Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 29

Thread: Free - Hand Drawn Town Buildings

  1. #1
    Guild Journeyer Facebook Connected rpgmapmaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    206

    Default Free - Hand Drawn Town Buildings & Trees

    So, I have been trying to get back into map making and started working on drawing a town for a bed time story that I am telling my daughters... anyway while I was looking at what others had done I came across this map Ashenport-Town-Map by Mike Schley (who draws great maps). Inspired by his work I made a crude attempt at the style he was using for the buildings and came up with these. I will keep posting things I make as I work on this map.

    The color images are reference for what the elements might look like with color but I am also attaching the raw scans as a .png w/transparency so you can use and color them to your needs. Set them to multiply mode and re-size them and you should be fine

    ---Buildings---
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Building_Small_Co.jpg 
Views:	4039 
Size:	129.2 KB 
ID:	23913
    GIMP Brushes By RobA
    Building .png files By RobA

    ---Trees---
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Tree-Small_Color..jpg 
Views:	5961 
Size:	229.4 KB 
ID:	23999
    ---------------
    These are free under public domain... but if you use these to make a map please post it or link to it so all can see, thanks (not mandatory)

    I welcome comments, critiques, and requests
    (while I am in a drawing mood and not deployed)

    -RPGMapMaker
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Building_Big-1..png 
Views:	3325 
Size:	874.7 KB 
ID:	23914   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Tree_Scans1..png 
Views:	6094 
Size:	873.4 KB 
ID:	24000  
    Last edited by rpgmapmaker; 05-12-2012 at 11:48 AM. Reason: Added New Resource/Changed Title
    @BHfuturist Check out my Video Tutorials & Vault of Free Map Elements
    Unless otherwise stated in the post, all of my artwork is released into the Public Domain.

  2. #2
    Community Leader Facebook Connected Ascension's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    St. Charles, Missouri, United States
    Posts
    8,392

    Default

    Whoa, cool stuff. I'm very glad someone did this cuz I've tried and can't draw a straight line anymore.
    If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
    -J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)


    My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps

  3. #3
    Professional Artist Carnifex's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Sweden
    Posts
    669

    Default

    Thanks! Much needed. Free to use?

  4. #4
    Guild Journeyer Facebook Connected rpgmapmaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    206

    Default

    I can't draw straight either... I lay paper over graph paper :-) also I used two different pens a thicker one for the boarders and a thinner one for the "dirt & details".

    Consider them Public Domain... I am a hobbyist and I am content to share

    If you can make money using these... at least one of us will

    -RPGMapMaker
    Last edited by rpgmapmaker; 04-18-2010 at 06:39 PM.
    @BHfuturist Check out my Video Tutorials & Vault of Free Map Elements
    Unless otherwise stated in the post, all of my artwork is released into the Public Domain.

  5. #5
    Guild Member Facebook Connected A R Frost's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    Carlsbad, NM
    Posts
    89

    Default

    These are awesome!!! I have been wanted to tackle a redo of my City-State of Aslem map but seeing that I have no artist talent. I have a little of the eye and design talent needed but absolutely zero drawing talent.
    My question is, and I'm sure its already been explained on the forums I just haven't stumbled across it yet.
    How/Is there an easy way to color in the building or any .png file that you add. I have a bad shake due to military related disabilities. And when I copy and paste the .png into my working file(using gimp) I have a almost impossible time getting some of the smaller pixellated areas. To be honest I do probably 90% of my map making with brushes. I know that I don't have the talent to create the needed objects myself. Hell, even the texture I used on my world map was a large brush set at varied opacities and randomly placed where I felt it looked good.
    Any pointing in the right direction would be received with open arms.
    And again thanks for sharing these great buildings.
    In the words of Most interesting man in the World. "Stay thirsty my friends."

    Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

  6. #6
    Community Leader Jaxilon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    A beach in Ecuador
    Posts
    5,548

    Default

    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-rep Just cuz I don't know how to use it yet, doesn't mean I don't appreciate your effort.
    “When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

    * Rivengard * My Finished Maps * My Challenge Maps * My deviantArt

  7. #7
    Guild Journeyer Facebook Connected rpgmapmaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    206

    Info

    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.

    1. Buildings - Set to Multiply
    2. Shadows - Gray color brushed with my mouse set to Multiply (this is the shadow on top of one half of the building)
    3. 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".
    4. 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.

    -RPGMapMaker
    @BHfuturist Check out my Video Tutorials & Vault of Free Map Elements
    Unless otherwise stated in the post, all of my artwork is released into the Public Domain.

  8. #8
    Community Leader Jaxilon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    A beach in Ecuador
    Posts
    5,548

    Default

    Yep, that's all I needed to know. Eventually I will make my own brushes for things but so far I haven't gotten around to it.
    “When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

    * Rivengard * My Finished Maps * My Challenge Maps * My deviantArt

  9. #9
    Community Leader Facebook Connected Steel General's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Ft. Wayne, IN
    Posts
    9,530

    Default

    Neat stuff, thx for sharing!
    My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Still poking around occasionally...

    Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.



  10. #10
    Guild Expert Ramah's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Nottinghamshire
    Posts
    1,414
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    Wonderful stuff, RPGMaker. Thanks for posting these.
    Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.


    My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps


    More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •