putting the coast together

You can try to use the ArtGen tool for that purpose. Not sure if it'll work on tiles though.

Also, you already know the file format specification for the Art format, so you could try to write your own bmp2art converter. Shouldn't be that hard.

 

Yeah I'll try your ArtGen. It should work on tiles, as long as they have exactly 1 orientation.

Here are some screenshots of art I made. People I asked said it wasn't that bad, it seems pretty average.

Concrete walls and sidewalk - http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images ... 6-orig.jpg
Sidewalk curb - http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images ... 5-orig.jpg
Window and windowsill - http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images ... 0-orig.jpg
Bookshelf - http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images ... 7-orig.jpg