Yeah the problem is that at that aspect ratio, I had to pull the camera
miles back and zoom in to correct the horrible parallax distortion.  Hence
"flatness".  I have been working with this a bit more.

Here is a scaled-down version of the current image.




"Tim Nikias" <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote in message
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> Bryan Valencia wrote:
> > Not quite done yet.
> > Comments welcome
>
> I like it, though altogether (unless that's the style you're aiming
> for), it looks a little flat. The house-thingy has a nice highlight on
> the right, a soft blue highlight on the left, but inbetween, it's just a
> single color, no shading. To exagherate, the color is so "unshaded",
> that the straight pillar wall looks like its blending directly into the
> spheres. I'd do something about that.
>
> The same goes for the background mountains, I'd prefer some more
> variance in color. And some realistic clouds, made with media... I know,
> altogether, its a lot to ask for that, but then I figure, since "Blog
> Topper" suggests you want to put it at the head of a website/blog,
> putting some time into it wouldn't harm. :-)
>
> But, like I said, if that's the style your aiming for (more stylized
> than realistic), it looks like a good start. How about raising the
> resolution for the heightfield, I can see some edges...
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> -- 
> aka "Tim Nikias"
> Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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