Speed Drawing the Snowy Summit battle map (Pt.1)
Drawing my latest map, the Snowy Summit, at 10x speed!
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.
About the author
Ross McConnell
Leave a Comment
Related Posts
How To Print Maps & Assets To Scale With GIMP
How to use the GIMP image editor to print precisely to scale. In particular, printing maps, assets, and tokens on a 1-inch grid.
Generating Worldbuilding Ideas Using The Landmark Generator by Here Be Taverns
My method to finding inspiration and beating writer’s block when I’m worldbuilding, using Here Be Tavern’s simple generators.
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.