Artwork for All - challenges, graphics, tutorials

[ladygris]

Thank you, Bay. I'll bookmark that for future reference.

[RodneyIsGodney]

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

Yeah, I'm always the forgotten one.

I noticed it enough to file away the link Thanks

Oh...

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.

That is exactly how I do it.

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

Ah. Okay.

Sorry guys. I'm not having a good day today. My emotions are all over the place. And everyone did a great job on the challenge this week.

[josiane]

Yay! So excited for our first tutorial week!

By the way, I'll save all the tutorials that are shared during the week here, if you want to find them without going back through the thread

[Jumble]

Yeah, I'm always the forgotten one.


Oh...

I forgot one of Sy's too, and she forgot to send me one of hers, so don't take it personally - blame it on my lack of brain cells

That is exactly how I do it.


Ah. Okay.

Sorry guys. I'm not having a good day today. My emotions are all over the place. And everyone did a great job on the challenge this week.

*hugs* We all have days like that

[ladygris]

Hey, everyone. I'm looking forward to all the tutorials this week.

This wallie was made with this tutorial by Jeyla4ever. It's not really an entry since it's not one of the tuts for this week, but I couldn't get it out of my head. And I tweaked it for my own evil purposes.

[Glitch33]

Awesome wp

[ladygris]

Thank you. I woke up today remembering it from my search for tuts and had to make it. Of course, it's Carson whereas the original was John/Teyla. But I'm incredibly satisfied.

[max_omega]

My art work....first time poster long time reader here.

[Glitch33]

I can't follow Tuts to save my life *shrugs* all my art is free range

[ladygris]

My art work....first time poster long time reader here.
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...eslen_time.jpg

What a wonderful first post here! Welcome to the thread!

I can't follow Tuts to save my life *shrugs* all my art is free range

I usually "free hand" my art, but I like using tutorials. I find the best textures that way.

[Glitch33]

Tried and failed to do so .... Don't have a long enough attention span

[ladygris]

Tried and failed to do so .... Don't have a long enough attention span

It really depends for me. I use GIMP, but I love using PS tutorials for stuff. I'm strange that way.

[Glitch33]

Yea I have ps but I'm terrible when it comes to following directions

[josiane]

Hey, everyone. I'm looking forward to all the tutorials this week.

This wallie was made with this tutorial by Jeyla4ever. It's not really an entry since it's not one of the tuts for this week, but I couldn't get it out of my head. And I tweaked it for my own evil purposes.

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j452/ladygris4700/Gimped%20Images/Carson/th_CarsonAngelsWallie.jpg

It counts as a tutorial shared Thanks!

My art work....first time poster long time reader here.
http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...eslen_time.jpg

Welcome! And lovely work! If you PM it to Jumble she can edit it into the challenge post

I can't follow Tuts to save my life *shrugs* all my art is free range

You don't need to follow tuts exactly step-by-step - often you can use one as a starting point, or to get ideas, and then go off at a bit of a tangent. That's what I usually end up doing, tbh If you make something either inspired by or following a tutorial which is shared this week then it counts for the Tutorial Week

Quick housekeeping type reminder
Please make sure that all art posted here is under 100KB in size. If it's over that, or a large piece like a wallpaper, then post it as a thumbnail. Apparently several of the entries to the Time challenge were oversize, and it's a pain for us to have to resize them down when we come to do the post. Plus you might get modded if you post something that's too large. If you're not sure how to reduce the filesize of your artwork, shout and we can tell you

Thanks everyone!

[max_omega]

What a wonderful first post here! Welcome to the thread!

I usually "free hand" my art, but I like using tutorials. I find the best textures that way.

Why thank you

Tried and failed to do so .... Don't have a long enough attention span

I am with you....or i wanna do something different half way through. I do like the texture one can get with them.