Environment Design Rocks!

[keeny]

Trying my first value sketch, which took me hours... followed by a first attempt at colour, because my husband said it looked like a desolate marsian landscape, and I wanted to make sure that it wouldn't with the addition of colour. So far out of my comfort zone I don't even know what I'm doing... any tips greatly appreciated.

Hi Olooriel,

I'm no expert, but perhaps having your ground plane completely flat is giving that desolate look. If you wanted to avoid that, you could try adding some rolling humps and bumps to the ground. Maybe a shallow slope overlapping the mountains in the BG. And one in the FG. If they sloped down left-to-right they might help direct the viewer to your focal point.

Barry.