Make a brush - Make a mandala

[oldmangrumpy]

Have not been here for a while and this one came from boredom ( )- created two paths then used Path Blend filter; moved the outcome, duplicated it and flipped horizontally and trimmed slightly from the centre. Ran GMIC filters Local Orientation and then Deformation Sphere and made a brush from the result. Used the brush with Tin Trans Mura Meister Copies filter a couple of times with differing input locations and iterations. Then added a final Zoom Blur and voila!

[leftyleo]

Looks great !
even thought i only followed bits and pieces of the explanation.
some of those steps used on brush and some after the mandala was done?
i have so much to learn
thank you for stoking my continued interest in GIMP

[teapot]

Unusual and intriguing OMG
Is the Path Blend filter the one by RobA mentioned here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19437&p=265051&hilit=path+blend#p265047
If so the link to his scripts isn't working

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[oldmangrumpy]

Teapot - Thanks, I love this Path Blend script. Now you can too; here it is below zipped.

[oldmangrumpy]

Another one.

[teapot]

Nice one OMG it looks like fine crochet.

Thank you very much for posting the path blend script It's going to take me practise but what a cool script. First try:

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[oldmangrumpy]

Teapot - excellent start with that script.

Now, mandala or tunnel?

[Ella]

Teapot, your mandala reminds me of a baking or pudding mould

OMG, a mandunnel then ?

[teapot]

Ella, Agreed, I thought it looks like a jelly mould

OMG, That's cool I'm saying tunnel, with the centre a door that rotates to open.

[leftyleo]

OMG - Looks like a tunnel ! [207]

Teapot's [206] came out great too

Now i have to experiment with that script

[oldmangrumpy]

Ella - nice one or perhaps a Tundala

Teapot and LeftyLeo - thanks for your comments too.

Still using the RMA_path_blend script to create a brush, then augmenting with other scripts/filters.

[teapot]

Wow OMG, clever use of your brush. I like the patterns you've created, makes me think of butterflies

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[Pat625]

WOW! Everyone has made such beautiful designs and mandalas! I need to get going again.

[oldmangrumpy]

Pat - good to see you back here; I look forward to you posting some work soon.

Another one from Path Blend using a gradient I made from a photo of geothermal flow in New Zealand.

[leftyleo]

Wow thats Incredible !
i am still not sure about how to use path blend.
On this last one you used only a gradient or intermediate path steps first?

[thank you]
James

[oldmangrumpy]

Leftyleo - thanks; I appreciate your comments. As for Path Blend, just keep experimenting with those paths shapes, they can be very simple.

The steps for creation of this mandala were -

1. Draw a path; duplicate that path and rotate it using the path bottom as a fixed axis.
2. Run Path Blend against those paths, using my custom built gradient.
3. Using the Path Blend output as the basic 'brush', run it against GMIC>Contours>Local Orientation>YIQ Luma (create new layer, do not overwrite).
4. Place the output GMIC layer below the Path Blend layer and set that Path Blend layer to Overlay/Grain Merge mode and merge it down.
5. Select new shape and edit >copy to turn it into a brush, available as required.
6. Selected an appropriate brush size, painted one layer and then used Mura Meister Copies script set to 8 copies.
7. Then created a circular selection, ran the gradient in Radial mode against the selection.
8. Ran the YIQ luma filter against the circular gradient layer and repeated step 4 for these two layers.
9. Placed that merged radial layer below those created in step 6.

And that's basically it.

[oldmangrumpy]

Another one created similarly to that in post #214, with anther custom gradient.

[teapot]

OMG, Your last two path blend mandalas are fantastic. Thanks for explaining how you made them. I gave it a try but found predicting what paths and gradients would make nice results tricky so have kept it simple.

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[oldmangrumpy]

Teapot - thanks a lot; appreciate your kind comments.

[teapot]

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