See, you smudged the border into your tile. You shouldn't change your borders because you'll end up with these obvious, flat edges between your tile and your neighbor's. You need to blend your tile to fit the borders, not blend the borders to fit your tile.
Also, I recommend using shapes from a border on at least 20% of that section of your tile; a thin line of your border's color, like you used on the top of your tile, tends to emphasize the line between your tiles rather than helping them flow together smoothly.
This tile is from Newbies 21: Trying to Rope a Rutabaga
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Comment: first tile hope it flows
By: MOONCROW
Checked out at: January 07, 2003
Checked in at: January 07, 2003
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Mm, not really
Re: Mm, not really
i didn't have alot to work with i guess i coulda just came down with the same crappy brown the border had but i wanted to do something a little more creative.
now granted it didn't blend that well. but hey it was like my 2nd tile.
give me a little time to get used to this whole setup and i'll be wowin ya.
anyway thanks for trying to help.
now granted it didn't blend that well. but hey it was like my 2nd tile.
give me a little time to get used to this whole setup and i'll be wowin ya.
anyway thanks for trying to help.
Re: Re: Mm, not really
Heh, I didn't say those 20% had to be uncreative, or even the same color as the border (except right at the edge), as long as it extends the border into your tile a ways and blends into your own part of the tile. Straight (or nearly so) horizontal and vertical lines are generally a bad idea, especially near a parellel edge.
Re: Re: Re: Mm, not really
thanks for the input i'l try to keep that in mind
on my next tile.
on my next tile.
Great skulls
The skulls are absolutely fantastic- really nicely drawn, so it's a real shame about the blend.
If you're using a drawing program that has layers (such as photoshop) or some other way of masking an area so that it cannot be altered, it's a good idea to use those tools protect the borders you're given. For instance a lot of people copy the borders onto a layer which they keep at the top of the layer stack and never touch. That way you can't accidentally change the borders or draw over them and submit a tile thinking it's got a perfect blend when it doesn't.
If you're using a drawing program that has layers (such as photoshop) or some other way of masking an area so that it cannot be altered, it's a good idea to use those tools protect the borders you're given. For instance a lot of people copy the borders onto a layer which they keep at the top of the layer stack and never touch. That way you can't accidentally change the borders or draw over them and submit a tile thinking it's got a perfect blend when it doesn't.
Re: Great skulls
thank you thank you thank you.
ya i coulda swore that it was gonna blend better than it did.
live and learn.
thanks for the compliments.
and the advice.
ya i coulda swore that it was gonna blend better than it did.
live and learn.
thanks for the compliments.
and the advice.