The secrets on how to make artwork of the Sam/Jack ship family thread

[Aveo_amacus]

love it LJ what font did you use?

[Luvnjoe]

love it LJ what font did you use?

Fmiring Campotype one I just downloaded it the other day and this is the first time I've used it. Kinda like it!

[leiasky]

I have yet to figure out how to do a different border but I'll figure it out at some point when I have lots of time to devote to playing around with Photoshop.

[Luvnjoe]

I have yet to figure out how to do a different border but I'll figure it out at some point when I have lots of time to devote to playing around with Photoshop.

Yes, it takes a while. I've only just started playing with different borders and I've been gimping for...what...eight months now?

Oh, forgot to say, that pic of Jack is from Proving Ground.

[Aveo_amacus]

Thanks LJ!

I didn't download it *looks around*

[josiane]

Ohh and now lookit the festive goodies Love the sigs leiasky and Jasmina! And I think the calendar looks great, not too busy at all

[josiane]

(((((GimPS)))))

[hbt123]

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...christmas2.jpg

(((((GimPS)))))

Cuuuuuuuuuute!!! I love that picture of AT and RDA so much.

[Oma-1]

Nothing so great and cool as a movie (darn it!) In fact, it's nothing so great or cool at all...I almost trashed it

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...acksig1224.jpg

Nonononononono! LJ, you didn't nearly trash it at all...that was just the splashes of drool on your monitor




Challenge - I had two sitting on the fence votes, and one for keeping the current challenge for a 2nd week... so unless anyone wants to add more votes, I'm gonna rule on that one

And speaking of the challenge, I have another sig. I couldn't resist this one as soon as the idea popped into my head

[josiane]

Nice job Oma! I'm gonna ask a question which is going to make me sound really dumb (and reveal just how little of gimp I still know) - how did you get the text coloured like that? I've been trying for ages to figure it out

[Oma-1]

The easiest way is to do your text layer as normal, then apply a gradient over the top of it. You need to change the gradient to overlay or hard light or..well as long as it's not on normal cos then it'll change the whole layer instead of highlighting it.

On this one I used purple text and put a purple gradient (the one in the drop down box) over it 5 or 6 times set on overlay. Then I copied the text layer twice, set one to overlay and the other to burn.

I actually did the text using the glossy logo script fu. It's in the main tool box....I've closed Gimp down now and I can't remember the name of the menu....it's the one next to file anyway Then select Logo>Glossy. (If you have an older version of Gimp than I do, it'll be under Script-Fu>Logo>Glossy). I set text colour box to Purples, the shadow box to foreground to transparent (foreground colour was purple), set to 1. Then I ignore the rest of the settings and click okay Don't worry, it'll make sense when you see the tool box Then I did the gradients over the "Grow Me" layer of the text.

[josiane]

D'oh, a gradient, why didn't I think of trying that??
Thanks Oma!

[Rachel-Kree]

Hi GimPs !!! finally i catch up the thread !!!!

[bandcat]

WOW some great work from everyone

fainne thanks so much for the new tutorial will have a look at in a bit later

[Egle01]

Got another banner. And two more in the works.