Raiders of the Serpent Sea

[ThomasR]

This thread is a dragon's hoard ! Great job John !

[J.Edward]

These are all beautiful maps! Do you use specific brushes to achieve your distinct unique style?
I believe I could see your maps and identify your work o:

Thanks Valterink
I mostly just use a round hard brush in photoshop. That's like 95% of it.
I have a blending brush I got from deviant art a long time ago. I think it was Nebezial's smudge brush, though it looks like that is now gone on DA.
The next best thing is this one, though I can't speak for it as I do not use that one, it's just based on the one I use.
For the smudge, I use it at like 8-12 opacity. Ocassionally I use a basic soft round brush at 30% opacity and 40% flow. That's mostly it, unless there is some really specific thing needed, texture-wise. I occasionally make brushes if needed for certain things.
I've done that for stone flooring sometimes.

This thread is a dragon's hoard ! Great job John !

Thanks Thomas