Thanks, Klytos and Alias, I'm glad you enjoyed the backgrounds.  I agree, I like the cartoon quality for Space Quest. The original SQ2 artwork still amazes me – it was so well done and detailed for the time.  The backgrounds created a great mood for the game, with few colors to use.     I just used ...

Here's the glowing gem screen, the other one has been done.

Tips are fine.

Here's a panoramic view including the waterfall...

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Thanks for the comments/suggestions...

The grass was weak.  Here's an improvement.

Thanks, it's been great practice... here's another one -- the LTB background.

Great topic.  Thanks to Corby for a super tutorial.

This is the "pink creature" screen.