First Map
A couple a days ago I got bored and started doodling in GIMP like I do when Im bored, and after a while of doodling I decided I liked how my picture was starting to turn out, and decided to turn it into a map
this is my first map, so I didnt know where to post it, and finally decided it that this forum is probably the best spot for it.
Last edited by bryguy; 08-26-2008 at 05:43 PM.
whoops, accidently put the map icon instead of the WIP icon on
Wow, nice start. I really like the mountains. The map is a bit dark overall...for my taste, that is.
Keep us up to date with that map.
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
I agree with Eilathen, looks fantastic - especially the mountains. How did you do those?
But it is a bit dark.
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The mountains I did the same way I did them as in my "Making a continent in GIMP tutorial", but with a few tweaks to make them larger.Originally Posted by Steel General
And I agree it is a bit on the dark side, Ill try to make it a little lighter in some parts
OKay I lightened up some areas and the mountains
Really nice fade in from the mountains to the plains. Did you use the smudge or blur tool manually, or did you create a path and have the stroke to blur/smudge or something else?
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Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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something else. Before I made the mountains (with the GIMP filter Bump Map) I copied the land layer and hid it just in case something went wrong (it occassionally does with bump map, sometimes it makes it look the opposite of what it shows you in the bump map preview, other times it adds different squiggly lines or little insets and such onto other spots of the same layer). After I bump mapped it, it had added a bunch of squiggly lines and such onto the rest of the land, and so I unhid the flat land layer, moved it above the land layer with mountains, then I fuzzy selected the height map I had used to bump map the mountains, expanded it a bit and made it blend more (by using Select: Feather). Then I erased everything inside the fuzzy selected area on the flat land layer (and also had to expand it and feather it a couple more times) and it ended up blending quite well
Much better, in my opinion, now we can really enjoy the detail.
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