Nestat 80 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Hi there! I started to experiment with Parallax Mapping and i do this for the first time, so i really would appreciate your thoughts/opinions/feedback about it. Thank you for reading! Original designed in Ace: Version A: Version B: Edited March 8, 2015 by Nestat 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nash004 16 Posted March 9, 2015 Great job! I like how you did the lighting for the outside of the house/building. It does give a night-like feeling. Version A is quite plain. But it's good, aside from the light sources emitting a non-realistic lighting area. Version B clearly shows the light sources. And I think adding shadows is a nice touch. But I think the lamp on the left room shouldn't cast a shadow of itself in that way. It should be a circular shadow below the lamp. Also, if the lamp really has a bright light like so(which, in my opinion, should just cover like half of the room, maybe?), the lowest half of that room should be well lit, because the lamp's design makes it look like it lights up an area equally around it. The kitchen/dining area's wall lamp shouldn't have that bright light on its sides and on top of it. Follow the light source of that graphic. Maybe dim the surrounding area that is outside of the light source. Next is the aquarium. I think it's emanating a light of its own. You don't need to put a shadow on that one. Or if you don't want it to emanate a light of its own... just make sure it doesn't go against your light sources. From the screenshot above, the shadow coincides with the light from the 2nd room. -- I could be wrong on some points, though. I'd love to provide an edit to show you how I would do it, but I'm busy making character sprites for my game. :I Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nestat 80 Posted March 9, 2015 Nash, thank you very much for your feedback! First things first, you are very observant. Truth been told i was aware of the lamp shadow in the living room, but since it took me a long time to design the shadows and i didn't know if it was a good idea, if people will like it or not, (mostly if i'm doing this right) i was too lazy to correct it. I did not thought however of the light's strength; as you correctly suggested it should cover half the room. Same goes for the kitchen light. Saw it, lazy to correct it. But i did absolutely not saw, nor think about the aquarium's light! Very good eyes, it DOES emanating a light of it's own. Yep, that's exactly why feedback's and criticism are good for! Thanks again Nash, i will correct the issues and post an updated picture of it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nash004 16 Posted March 9, 2015 You're welcome. I'm glad I could be of help somehow. Oh, that explains some of those issues I pointed out. Sorry if I went overboard with suggestions from what I saw.. Anyway, I can't wait to see how this map would turn out. I'll be looking forward to it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nestat 80 Posted March 20, 2015 It took some time to respond here again.. i've been busy. I think that's the final version of the particular map. What do you think? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nash004 16 Posted March 21, 2015 It looks way better now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+ EraYachi 180 Posted March 21, 2015 My parallax map sense are tingling: I think that's an amazing final product. Nitpicks: the shadows seem awfully dark, and a tad bit too fuzzy. Light dilution is far greater when the object is far away from the light source (and the light source isn't that bright). That's why our shadows are fuzzier in the morning/evening when the sun is low in the sky. With a lamp that bright, the objects closest to it would have much more solid looking shadows.But that's the definition of nitpicking if I ever heard it. You've created a great environment with your map. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy0Jenkins 3 Posted March 26, 2015 On thing I would mention, is that you may want to remove the shadows that come with the sprites. Mainly because singular light sources don't cast two shadows right? Plus overall, if you are going to use this method in everything. Removing the spite shadows will be a must, because it doesn't react to the changing direction of light as scenes change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nestat 80 Posted March 26, 2015 Gosh i kinda hoped nobody would noticed it But you are right of course. It came to my attention when i was working the map in Photoshop, only thing is... the workload. But i guess there's no way around it. If you do something then do it right, right? Lucky me, that decision just cost me work x2... but i'm not complaining. If it's gonna take time then it's gonna take time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
