God School: Index Thread

[thinkslogically]

Can't find a particular lesson / assignment? Well, you've come to the right place!

Lesson One: Installing GIMP / Basic Drawing Tools.
Assignment One: Draw an Avatar

Lesson Two: Layers
Assignment Two: Create a Lair

Lesson Three: Creating a Freestyle Adventure (Part 1)
Assignment Three: Third Place Assignment

Lesson Four: Creating a Freestyle Adventure (Part 2)
Assignment Four: Create a Nemesis & Ally

Lesson Five: Editing Other People's Images
Assignment Five: Dungeon Run!

Lesson Six: The Selection Tools
Assignment Six: Escape with the Treasure!

Lesson Seven: The Path Tool
Assignment Seven: Escape!!

Lesson Eight: Designing your Sprites (PCs, NPCs & Monsters)
Assignment Eight: Hire Some Help

Lesson Nine: Build a Dungeon
Looking for Assignment 9? Check the lesson thread and then head to the Goblin Adventurer's League!

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Course Schedule (ON HIATUS UNTIL INTEREST PICKS BACK UP):

Installing a graphics program & the basic tools (thinkslogically)
Using Layers (thinkslogically)
Creating a freestyle adventure (Part 1) (Arles)
Creating a freestyle adventure (Part 2) (Arles)
Editing someone elseÔÇÖs work (thinkslogically)
The selection tools (thinkslogically)
The path tool (thinkslogically)
Making your own sprites (thinkslogically)
Building a simple dungeon (thinkslogically)
Making animated gifs (M0rtimer / LooksandSmiles)
Q&A Session (everyone!)

Keeping everything organised with spreadsheets (lingrem)
Using BBCode to format your game in-forum (SeeAMoose)
Constructing a plot (Nerre)
Map making (LooksAtYouFunny)
Monsters (NEED A TUTOR)
Populating your world with NPCs (lingrem)
LOOT! (Arles)
Balancing the stats (NEED A TUTOR)
Setting the mood (Arles)
How they did it: LoneStarNorthÔÇÖs games (LSN)
How they did it: EvilCoatRackÔÇÖs games (ECR)
Actually doing it (thinkslogically)
Graduation.

[SeeAMoose]

Hopefully this new subforum will help for the duration of the God School.

[LAYF]

Looking over the list if lessons, I can also take the "Monsters" lesson

[BeanDip]

Hey, could we get some lessons on Shading, Perspective and Scale? I'm reeeeeeeaaaaaally bad at all three. I don't think I even understand them fully. Just a quick, separate lesson rather than attached to an assignment?

[thinkslogically]

Those are three things I have very little understanding of either, so if anyone else feels up to producing a lesson on it that would be awesome! In the meantime, I found a few online resources which might help:

Perspective & Scale
Simple shading
More shading

THIS VIDEO doesn't seem to explain the theory of shading, but does show how to do it in Gimp.

Hope this helps a little bit!