Why bother being stuck on earth with your artwork, and why stick
with the green grass and blue sky if we are going to look at
another world. There has been scientific research indicating
that if the star a planet is orbiting isn't yellow the grass
probably won't be green. So for the sake of this turorail the
rule book on what color goes where the color goes in a Landscape
is here-by ordered thrown out the window until further notice.
Now it would be more realistic of the water was the same color as
the sky, but since the rule book is out the window feel free to
make the sky yellow and the water green. And yes the snow on the
mountain tops would be more beleiveable if it's white, but since
the rule book is out the window yes you can use a purple mountain
with blue snow. Have fun with those colors, hey who said all
the grass is one color anyway.
For this tutorail we'll be doing a simple alein medow (no
mountains, just grass and a sky)
You will need:
graphics Software (I use gimp)
computer
tableet and Stylus (optional but recommended)
your own creativity
1. Open a new file with the background size you want. For this
there aren't any actaul size restrictions but keep in mind
it's easier to make a bigger images smaller than a small image
larger.
2. Next ad a new layer, you can either put an outline in this
layer of where you want the horizine to be (make sure it's not
just flat, give it some ups and downs) and ad a new blank
layer after that, or you can leave it blank and skip to your
next step
3. Now once you are done with the last step make sure that you
have you new blank layer selected, you are now going to make
your sky and grass. You can either make your sky fill it in
with a color you like, then add some clouds, you an experiment
with using different colors nobody said it has to be soild
4. Now either on a new blank layer that is infront of your sky,
or on part of the same layer its time to ad the grass. Pick
a new color and select the paint brush tool, if you are using
gimp you will want to use a Calligraphic brush, make sure you
apply the jitter, I've had success using anything from a
jitter setting of 5.0 to 50.0, you'll have to experiment with
that, and if you've created an outline now is a good time to
select the areas you want filled with grass, then just paint
in the grass
5. Since there is no law that says the grass on another planet is
all the same color you feel free to pick another color and
continue the process of painting in the grass
6. If you didn't have an area selected you might have to come
back and clean up some of the grass that is up in the air,
or ended up a going a bit higher than you intended, just use
the eraser tool on that
7. This next step is optional but it can be a clincher, on a new
layer ad some alein planets. If you don't know how else to make
a planet make a circular selection, then fill it in with a
gradint, whatever color you want to black will produce the
shadow. Then make sure the layer with that other planet on it
is below the layer full of grass if there is any overlap, then
and make sure the planet is up in the sky. You can make more
than one planet if you like.
8. Enjoy your artwork because you have now created a simpe picture
of an alein landscape
This is one of the simplist kinds of landscapes (on or off earth)
a person can do to learn, feel free to experiment you might be
plesently surprised at what you come up with.
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