!!.:GIMP~art:.!! (Bandwidth Warning)

[Hitboxx]

GIMP is really awesome and I'm messing with it for some days now and learning everything I possibly can. Hopefully I will post some real neat professional works (ofc with my watermark) here as I go along. Please share your GIMPart in this thread.

Starting Samples:

[drgrudge]

Looks cool! Hopefully this should inspire people to use Gimp than using pirated Photoshop. Why not start off by posting some tuts? One of it should be: "How to remove the watermarks using GIMP".

[The Unknown]

Whoa! what images! Cool dude. Keep it up.

@drgrudge,

nice idea. This is another way to promote Open Source Software.

[MetalheadGautham]

I hope you give link to a decent GIMP tutorial. I got screwed by GIMP to an extent that I swore never to use it again.

[Dark Star]

Nice work .. Do post a beginner tut _ Can yu tell me how to make image sides curved using Gimp and how to make a image with withe turn to transparent bsae like in png pics?

[Hitboxx]

FUNNY RUBBER PIPES: (..for the lack of a better name ..)

I was playing around in GIMP 2.4 yesterday and I found something funny. Try it yourself.


1) Create a new file with your desired size ( i did 420x300) and fill it with Black.

2) Select the pen tool and create some curves as you feel like. (..for the following effect, I used 2 different sized brushes of colors green and white. First using the pen tool, mark a curve, then select the larger brush(green) and go to Edit > Stroke Path > Stroke with a paint tool and hit Stroke. Then Gaussian blurred the same with a value of 8. Finally select the smaller brush(white) and repeat the same except the blur.)

3) Create a new layer filled with Black on top of the current layer and put it in Dodge mode. Then select the Gradient tool with type as FG to Transparent and shape Radial. Draw it in the fashion so it appears in alternating depths as in the fig,.(.ie., draw in steps and leave small gaps in between.)**

4) Then go to Colors > Curves and draw a desired curve until you get the pipe effect

5) Finally go to Colors > Levels and squeeze the black and white values together until you get the final effect.

FINAL RESULT

Play around the settings more and you can get some very cool effects. I think we can design those DNA effects using the same technique.

(..**All the tweaking is done on the Dodge layer..)

[The Unknown]

what an artist you are dude. good work!

[praka123]

u can definitely do a gimp tut for us

[nvidia]

^^+1
Please post a tutorial about the basics of GIMP

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by nvidia8800

^^+1
Please post a tutorial about the basics of GIMP

I think u hv started using Linux ? Why don't you experiment with GIMP ? GIMP is bundled with most popular Distros like Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.

[Hitboxx]

Sorry, I'm definitely under-qualified to do a tut on GIMP basics. GIMP is as vast as Photoshop if not more. But I do intend to add in more tricks here as I go along and expect other GIMP lovers to do the same.

However, there are alternatives around,

1) Get into your package manager and install grokking-the-gimp. Create a launcher for its index.html which is in /usr/share/doc/grokking-the-gimp on your desktop.

2) Learn from online sites like www.gimp-tutorials.net and www.gimp-tutorials.com etc (..google for more..)

I'm doing the same too.

[Hitboxx]

SPRAWLING NIGHT SKY:

A rough simple night sky done using brush and lighting effects.

[The Unknown]

dude you such a good artist! i think u sell these and earn money!

[Dark Star]

Originally Posted by Dark Star

Nice work .. Do post a beginner tut _ Can you tell me how to make image sides curved using Gimp and how to make a image with withe turn to transparent base like in png pics?

Stop waving your head and please answer my question.. Awesome word again

[Hitboxx]

Hehe., nah, still in experimental stages, need to learn a lot, just hitting the nails right, that's all!

And sell my art for money, nevaah!

Originally Posted by Dark Star

Stop waving your head and please answer my question.. Awesome word again

Well., actually I'm not completely understanding you, if you can specify with an example or a screenie, it might help.

[Dark Star]

http://www.taimila.com/?q=node/3 | http://www.taimila.com/?q=node/6 Check images here

[Hitboxx]

Ok, open the image, do a Select all (Ctrl+A), go to Select menu > Rounded Rectangle and give a radius of say 10. Then do an Inverse (Ctrl+I) and hit Delete. Finally Deselect it (Ctrl+Shift+A) and you will have your rounded edge image.

Note that image is still square, its border pixels is shaded off from the rest of the image and on a white background web page, it appears rounded. Put on a dark background and you will see it as a square image.

[Dark Star]

Thanks it worked ! Any way to make it look round in dark background Also how to provide shadow to the image and how to give refection at the base ? Like Mirror Images ?

[Hitboxx]

For a dark background, do the same until Delete. Before deselecting, go to Edit > Fill with FG/BG color depending on the color value in the palette. Make the color same as the dark background.

For reflection, duplicate the image, flip it, scale if necessary, reduce the opacity, apply some blur and if desired add some water effect like ripple etc.

[Dark Star]

For reflection, duplicate the image, flip it, scale if necessary, reduce the opacity, apply some blur and if desired add some water effect like ripple etc.

Buddy please be more clear I have never used Gimp/PS except cropping and scaling Images I know nothing abt Gimp/PS and what about shadow

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx

And sell my art for money, nevaah!

Why ?

[Hitboxx]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

Buddy please be more clear I have never used Gimp/PS except cropping and scaling Images I know nothing abt Gimp/PS and what about shadow

Ok I'll post a small tut for reflection with an example later on, now I have to go.

Originally Posted by The Unknown

Why ?

Well, I was kidding then, but I don't consider graphics on computers as art, dunno but I just can't seem to come to terms with it, art is something physical, emotional and very verbal. CGI is boring IMHO

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx

Ok I'll post a small tut for reflection with an example later on, now I have to go.


Well, I was kidding then, but I don't consider graphics on computers as art, dunno but I just can't seem to come to terms with it, art is something physical, emotional and very verbal. CGI is boring IMHO

whats that CGI u mentioned ? do u mean Common Gateway Interface ?

BTW, if i was in ur place, i wud make a 100 wallpapers like this and sell them as packages costing $15

[Hitboxx]

REFLECTION & SHADOW:

It's a very straight forward manual effect. I have made 2 copies of the same text on 2 separate layers as above.

For Reflection, duplicate the text layer using the 4th icon from the bottom left in the channel box, move it using Move tool(M) to where you want it, modify it by applying some Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur, flip it horizontally by using Tools > Transform Tools > Flip (Shift+F) and click while holding Ctrl.

For Shadow, do the same except Flip while reducing the Opacity using the channel box. You may change to a desired color in both the effects as needed. Also try some nice intermediate effects between layers like ripple or clouds(all available in Filters).

GIMP however lacks direct layer effects(as in PS) like drop shadow, bevel, emboss etc but this can be installed using FX-Foundry script package from Gimp-tutorials.net. To install, unzip the downloaded files(.scm) into your /home/user/.gimp-2.4/scripts/ directory and restart GIMP.

[Dark Star]

^^ Thanks : ) But I meant shadow of the image not text

[Faun]

cloudy night is artistic,

[Hitboxx]

Yeah, I've better myself, FEEL IT

[The Unknown]

Who is vladimir_sukhov@yahoo.com ?

[Hitboxx]

Originally Posted by The Unknown

Who is vladimir_sukhov@yahoo.com ?

Who do ya think? ofc ME

[mad1231moody]

Well certainly a thread that needs to be bookmarked. Friend the "Feel the Gimp" pic is awesome. You are getting better by the day. For every pic u post try and write a tut if possible