Old Inn background

[The Faction]

Hello again everyone. It's been awhile since i last posted because i have been unsatisfied with my creations using free paint software.  But I just got Photoshop a few days ago and really like it so far though there is much to learn about it. I drew this background in hopes of using it in my next game.



A few things... I realize there is no door yet and that the sky needs something to prevent it from looking so empty. The grass at lower right is made with a photoshop brush.  Does it look okay?

[Mozesh]

Looks quite good I must say. The grass on the lower right looks very good to my oppinion.
The road looks a bit weird, the stones keep the same size as they go further to the Inn.
My advice make the stones smaller as they get closer to the inn and putt that grass everywhere where it needs too

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Maybe a moon? :

[Babar]

the chimney looks out of perspective. The grass seems ok, but I wouldn't know if it goes with the style of the trees. I'd also suggest moving the sky gradient a bit down so as to have more dark and less bright. Fill it up with some stars too. BTW, some objects seem to have some weird outlines on them. You might want to clean those up.

[AndersM]

If the chimney is supposed to be on the big house, it should be taller then the huse. the outlines of the tall house's roof looks a little strange to. Else it looks good

[nihilyst]

With my monitor's normal brightness and contrast settings, I didn't see any grass. Had to turn the brightness on full power, to see anything. But what I saw, was quite good.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Please try out one thing: Pixelate ( or let Photoshop pixelate ) the background gradient... That would look really, really cool, I'm sure!

Quick guide ( once again ):

- Select the layer with the background gradient on...
- Press CTRL+A to select all and then CTRL+C!
- Go to File->New!
- The document size should be automatically set to the background gradient size, since you just copied, so simply confirm by clicking "OK".
- Now press CTRL+V to paste the background gradient.
- Go to Image->Mode->Indexed Color...
- Now in the upcoming dialog box, enter the following values:
   - Palette: Local (Perceptual)
   - Colors: 10
   - Forced: None
   - Transparency: Not checked
   - Dither: Pattern
- Now it should be pixelated so press CTRL+A to select all and press CTRL+C to copy...
- Switch to your original image and make sure you still have selected that background layer...
- Press CTRL+V to overwrite the old and unpixelated background...
- Now close that old image file you've been using before...

That's it, should look pretty cool with your style and gradient!!!

[DontTreadOnMe]

I think the main problem with the gradient is not that the blue is too light, but the black is too black. Make it a darkish blue instead and it would look a lot better.

-Rich

[Andail]

hm...sorry, I got completely carried away...dunno if it's very useful anyway, hehe

[Krazy]

Maybe a moon? :

You know, when giving crits you don't have to act like it's stupid they left something out you think might help the image...

[DanClarke]

agreed, who's to say the moon isnt out of shot? a few of my night scenes dont have the moon visible.

[fertoff_as_guest]

niceee, reminds me of mk1 backgrounds. I guess because of the blue-ish colours
keep it up!

[The Faction]

Thanks to everyone for the criticism.  It has given me some ideas for things to improve. I'll post a new version as soon as possible.