Grazing Land, Grassland Hills and Poor Grassland Icons

This is the 10th post in a series of map icons, with one key difference from the prior posts: these icons are already in the new beta version of Hexographer!  (Free and Pro.) Previous posts with new icons couldn’t be used unless you were working with the Pro version or an outside tool. The previously posted icons are also in the new beta as well as a few other new icons and all the prior Hexographer icons.

(To go to the new beta, go to http://www.inkwellideas.com/roleplaying_tools/hexographer/ and look for the “Beta Version” link in the navigation at the top of the page–next to the “Free Version” link.  If you don’t see it, you may be looking at the post after the beta has been made into the official current version.)

But because each icon is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you should be able to use them with many map software programs or with general image editors. As mentioned in prior posts, I’ll be adding these and the prior pairs of icons I’ve posted(snowfields, broken lands and underdark broken lands, ancient soldier and mounted knight, infantry and catapult, shellfish and submerged battlefield; monster lair and waystation; seagrass and whirlpool; oil well and factory; palace and geyser; light and heavy fungal forest) to the next version of Hexographer.

This time I’ve picked three terrain icons related to grasslands, based on some feedback on “The Piazza” forums.

I’m posting versions with and without the background colors.  (In Hexographer you would use the background-less icon versions and set the background color when you add the new terrain. ) The recommended background color for the grazing land is Red 200, Green 238, and Blue 140 which should make a slightly greener color than the normal grassland.  For the grassland hills I recommend a medium/light brown: Red 215, Green 247 and Blue 150.  For the poor grassland I suggest a grayer grassland : Red 211, Green 226 and Blue 143.

Also, I’m not 100% sold on the poor grassland icon.  It is designed to be a rougher looking grasslands.  If anyone has an idea to make it better (especially if you can point to a pictures) please post a comment!  Likewise, I’m considering making the normal grassland icon have two fewer thatches of grass.  That will differentiate it more from the “good grazing land” shown below and also make it more like the classic grassland icon.  Again, please post a comment if you’re interested!

Below are the icons, just right-click them and save them to your computer: