?

Awesome background. But the waterfal looks a bit odd. I'd look at Gas13's waterfall. He did a really good one. 

Wholly moley, nice red background.

ALERT! ALERT! INCORRECT TITLING!

Aint a forest level nomore. It's like... volcanomagic level. It is ALSO incredibly attractive.

For the very first BG, I think it would have looked better if you used darker colours for the sunset (it wouldn't look like bright fire) and either get rid of the little pixels for the highlights or lengthen them so they're not individual.

What about turning it into lava from a volcano?

Great stuff, I somehow miss the sunset of the first version, it looked really good.

I concur. And I found the link to Gas 13's waterfall.That might help a bit.

Superb as is. :) 

new forest 10x better , watterwall is a bit... wierd? i dont know is it ready? 

Holy crackpants, batman.

My only crits are the rock beside the house isn't as highlighted as the closer rocks, and therefore looks outta place. And the waterfall doesn't look like a waterfall. The old waterfall was better.

I mean this is amazing but on zoom it still seems very scrappy.

I guess that doesnt matter cos no1's gonna zoom in game, but u
have some weird techniques.   

well put. me too.

Wow jalonso. You are good at both Isometric and non-isometric, These backgrounds of yours look amazing 

Awesome. 

This might not be a big deal, but the character sprites seem to blend in with the backgrounds..  But the background themselves look magnifiscent! 

If this gets on the GMC be worried about image ripping. A bunch of 15 year olds with no legal fear is a bad thing.