Hi
The realistic city imho is not very good. There is too much dithering. Dithering here is really overdone. A lot of places in this image would have benefitted from less dithering and more block colour.
There is also a complete lack of lighting in the image, stark shadow, or even 80% tone shadow would have worked better. There is also too much detail worked into it. Less is more with a limited palette.
The cartoon one: I think it is interesting but suffers from the same busy feel to it. Remember, backgrounds are meant to be interesting, not overpowering. In your case you can look at making them less dominent but more lush.
Cartoon sprite: I would have tried for a bouncy disney dog of some kind, with briefs they usually look for the most obvious ability appeal. They do not usually go for what they ask for, crazy I know...
you need to think obvious rather than outside the box or buzzwords when applying for the job. I hope you get it though, you never know.
Just my opinions :)
The realistic city imho is not very good. There is too much dithering. Dithering here is really overdone. A lot of places in this image would have benefitted from less dithering and more block colour.
There is also a complete lack of lighting in the image, stark shadow, or even 80% tone shadow would have worked better. There is also too much detail worked into it. Less is more with a limited palette.
The cartoon one: I think it is interesting but suffers from the same busy feel to it. Remember, backgrounds are meant to be interesting, not overpowering. In your case you can look at making them less dominent but more lush.
Cartoon sprite: I would have tried for a bouncy disney dog of some kind, with briefs they usually look for the most obvious ability appeal. They do not usually go for what they ask for, crazy I know...
you need to think obvious rather than outside the box or buzzwords when applying for the job. I hope you get it though, you never know.
Just my opinions :)