For all of them, the McD's one especially, you could use some more texture to your surfaces. If your using tiles, make sure it repeats ok

For example, you will never see a plain colour tile, especially in a restaurant:


And even in tiles that appear blank, there is in fact some sort of texture:


There is also a Tangent which is bothering me..

Here is a quick edit to illustrate my points:
(Sorry for rough work, using a mouse haha)

I moved the line down so it dosnt match the intersecting line between the floor and the wall,
And I added a subtle texture to the tile, including a highlight to pop them out a little bit.
I would suggest adding at least a subtle texture to everything else, unless of course you are going for a certain oldschool isometric game art style - in that case I would still suggest adding highlights to make everything "pop" out a bit more.

Other than that, perspective is pretty darn good,  Shading on the walls are nice - make sure to shade the stools/tables the same difference as the wall, at the moment they are a bit flat

That should be enough to start you moving in the right direction,
Nice work!

Hmm Very interesting!

I totaly agree with the perspective, I was way off >.< (something I'm still working on. Alotttt.)

Il keep in mind the lighting on the leaves as I render them, and as for the trunks anatomy, I was going for something like these:




I do see though I  Need at least SOME Vertical growth XD

I'l see what I can do..

VERY much appreciate your thoughts kind sir!

Edit: Aslo I just noticed that My roots where just like pointy tendrils laying across the ground, I got a bad habbit of drawing that on trees, il make them round as if they were actually going underground. GAH your edit looks so goooddd haha

Hello people, Got miself a tree.

Not sure about leaves yet, I'm thinking for a larger tree that the clusters would be spread out vertically, and less like a giant broccoli.
I Plan on painting the leaves, but I'm not sure that I like the shape right now.

The trunk is however much more finished.

And the cast shadow is subject to change with the shape of the leaf clusters/ Branches. I Plan on setting up a quick 3D model to render a proper cast shadow for reference when its finished.

I'm thinking its a little too saturated also...

And I'm really not sure about the Rim Lighting. I Suppose I'll have to wait until the leaves are finished to get the full RimLight effect, and I'd probably have to make the shadow a bit darker so it doesn't seem out of place.


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Thanks again!

hmm yes , I see what you mean by the shadows I'l try pointing the lightsource at the front of the buildings.

As for the character, it is just a quick front facing version from my placeholder i had haha. I do intend to focus on the character more at some point.

I feel as is if every single word you guys write, I am absorbing knowledge 
This is literally my first attempt at pixel art hahaha, I'm quite fond of 3D art however... but lets not go there.

I wish I had more time to work on this project, its going to be many months before I have an alpha ready to export

As for GML, it's all self taught. I have a working combat system with level-ups, NPC and Monster AI, random/rare monster drops for customization etc... I feel pretty confident with GML and game functionality.

For now, I wan't to nail a solid canvas for the rest of my assets to sit AKA, THE TOWN.

Perspective.. Sheesh. Gotta work on that.

Thanks!

Edit: I feel as if i should basicly start from scratch, again. I started this project about 2 and half months ago, and have made very little progress as yo u can see. I think it would just be better to start from the begining, 1 tile/sprite at a time. At least I still have all the code for Game Maker, All I have to do is update the sprites

bleh.

Hello there!
First post on this site, pretty excited to get involved in this awesome community

So, I'm making a game for my portfolio. The game-play doesn't really matter at this point, but it is Fantasy  RPG style, set in the "Old" times. Kind of a vague timeline, but essentially, not much machinery. This town is set somewhat out of the way of civilization, but it remains a popular stay for travelers, and consists of a popular market. The town is neighboring a dense forest, and a small  stream.

Now about that artwork. This is obviously super early in development, as there are hardly any assets.

Focus: How the buildings sit in the environment in relation to the grass, dirt, and wall.

Points I feel:
- I'm quite happy with the dirt! only three colors used.
- I feel the grass is a little too "Noisy" I'm not sure what to do with it though. I'm thinking of increasing the length/size of the blades, and decreasing the amount of colors.
- Shadows... I like shadows. I'm not sure I like these shadows. I think they are perhaps a little too dark, and not saturated enough... not sure though.
-things to add! there are many things on my asset list to add, but I figured since this is the basis of the town, I would get some more opinions before I continue in a certain path. I intend to add potted and wild flowers, sign posts, long patches of grass, grass patches in the dirt, stone rubble, smaller crate, WagonWheel, Bucket, Plank, Anvil, Market stall tileset, Clothes line with and without clothes, butterfly, birds, chickens, wooden fence, tree, tree 2, tree stump etc...

I may adjust this asset list as I continue, but given the setting/style of gameplay, I feel that I'm setting up just the sort of HUB I wan't for the player.
-HUD is a placeholder, same with the text font/size/colour.
-Will likely update character sprite. There is no idle animation for him as of yet.
- The shadows have some noise in them, that will be fixed next.

So given all that, any opinions on what I have so far?

P.S for the shadows, thinking about ambient occlusion style shading... could be pretty





Thanks!