Thankyou everyone for the feedback, I've responded to some of the posts below.
That being said some of the requested changes might take a little time, I don't have the internet on at home and I'm endeavouring to get this done between taking phone calls at work...
In response to Kaufman:
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Kitchen: We definitely need a kitchen. I'd love to see one with a refrigerator, with an image also available with the fridge door open. Similarly, a version of this one with something cooking could be nice.
I'll see what I can whip up. It'll be a little lower on my list of priorities though.
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Living Room and Loungeroom: Not really needed -- doorshutint and bedroom and background2/3 already serve this purpose well. However, the painting in the living room makes this essential! Regardless of whether or not it's Brad's house.
I agree in many respects, but I've always wanted a little more variety- especially in a strip series where more than one house may be needed. I felt it was the sort of thing that is generic enough that it'll get plenty of use.
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Pub: Not essential, but nice. One change I'd consider making: Have the bar extend straight across (as in the kaddar2 "news" images) so that the two characters can be right at the bar.
I will have a go at making a different version of this later.
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Castle: I guess it would be good for medieval period comics, instead of relying on generic exterior backgrounds.
This one was really just a practice at using paint...
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Paddock: I personally don't see much use for it.
Likewise. I had it there so I thought I'd put it up. It was just a photo I took from the window at work.
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Carpark: Not good as is. I'd much rather see it from a perspective of within the lot, rather than overlooking it from afar (is that from the roof of a building?)
As with the Paddock I don't like it much. It was actually out of a window, I added the wall and railing so it would give the character somewhere to stand (It looked odd coming from an elevated view).
Biped:
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I like the backgrounds. I like having as many backgrounds as possible to choose from. The Brad bartender needs to be smaller, though.
That I can do, I used the available picture and in retrospect I should have made it smaller to begin with.
not_Scyess
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The kitchen perspective is a little wierd for our characters, I think. The rest will probably be okay.
I don't like the picture of Brad, or the name "Mick's Pub." I think those incidentals both limit what you can do with the background. (What if you're supposed to be at Cheers, for example? Or Applebees?)
I'll have a play around with the kitchen and maybe crop it and swing it around to a more front on view, and use the other half with a fridge.
Choadwarrior
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Does the perspective look odd to anyone else in the top set? I'm just wondering what they would look like with our current set of characters in front of the backgrounds.
That said, I would definintely use them if they were added!
I'll see what I can do with the perspective, I'm not an artist...
Big Evil Dan
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Pub: Not essential, but nice. One change I'd consider making: Have the bar extend straight across (as in the kaddar2 "news" images) so that the two characters can be right at the bar.
I like this suggestion. It would be even better if we could get a bartender character similar to the kaddar news images that fit seemlessly into the background.
Seemless might be tricky, I'm really not that skilled as yet. On that note if anyone else wants to play around with any of my images to improve them I don't mind at all.
