Environments, schmenvironments

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:20 pm

Why, hello!
I'll save you the lengthy paragraph that I normally write and say this:
I suck at drawing environments. I thought I'd take another stab at it.

What's good?
What's bad?
How can I improve (without buying a tablet, mouse ftw

)?

Note: Don't bother with the foreground (ie, the warthog and its crappy blurred wheels)

-DeToX- · Post by **-DeToX-** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:24 pm

I dislike the sky. The reflection looks off. The guard rail looks awkward to me. Try to give the road more detail.

That is all.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:27 pm

Sky colour? It used to be blue. Thanks for the rest though.

NotZachary82 · Post by **NotZachary82** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:41 pm

That guard rail looks crooked ... and incomplete. The reflection also looks ... wrong. It's as if the massive hill is mirrored underneath, and the water is cutting a hole through the ground.

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:13 pm

The clouds are the really bad part of the sky. They look blurry and just non-cloudlike. I like those trees though.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:36 pm

I like the hog and the color of the sky, but little else.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:00 pm

I don't like the warthog. The positioning and scale make it look strange, considering the guard rail only makes about a 15 degree angle of depression.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:12 pm

I see now that it does look out of place. But I can't see how to fix it..? Larger and ;ess tilted?

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:35 pm

The color gradient is pretty good, but the proportionality between the front and the back is what looks weird. I don't see any reason for the rear wheels to be any more than a tiny bit smaller than the front wheels.

Now that I think of it...the tilt of the actual frame is pretty good. It's really just the rear wheels that make it look bad.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:51 pm

Hows this as an update?

As for the rear wheel thing, I have taken note of it. Its been on my mind fo awhile, but I don't know how to update it just yet. To me its passable

edit: Day time aswell.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:37 am

Much better.
The perspective of the warthog looks off and it looks like you put a gaussian blur on the wheels rather than a motion blur.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:50 am

Is that treasure in the back seat?..

^^ Win.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:32 pm

I noticed that, but didn't realize that it was actually treasure until you pointed it out.

NotZachary82 · Post by **NotZachary82** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:39 pm

It looks much better, but the reflection still seems to be off, IMO.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:55 pm

Ketchup_Bomb wrote:Is that treasure in the back seat?..

^^ Win.

Most definately not!

>_>
<_<

Glad to know its now better

I'll fix up the wheels and tweak the reflection but I don't think I'll post updates on it...They're mostly minor things.

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:09 pm

Work on the Shading, but overall a good start, you almost look like you know what your doing.