Pre-rendered background

[G_Dragon]

I figure this scene is close enough to done, and yet still loose enough to ask for crits.
Also, based off of this image- http://toolkitzone.com/vault/games/images/11983.png

[ndchristie]

Well, you'll want to make your cobbles less deep/shaded, as well as to introduce some broader areas where they've become all but flat together from wear and dirt buildup (this works well in your reference).  Other than that, looking good! finish up your textures and start getting the lighting figured .

[Kidfrommars]

Hi. I don't have much to say but I love khin's work.
I think this is prety nice, but the cobble stones look... blury, and they seem very bright. They hurt my eyes.

[G_Dragon]

Everyone was talking about the cobblestone, so I did some playing around with it.
The scene takes 11 minutes to render.

[big brother]

You should adjust those barrels on the right side so the positioning is a little more organic. Right now they're in a line.

+11

[G_Dragon]

Time to model the props and add some more stuff!

[Kidfrommars]

Great so far!   

[ndchristie]

Hmm, i feel like the path is still far more contrasty and now noisy compared with the rest, and there might be a resolution discrepency.  Is there a version you can use with less grain, finer texels, and less contrast?

[G_Dragon]

You may see some render artifacts around the image. Ignore them, since I just wanted to quickly render out the scene. (2 minutes and 30 seconds compared to 11 minutes)

I tried to fix what ndchristie pointed out. I think it works, but it is still fairly easy to fix. The only thing in the scene that is a temporary object is the barrels, since I'm going to remodel it soon. After that, I need to add in a lamp stand, and maybe a few more models. As for adding people to the scene, I don't know if that is in the scope of this project.

A bit of a side note- all the textures are procedurally generated. So, there shouldn't be a resolution discrepancy.

[G_Dragon]

Lighting now. I think I have maybe a few props left to put in the scene.