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Reply With QuoteThanks for posting this! I repped you and I'm excited to try this out when I have to make a close-up city map. I'm on GIMP and Inkscape, but I'm going to try to make it work for me.
Meshon's Cobblestone Streets tutorial
So I've finally managed to put together a tutorial for the method I've started using to make cobblestone streets. There is an example in this forum thread: Ruined neighbourhood. I couldn't get the file size down on the pdf, so I've put the pdf and the files I used (including Illustrator and Photoshop brushes and some Photoshop styles and patterns) up on Dropbox.
The tutorial pdf is here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ne_Streets.pdf
And the additional files are here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...orialFiles.zip
I use older versions of Photoshop and Illustrator, but I've included my settings in the pdf so hopefully GIMP users can get something out of it. I also converted my Illustrator brush files to SVG which I'm led to believe might make them more useable for Inkscape users.
I have never really produced an instructional document before, let alone a mapping tutorial, so I would be happy to hear feedback about the tutorial itself as well as (dare I hope) if you find it useable.
cheers,
Meshon
Edit: I finally got the final part of the tutorial included. The link is the same but I've added a few pages at the end of the tutorial covering my method for getting moss to grow on the cobblestones.
Last edited by Meshon; 04-29-2013 at 02:30 PM. Reason: Updated tutorial
Thanks for posting this! I repped you and I'm excited to try this out when I have to make a close-up city map. I'm on GIMP and Inkscape, but I'm going to try to make it work for me.
Thanks man. I hope to learn something because i never can handle the tutorials hahaha.
Thanks very much! I'd be interested to hear if any of it translates to Inkscape and GIMP, or to find out if there's anything I can do with the additional files to make them play well with other applications. And I hope that you get at least something out of the tutorial.
cheers,
Meshon
If you manage to come up with an adaptation, would you mind posting it?Originally Posted by Pineapple
I really like the way your cobblestone streets turned out. While I am on GIMP, I will do everything I can to adapt this to my use. Thank you very much for posting.
I would be happy to, but it probably won't be any time soon. It might be one of those projects that gets pushed off to my summer break.
The guild members will appreciate this for sure, thanks for adding to the library.
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