Wall Mural Symbol
Frosty
Surveyor
Hey Folks,
I am looking for symbol or symbols that could represent a mural on a cave wall. I thought about using a curtain but I was hoping there might be something better out there. Any ideas?
Comments
Maybe if you find a rug symbol and severely scale it in one direction only?
That cross my mind..but wish there were some sort of stone carvings you could add to walls.. other than Pillars or fireplaces..Maybe I scale down some statues stick them in a layer that the wall will over write and place them partially in the wall
That's a good idea too.
Most CC3 dungeon styles are top view orthographic, so you would only ever see the wall and not any part of the face of it, so it's quite rare to get such symbols.
This blog posting by Remy Monsen might be worth reviewing, as it will allow you to create an image of whatever you wish that looks as if it's been cut into the surface involved.
Checking it out Wyvern
Looks like that trick uses perspectives which I do not have. If I did I would wonder if i could take a simple graphic and turn it into something I could put on a wall
If you want to show the wall mural face-on - as if it was a piece of artwork used as an illustration to show the players, and not an isometric map drawing - you could use Remy's technique to do so by just calling it a wall instead of a floor (and using a suitable bitmap fill for the "wall", of course).
Without Perspectives, it will make trying to show the wall design in any other orientation than face-on more difficult. Trying to do something from the typical top-down view of most Dungeon Designer 3 styles isn't really going to show enough detail for something on a wall to make the effort worthwhile, for instance.
@Frosty have a look at this post as well. Maybe this is something more what you are looking at doing? Bruce had an interesting take on displaying a picture or wall hanging in a top down view. It does use perspectives to create the effect, but worked quite well I thought.
https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/comment/113638#Comment_113638
Yeah may need to buy perspectives. I ran out of time for this map and just used colored curtains as representations to talk to which was not my preference. Since I am using these in Roll20 I may also investigate how I might link "the curtain" to a handout of the Mural that players could click on as they explore in the dark.
I do appreciate all the good suggestions and links from everyone. You have made me a little less ignorant and it is very appreciated.