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Pickleodeon wrote: Weegee Clone 7734 wrote: I'm curious if anyone wants this, because I could make some detailed (cartoonish to fit the theme) landscape or planets, but if no one wants it, then I won't make a tutorial on it. Anyone want? Give me the eggs (yes) Well, here's what I got so far, it's not perfect by any means, but...:

Start out by finding/taking an image of the landscape or planet in question (or any region that fits this tutorial).

Assuming your picture is on your laptop (and assuming you have a laptop, step 2 begins. Open up a program with a "line tool" that allows you to adjust and reshape the lines. The program should also be able to have multiple layers.

Make a new layer above the picture (now the background). Select your colors and begin outlining the different sections. Make sure it is the same color you want it to be.

When you are finished, fill in with either a bucket tool, or paintbrush, depending on how much you need to fill.

Check for errors.

Tips
If you're doing something such as recreating a vehicle, or trying to mimic a sunset, make it simple to match the rest. The sunset can be as simple as 2-3 colors, or it could be a gradient (assuming you have that tool).

Black outlines are bad, unless there's a character involved.

Try to take simple shots or find simple pictures. A picture with 50 trees with 50 branches is not easy to redraw.

I based this entirely on Paint.NET