[Award Winner] Making mountains in Gimp using an overlay layer

[torstan]

Now when I set the layer to overlay again, I get the following:



So to recap, by using an overlay layer you can change a flat image to one with a bit of form and shape. This can be used to create light and shade fro scratch, but can also be used later on to enhance the light and shade already present in a piece. The trick really lies in creating a reasonable layer.

Here's the three different images created in three different ways during this tutorial. I hope it was useful.