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    Default How did he can realized this water effect?

    Hello,

    I'm drawing a map about ancient Mediterranean Sea for a boardgame. Wandering in the net I have find this map :
    and I appreciate the water effect that the author give at his picture. How did he does that? Any suggestion? I use Gimp to realize my maps.

    Thanks.

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    I'd guess at a simple blurred and slightly distorted gradient around the land. On top of that seems to be some grunge noise.

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    Hi Yon,

    Search Google for some grunge textures. Then in GIMP, layer a few or several of them together using various blend modes, plus a color layer or two of the base colors you like. Keep mixing and playing with them until you find the look you want. That is how I did the sea color in this -- http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...chmentid=68924 -- for example

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    most of this is the "old paper" effect

    there is a tutorial on this site
    http://www.cartographersguild.com/tu...ng-gimp-3.html
    youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A7yopQ_nCE

    the rest looks like a mix of air-brushing and adding a pseudo "bump map" effect that looks hand painted
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    Ok guys, thank you for the hints.

    I attempt to obtain the water effect but I don't succeed to do it.
    Ok for the "old paper effect" but is the nuance between the land and the water that i cannot manage correctly. I can't merge blend levels because if I do that I lost the effect, so I can't shade off the land into the water. For the bump map effect that I want to apply over the land the problem is the same (can't merge level or I lost the effect).

    I attach a little picture that I do at the moment.
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    I think it's looking good, what you did there. Maybe a little less aqua and a bit more blue is what I would do, but otherwise I think you have a solid deep sea, shore and land transition there.
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    reduce the opacity by 20% and a little tweak with the colors and I think it is spot on. You did a great job.

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    as for the bump map, as long as it is in a mask layer it should come through. Worst case scenario, you could add some hatch lines by hand.

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