QUOTE(Radien @ Apr 15 2010, 09:36 AM)
Jupiter:
Hmm, Golden Sun cottages. Interesting. I actually ripped those myself, separately. Since I don't remember ever posting anything, you must've ripped them from Golden Sun yourself. My compliments on figuring out the proper tile pattern, but the coloring could use work. Why are the beams green? They should look wooden. I recommend using 8-bit if possible, or else you won't have access to enough colors for these tiles. Either that or use the same browns on the rooves and the beams.
Thanks for the compliments and advice. Much appreciated (hope you're feeling well, btw).
Yes, I ripped them myself and made some (minuscule) edits
. I posted a link to a site with all the Golden Sun graphics in the "Custom Tile Showcase" about a week ago if anyone else is interested. These are using the exact same number of colors as the source art from GS (depending on the colors I use I layer on the crossbeams and parts of the roof), so 8 bit is not necessary...and it reduces the options if one wants to use different colors.
I've fessed up to the fact that some different colors would help the shot, but I am
*highly resistant* to the belief that the crossbeams
must look like plain wood. I have no problem wood, don't get me wrong, wood is good. But many of yous probably live in a painted dwellings...if not all of you. The pyramids in Egypt were painted once upon a time people...certainly some houses in a fantasy game that features walking red & blue octopi that shoot rocks from their snouts can handle
colored painted wood...it's not even unrealistic...there are numerous farmhouses with painted crossbeams in my home town.
But to each his own.
With that same spirit, I don't understand why lack of a subscreen matters much for this competition. Yeah, a cool subscreen is a plus...but I'm more interested in aesthetics and layout--no subscreen is not a minus in my book, but [repeat paragraph four].
Edited by Jupiter, 15 April 2010 - 11:15 AM.