Quote Originally Posted by Hasvik View Post
The second question is a bigger one. I would like to do a city map. I have seen some gorgeous ones (many of which I have traced to this website) but I am really struggling for where to start. Here is are some examples of preferred styles:

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/156007574572683554/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/156007574572683534/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/156007574572683483/

So... Where do you even start! I have seen plenty of youtube tutorials on making continent/country maps but very few on city maps (that aren't just black squares) I have been hunting for brushes of Birdseye view buildings but no real luck. Can anyone give me an indication of how to start or where to go for good tutorials on how to do this sort of thing? I don't mind long tutorials and putting the work in I just need some help getting started.

Also how are they doing that cool grass effect? I like the way its stylized but looks realistic enough.

J
The problem is that anyone who is NOT on pinterest will see large list of maps and NOT the singular map you are trying to point to. Go through this site to find specific examples. The last link is to Torstan and the first is to Mike Schley.

Torstan has several tutorials which will cover what I "think" you mean by "cool grass effect", so check out that section and look for his posts, though they are likely fairly old. Note that he originally used GIMP and then later moved to Photoshop, so some conversion will have to take place from tutorial to software depending upon software is being used at the time(GIMP and PS are similar in many ways, but different in a few)