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I'm so glad you're continuing this, and making your own stuff as well, that's awesome!
Yes. I think you may be right about that, Jo, but since this only took me about five minutes to draw I will probably make a new one all the same
I'm going to start a new thread somewhere and leave this one behind. I might do a thread about the creation of the trees, but I don't know if that would really fit in any of the categories. I'll see.
Last edited by Mouse; 09-01-2016 at 07:36 AM.
Thanks Josiah
Its really not that difficult with CC3. You just draw your image (with a transparent background) in a suitable image manipulator (I use CorelDraw and Corel Photopaint 11 because that's what I've got, but I imagine Photoshop, Gimp or any of the other raster based programs would work just as well), then I export it as a masked PNG image into the User Symbols folder, and can instantly paste as many scaled, reflected and rotated versions as I like on my map. Its as easy as that
Not easy, however, is going back to drawing stuff. I'm obviously a little rusty - haven't done this for years and years, as you can tell by the aged nature of my software!
I'm going to leave this thread for a while and start a new one about making all the new symbols. When I've started it I will put a link into this comment so anyone who is interested can hop over there to see what's going on
Hey ! how is it going with those trees ?
I hope you're happy with your work !
edit : Sorry : I had forgotten to look for the new thread...
edit 2 : ... that I can't find. In which section do you grow those trees ?
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Mmmn-Ah. They... had a bit of a set back. I was extremely busy with something else. Sorry!
I've only done one more than before, but I need to find the right place to start a tree building thread. There doesn't seem to be too many of those around for me to find a nice little niche among them! LOL
There's a frenzy of activity going on behind the scenes, I 've started making my own textures as well - one or two of which will be suitable (hopefully) as material to cut leafy canopy from, which will make the tree building a lot easier once I've mastered the branches
Here is the second draft - black and white (one thing at a time - I'll do the colouring when I've got the structure right). Its got a horrible ugly top to it, but... I think its an improvement?
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I am also beginning to think that using a bevel is a bad idea - too cartoony for the job I need them to do. I need to relax and trust my own drawing skills - to just let it flow.
I was a painter before I became a cartographer
It's certainly is ! Just ta stain in the middle, on the top. Just make it a start of one of those big branch ?
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That tree is really nice! I think when it's small at the scale it would be it will be fine. No one's going to have a tree on their map that's 2000x2000 pixels.
You used to be a painter? So you do have artistic skill. Have you tried drawing maps from hand instead of using a mapping program?
Just saw, you're stroking your labels aswell mouse (so it's maybe a bit too much info in my reply to your question in snodsy's troll mountain thread...)Haven't commented yet on this project of yours. I really love your city layout and it's great to see you continuing it after the drawback with the symbols and making your own stuff now. The new tree looks damn good, and i agree, the bevel isn't even needed. Keep up the great work!
Thank you JosiahOriginally Posted by Josiah VE
That tree is really nice! I think when it's small at the scale it would be it will be fine. No one's going to have a tree on their map that's 2000x2000 pixels.
You used to be a painter? So you do have artistic skill. Have you tried drawing maps from hand instead of using a mapping program?
The scale is large because I may end up re-using these trees in a dungeon style map before I'm through
I used to paint landscapes in oil, and although they were only ever mediocre, I did manage to sell two or three of them. All that kind of thing stopped however, when I lost the house and had to move into a tiny flat, where there isn't enough space for such things. A PC takes up far less room than a full sized easel and all the mess and smell that goes with it. As for drawing with pen and ink - I'm pretty poor, and never the slightest bit satisfied with what I do with that kind of media.
Thank you AbuJust saw, you're stroking your labels aswell mouse (so it's maybe a bit too much info in my reply to your question in snodsy's troll mountain thread...)
Since I haven't read that one yet I still don't know what you mean by stroking the labels - LOL! At a guess you mean the black glow around the white letters. I will go and have a look at Snodsy's thread now and see if I'm right
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