Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Zanorin on May 30, 2018, 07:13:06 am
Title: [Help !] Cliffside / Styx River / Landscape thing
Post by: Zanorin on May 30, 2018, 07:13:06 am
Hello everyone,
Today I'm supposed to be making some sort of hell (I'll add some skeletons and stuff later on) cliffside scenery that will later be used as parallax in a game (it's going to loop horizontally). Problem being that I don't have ANY idea how to do a landscape that doesn't look like modern art.
So I'll just be putting here what I managed to do and hope someone is kind enough to try helping me ^^
(I put my characters on the second image so you have some context)
Title: Re: [Help !] Cliffside / Styx River / Landscape thing
Post by: MysteryMeat on May 30, 2018, 07:27:34 am
first up, your colors are WAY too warm for the valley of death. Redo the cliff colors in a more somber shade, like purple and blue or shades of either. Alternatively, use dark blue and bright red as light and shadow to create a more surreal effect.
Second, study up some different rock formations! You've done alright here, but it looks too much like a desert formation like the grand canyon than the more wobbly-lookin' ones you find near watery areas.
An example, in the form of a kinda silly inspiration poster that happened to show off what I mean well enough: