[Award Winner] Mosaic Tile Map in Photoshop (& GIMP)

[nijineko]

would there be any chance of getting this tutorial in a more download-friendly format? =D pretty please?

[pyrandon]

Sure, nijineko--remind me in June & I should be able to do that for you. Just curious, though: why would this be helpful?

[nijineko]

i am not always able to access online. but i frequently have my computer with me. that or i can print it out. ^^

[RobA]

I finally got around to writing a script for Gimp to help with this.

Attached is a mosaic tile helper script that can set up one of four paths:

• a path consisting of shaped lines following an initial selection
• a path consisting of concentric circles filling the image
• a path made of horizontal lines
• a path made of vertical lines

using a specified spacing for the path lines.

The scipt will (optionally) stroke the path with the current pen, but this has limited value, as the tiles will all be one colour. It is best used be having it leave the path then using the stroke path command after setting up the active paintbrush to use the rotating tile set I provided earlier in the post, along with the "use gradient" colour option in the paintbrush.

Here is an example made in < 3 minutes:


1) I used clouds and threshold to get land and sea.
2) I selected the sea area, and called the script (it gets installed under Filters->Artistic->Mosaic Tile Helper using the circular option. Then I stroked the path, using a blue green gradient selection.
3) I inverted the selection to land and called the script again, using the shaped option. The path was stroked using a browns gradient.
4) I set the scaling smaller, the gradient to grey/dark grey and strokes the selection once to outline the coast.
5) I enlarged the canvas by 20 px, selected the 20 px "frame" and used the shaped option again, then stroked to get the frame.
6) I copied all visible, then pasted as a new layer, and bump mapped it on itself.
7) Duplicated that and played with blending modes to get nicer colour.

Have fun with it!



-Rob A>