July/August 2011 Lite Challenge Entry: Berend-Jan's Herbalist Academy

[Len Wolff]

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you like the way my paths look. I like the look too, but I'm still not sure that the paths are in the right place. The process for making the paths is fairly simple. I'm still reading through all the great tutorials here, so I'm sure I'l pick up a better technique along the way. But this is what I have done to create the paths now:

I started with two texture layers, one for the grass (on top) and one for the paths (just below the grass layer). Then I used the eraser-tool on the grass layer tool to cut out the paths. I used a chalk brush for this with a bit of jitter to make the edges a bit random. After I cut out the paths from the grass layer, I duplicated that layer and I put this new layer between the grass and the gravel layer. I used the treshold tool to make this middle layer black. Then I modified the opacity for this layer to about 40% and moved the complete layer two pixels up and to the left for a bit of shadow.