[wip] Rocks with grass - and other scenery

[Obsidantion]

What do you think?

[avatarturkiye]

It looks more like sand then rocks actually. Maybe you need to make it look more cubic 

[Sherman Gill]

I dunno, I think it reads pretty well as rocks.

[Ornust]

I actually think they need to look less stretchy, or something like that. But I agree with Sherman Grill.

[ndchristie]

they make me think of the funny-shaped rocks from the original black&white, but still rocks.  They have funny banding which suggests that they were eroded in horizontal levels; if there is or used to be water there then cool, if not, rethink your texture.

[Obsidantion]

I'm happy with the texture for now, let’s say they were once on a beach to explain the erosion.


Some sketchy ideas from the same landscape

[Zero]

The tree seems a bit too symetrical and evenly-shaped to be natural. But other than that, I really like it, the color choice is very interesting.

[Rydin]

I like the palette, but I think the brightest hue should be slightly more bright to be effective, as it is blending with the next closest hue and pretty much going to waste.
The tree is too triangular...I'd say try to make it more round.  Also, if you can, try to vary your basis-spheres because at the moment, they all look pretty much the same--especially in size.
I like the rough/desert ground you've got going.  I like the top-left square the best, because it is the least repetitive right now...but if you could get either of the bottom ones to look a bit less repeating, I think you would be in business  .
As for the rocks: I think they look OK if they are the type you are going for, but the farthest back large one seems out of place, but I can't quite put my finger on it...it might be the triangle shape, the over abundance of the lightest shade, or the outline... but I'm just shooting in the dark right now (way to tired to investigate it further).

Good luck with your stuff, and keep pixelling.

[ndchristie]

There's a very strange misconception that many trees are almost solid foliage.  How would that work exactly?  Only the surface leaves would catch light!  Most trees are very airy so that light can penetrate  The areas occupied by leaves are only somewhat round, too, they vary in shape tremendously.  Imagine that each of your fingers has several more fingers of varying size and they are all covered in tiny leaves; that's much more like a tree than the molecule idea

Quick Tree sketch

[Obsidantion]

Thanks for that Adarias, really stylish!

This is better