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[Meiscool]

It is good, but the graphics don't mix well at all. If that is something you don't really care about, then all is well.

[Meiscool]

Double post zomg.



Been working on the outside of the train. Tiles are edits of Small Arms train set.

[fruckert]

Double post zomg.

What does it meeaan???

Looks good, although the perspective of 2k3 is making things look a little wonky.
Like, it's hard to differentiate between the roof and the side of the cars.

[Prpl_Mage]

Double post zomg.



Been working on the outside of the train. Tiles are edits of Small Arms train set.

Sorry, not digging it.
At first sight I thought they were fighting inside some sort of traincart ventilation shaft. There's just something off with that angle

[drenrin2120]

Yeah, the treeline in the background is kind of an eye-sore too. As for the perspective of the train, I think it may be mainly your roof, especially the ladder bit. But the walls of the trains could definitely use more contrast from the flat surfaces.

[Meiscool]

Ok. What if I put the ladder on the side of the train cart? I'll fix up the walls some, not sure how to fix the tree line.

[drenrin2120]

That would probably help a lot. As for the treeline, I don't know, it doesn't look too bad, it just took me a while to realize what it was. It kind of looks like a giant bush.

[Archem]

The tree line looks weird because it has white edges that don't blend right. It also looks like the spray brush from Paint and a minute of free time (alt-pun: tree time), so quality is a little bit of an issue. A part of the problem with the train cars looking weird is that they don't look like sides of a train car, they look like flooring next to flooring. A different tile would make a huge difference, as would adding details like windows and shadows. There's also a lack of symmetry with the edges. The background has a further extended roof and ladders while the foreground has nothing of the sort.

[Meiscool]

I did this before reading Archem's post, but it looks like we had the same ideas overall. Improvement? Good as is, or still need some tweaks?



RTP door will be replaced

[Archem]

Significant improvement, but I still think that the tiles for the siding look like a floor rather than a train car. I don't know exactly how to fix it in its current state, but it looks a little off. What would it look like if you switched the "roof" horizontal wood with the "siding" vertical wood? I imagine it would still look a bit odd (I think the vertical wood is too wide), but it might be a step in the right direction.

The trees are still meh, but whatever. The trunks being visible make a bit of an improvement, but the leaves still look phony.

[Prpl_Mage]

That's like so much better, putting the ladders on the front made a huge difference.
My only problem with the treeline is that the curves looks kinda unnatural. I have this thought that it would look better would the shape be like those clouds you use in the background.

[Archem]

Yeah. If the clouds were recolored and ruffled up around the edges a bit, they could easily pose as trees.

...Wait a second...

[Meiscool]

I get what you are saying, but it is a scrolling background going by at a pretty fast pace. They aren't my favorite either, but they work for what I'm trying to make.

[drenrin2120]

i think the trees look much better and the ladders on the side made a world of difference.

[desiderata]

I'm guessing you're using two layers for that bg, so why not make a cycling tree pic using chip set trees? Just stagger them some and maybe edit some of the upper limbs.