[Tutorial] Epoch: Terraforming Turtorial Parts 1-5

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[Tutorial] Epoch: Terraforming Turtorial Parts 1-5

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Well I thought I would post this unfinished tutorial since the style has become so popular these days.

Ok, here it is....

A series on how I will be creating the graphics for the Epoch maps.

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The high quality videos are large and on blip.tv so you may need to wait a while if your connection isn't so great. You can also download the file which may be easier.

Part 1: The land and water.
60 megs
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Part 2: The borders and territories
(borders will be redone later)
90 megs
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Part 3: The beaches and oceans
113 megs
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Part 4: Mountains
154 megs
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Part 5: Borders redux
50 megs
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Part 6: Trees

unfinished.
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Re: Epoch: Terraforming Turtorial Parts 1-5

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some great vid there mibi :)
ive learnt a few thyings :P
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Re: Epoch: Terraforming Turtorial Parts 1-5

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looks great, and i cant wait for the trees, cause i cant figure trees out...
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Re: Epoch: Terraforming Turtorial Parts 1-5

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great stuff. i'm looking at them right now and it's really cool.

added to the tutorial thread. =D>
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Hey mibi, im especially thankful for the mountain tutorial, cause i was able to modify it to be doable in GIMP
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Looks sweet, can't wait to see how you did the mountain.
Should be great :)
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What program was this done in? I only have GIMP, so I didn't recognize it.
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I'm not sure which version, but it's definitely photoshop.
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mib uses/used PS2
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