FOA test

[n3tgraph]

looks like MS-paint paintbrush

[Vel]

It is Jasc PSP!
Here's it a little bit more updated

[Miez]

it doesn't look bad at all - very nice in fact. I'd blur the reflection a little more, and add some short horizontal lines on the water surface using the water color (where a wave or ripple reflects the sky instead of the landscape).

[Vel]

Here's the final picture.

[Miez]

Very nice! - maybe you should make the lines on the water that are close to the "camera" (near the bottom of the picture) somewhat longer than the ones near the top. That way you create some perspective: after all waves that are closer, look bigger.

[m0ds]

Looks good Vel, good luck. And yep, as Miez said, the tutorial will arrive as soon as the FoY site is back online. Which is supposedly soon (within the next week or two).

m0ds

[ratracer]

Vel, I also use Jasc PSP 7 and don't know how to do good water...

BUT, with PSP 3 I get good results with the brush (with wave patterns)...  

If you can get PSP3, you'll have your problem sorted IMO...

[Vel]

I  did the water that way:
I made a gradient with colors light and dark blue. I copied it into a new image, then reduced the color number to 5. I pasted it into the picture. i added the reflection with the textures from the landscape, but with low density and opacity. The I made a pattern with 6 hues of blue and added the lines.