City Of Riverhewn WIP First map in GIMP

[mearrin69]

I *can* take credit cards...even American Express. Just kidding. I'm enjoying helping out. Can't spot the inside joke, though...I suck at that.

It's looking better all of the time. I think adding alleyways really helped out a lot.

We're still not seeing any real building definition in those blocks, though. What about using a 1-pixel eraser to create smaller alleyways, leaving building-like shapes in there (some courtyards in the middle of the blocks might help a little)? If you don't want to risk messing up what you've got you can duplicate the layer and do the erasing there then put it below your current, textured layer and do the Alt-Click thing to make the textures only show up on the layer above.

Once you've got building-like shapes it wouldn't hurt to apply a bevel to it to give them some dimensionality. If create a new layer above your textured shapes and fill it with white you can Ctrl-click the "base layer" (i.e. the one with house shapes) to select and then Ctrl-Shift-I to select inverse and delete non-building areas. Then add a Bevel and Emboss layer style and play with the settings until you're happy with it. Oh, forgot the magic trick...set the layer's blend mode to Multiply and turn down the opacity until you're happy with the results. Let me know if that doesn't make sense and I'll try to show you what I'm talking about.

Keep going. You'll make this one into an award-winner yet!
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[jtougas]

Keep going. You'll make this one into an award-winner yet!
M

You mean we'll make this into an award winner...

[Jaxilon]

I have to say, I'm just now getting onto this thread and I love the way you introduce each change. It does make it fun.

The map is coming along as well. I haven't really gotten into a city map since that one time I tried it right after I joined up here. One of these days I will but I'm still too chicken

[Avengeil]

I quite can't wait to see how this is going to come up in the end and now about the "inside" joke is it possibly the village of Merrian? (instead of Mearrin)If yes then crongratulations Mearrin you have a village that is named after you.

[jtougas]

I quite can't wait to see how this is going to come up in the end and now about the "inside" joke is it possibly the village of Merrian? (instead of Mearrin)If yes then crongratulations Mearrin you have a village that is named after you.

10pts to you..And thanks for the kind words.

I have to say, I'm just now getting onto this thread and I love the way you introduce each change. It does make it fun.

The map is coming along as well. I haven't really gotten into a city map since that one time I tried it right after I joined up here. One of these days I will but I'm still too chicken

Thanks. I like to write and the humor helps me release some of the frustration that I occasionally feel while working on this..usually right after I read mearrins last post when I thought I had finally got it...Just kidding I really value all the feedback. I'm not sure what I was thinking trying to do a city map right off the bat but I'm having a good time fumbling through it and I'm glad other people are enjoying it as well.

[mearrin69]

Know how you feel. I attempted a city map as my first big project. Can't begin to calculate how much time it took...and how many things I tried before I got it right. City maps are tough!
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[jtougas]

From The Riverhewn Gazette: His Royal Majesty's new city designer who refused to give his name was arrested last night after a drunken rant in the streets. Witnesses claimed that while most of his speech was incoherent he was heard to say,"It's madness! streets appearing,disappearing buildings changing color. I'm going to design cities in the Abyss it has to be better than this madhouse...."

I added some more little alleys to break up the city blocks some more I think it helped. Now mearrin I followed your advice on the bevel but it didn't seem to do anything. and I can't for some reason ctrl-click I'm not sure if thats a software thing or if I'm just dumb.

As always feedback is requested and appricated..(even if not always applied ..)

*Edit* although I DO have a nice bevel around the outside of the image...aargh......

Riverhewn Phase 4.jpg

[mearrin69]

Ah. I see now that you're on gimp. I use PS and don't know how gimp works. We need RobA or somebody. Will see if I can learn something about it tomorrow.
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[Aval Penworth]

Jt, have you selected the correct layer to bevel? That shouldn't have happened if you had the buildings on a separate layer.

How many layers do you have and what is on each?

[jtougas]

In Breaking News : Riverhewn Was once again in the grip of chaos this morning after hundreds of citizens awoke sleeping in the streets. Witnesses claim there were beds, and blankets with people on or under them clogging the streets. One witness who declined to give a name reported that after leaving an "entertainment" establishment early in the morning, that he saw a man in the bath wearing nothing but as the witness put it "a look of shock" A unfortunate result of this latest round of bizarre occurrences is that hundreds of people were injured by being struck with carts driven by delivery men. One injured person was quoted as saying"It's all well and good to be struck by a cart but it's a whole different kettle of fish to be struck in your birthday suit......"


Good Morning...Here we go. I think I FINALLY got the bevel to work it seems to look better but time will tell.

Latest Additions:
1.I made the docks area larger as the more I looked at it it seemed like it should run right to the street.
2. I added a large warehouse complex to the docks.

Jt, have you selected the correct layer to bevel? That shouldn't have happened if you had the buildings on a separate layer.

How many layers do you have and what is on each?

Aval this thing is up to 100 layers and counting just about everything is on it's own layer (although I do occasionally forget...

As Always feedback is cheerfully requested and sincerely appreciated..Thanks!!
Riverhewn Phase 4.jpg