Looking for help on making a cliff

[arxhon]

Hmm...more like the trees are too small. One square is 5 feet.

Thanks for pointing it out, though!

[Gamerprinter]

Bear in mind that though I use Photoshop/GIMP for some design functions, I mostly create maps using a Vector drawing program, in my case, Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0. However the technique should end up with the same results.

I create cliffs by creating various beveled layers each with its own texture, beveling, and shadow properties, then create the next layer and stack it on top, repeating this process, until I achieve what I am after.

Though I have several cliff designs made in this style, here's one from April of last year...

Note the last map towards the bottom of the page - entry with two other maps in it...

Cliff map

You should be able to emulate that in PS or GIMP as well.

GP

[RobA]

I recognized that bridge from the DJ forums.

Later in that post I posted the same bridge with the shadows/highlights foxed and a perspective sag added.

The scale doesn't work on your map, however, so I adjusted the scale, widened the boards and rotated the bridge to match your scenery a bit better, also adding a bit of shadow in the gorge to show the difference a bit of touch-up effort makes when working with stock objects.

For your convenience here is the widened, rotated version if you wish to replace yours:


-Rob A>