Alright so I'm working on a background for a Phoenix Wright-styled game of mine, and if you've played the game, you'll know that the backgrounds are one of the if not THE most important part of the entire game. And so, it's pretty important I get this as close to awesome as I possibly can. So, this is what I have so far for the "Detective's Agency:"




(Door and Clock will be shaded later)
(The grey thing next to the table is a plastic bag)

In all honesty, I've never worked with backgrounds before and this is pretty much my first attempt at it. So I'd like as much crit as possible, and feel free to bash it as much as you want, I want to improve, so please don't beat around the bush.

And um, that's all. Thanks for reading and (hopefully) commenting.

Thank you very much for all those links, they are very interesting! 

but, if I follow what they say, I'll have to start from scratch, and I really don't want to do that 


Anyway, I'm hoping that I have finally got this down.. hopefully these proportions are correct and still fit with the graphic style..



Final(?)

Remember that I'm trying to match the style. The guy that I'm using as a reference (The dude with the top hat) also has long arms that would reach the floor

Yep, I tried but it's kinda hard to find a yellow that contrasts well with his skin color. He has some hair now, though.

OK, got rid of his freakish arm and hand, b/c it kinda made me when I looked at it, so here I went back to the base, and made him shinier, and a little more saturated.


...yay