{BT} Armageddon by BenTibbetts on Newgrounds

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{BT} Armageddon

Rendered in Bryce 5, postwork in Irfanview.

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m1kclark

2010-09-07 19:28:52

Grainy

Good composition, but frankly all of your stuff is grainy. It seems deliberate in your abstract art, but this looks like a realistic image, in which case the graininess is a disadvantage.
Is this an artifact of using Bryce (unlikely) or of using Irfanview (more likely)? If it's Bryce, there HAVE to be settings to get rid of that and make it smooth and antialiased. If it's Irfanview ... well, honestly, I'm baffled why you use Irfanview anyway, so I'd recommend switching to GIMP or another powerful, free photo editor to solve the graininess.

BenTibbetts responds:

OK. But actually the graininess is completely intentional. Here's the un-postworked version of this image if you'd like to see it, straight from Bryce 5:
http://bensmusic.org/storage/armageddon_original.jpg

I find the graininess appealing, personally. It's just my attempt to bring back some of the nostalgia of old computer game graphics drawn in 256-colors. The effect was achieved by switching to 256-color mode for one image and blending that image with another version for the hazy look as well as the sharp edges. I could just as easily have skipped that step; I'll consider a new version if you really think this looks terrible. Thanks for the recommendation and I will check out GIMP.

VidGameDude

2010-09-07 16:29:01

Aww...

the warm colors sooth my eyes.
i love that bloom affect you got goin on as it makes viewing it more pleasurable!

BenTibbetts responds:

Thanks!