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The secrets on how to make artwork of the Sam/Jack ship family thread
If I understand it correctly, a 'fractal' is just another type of background or texture that has been computer generated.
The way I understand it, that picture isn't a fractal. A fractal is where colours are randomly swirled from one point in the picture and merged together. Such as this...
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or this
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But as for using them, I agree with you Jumble. I thought it was as simple as cutting out the bit of the pic you want to use, doing a bit of blending etc...
But then, I'm not as advanced as some of you guys, maybe I'm being blind
fractals are indeed used as textures, but I didn't manage to make them look good in my artworks yet But I didn't think of using only a small piece of them. I only tried using them as a whole picture.
Edit: oh and GimPerS I need your help. I am working on a signature request with RDA and amanda and i am looking for special pics of RDA. I'd like to have one from the Continuum premiere, where he smiles and just looks cute. I already have some from that premiere but they don't really fit my concept
The way I understand it, that picture isn't a fractal. A fractal is where colours are randomly swirled from one point in the picture and merged together. Such as this...
But as for using them, I agree with you Jumble. I thought it was as simple as cutting out the bit of the pic you want to use, doing a bit of blending etc...
But then, I'm not as advanced as some of you guys, maybe I'm being blind
Uh... that's what I thought too.
Fainne I love your Eureka Sig! (And I think you explained the show quite well )
Thanks guys! {{{HUGGLES ART THREAD}}} I went back and found I few that I *knew* where they were.
Off to Gimp.... (Because basic computer wallis.... well they aren't mine. )
Slidell and I are re-watching SG1. Why don't you join us? SGBFFF-SG1-Rewatchsigpic You want to read Torn written by Slidell Yes... yes you do.
Fainne I love your Eureka Sig! (And I think you explained the show quite well )
thanks I love the show, not only because there already starred 3 SG actors Michael Shanks, David Nykl and the one who played Perna in Poisening the Well :roll eyes:
I finished my request sig. finally was enlightened when I remembered that GW also has a real big gallery but better late than never.
so here are the sigs, I can't chose which one is better. what do you think?
The way I understand it, that picture isn't a fractal. A fractal is where colours are randomly swirled from one point in the picture and merged together. Such as this...
But as for using them, I agree with you Jumble. I thought it was as simple as cutting out the bit of the pic you want to use, doing a bit of blending etc...
But then, I'm not as advanced as some of you guys, maybe I'm being blind
I know it isn't, I was using it as an example but didn't explain myself very well
Basically I think the only things you have to 'load' into actual Gimp folders are brushes. Fonts go into the Windows>Font folder, and everything else you just put in your own folders and just File>open them in Gimp. After that you can do what the heck you like with them Experiment is the most important thing Oma taught me when I first started, and it still holds good now
Last edited by Jumble; 19 August 2008, 06:38 AM.
Reason: Too many 'actually's
thanks I love the show, not only because there already starred 3 SG actors Michael Shanks, David Nykl and the one who played Perna in Poisening the Well :roll eyes:
I finished my request sig. finally was enlightened when I remembered that GW also has a real big gallery but better late than never.
so here are the sigs, I can't chose which one is better. what do you think?
I know it isn't, I was using it as an example but didn't explain myself very well
Basically I think the only things you have to 'load' into actual Gimp folders are brushes. Fonts go into the Windows>Font folder, and everything else you just put in your own folders and just File>open them in Gimp. After that you can do what the heck you like with them Experiment is the most important thing Oma taught me when I first started, and it still holds good now
Thanks for clearing that up for me Jumbly *huggles*. I used that technique with this last sig ^ and it seems to work just fine.
See, I know what I mean, its getting out of my head and onto the keyboard so it makes sense to others that causes the problem
My feeling, Sarai, is that the pic on th right doesn't have the right colouring somehow The rest of the sig flows really well, but the green of Jack's jacket looks wrong and their faces have too much colour. Maybe if you made it a bit more transparent, or lightened it a bit?
See, I know what I mean, its getting out of my head and onto the keyboard so it makes sense to others that causes the problem
My feeling, Sarai, is that the pic on th right doesn't have the right colouring somehow The rest of the sig flows really well, but the green of Jack's jacket looks wrong and their faces have too much colour. Maybe if you made it a bit more transparent, or lightened it a bit?
Yeah I know what you mean, but to take down one side would mean I'd have to take down the other. Something like this....
to lower the brightness of the color you can also try it "my" way I duplicate the layer and change the top layer into black and white. then I change the transparency till it fits.
But I love your first attempt of grung anyway. really nice idea, especially the pic in the middle
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