advice for making grass non square-ish

[Dark_linis]

I would like some opinions on this type of grass
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/ ... nis/gt.png[/imgzoom]does anyone have any advice  how would I make it to be non-tiley?

 

[JD_Slasha]

Don't let em connect? Like the pattern on your grass tile seems to connect to the edges which will make it all squarish. I dunno here's an example from Chasing Citsuaki:

http://img35.picoodle.com/img/img35/9/8 ... b60acf.png[/img]

With the grass here, I made the grass pattern avoid touching the edges so it wouldn't square off. I dunno' if I made sense... >.>

 

[MarcGraubra]

Here's a little tutorial,

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert10.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert11.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert12.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert13.png[/img]

Make this area better,
http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert14.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert15.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert16.png[/img]

http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert17.png[/img]

Make this area better,
http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/24/69/46/creert18.png[/img]

After the correction you've got tile less connected.

I hope you can understand only with the pictures because my english is very bad.

 

[Dark_linis]

I see, ok guys thanks!

 

[Zekallinos]

Try to have the colors relatively spread out evenly troughout the tile, or else it is bound to have a grid feel. In your example, vertically speaking, we can clearly see ThinDarker-Lighter-ThinDarker-Light...etc.

 

[Sonata]

You should study tiling.

You almost seem to have a border around the tile, this makes for bad tiling. Here's an edit I did, notice how you can't see where the tile loops.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p117 ... sgrass.png[/IMGzoom]

 

[Substant]

I like the grass, it makes me think of Secret of Mana 3. As a functioning tile, it could definitely use work.This is a pretty nifty tutorial for tiles.

Speaking of Secret of Mana 3, you might take a look at part 5.1. That game demonstrates how extra tiles for simple things like grass, roads, etc, can really go the extra mile.

 

[Dark_linis]

I like the grass, it makes me think of Secret of Mana 3. As a functioning tile, it could definitely use work.This is a pretty nifty tutorial for tiles.

Speaking of Secret of Mana 3, you might take a look at part 5.1. That game demonstrates how extra tiles for simple things like grass, roads, etc, can really go the extra mile.

Yes thanks. That site has been helping me a lot for some time now, I just had a hard time making my grass pattern less obvious like they suggest.

 

[006]

Here is another tutorial on how to make grass:
http://pixel-zone.rpgdx.net/shtml/tutmini-grass.shtml

 

[Dark_linis]

Here is another tutorial on how to make grass:
http://pixel-zone.rpgdx.net/shtml/tutmini-grass.shtml

That was the base idea for making this tile. ^_^