Building brushes and other stuff

**Coyotemax** · 07-31-2009, 05:59 PM

I look forward to the opportunity to assist! just let me know

**StillCypher** · 08-10-2009, 11:52 AM

Suhweeeeeeet! And a tutorial, too! You da man!

**scscofield** · 08-21-2009, 12:10 PM

I'm curious, are those brushes usable by GIMP?

**RobA** · 08-21-2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by scscofield

I'm curious, are those brushes usable by GIMP?

Yes, they will load fine in any recent version of Gimp.

-Rob A>

**StarRaven** · 10-10-2009, 04:16 PM

Thanks for pointing me here! This technique should come in handy.

Originally Posted by Ascension

Optional steps for thatching:

9. new image 50 x 1
10. fill with black
11. edit - define brush preset
12. on your map open the brush editor window and set the spacing to 200%, set the angle jitter to 2%, set the control for angle jitter to "direction", click the box for "wet edges", and add a dual brush of this same brush...you can also play with size jitter and roundness jitter for something more varied and random
13. ctrl+click on the houses layer in the layer stack
14. on the path tab click on "make work path from selection"
15. stroke the path with this new brush 5 times (this can take some time so zoom in to 1600% to save time)
16. on the path tab click on "load path as a selection"
17. click on the layer tab
18. select - inverse
19. hit the delete key and then deselect
20. you now have thatched roofs so add some color to make it looks brown or whatever

After making a work path from your selection (14), you can then ctrl+click the houses layer to select it again before stroking the path. That way you won't have to delete later (16-19).