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Title: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:09:25 AM

Collecting a variety of PSDgraphics-related content from around the web to consolidate here for future reference






First up: video series on cartography in PSD


https://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieNirvana/videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieNirvana/videos)

Title: Re: Photoshop for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:10:33 AM

PSD map texture settings


Settings for Forest hexes:

56 Spatter brush, 150 pixels, color: R94, G149, B65, single clicks only!, do NOT click-and-drag.

(1) Outer glow: R39, G138, B29, set to linear burn, 30% opacity, 5% noise, precise technique and 5px size

(2) Emboss: Smooth technique, 400% depth (up), 18px size and no soften





Settings for Rough hexes:

60 Chalk brush, 140 pixel, with a 60% flow on the airbrush setting. R135, G122, B78, single clicks only!, do NOT click-and-drag.

(1) Outer glow, R140, G123, B87, normal blend, 70% opacity, 20% noise, softer technique, 1% spread, and 10px size

(2) Inner glow, R97, G91, B43, dissolve blend, 70% opacity, 10% noise, precise technique from edge, 10% choke, 10px spread

(3) Emboss, Smooth technique, 100% depth(up), 7px size, no soften

Title: Re: Photoshop for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:11:17 AM

Some additional photoshop tutorials, mostly comic book-oriented

http://www.tejbabra.com/2010/07/12/creating-the-graphic-novel-look-using-photoshop/ (http://www.tejbabra.com/2010/07/12/creating-the-graphic-novel-look-using-photoshop/)

http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/transform-your-image-into-sin-city-style/7340 (http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/transform-your-image-into-sin-city-style/7340)

http://photoshoproadmap.com/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/ (http://photoshoproadmap.com/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/)

https://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/create-comic-book-text-effect-photoshop/ (https://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/create-comic-book-text-effect-photoshop/)

http://www.learnphotoediting.net/blog/cartoon-yourself-the-easy-way-in-photoshop/ (http://www.learnphotoediting.net/blog/cartoon-yourself-the-easy-way-in-photoshop/)

http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/2596/Creating-a-Professional-Cartoon-Effect-from-a-Real-Photograph.html (http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/2596/Creating-a-Professional-Cartoon-Effect-from-a-Real-Photograph.html)

Title: Re: Photoshop for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:12:30 AM

Hexmap engine  http://hexmaps.appspot.com

Inkscape Boardgames Extensions  http://www.lysator.liu.se/~perni/iboardgameexts/

Cartographers' Guild  http://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php?s=c553a164955f72808210e69bd5c484b1

HexDraw extensions   http://social.consimworld.com/group/hexdrawusers

Hex Paper generator   http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

Graph Paper generator (incl hexes and other stuff)   http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com

MKHexGrid generator   http://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/

John Cooper's wargame art page, including counter icons and terrain tiles  http://www.jrcooper.com/gaming.htm#terrain_tiles

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:13:18 AM

http://www.fantasticmaps.com/

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:16:51 AM

Still free, years later!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=127562&it=1&SRC=newsletter_freebies

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:17:49 AM

stealing some of Gary's links

Quote from: GJK

Here's a remake of the S&T game "The Desert Fox" that I did a while ago.  I thought that this one came out nicely:

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Desert-Fox-Map.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Desert-Fox-Map.jpg)

The original map is here:

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/467209/the-desert-fox (http://boardgamegeek.com/image/467209/the-desert-fox)

Antietam: Burnished Rows of Steel

Mine: http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Antietam-Map.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Antietam-Map.jpg)

Original: http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic185624_md.jpg (http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic185624_md.jpg)

Remember AH's Air Assault on Crete/Malta?  Here's the Malta map done as an exact replica:

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/MALTA.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/MALTA.jpg)

John Prados' Third Reich done with different colors:

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/JP3R-ZunTzu-Color.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/JP3R-ZunTzu-Color.jpg)
(ZunTzu gamebox)

Every play this game (NFL Strategy)?  I took mine out of the box and drew it for a VASSAL module:

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/NFL-screenshot.png (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/NFL-screenshot.png)

The Gamers In Their Quiet Fields as a VASSAL module (map and counters redrawn):

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/ITQF-WAR.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/ITQF-WAR.jpg)

This map was a b**** to draw.  A remake of GMT's "Ardennes '44".  I like my bulge games to go east to west but GMT decided to print the map north to south (Germans come from the south).  I re-orientated the map and redrew it how I like it.  :)

http://garykrockover.com/uploads/A44-screen1.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/A44-screen1.jpg)

Tons more that I could post but those are some of my better examples I think.  I strictly use Photoshop (old version 7) for all of my stuff.  I also had a lot more free time to do all of this when I was married too.....  :O

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 06, 2020, 09:31:12 AM

Butch Curry's Fantasy Cartography series

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on February 04, 2020, 10:42:16 AM

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 22, 2020, 01:59:22 PM

http://www.laughing-lion-design.com/2007/09/photoshop-tip-create-a-flattened-layer-and-keep-all-your-layers-intact/

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on June 23, 2020, 06:02:36 PM

Handy

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: mirth on June 23, 2020, 06:08:04 PM

Could you supply more links in this thread?

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: bayonetbrant on June 23, 2020, 06:13:15 PM

Quote from: mirth on June 23, 2020, 06:08:04 PM

Could you supply more links in this thread?

I have no doubt that I will, given that it's the point of the thread

Title: Re: Graphics / Design for fun & game design
Post by: mirth on June 23, 2020, 06:19:47 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 23, 2020, 06:13:15 PM

I have no doubt that I will, given that it's the point of the thread

You are an expert spammer  :applause: