game title screen
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Topic: game title screen
Posted By: Borgi
Subject: game title screen
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 5:44am
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hey there. im working on a post apocalyptic game title screen, but im having troubles with the clods. any help'd appreciated.   i can not do the "shading", i mean the clouds at the top must be darker then the lower ones. so, i dont want to add an other color dor tha clouds. or should i? :O |
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Posted By: Borgi
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 11:59am
update what should i do with those strange clouds? :C |
Posted By: Chaos Design
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 1:08pm
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I really like what u have done so far. Perhaps u should try scattering the edges of the clouds far a smother fit into the sky. |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:15pm
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I'm not sure if dithering the clouds is a good idea. It gives it kind of a rough texture. You should try cell shading. Or at least if you're going to do dithering don't make the colours SO different. http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/23660.htm - Here's a good example of some well done clouds. |
Posted By: BlackDragon
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 4:18pm
| I was about to refer that to him too, Aleiav. |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 6:23pm
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indeed. sun is a strong ligthsource, and gives an orange/redish tone to everything it touces. clouds are affected by this light, so they must reflect a brigth side where the light hits them. same for everything in this scene. and perhaps a bit more work on the shape of these clouds, so they wouldn't look like a weird mass of clay. use references, they'll save you a lot of time when you really don't know how to do it. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 7:08pm
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those are some jolly lookin purple clouds for a post-apocalyptic scene. http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/12717.htm - these are pretty too ------------- |
Posted By: Borgi
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 3:20am
thanks for the suggestions guys, let me show you what i got: any other advice? i tried to affect the clouds by the sun (i hope you know what i meant) but that looks a bit spotty ^^^ is that okay? thanks again for the replies |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:01am
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I think you're kind of making them too bumpy in their overall shape. Clouds don't really have ridges. Try to smooth them out a bit. You're right about it looking spotty. Try a less dithering technique and more cell shading. Or, if you're going to do dithering, try to do a layer of it rather than just random specks. |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:21pm
remember that clouds aren't made of a solid material, they're just an accumulation of watter, so they don't follow any kind of pattern. another idea on how to make a sunset ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 12:03am
| You may find http://flickr.com/search/?q=sunset%2Bclouds - this helpful. |
Posted By: Borgi
Date Posted: 10 May 2008 at 3:52am
htanks again for the replies. here's what i got. i made the shining to look better but i can not do anything with the clouds. they are still puzzle pieces, i leave them alone. :/ |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 10 May 2008 at 4:06am
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I liked the first version of clouds. I think coloring the clouds on a sunset/dawn is quite challenging. Could some real photos help you? Here are some examples I found (just a bunch to see which colors are involved, maybe to create the right palette): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/952505 - http://www.sxc.hu/photo/952505 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/861358 - http://www.sxc.hu/photo/861358 good work :) |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 10 May 2008 at 10:06am
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http://flickr.com/photos/stewg01/1259029116/ - this photo in particulart shows how clouds are made and how are they affected by an orange sunset light. and this is another unrivaled example of a post-apocaliptic sunset. http://book-worm-blog.blogspot.com/2007/10/apocalyptic-sunset.html ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: QuaziGNRLnose
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 6:15am
| too much contrast and colour IMO, maybe lower the palletes saturation its too harsh right now |