Hey guys, just spent the better part of a full day working on this thing, but there are still areas lacking polish. I got as far as I could before I got fatigued on detail work. And whats more detail intensive than dithering? Welp, you might notice my sky banding has none at the moment:



I tried a couple variations but wasn't happy with the results (either too tiny/unnoticable, or too chunky). Having the banding arc'd like it is might be part of my difficulty, but I'd be curious on any suggestions from you guys (since there are a million and a one ways to dither something).

As for the rest of the image, I'm open to any CC as well! This is a title screen background for an iOS game I'm working on. There will eventually be text/buttons over this image as well.

Thanks in advance!

Ahh yeah I must've pulled the plate element from my old project file (since it's just a flipped version of the victory one), ill be sure to get those matching.

And thanks for the rest of the edit suggestions, I'm all for consistency so now that those things have been pointed out I won't be able to unsee them lol. Back to work! Thanks again,

Looks fun! Haven't seen many people take the original gameboy tint aesthetic either. Will definitely keep an eye out for the release.

Looks good overall, I think you're definitely about set to move forward! My only comments would be mere nitpicky things, but hey, I guess since you asked:

Something about the background layers coloring/contrast seems slightly off compared to foreground. I know it's standard practice to adjust the brightness/saturation/detailing of backgrounds to keep the foreground elements readable, but my overall impression is there's too heavy of a shift to pink-ish tinted hues. And maybe that's intentional because of sunset-lighting or something but I still feel like it could use more of an orange/yellow vibe instead. And maybe the sky dithering could have less color values to match the number of shading hues in other parts of your environment.

Anyway, nothing major, you've definitely got something nice here. Which platform will this be on? Be sure to share again when it's out!

I like the vintage vibe of that ornamenting on the edges! And I think it being white actually looks good (I feel like its pretty common to have prominent white areas in card designs).

The only thing I'd consider is redrawing the text to match the pixel size of the edge designs (or vice versa). Having two different scales of pixels kind of creates a clash, like you're working on two grids. Just a thought (and it depends on personal style as well)

edit: oh, and agree it could use some kind of centered design element. i recommend googling "playing card designs" and look through for something you like. From what I've seen, you can make a center design out of two mirrored elements (which in your case would mean making some kind of ornamented emblem out of words "Pixel Deck", maybe put them closer together, add some stylization) or you can keep the text where it is, and add some kind of stand-alone ornament directly in the center that matches the style of the edge designs (I'd recommend making the "pixel deck" words smaller if you do go this route just to preserve some of the negative space). Good luck!