These look very nice. I'm not sure where to put them in my Gimp folders in order to use them though. Do I just slap the .png into my brushes folder? Nope, that doesn't work. This is why it's good I can draw a little bit. I would like to figure out how to use em because they could save a lot of time someday.
I think it is cool that you do this to tell stories to your kids.
btw, take a whack-O-repJust cuz I don't know how to use it yet, doesn't mean I don't appreciate your effort.
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Because I did not take the time to make them into brushes you will have to add the .png as a layer, set it to multiply and cut each building into a new layer... or just select and move as needed... then delete out any unused buildings.
For coloring the easiest way is to make a new layer under the building layer and paint with the color you like...
For the color version I did the layer order and what I did... not really a tutorial but a quick insight.
- Buildings - Set to Multiply
- Shadows - Gray color brushed with my mouse set to Multiply (this is the shadow on top of one half of the building)
- Color - I select the building shapes by a Ctrl click on the building layer (in Photoshop) and filling this layer with a brown color - Set to normal. I also add some noise to this layer after I fill it... this helps the fill color to not be so flat and "painted".
- Drop-shadow - Same as color layer but filled with black and blurred. - Set to normal
I do a lot of "inking" or coloring in Photoshop and setting a layer to multiply and paining on top or under a line drawing is you new best friend. the color layer goes over most line drawings but since my building layer is also set to multiply I stuck it under this time...
I hope this helps... I will try and do a tutorial on this building style and some coloring and finishing tips because of the interest.
Sorry about not tailoring this for GIMP but... I don't use it and after playing with it, I am not going to... mostly because I already know how to use Photoshop and the interface and tools in GIMP are just different enough to make it not worth it for me. But if you already know GIMP the terms I use should work in GIMP with some looking around.
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Sorry for the Necro, but I would still suggest getting to know GIMP even if you don't use it primarily. There are a few things it can do significantly better (or even exclusively) over photoshop. If I had the money for PS, I would likely buy it and use it, but still use GIMP for the few things it does superior(or again, things PS just can't do).Originally Posted by rpgmapmaker
Out of the box things GIMP does that PS can't(at least this is my understanding, which could be wrong):
- Better cloud variation (ie, size/scale as well as "sharpness")
- Full color brushes!!!!!!
- Animated Brushes(part of this has to do with GIMP's lack of brush dynamics, but there are cases where this is a real honest to goodness stand alone feature worth having.)
- Scriptability
There might be some other things I missed.
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Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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