i have soemhting its just i dont have enough room to shade on the programs im useing im useing paint.net and Gimp 2
If you are doing it at 16x your best off working pixel by pixel. Zoom in until one tile takes up most of your screen and selected a 1 pixel big pencil tool to draw with. If you want to do some smoother shading without having to hand pick every color in the range, try using some blur tools after laying down the basic colors with your pencil.
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I kind of disagree with the blur tool, it does work if you're desperate but it does make your textures look a lot uglier.
So you are saying my textures are ugly now are you? Them are fighting words!
>_>
I should probably clarify, yes using a blur without care will result in muddied looking textures. Where I mostly use it is when I want to add a very slight shading transition and then I will only do a 1 pixel blur. I basically use it as an anti-aliasing tool rather than an actual blur.
I should also note that you have to take real care with blur tools/filters as they will often cause tiling issues unless you have one specifically designed to be seamless. (GIMP has a blur filter that is. Dunno bout the other image editors.)
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If you have gimp 2 do it like I do.
If you want it to be baby-proof optical illusion from outside to inside making the gradient 4-6 more.
If you want to change the shading it's the same (but reversed)
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Curse PremiumIf you are doing it at 16x your best off working pixel by pixel. Zoom in until one tile takes up most of your screen and selected a 1 pixel big pencil tool to draw with. If you want to do some smoother shading without having to hand pick every color in the range, try using some blur tools after laying down the basic colors with your pencil.
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Curse PremiumSo you are saying my textures are ugly now are you? Them are fighting words!
>_>
I should probably clarify, yes using a blur without care will result in muddied looking textures. Where I mostly use it is when I want to add a very slight shading transition and then I will only do a 1 pixel blur. I basically use it as an anti-aliasing tool rather than an actual blur.
I should also note that you have to take real care with blur tools/filters as they will often cause tiling issues unless you have one specifically designed to be seamless. (GIMP has a blur filter that is. Dunno bout the other image editors.)
If you want it to be baby-proof optical illusion from outside to inside making the gradient 4-6 more.
If you want to change the shading it's the same (but reversed)