I thought to try and break up the continents for the game. I collected aerial photographs of forests and grasslands and farms etc then went to the back yard and took photos of some large rocks and any texture that interested me, including a stucco wall on the neighbors house. then in photoshop I shrunk them down to look like terrains and tiny tiny trees. Then turned each texture into seamless patterns.
made a layer for each pattern and bucket filled each one keeping in mind how they may be in nature. Stone and rock to the bottom then grass then trees etc.
to the very bottom I placed my terrain then using masks-hide all on every layer above.
then using the brushes I set the paint to reveal the textures I want and then l painted them on where i wanted.
it is not perfect but It was fun and i'm sure it can be messed with to get a better look.
anyways please suggest ideas that you have.
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