The Desert Catacomb, an Ancient Egyptian Battle Map
An ancient Egyptian battle map of a desert catacomb. Inside, virtual tabletop files for Roll20 and PDFs for printing. Beware the Anubis guardians….
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 summary:
- Isolate your line art
- Put your colors down on separate layers
- Put your light and shadow down on their own, top-most color layers
- Play around with your colors until satisfied.
This video features the Dwarven Outpost map.
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This is fascinating to see your process… though I admit at one point I think I got motion sick it was moving so fast XD. Very cool! Love seeing in progress videos.