I want to create a mod with custom tooltips that emulates the art style of the game as closely as possible. What tools/software did you use to make all of the skill icon and spell effect tooltips? any other tips you can give would be appreciated.
(Speak and he appears!) Photoshop. All Photoshop. Plus a wacom tablet and lots of practice. In detail, all the icons are made with a few layers, which I'll list from top to bottom: 1. over : effects drawn over the primary art (clouds, glows, touchups) 2. black : black lineart, set to 'multiply' (linework with size 4 round brush set to 'texture' and pressure sensitive size) 3. colour : the colouring, basically. Maybe I'll post an example photoshop file... - there, see the attached zip. I don't actually do these in little individual files, there are a few files of 640x640 with a ton of individual icons on each.
hmmm... i've been doing all my spriting with a mouse, but i own a laptop with a touchscreen. perhaps i could use it like a tablet.
