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[XCali]

Here is a more natural stone gridblock that you can bucketfill to add a more natural grid for a map. I will suggest adding a texture above it and put it on overlay. It will lighten up then.
Free for personal use and with friends when an rpg is involved. Ask if you want to use it beyond that. I will probably say yes.

4x4_50px_Gridblock_Bucketfil_v1b_hopemaps.png

If any of you are interested, I added an even bigger one with more variety, a texture and better shading on my patreon page under Journeyman and up.



P.S.
I added this one to the first page of the thread.
4_Gridblock_Bucketfil_v1_hopemaps.png

[ChickPea]

Nice work on these. I really like that 2nd one with the lighter colour.

[XCali]

Nice work on these. I really like that 2nd one with the lighter colour.

Thanks ChickPea I appreciate it.

[XCali]

Completely free to use, commercial or otherwise.

So, this was the pine tree asset I made a few months ago for my one continent map.

Okay, you can add them just like this to the map, but it will feel a bit uniform after a while. After you placed your forests, to offset the effect of being too uniform, select the trees(Alpha to select on GIMP) then create a layer above your trees. We are going to use a very dark color. There are two ways I could go about this. 1. Have the layer on lower opacity and the brush on full opacity OR 2. Have the layer on full opacity and use a soft brush on low opacity.
Then paint in patches of shadow on top of trees. (Remember, not all trees are the same length.) So, this gives a wavey effect on the forest to break the sameness of some of the trees.
NEXT, on the tree layer, use the dodge tool on less than half opacity and with a soft brush selected, go about adding some highlight to taller trees where you didn't add too much shadow on the previous step. (Be careful with the dodge tool, it can become too much if you are not careful.)

Try them and see if it works for you. I always do a ton of small things while I'm busy mapping, but those steps are generally in the direction I was thinking when I did the forests.

Pine_Tree_2021_Preview_1b.png
Pine_Forests_2021_Preview_1.png

I took some time to add a few color themes to them.
Pine_Forests_2021.png

Enjoy!

[XCali]

While I was on the whole tree thing, I thought I'd take a swipe at my home tree asset to remaster it a bit.

Completely free for use commercial or otherwise and no credit needed, but it is welcome.

home_tree_Single_2021.png

Home_Tree__v1_2021.png

This one has just some extra color variation.
Home_Tree__v2_2021.png

Have fun!

(P.S. It would be nice to hear where you used this asset. )

[Bogie]

Those are cool XCali

[XCali]

Those are cool XCali

Tx, appreciate it.

[XCali]

Hi!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Today I wanted to add a mushroom brush set I created for my Twin bridges map. I'll add some in png file. But the full set is in the GIMP animated brush attached below. If you don't use gimp and want me to post more of the mushrooms as a png, let me know.

Further than that. Enjoy.
Free to use personally and with friends when an RPG is involved, no credit needed. If you want to use on a commercial map, just check in with me.

small png preview. Just a few of the assets.
Singles_Mushroom_trees_brush_Preview.png

[XCali]

Hey!

It's sometimes hard to fill in the empty spaces between mountains and rivers on maps. So this is one for one of those situations.

ABSOLUTELY free to use. No need to credit.

Terrain_Filler_Preview.jpeg

Preview1_.png

.PNG
Terrain_Filler_v1_PNG.png


A bonus for you GIMP users like me. I added the .gih brush file below. It's a random animated brush of the above.

[XCali]

Hi!

Here is a tree trunks I created a ways back for a challenge map. It was to add tree trunks to represent trees.

Free for use.

Preview
Tree_stumps_Preview.png

All of the tree trunks.
Tree Stumps_Top down.png

Used here:
The_Lost_Orrery_Small_PF_.jpeg

Below is the animated .gih pipe brush for GIMP.