Instantiate Unity

Some of you may think, "Dang, that's a clean looking tree."  And in fact, like this, it looks pretty clean. And some of you if you drew a tree like this would sign it off as done and ready for some game action.  However, if you take a closer look (About 200%) Oh wait, those colors are still inside the lines!  I guess it really is read- WAIT.  LOOK CLOSER.  (In other words, add a black background) Filthy, filthy tree.  Tree is not ready for the game.  So, now that you can see where all your little pesky errors are, you can whip that tree into shape Which means you need your handy dandy eraser. HOWEVER! Before we start erasing, we are first going to select the black outline and copy it, and for those who don't know how to do so, this is how: That is your magic wand, you want to select it. Then you click on the black outline (note: this is for if your outline and and colors are on the same layer, if they are not (e.g. ...

This is a little off our usual topic, but still an important factor for games.  When you walk into a game store and you're looking for no game in particular except for one that looks cool, you can't judge it off of game play, you have to go by the cover (and the description on the back of a game).  And so, I shall show you the basics of making an image in GIMP. NOTE OF WARNING:  GIMP was not made primarily as a drawing tool, it was made for image manipulation, so while it has many of the same features that Photoshop has, it does not have everything.

This tutorial will be one of applying textures in the process of making the logo for game we are about to publish as a webplayer.  I will be using GIMP , a free download art interface.  GIMP is also pressure sensitive if you have a pen tablet, allowing a large range of detail.

Okay, so this will be the second way to do icons , and this method requires much less layers.  We will be using the fuzzy select, and if you don't know how to use it, then I hope this helps. 

In this tutorial,  I'll be switching from 3D modeling and such to 2 dimensional aspects such as icons which alone can make a game seem more appealing and also more interesting.  I'll be using GIMP 2.6, a completely free photo manipulation and drawing software.  You can download here .  GIMP comes in many different languages, which makes it so awesome.   Okay, on to the icons!