Painted Ocean Waves in PS

[Ramah]

They look wonderful Tom, especially on the map you are doing for your boy. Great stuff and thanks for sharing the technique.

[Ascension]

This is perfect. I've been wanting to tackle some more painterly things and you really help me with this. Way to go, man.

[jfrazierjr]

5. Time to make a mess of things....well actually to smudge things. If you are not already in love with the smudge tool in photoshop this will push you over the edge.

HERE HERE!! Smudge has been my fav tool for quite a while..

[Tom_Cardin]

Thanks everyone. I hope this comes in handy. I am not a GIMP user but I imagine that a lot of what I have done here has a counterpart there. There is no ONE way to do this stuff, find methods you enjoy and that work for you and explore from there. It's my pleasure to share what I discover in my own explorations - I have learned a lot from the tutorials here, I am constantly pouring through them to find new and different ways to do things.

I have added more details to my tutorial and close-up details on the anatomy of these painted waves. Hope it helps, it really is quite simple - the challenging part was putting it all down in a somewhat concise tutorial.

[Molch]

It is a map of my son's campaign world which I am illustrating for him from his direction.

You are an awesome dad if I may say so. Also I love the waves!

[mearrin69]

Nice tut, Tom. I eagerly await more Repped.
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[Tom_Cardin]

Thanks Molch and mearrin69! I have to do more work on that map. It has been on hold because I began writing a fantasy novel and our D&D group is in hiatus for the winter as one of our main players is a new daddy.

[ExMachina]

I love the simple elegance of your method and the beautiful results it provides. I've already begun putting this wonderful tutorial to use.

[SkarValidus]

Thanks for this tutorial, I've used it on a few maps and I really like the effect it gives. Well done!