This probably should be a separate topic. I've been asked how do I draw those new images. Well, I don't. I'm a photoshopper, not an artist or a colourist or an inker or whatever. I use all the photoshop skills available to create what I'd like to create. Here's how I did the mountains.
From left.
1. Volcano image
2. Delete all non essential graphics that can't be covered up. That's mainly the flying rocks.
3. Use the pen/paintbrush to build the outline (or to cage the dragon in this case). It's best to use a totally separate layer.
4. Clone, Smudge, copy and paste, whatever to fill up the cage. In this case, I copied the image to a new layer, filled it up and deleted the extraneous bits.
5. Repeat 3. for the caldera
6. Repeat 4. to finish the image.
Not shown. 7. Once I've got the basic mountain, it was a simple case of copying and pasting it multiple tiles to get the desired mountain chain look. I hope that helps someone out there.
To colour images from scratch though the process is slightly different. Here's the process used to get my facebook avatar (from a few years back). Pencils by Shipman, colours by myself, background by Holmberg and Werner. Used with permission!
1. Shipman's original pencils, scanned in
2. Colours (each one on a different layer!)
3. Inks
4. Shading, part 1 - this was one of my first attempt at shading. I missed out various bits, made other bits look wrong, and it was just a mess.
5. Shading, part 2 - so I corrected the shading again
6. Background added. I was lazy to draw my own, so I got permission to use background images from real professional artists!
I did this a while back and did th montage then to show how the process was done. The mountains step-by-step above is inspired by this. Before anyone asks, no, I don't do this for a living.
Back on topic, if there's no further comments on the rules by Thursday, I'll make this base expansion ready for public downloads by Friday.
