Background Blitz - Nov.25 - Dec.07 - Trapped - (WINNERS announced)

Geratuza · Tue 25/11/2008 11:44:20

THEME: Trapped
SIZE RESTRICTIONS: none
PALETTE RESTRICTIONS: none

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IDEA
ATMOSPHERE
COMPOSITION
TECHNIQUE
FUNCTIONALITY

As there were no entries in the last background blitz - here's a new topic.

abstauber · Thu 04/12/2008 11:21:26

Hey!
I'll take the curse off of this thread and enter.

Size: 320x200
Colors: 1

Happy holidays

Daniel Thomas · Thu 04/12/2008 19:04:04

yea, I have also started doing some sketching, I wont promise Ill be finnished to sunday, but I think I will have something to show.

Babar · Thu 04/12/2008 19:07:09

A while after I started, I realised that there isn't all that much I can add to the background aside from the main idea. So apologies for the rather plain entry.

abstauber · Fri 05/12/2008 17:03:53

Yay, finished this much earlier than I thought (pls scroll up). Just imagine falling snow and animated smoke.

Nikolas · Sat 06/12/2008 06:37:36

abstauber: I would gladly play a game with such graphics. What say you start one?

abstauber · Sat 06/12/2008 09:43:41

Already did

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=35304.0

That game hopefully will contain monochromatic backgrounds (as part of a parallel world), though it doesn't take place in the winter.

Daniel Thomas · Mon 08/12/2008 00:41:01

Save the trapped Princess - knight attraction!

The dream for all the knights climbing up their profession ladder.
Buy a ticket and you will have the opportunity to rescue the trapped princess from the tower. But be aware of the dragon!

My idea was the principle of an roller coaster or something where you buy the ticket and take the ride, but instead you buy a ticket and get to rescue the princess(if you manage to) who has been trapped in the tower. You would of course need to turn her back so the next knight can have a try.
The setting/mood is kinda unmotivated, it was just from a Thomas Cole painting which I wanted to try. It was done in two days.

Trent R · Mon 08/12/2008 04:17:44

Freakin' speachless. I so want to see your WIP.

Which isn't to say I don't love the others and their connection to the theme.

~Trent

Daniel Thomas · Mon 08/12/2008 08:04:22

Thanks Trent, here's a wip of the images I had saved: (sorry for the size, imageshack kept rescaling my image)

i stole your car · Mon 08/12/2008 12:02:21

Quote from: zyndikate on Mon 08/12/2008 00:41:01
buy the ticket and take the ride,

Hunter S Thompson fan by any chance?

PixelPerfect · Mon 08/12/2008 13:09:16

Awesome work zyndikate as always. I'm blown away everytime you post something. You should be working somewhere with six figures. Are you? 'Coz you should.

EDIT: Oh yeah I wanted to comment babar's work which reminds me "another world". Pretty cool background although simplistic.

Daniel Thomas · Mon 08/12/2008 14:47:46

Thanks for the comments. If its a serious question, I still study :>
Hunter S Thompson, cant say I heard of him - why do you ask, was it a quote from him? :>

i stole your car · Mon 08/12/2008 16:24:57

Yeah. Hey I'm sorry for the derail anyway...

Geratuza · Tue 09/12/2008 15:45:45

Let's start voting then...

Babar · Tue 09/12/2008 16:59:07

IDEA: abstauber
ATMOSPHERE: abstauber
COMPOSITION: zyndicate
TECHNIQUE: zyndicate
FUNCTIONALITY: abstauber

And also...I really appreciate the compliment, PixelPerfect...Another World had some incredibly awesome art.

Neil Dnuma · Wed 10/12/2008 02:14:28

Idea: Zyndikate
Atmosphere: Zyndikate
Composition: Zyndikate
Technique: Zyndikate
Functionality: Zyndikate

There used to be a design category too, where did that one go?

Anyways, I think all three BG's were good, but in all honesty,and IMO; zynd was ahead in all categories.

Snarky · Wed 10/12/2008 03:27:18

Idea: abstauber (I kind of have a rule against skeletons and dead bodies, mainly because I find myself resorting to them way too often.)
Atmosphere: abstauber
Composition: abstauber (I am not entirely thrilled with the colors in zyndikate's entry, which is otherwise very well composed)
Technique: zyndikate
Functionality: zyndikate (though Babar's is good too)

I didn't actually realize that Babar's tunnel was flooded until just now. That makes me like the idea more, but that it wasn't obvious pulls down my rating of the execution. It also makes the functionality more tricky.

Geratuza · Wed 10/12/2008 16:02:36

Idea: Babar (goes along with the atmosphere)
Atmosphere: Babar (just the feeling)
Composition: Zyndikate (everything is at its place, yet it doesnt look fake or artificial)
Technique: Zyndikate (although I really like that of abstauber's image, too)
Functionality: Zyndikate (wide walking-area; good (character) scaling; a lot of space for objectinteraction)

IndieBoy · Wed 10/12/2008 16:20:52

Idea: Babar
Atmosphere: abstauber
Composition: Babar
Technique: zyndikate
Functionality: Babar