My Painting Process
This is my commentary on how I color my battle maps using Gimp, a free alternative to Photoshop. I focus mostly on the ever-important skill of layer management, and ramble a little about color theory too.
In this video I explain my process for drawing trees, bushes, and underbrush, each with multiple levels of detail. You can draw them quick and dirty, or slow and pretty!
Watch on YouTube for hyperlinked shortcuts:
1:30 Trees
6:25 Bushes
9:52 Underbrush
11:42 The leaf pattern
I hope you find some part of this video helpful. Please, let me know what you’d like to see next!
Downloads
If you’re a fan of my style and would like to download some grass or forest map-making assets, please enjoy these.
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The Everything PackProduct on sale$70.00 -
Highland PassPWYW: $1 or FREE $1.00
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Grass & Road AssetsPWYW: $1 or FREE $1.00
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Roadside Forest TokensPWYW: $1 or FREE $1.00
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Forest Glade$1.00
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Halfway Camp$1.00
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Ross McConnell
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Published: July 9, 2018
Tagged: blog, bushes, forest, guide, how-to, let's draw, trees, tutorial, underbrush, video
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