Hope noone minds.. Just thought i'd try some different combos and help ironhand decide on grouping arrangments when he tries out some different cluster combos.
Those are buttons, with some king stropharia in the bottom right corner. I could try some more slender mushrooms also, but they probably wouldn't fit the 'plump' part of the plump helm name. Could look cool though.
@Ironhand: If you do manage to update the tile magic thread, I might have a go at making up some real tiles, im abit confused by the alpha layer use though, and engravings, I dont understand how those work, they make my brain splode.
Alpha transparency is the ratio between the current layer and what is behind.
60% alpha means the pixel will be 60% current layer, 40% under layers.
One very effective way to use alpha transparency is the layer mask. Layer mask are a greyscale image that control the transparency of each pixel in the layer. White = 100% opaque, black = 100% transparent.
To create engravings or "tile magic" do this:
Create a second layer which you will completely fill with black, and put that layer under your main layer, add a layer mask to that layer which you should fill white.
Then add a layer mask to your primary layer, copy the image of your primary layer into its layer mask, then fill the layer itself white.
This will make the white part of your image white, and the black part transparent. Of course, you have a black layer underneath your main image, so the black parts will still be black.
Now you can draw black (0% opaque) in the layer mask of the black layer to let the background color through.
To actually see what you are doing, you should put a colored (magenta) layer underneath the black layer, so when you carve through the black layer you will be able to see the magenta peak through.
Remember to disable the magenta layer before using your work. Also, remember to backup everything, and make a copy for every significant change you do, this way you'll be able to backtrack through your learning process.
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