[released] [BG] Oriental garden

[Azriel]

now ThaT's what I call a almost-there background. oh btw, just coz, I'd actually make the grass stop just before the "walkable" area, and make it like a ground/soil sorta thing. lighter than queen's island, and more detail. check out >Ninja Academy< and >Exam Area< by VG



Azriel~

[Silverthorn]

wow, this project is starting to become really awesome! Only thing left is that tree. It should get a little more detail. What you could do is googling a tree image, little-fighterizing it, and get the shading as it should be. This will be probably easier than drawing it from scratch

[Alectric]

lol tried it and FAILED, i looked up a good tut, and that came out with that monstrosity of a tree
the reason its so fat is that i thought it looked too small so i tried resizing it, and would fix it later (coz it was late and i was tired)
i will try make a taller tree, skinnier, and hopefully little-fighterized, good advice!
and i have already fixed the sky, and i have fiddled around with the magical filters and ramond persuaded me to change, but ill show you the result of my filter tinkering

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(used smart blur)

as for Azriel, im not exactly sure what you mean, but looking at the 2 bg's, you want me to make the walking area sort of flat ground?
ill give it a go, but i like it quite a lot now. ill see the result first before i make decision.

[Marshall]

I now see a background that would likely beat my competition entry, especially with that sky you've just posted and if you improve the tree.

[Faidan]

thats a really awesome sky!
btw, did you draw it yourself?

[Alectric]

nope, im not THAT good...
is this what you meant Azriel? it a little blured, i will fix that

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unfortunately re-sized

i have fixed the tree too
its a little hard to see on the background



nearly done...

[Lauli]

It should actually be a plastic-formed tree.


(Don't mind this weird white stuff around the tree though)

[Alectric]

wow thanks for the help!
its really appreciated!
i didnt realised how flat it looked after i had done it because my screen was so dark
i need some quick advice, should i just use the same tree twice, one mirrored or do 2 different trees?
im not sure i can be bothered doing another one
could you tell me how you did that?
it would make my life that little bit easier at the moment

[Lauli]

Only use 1 tree?

Anyways, let's get complicated.
I used this bright orange-brown and filled the whole leaves-area with it. Then I lowered the opacity a bit so that it is a nice middle colour.
For shading the highlights, I used a thick brush and expanded the areas towards the middle and used gauss-blur onto it.
Then I took the same brush and drew over it with the same colour and lowered the opacity.

The same goes for the dark parts.

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  And I made a really funky GIF
  about it if anyone cares :P
  

Hope you somehow understood this ;D

[Alectric]

wow, ok thanks
that was a quick reply
i'll give you credit for the help, whether you want me to or not
because that was a big help
and i will make another tree...