Hand Drawn Graphic Mod

[Bane Star]

yeah, I guess.... hehe, maybe If I put lines around the bottom of the pole, they could either be dirt or waves...?

Original skull..... you'll see it again in the terrain, its in one spot of desert... or is it tundra I forget...

[FrustratedPoet]

Good progress.

I like the idea of changing the border graphics. I'd prefer a flag or standard instead of a skull, personally, but it'll look good either way.

I'll definitely give this one a try once you've got something available for download.

[Bane Star]

Ok, I'll have something downloadable soon, Its the Coastlines that are giving me the worst trouble, Lining them up AIYEE... I might resort to cheating like I did for the rivers.. Filters and B/W color Bonding, Then colourizing and filtering again, The rivers are Identical to the In game ones... I was really doing it for fun.. with intention of drawing later.. but they look ok.. So maybe...

Anyways... still working on the borders... check this out...

[Sheik]

Looking very cool. Great work.

[Yoda Power]

the borders look cool, but im still concerned about how they will looks in water. Maybe you could make it look like the flags were on small hills? That way it would look like small islands in the water.

[Bane Star]

Yes I've checked again and the 'flags' do look kinda silly in the ocean, I've made the base look like a 'bouy' / 'rock' so that it could be ok... I've also made a 'Hover Disk, Spear, Actual Flag, Thug, and Outpost' as attempts... colouring them is another matter...

Ok, Flags aside for a second.. FEEDBACK...

I dont like the 'gaps and 'double-ups on the 'shading' By looking at the diagrams here, tell me.
Diagram A, shows the Gap and the double up.... Diagram B shows one way I could 'smooth' this, but then you get 'cuts' at each grid edge. Diagram C and D show possible solutions.. D2 is another idea where your boarder goes OVER into the next square, since the opposing colour is in the gaps of yours it doesn't affect the graphic...

[Bane Star]

Heres d2... Sorta maybe...

[vovan]

Bane Star, I just saw this mod, and I think the terrain graphics look fantastic! Like someone back on the first page said, kind of reminds you of hand-drawn Tolkien maps. Very nice work!

As for the borders... I don't know, I think it almost looks like they are out of place: them being so colourful, and the rest of the trerrain being so pale.... Maybe it would look good if you removed the coloured stuff "on the ground", and only left the skulls? Or potentially a black dotted line, and then the coloured skulls to denote whose territory it is? I don't know how it would look in the ocean, though...

PS: Sorry about the fairly poor photoshop job. I am just trying to convey what I meant better.

[Bane Star]

Feedback, Which Flag would look better? and how should they be coloured....

[Bane Star]

Oh and heres a cities pic

[vovan]

Originally posted by Bane Star
Feedback, Which Flag would look better? and how should they be coloured....

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[vovan]

Originally posted by Bane Star
Oh and heres a cities pic

Amazing.

[Kuciwalker]

The second skull one, for some reason, seems vaguely reminiscent of a looney toons (or whatever they're called) character...

I like the last flag best.

Those city pics are great!

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by skywalker
I like the last flag best.

Those city pics are great!

I agree with both of those comments.

[Bane Star]

Posting

Ok, personally I like this final skull, By simplyfying the design and playing with the shadow elements of the boarder colours, I have come up with this more subtle skull, Heres a screen shot, and next I'll post a zip file for anyone who'd like this in tier game