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.

MMmm, the colours are very tasty. You're starting with Oekaki scribbliness? I find that really hard to do. Well, good luck. Can't wait for the next update.

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

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?

I see that now that you mention it, I'll make a bigger rock there. For now the backgrounds are not animated. Except they are talking about doing something called Parallex? (thanks Ensellitis) where things move somehow

EDIT: typos

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!

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

NICE.  I this is my favorite of the series so far.  The red on the roof seems to merge with the background a bit in some areas, but it doesn’t really bother me to much, I feel as though that’s what would happen naturally.  You may want to add some red/orange-ish high lights on the rocks in the foreground though just for consistency.   Very nice work so far, im intrested in see the final image. 

I concur. And I found the link to http://gas13.ru/pixelart/scenes/ - Gas 13's waterfall .That might help a bit.

Superb as is. :) 

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.

well put. me too.

I must agree with Blick about the amount of pixel noise going on in these backgrounds. However, it seems to work well in certain parts. The forest level rooftop, for example, works really well with this seemingly messy style. Althought I would change the black dithering under the forest platforms to something a little neater looking.

Overall though, you've shown yourself as a brilliant atmospheric artist. Thats rare in pixel works. Great stuff man!

PS: Oh, and no offense, but I'd try to find yourself a better sprite artist. Those sprites really don't reflect your pixel skills.

I liked the older trees. The waterfall is looking better, but not as realistic. It looks more like the sparkles are flowing than the water. Did Gas13's example not work well?

Going excellent so far, though. Awesome stuff.

The waterfall looks like slowly growing moss with sparkles on it. The rest is perfect, though.

GML SUXXORZ.

Geez guys be nice to jal he needs support like a fine mattres or wonderbra.