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I had a picture of a burnt logs and then used a rock texture to draw the rocks around the campfire. It is actually quite fun way to create rocks as you can create single rock or pile of rocks depending on how much you paint (you just remove the unwanted pieces if you draw too much). Then just add drop shadow and a bit of bevel to make them pop out. It is a lot faster way than adding individual rocks and I'm currently working on creating similar texture for bigger rocks too.
Originally Posted by Ramah
