Background story images

[Kestenvarn]

That is a terrific style for storyboards, jap.

Hmm i have very little experience with this sort of things. But i just wanted to know how far from usefull something like this is?

[JAP]

That is a terrific style for storyboards, jap.

Thank you
I used a photo as a base for the picture but in reality Bohus fortress (north of Gothenburg in sweden) only has one tower left standing.
I live close to a lot of old buildings (some whole and some in ruin) fortresses, churches, small farms.
So i can easily take photographs to have something to work with.
If there is something that is needed let me know and i will give it a try.

[Jetrel]

It's also an excellent way to learn color theory.

[JAP]

Another one in the same style, It was a lot harder when you did something a little more closeup.
But i think it came out alright.
The original photo is not mine, but it is under the GNU license so there is no problem right?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image ... bild_4.JPG Comments please

[vonHalenbach]

The result is quite good and looks interesting, but the original picture is under GFDL, which is afaik not working together with GPL and the lightsources are different in your picture. In the foreground the sun is above your right shoulder and in the woods a bright sun is shining from the left.

Maybe it is caused by the two suns of wesnoth.

[Sgt. Groovy]

Your treatment of the photographs isn't that bad. If you're interested in making painting/drawing-like images of photographs in general, one a bit different approach was discussed in this thread.

[JAP]

The result is quite good and looks interesting, but the original picture is under GFDL, which is afaik not working together with GPL and the lightsources are different in your picture. In the foreground the sun is above your right shoulder and in the woods a bright sun is shining from the left.

Okey thats god to know, i have redone it with one of my own photos.
(And just one sun)
And after advice from a friend i made the background look more like the foreground.

Your treatment of the photographs isn't that bad. If you're interested in making painting/drawing-like images of photographs in general, one a bit different approach was discussed in this thread.

Interesting but at least for the moment i prefer the "sloppy oilpainting style" i use.

[Shadow]

Nice.

my 2 cents.

[vonHalenbach]

Looks really good to me! I hope you make more in this style.

[Sgt. Groovy]

The light is marvellous.

[Kestenvarn]

holy crap

I'll admit I snorted at the first - looks rather muddied, lacking contrast - but the second is awesome.

[DDR]

Are the forests in wesnoth the sort of desert-like pine forests around my hometown, or like the temperate rain forests on the west coast of canada?

[Rain]

Marvelous, especially the second forest picture. The contrast between dark and light is awesome and makes it much more inviting in the background. Very mysterious.

I am sure these would make good storyboards a la Final Fantasy Tactics, stylistically, to accompany various text and whatnot.

[Jetrel]

Are the forests in wesnoth the sort of desert-like pine forests around my hometown, or like the temperate rain forests on the west coast of canada?

Jeopardy question: Are you speaking of the western coast of wesnoth, or the interior?

That should serve to answer your question.

[DDR]

Ah.