so my gear induced headache has given birth to stars
(original thread, here: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5276)

just make a square canvas, draw a rectangular selection from the center (use some guides)
turn the selection into a path
then in the path tab, duplicate the path and rotate it by 30°
do this several times til you get a flowery star

then merge the paths with a rightclick

filling this shape or stroking the path on several layers and playing with layermodes gives you these babies


for those who want to try it without making the paths, i attached the .svg file

esper: hey, thank you brother! those stars are delicious, every one of them! i'll have to try this, and i'll take the long way and make them from scratch with your instructions .

and a pattern



EDIT:
psychedelic warfare

its all Draconians fault

You're a star Esper - an absolute star!

esper: i love that pattern!

Nice idea, do like the images you've posted.

oh this was addictive! first i just did some simple ones, like this:

then i experimented a little bit more, here's what happened when i used a radial gradient overlay, duplicated the flower and blurred the top one, then set down the opacity. i love this, it looks like a pattern i saw on a paper bag from a florist's when i was a kid and have never forgot:

and then this really delicious thing that happened when i used red edges instead of black, duplicated and gave one of the layers a radial motion blur:

Mutations

esper indeed! and it carries my name - i'm very honoured . now tell how you made that or face the consequences, brother!

Now that is sweet Esper. I gotta go make metal....

Here ya go, kiddo.

Now look what you started. I have way too many things to do today and I can't stop playing with this.

draconian: to this flower too! it's like something i'd love to wear in a necklace, a flower made of scrap metal.

OK, that's it. I have succumbed to my ego. Thanks to Esper's new tool, and following his example, my next metal creation will be called "AnMal Metal".

Thank you!

took your pink creation and wanted to have the ends as spikes, so i modified the path

changed the color

the path is attached in my last post

draconian: AnMal metal - a very sensible name. wise decision.
esper: i could see it was derived from mine somehow, just had no idea how - and i completely missed that attachment .

plus a few more wows. (There was a limit on how many smilies I can use)

attached the xcf

esper: that's very helpful, thanks !
erisian: you mean a "real" limit or just a psychological one? exactly how many smilies are we allowed if it was a real limit?