09-03-2012, 11:46 PM
(09-03-2012, 11:25 PM)Meta Wrote: you really need to drop aside the idea you can do backgrounds properly until you can actually grasp the concept of depth. on these first screens. the random gibberish you tried on them is terrible, and does nothing but take any kind of readbility it could have. the lack of shading is also a concerning issue: there is basically not a single attemp to properly shade anything. at all.
a more indepth study of what you have posted here so far tells me you literally can't draw anything that doesnt involve the line tool and a huge, striaght line followed by other geometric shapes. in fact, the only thing thats not a perfectly tool-generated geometric shape is a megaman sprite edit. wich it being an edit(and a bad one) shows again you havent even tried to work beyond the line tool in MSpaint -i'm going to guess you're using the Windows 7 one, judging by the color scheme you have here-. that, and the absurd amounts of white canvas wich is the result of using MsPaint.
in addition of what mighty said, you really should stop now on this and consider if your intention here is to improve, get feedback or simply display your talents. if your goal is any of the first two, then do as she said and read the spriting dictionary here on the site, take a look at some tutorials on the net (i'd recomend this one http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_ob...g_grid.php ) and come back when you feel you can improve the quality of your work, either in a serious attemp to improve or as a casual interest onto how you can make things look prettier.
however, if you just came here -again- just to display your super background skills and you have no plans on improving these nor take them seriusly, well, then consider them being an awful pile of shit thats not worth a single dime.
Harsh but helpful. I never said I was a great background maker just that I could. the topic tile "Plokman's Grand Backgrounds" Was meant to be catchy not bragging. Well if I need to improve then I need to improve. The thing is Depth is a harsh Mistress to me. Same reason I'm only a simple edit as a sprite. I know one thing is clear from what you said here. Backgrounds are what I'm going to work on as far as improving. As I go along I'll ask for crits and such.
Hmm I have to ask do you think I should try to do a sidescroll style first? I'm only asking as I have a bit of a better grasp on that.