Cool stuff, my friend.
Cool stuff, my friend.
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Thanks, bro.
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Nicely done!
Hi, Ascension.
You've created another nicely done tutorial. I am sure it is going to be quite useful to a number of people.
I have a couple of questions for you. I'm not sure if it just my eye's perception or not but your rivers seem to be floating above the ground. Perhaps because of the shadowing and, what looks like, a glow on the left banks?
Also, You are using an inner chisel which (again, to my eyes) seems to "drop" the roofs down rather than lift them up. Would a outer bevel for the rooflines be better?
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I have attached a PDF copy of Ascension's tutorial for anyone who would like a hard copy.
Regards,
Gary
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Very good Ascension, its the best way I have seen so far - will look at this a bit more. It looks like it could be adapted to 3D and then we can texture, shade and shadow it all in one go. RepU if I am able.
Vandy -- outer bevel would not work at all...run thru it and try it yourself and you'll see why...the shapes would not look like roofs at all, they'd look like berms or mounds. You're also probably used to having the light source in the upper left and therefore everything seems to be opposite of what you're used to...remember my sun for this is in the lower right. The river...well I wasn't too concerned about making terrain for this tut, the emphasis was on making buildings.
Red -- Yeah I had it in the back of my head to try and keep this as simple and generic as possible to see what can be done by you guys who really know your stuff. Taken one step further you could generate paths with the selection based on the streets. Putting down the streets and the 1-pixel eraser cuts are hand done but the rest should be able to be automated. Oh and thanks
Last edited by Ascension; 02-11-2009 at 08:49 AM.
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
This is really helpful. I'll have to try this step by step.
The shadowing is well done.
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