Well, a scale where it is meaningful to resolve the individual trees on the outskirts. So I guess one of the outlying blobs is about 20-30 feet across.
Well, a scale where it is meaningful to resolve the individual trees on the outskirts. So I guess one of the outlying blobs is about 20-30 feet across.
Originally Posted by torstan
Ah... ok... If I had time to mess with your base, I would probably run a plasma filter at high turbulence for the bump map after masking if off. Perhaps even using a slur filter to get things with a slight "wind blown" pattern. Of course, I have no idea what I am talking about, just thinking of what might look interesting with the tiny amount of stuff I know about GIMP.
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They look great... Fuzzy--as in like, with fuzz and stuff, not blurry--but very forest-y.
Okay, here's a slightly updated version.
Or (slight tweak)
Whilst doing this I remembered that I created an animated tree brush a while ago. Here is what it looks like in use (yes, it's unashamedly based on that rather nifty Narnia map that someone linked to recently):
And here's the brush.
I'll post this over on the resources forum as well for anyone that wants them.
Here's a couple attempts... a slight variation on the method Dan Chops developed as a variation on RobA's original regional map style.
They're only subtly different.
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