Contest #16: Background challenge

[Silverthorn]

@Monolith: Hmm, does GIMP have a smudge tool? Because it does quite look like it. Try to paint a little over the sky to give it a bit more depth

Also, trees are a good keyword. Speaking of them, I now feel like sharing a little thingummy I've been working on. Nothing major, just a quick doodle:

Spoiler (Click to View)

And yes, I've made it a habit of having the maskman in each of my backgrounds

Download link coming shortly

[Monolith]

@Monolith: Hmm, does GIMP have a smudge tool? Because it does quite look like it. Try to paint a little over the sky to give it a bit more depth

Also, trees are a good keyword. Speaking of them, I now feel like sharing a little thingummy I've been working on. Nothing major, just a quick doodle:

Spoiler (Click to View)

And yes, I've made it a habit of having the maskman in each of my backgrounds

Download link coming shortly

nice thing with blue phoenix under chars

this is full drawing part of bg (Click to View)

[Hero destroyer]

You know, guys. YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT! Every BG is so fantastic that I don't even know who to vote.
@Monolith,
The BG looks cool, but I felt a tidal wave is coming toward them or something. I don't know, this is how i felt.

[Monolith]

You know, guys. YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT! Every BG is so fantastic that I don't even know who to vote.
@Monolith,
The BG looks cool, but I felt a tidal wave is coming toward them or something. I don't know, this is how i felt.

yes its sure does,dont get scaryied by that.
When i drawed it and added darker colour,i felt same way.

[empirefantasy]

last time i worked in my bg was 2 weeks ago in weekend.I had finished most of drawing part.
But now,i think that my chances to participate are 0%
Sry guys

@them who have already participate:
Nice bgs.I like them.

[Silverthorn]

Alright, time to get my entry in here

ACHERONTIC

Throughout history, mankind has wanted to acquire possessions of all kinds. Whether land, money, power, or anything else; the more the merrier. Inevitably, the most powerful will, sooner or later, clash and determine their supreme emperor, ruler of the castle.
Only a single path leads to this palace. A fallen warrior reminds of the atrocities done to those that fail to annex the castle and therefore kill the king. Will this acherontic curse over this place ever be broken?


Width: 1600 pixels
Z-area: small
Parallax scrolling: Yes
Other features: The bridge on the right collapses only once as long as LF2 is not restarted
Download

[Alectric]

I just tried your background Blue Phoenix, and im thoroughly impressed!
Such nice detail and such good blending between the layers. I wish i had done something to similar effect! (i still have time, right? D: )
That bridge falling and staying almost-permanent i thought was a very nice touch. The subtle animations just add a lovely ambiance to it, and don't distract the player.
I actually thought the sky was 2 layers with some sort of crazy blend technique to make it look 3D. It took some closer looks to figure it out.
I thought that maybe the z-width may be a bit too small, but it's wide enough to show the pretty pictures and have some pretty good battles on.
Great background!

[Monolith]

In BP background everything is epic,i like swinging skeleton,falling bridge,castle,moon,sky,but...
I don't like...(pause)one...thing!!!
YOUR BG BETTER THAN MY OR ANYONE ELSE IN THIS CONTEST!!!
GOOD JOB

[Silverthorn]

I thought that maybe the z-width may be a bit too small, but it's wide enough to show the pretty pictures and have some pretty good battles on.
Great background!

Thanks, mate

I tried to keep the animations to a minimum (and therefore no bg-dependent actions) to not distract from the "boss fight". As for the zwidth, I did some testing and figured that little zwidth makes fights vs. AI (and insofar boss-battles) much harder (as the walk up/down-trick pretty much fails ). Therefore, to have a fight vs. Julian, for example, which is actually a bit more challenging, the zwidth got a bit squeezed
All intended


Also, on a related note, the due date is coming fairly close already. I hope you have your BGs pretty much ready?


edit: lol, seems like I was hyperslow at posting again. Thanks a ton, Monolith

[Hero destroyer]

Cool! A spider citadel(hope I spell this right). I really like the bridge part, the DC is cool.(Nice thinking)