GIMP Script: Thatch

[jfrazierjr]

I am not a fan of the top down one due to the repeating texture, though it has a nice potential for a good starting place, BUT, the POVRay 3D one is super frackinlicious!!! Could you try to do a few slightly overlapping heightfields (with various overlap amounts and see what a mountain range might look like (especally the 3D version)??

Perhaps I could use this as a base and then use the smudge tool to muddy it up a bit to get rid of the repeating pattern and apply a bump map on a 50% grey layer set to overlay might work really well to have some nice foldy creases and crevasses.

[Karro]

I am not a fan of the top down one due to the repeating texture, though it has a nice potential for a good starting place, BUT, the POVRay 3D one is super frackinlicious!!! Could you try to do a few slightly overlapping heightfields (with various overlap amounts and see what a mountain range might look like (especally the 3D version)??

Perhaps I could use this as a base and then use the smudge tool to muddy it up a bit to get rid of the repeating pattern and apply a bump map on a 50% grey layer set to overlay might work really well to have some nice foldy creases and crevasses.

Hmm. Doing some kind of a selection on the grey-scale, then using the smudge-tool, with a bit of jitter, and stroke the selection, maybe that would be a quick way to get rid of the repeating pattern. Would that even work?

[torstan]

So I have a slightly unrelated question - what program are you using to convert the heightfield to a 3D render?

[jfrazierjr]

So I have a slightly unrelated question - what program are you using to convert the heightfield to a 3D render?

If holding true to form, he is using POV-Ray

[RobA]

If holding true to form, he is using POV-Ray

Got that right

http://www.povray.org/

@jfrazierjr - the 3D one and the top one are the same! Just the viewpoint prevents you from seeing the repetitions.

-Rob A>

[jfrazierjr]

Got that right

http://www.povray.org/

@jfrazierjr - the 3D one and the top one are the same! Just the viewpoint prevents you from seeing the repetitions.

-Rob A>

Yea, I know... it's just that the hidden repetitions make the 3D view look so much more realistic...