Need Help On Backgrounds

[Jimmybob]

It's kind of a research facility's award/trophy room, when you start the game you have just been awarded the employee of month award. But I don't really know what I should add to a trophy room.

[Privateer Puddin']

Trophies?

[Jimmybob]

If you look, there were already trophies on the shelf...
But what do you think of these objects?

[Jimmybob]

I know it's asking a bit much but I'm also not the best person at drawing characters, I'll post the picture on a new topic tomorrow.

(PS, I'm still trying to improve this scene so keep posting)

[pickelkiller8]

I've seen some great improvements over the day! I think you'll do well in the near future. You could try adding a security camera that moves (using backround animation).

[walty]

I've seen a lot of improvement from your first picture to the one you have now, I suggest adding a table to go with that chair and then adding items on the table to give more detail to the scene. If you have a table the other side of the room will look fine because it's fairly interesting already with the window and the grate and such. Also possibly add a clock?

[Jimmybob]

I have a question, if I had a clock, how could I make the time change on it?
( I could change it by animating it but it would go to fast)

[Jimmybob]

Thank you for all the helpÃ,  . Here is the finished scene... Any problems or suggestions are still welcome. Tell me what you think about this background.


( I'll change the clock as you progress through the game)

[walty]

Very nice Jimmybob! It looks great now, and as I thought, the table balanced out the rest of the room nicely and having an object on the table gave the room more depth. Something else you should consider is that rooms can be re-used! If you have a copy of the room with nothing in it, no trophies or anything you can add different things to it and doors in different places which saves a lot of time drawing backgrounds and usually looks just as good in buildings that would have similar rooms anyway. Good work

[Jimmybob]

Thanks!Ã, 
Here is another background by me ( I tried a different style )

[pickelkiller8]

well I liked your other style better but lets see. In that island in the backround try adding some plant life or somthing.
Also the anchor. it would be in the water if the ship was in the port. Try making the lines bettween the boards darker.

[Raydok]

YOU DID THAT FIRST ONE IN 'PAIN'T!? thats REALLY good, ms paint is awful!

[Jimmybob]

To be honest, I find MS Paint easy for doing backgrounds like that! 
I also did the second one on paints aswell! 

[n3tgraph]

Well let's see,

first you post a picture which looks quite good, but is perspectively wrong,
after some hints you make a lovely background of a futuristic looking office.

And then you ruin everything with that last "kiddy" background!

Let's stick to the old style!!
I like it a lot! The only suggestion I have is to fill in more black space, I'm sure your GUI won't be that big.

[Jimmybob]

2 things:

a) I hate the second one too
b) I'm only 13

[pickelkiller8]

Oh don't take any notice of him, having a varitiy of stlyes is good. Let's see what you can do with this. Try the suggestions i made in an earlier post, remeber how your other one started? It has poteintal.
P.S. i'm only 14

[Sam.]

OMG ASL.