Yes, you should definitely ask. Noone should be insulted by that.
If someone posts a map but doesn't mention how he did it, is it okay to ask in the thread or can that be perceived as prying secrets?
Yes, you should definitely ask. Noone should be insulted by that.
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Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Most of the people here seem pretty friendly about questions, and a goodly number of them write tutorials to show how they accomplish their styles. I've asked questions and no one's smacked me on the nose with a rolled up newspaper for it.. (yet? heh)
Myself, I get asked how I did things, and I'm happy to answer.. I recieved a lot of help and constructive criticism when I first got here that really turned me into a better artist, so I'm happy giving back.
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
The dudes with gray names might not give up the goods too easily since they are the dudes who get paid to do this for a living and they might want to hold on to their trade secrets. Asking never hurts, though Some of us are crazy experimenters and often we can't even remember how we did something...we just go down into the secret lab and push buttons, turn dials, and run some lightning thru it.
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.
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Yeah, time might also be an issue for some people. Meaning they can't be bothered to write everything out.
You can always ask though!
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Well, there's people who reverse-engineer candy bars. So I think you should be able to reverse-engineer map graphics, too.
Hey wait ... "gray names" ... ?
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
Speaking of reverse engineering candy, I ran across this yesterday...more of a candy breeding program:
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
Pssh, I would be honored if someone wanted to learn a technique I use.Originally Posted by Ascension
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Yeh but ... "gray names" ... ?
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?