Edgar Allan Poe CGA

[Helm]

Lackley?!

[skw]

Editing it now wouldn't be quite OK.

Why is that?

Hehe, you see, after throwing a piece into a gallery, I always promise myself I won't change anything. I wouldn't probably stop making some cosmetic improvements here and there.

Many people rated it, some added to their favourites. Playing with it would 'confuse' the situation.

Cheers!

[Lackey]

I probably give it a try on the occasion of my next piece.  Maybe you should make something, too?

Aha!

[skw]

Lovecraft! wonderful portrait! The colour setting and that distant lightning flash (or fire) make him look a kind of diabolical.

The gray/blue relation from the #1 palette is compareable with the orange/brown from this one.

[Ai]

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter you have the option of using a red (given as #aa0000) instead of a purple with that palette; Trying this out, I think this matches the kind of writing he did better than purple.

[skw]

Let's see...

The contrast between the red and blue is a little too big, however, it also makes an interesting effect. I like the purple better, though.


High-intensity (128/255 instead of 64/192)

[Lackey]

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter you have the option of using a red (given as #aa0000) instead of a purple with that palette; Trying this out, I think this matches the kind of writing he did better than purple.

Interesting!  I thought it was something of a hack, but I believe that Cross Country Canada uses this palette (not that it's the height of graphical skill).  I think I will try it out soon.  There's an intense version of this "palette 3" as well.

The gray/blue relation from the #1 palette is compareable with the orange/brown from this one.

Yeah, it's interesting because it's not entirely an even spacing of values.  The two darker shades are closest in palette #2 while the 2 lighter shades are closest in #1.  This is probably why CGA 1 scenes always seem brighter.