Creatin Realistic Water In Photoshop For Fantasy RPGs

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Hiya guys! I’m developing a fantasy rpg similiar to WoW/Runescape. I’m both a programmer and a graphics artist, although I’m not really good at both but I’m learning. I have Photoshop CS on a Mac and I need help creating realistic water/river on a overhead view. Heres a link to my picture:

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As you can see, the river doesn’t really match with the rest of the background. I just recently game to learning digital painting so I’m still kinda new to this whole realistic graphics thing. Can you guys give me some good tutorials/advice on creating a realistic river? I would really appreciate it.

PS: It would really help if you can post some links to tutorials too. I already surfed the net, and most of the tutorials suck -_-.

All graphics are made by me.*

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Try to and some light sand and some rocks between the water and the grass to let it look more realistic. Maybe add some noise to the water.

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You also have conflicting shadows on your trees? right now :stuck_out_tongue:

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ya thanks for the tips guys I’ll do that.