Better Rivers?

[RonnyRulz]

You're welcome! I'm glad you found that helpful.

In Paint Shop Pro 8 I used the Freehand Selection tool to draw the shape of the river. I then modified the selection with an Inside Feather of 2, and then deleted it. Then I duplicated the layer and applied a small black drop shadow (Opacity 100 / Blur 4.00) to the one underneath. The water texture went on a separate layer underneath both of those, and I just did some quick adjustments with Colorize and Curves to get the colour/darkness that I wanted.

Your latest version is looking tons better!

Awesome

I'll leave it alone then, at least for now. Spent all day yesterday on it, lol.
I'll resubmit the new rivers over at my WIP thread.

[RonnyRulz]

And here is my attempt at following all of the advice in the thread, from the color and effects, to the drawing of the rivers being more natural.

Tell me if it still needs to be improved significantly.

NaturalRivers.jpg