Fall Tree

[WanderingPaladin]

This is a quick edit to the tree_rowan image for fall. What do you think? If it's good enough, I'll work on a terrain tile and transitions

[Eleazar]

This is a quick edit to the tree_rowan image for fall. What do you think? If it's good enough, I'll work on a terrain tile and transitions

It's a nice tree, but you'll probably have trouble tileing/transitioning somthing that big.

[WanderingPaladin]

yeah, I know I'll have to shrink it - or maybe I'll draw the tiles from scratch if it doesn't resize well. How many trees should fit on a hex to look right for the game scale?

[hands]

Scale is an odd science in Wesnoth. Sometimes you just have to take a stab at it, and then see what it looks like in-game. I don't know that anything scales correctly when compared to something else.

[Eleazar]

yeah, I know I'll have to shrink it - or maybe I'll draw the tiles from scratch if it doesn't resize well. How many trees should fit on a hex to look right for the game scale?

Your best bet is to make it look reasonable next to the pines. That gives you some fudge room since different pines and leafy trees are different sized.

[Boucman]

your tree is beautifull, but it's seen from the side, it should be looked at from a top or 3/4 point of view...

[Tux2B]

It's too big to be in a forest. But it's nice.

[Eleazar]

...but it's seen from the side, it should be looked at from a top or 3/4 point of view...

No, that's the old way.

from the wiki: http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Tiles_Status

shadows: direction up and left at a 45 degree angle. Use alpha shadows with approx 50% transparency
Do not use black outlines, show edges by providing contrast through shading
Attempt to give a sense of perspective. (not a pure top-down view)
By this, we are specifically shooting for a 45 degree isometric projection.
Flat terrain that has a texture should have that texture "squashed" twice as much vertically, to give the proper sense of depth.

[scott]

That tree is an object image that ships with the game. It came from worldforge I think, but it's something of a sore thumb now.

[WanderingPaladin]

How's this? one has no leaves - I plan on adding snow later - the other has autumn leaves
I know it looks crappy at this size, but sized for a hex, I think it looks okay

[WanderingPaladin]

More opaque

[scott]

You need some Bob Ross kung fu. Your trees, while little, are not happy.

I tried drawing some trees for a campaign once, and it works out better if you paint them big and shrink them down. You need a brush that puts color on in the general shape of groups of leaves, then somehow apply highlights/shadows using a similarly shaped brush.

(clickable if the image doesn't show)

[WanderingPaladin]

Better?

[WanderingPaladin]

Better?

[Disto]

That is actually pretty good, pity about perspective.