Crocodingus [iPhone version]

[ptoing]

Biggest problem is missing contrast. Pretty much everything is in the low-mid range of values.

Poop edit. Not happy with the walls, too close to the trees and sign now. If I was you I'd try to get a broader range into the textures.

[Opacus]

I myself honestly prefer the original over all 3 edit. I don't know why.

[Shrike]

Really? I liked ptoing's the best by far. But the new render from madPXL is good as well, I don't know what the iPhone would do to it. The bulbs on the bottom of the walls are 
I would get rid of them entirely, and get some vines or something hanging down from the top. Fill up that empty space!
Crocodingus in crackland!

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*cough*

Nice work so far.
Shrike

[Larwick]

I myself honestly prefer the original over all 3 edit. I don't know why.

I agree. I think it's because the edits seem to dim the scene and take away the sense of an intense sunny day for me - almost like looking through sunglasses. However if it's required to darken it so it looks okay on the console then that's fine i guess.

[fortunato]

omg dude i love your style! its so simple and amazing. try making the color of the leaves brighter than the grass i.e. maybe put more blue into the grass and more yellow into the leaves? the reason why is because the trees are closer to the screen than the grass is, so if the tree leaves were brighter it would give off the illusion that its closer. try it out and see what happens.

[ndchristie]

I don't know that color priority for depth is necessarily an important (or even viable) pursuit in a topdown perspective, i can't help but feel it actually creates far too much distance (i gave blue to and darkened the tops of everything to actually flatten the scene which i feel makes it more readable).

The tree definitely needs value separation from the ground because hue won't really be enough and you probably don't want the grass to get darker if your goal is sunny day so i think the leaves need to stay at least a step below the ground.

Juss Sayin

[madPXL]

For the moment, I think that I'm done with the "perfectionist" touch:



Thanks again with your replies:)

Next post -> Monkey+Star+Banana!

[eobet]

Flogging a dead horse, perhaps, I still find that not only is the contrast still too low, but the lighting is also inconsistent.

Shadows indicate that the light source come directly from the top, yet the croc is darker on his left side.

Now, I don't actually care about that since the shadows are so basic and symbolic.

What I do care about, though, is that only the croc has a darker side. Everything else in the game should too, both objects and the landscape.

If you add that, it will also probably bump the contrast all by itself.

Since you learned Blender for this, may I ask if you are planning to learn OpenGL by yourself too?

I'm also an iPhone owner and want to make an app of my own some day, though I will probably not start with an OpenGL one...

[Larwick]

Shadows indicate that the light source come directly from the top, yet the croc is darker on his left side.

I was under the impression that the croc was mirrored, therefore being the same tone on his left side as his right side. Everything else is darker on the sides than the top, although the croc is more contrasted in this respect.

[ptoing]

Just realised that the texture on the box does not make much sense if you think about it for more than a few seconds.
How the wooden planks are put together I mean.