Artwork for All - challenges, graphics, tutorials

[Jumble]

Challenge Week Four
Time

Make a piece of art inspired by the idea of 'time'.

How you interpret this though is entirely up to you! You could try to convey the notion of time,
of the past or future, use a time-related quote or texture/stock image...
whatever it makes you think of.

No restrictions on size/pictures/text, and it goes without saying, use any content/fandom you like.

DeliRicia







SeNedra



Djgirl



Josiane



Jumble







LadyGalaxyJ



Madness reigns





Maneth



RiG


(click for bigger)

Syfyfan





max_omega



Continued………

[Jumble]

Ladygris













Syfyfan







Yamiinsane















Bailey



GracefulSpirit



ShaViva (both over 100kb, so click for bigger)

[maneth]

You're welcome

[ladygris]

Wow. I didn't realize how many entries into Time there was!

[maneth]

Wow indeed! Thanks for posting Jumble!

[RodneyIsGodney]

Since no one noticed it the first time I posted it , here it is again...

This is a link to a site I found with 70 Gimp Tutorials for anyone who wants to take a gander...

Enhance your design skills here!


I think my last post might have gotten lost among the others that followed. Story of my life.


I'll have to try stroking sometime. Thank you Maneth for the explanation. Now I know two ways to give text a border.

[Jumble]

Wow. I didn't realize how many entries into Time there was!

I know, you don't realise when they're posted sporadically through the week, but when they're all together like that - Awesome!!

Wow indeed! Thanks for posting Jumble!

You're welcome

Where's my entry? I PM'd it this morning.

Way ahead of you - realised it was missing and popped it in Sorry

Since no one noticed it the first time I posted it , here it is again...

This is a link to a site I found with 70 Gimp Tutorials for anyone who wants to take a gander...

Enhance your design skills here!


I think my last post might have gotten lost among the others that followed. Story of my life.


I'll have to try stroking sometime. Thank you Maneth for the explanation. Now I know two ways to give text a border.

I noticed it enough to file away the link Thanks

[syfyfan]

Beautiful entries everyone!

Jumble, I'm not sure if I send you those two...sorry

Spoiler:

[bailey1ak]

There were so many and they are all so beautiful.

[Rocket_Scientist]

Wonderful art everyone! I didn't have time (ironically enough) to do the challenge this week, but I'm really enjoying looking at everyone else's take on the challenge!

[Glitch33]

All the arts are gorgeous

[Jumble]

Beautiful entries everyone!

Jumble, I'm not sure if I send you those two...sorry

Spoiler:

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...rall-ch4-2.jpg

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...rall-ch4-1.jpg

I've added them

[bailey1ak]

Okay, explain the Stroke effect. I know it's a PS effect, but I might be able to duplicate it in GIMP.

Sorry this took a moment. The tut Jade gave us also taught how to create a brush and other things as well so I had to create my own instructions.

So this is how I create a border/glow/halo with text... have also used it for lines, borders and images. Experimenting with the original tut is how I figured out the text part.

For Gimp

Spoiler:

Right click on your text layer and in that menu pick Alpha to Selection – this will put a dotted line around your words.

From Select at the top of the page (it goes – File, Edit, Select across the top) pick Grow… I usually grow by 1 or 2

From the top of the page pick Layer – New Layer. (make sure you have it set for Transparency)

Move the new transparent layer below the text layer and make sure it is your selected (highlighted) layer.

Now I pick the paint brush and pick the largest circle (and I tend to push it up to a 10.0 for good measure) Make sure that the color is set to be the color you want.

Paint your text and as you do you will see it outline your text in the color you selected.

When done painting, from the Select menu at the top of the page again, pick None.

Now your text has an outline. If you want to have it be blurred or have the glow/halo effect then…

From the Filters menu at the top of the page pick Blur, Gaussian blur. I typically .change the values to 10px for both Horizontal and vertical fields.

Just ask if you have any questions.

[josiane]

Gorgeous challenge entries! Well done everyone!

RiG, I've got the link - it's saved on the thread's delicious page now too

[Jumble]

Beautiful banner by Josiane

Tutorial Week One

This week is a Tutorial Week. For the first week every month, we don’t issue a challenge, but instead want to encourage thread participants to share their expertise and try something new, using tutorials.

This is how it works:

1. Share a tutorial: Write a tutorial for a piece of art you have made recently, or post a piece of art you have made with the link to the tutorial you followed when you made it.

2. Follow a tutorial: Use one (or more) of the tutorials that other thread members have shared during the week to make a piece of art of your own.

The idea is that we should both teach something and learn something throughout the week It’s not obligatory to do both, if you’re limited for time, but we’d like to encourage you to please both share and follow at least one tutorial if at all possible.

At the end of the week we will post all the tutorials along with any art made following each tutorial, so that we can see all the different interpretations all together.

Please PM your entries
(both your original tutorial and any art you make following a tutorial this week)
to Josiane

As this is the first time we’ve done this, we’ve put together some FAQs for you all which hopefully will clarify things and answer any questions you may have.

(spoilered for length)

Spoiler:

FAQs:
- What if I don’t feel I have enough expertise to write a tutorial? Or I’m only a beginner, what can I teach anyone?
Everyone, no matter how long you’ve been artworking or what program you use, will know something that someone else doesn’t. There will be one function you’ve tried that other people haven’t even looked at, or one button you’ve pressed that no-one else has. And even if not, one of the most interesting things about tutorials is seeing how other people have done things. Of course, if you’re really a newbie at this, and haven’t made anything much at all yet, then don’t feel put off from participating just because you don’t have a tutorial to share. Try some of the tutorials other people share, and you never know, next month you might be able to write one of your own

- I’ve never written a tutorial before and don’t really know how. Any tips?
There’s no set way to write a tutorial. It can be as long or short as you like, complicated or straightforward, serious or light-hearted. If you’re not sure where to start, open up the .PSD or .XCF file (or equivalent) and then work your way through the layers - that’s usually a good way to remind yourself what you did at each point, even if when you did it originally you were just fiddling until you got something you like! And if all else fails and you have to just gloss over a step and say you’re not really sure quite how you did something at one point, don’t worry about it! There’ll be plenty of useful stuff in the rest of the tut regardless! If you’re still uncertain, wait a few days and get some tips from the tutorials other people share. Or just share a tutorial you followed that was written by someone else

- Do I have to follow a tutorial exactly, or can I use it as a starting point and then go my own way?
To meet the criteria for the challenge of the tutorial week, your art must have come from a tutorial posted during the week, but whether you follow the tutorial to the letter, or adapt it and go off on a tangent is entirely up to you!

- Anything else?
When writing your tutorial, please include links to any textures/brushes you use, and specify which program you are writing the tutorial for, so that if anyone is using a different program they are aware that they may need to adapt it as they go along.

If you’re still uncertain, or have any other questions, please feel free to ask!