Glass & metal ornaments & effects

[2-ton]

Those are nice, Wallace. How does one go about making a glassy map?

[Wallace]

Those are nice, Wallace.
How does one go about making a glassy map?

Some of the maps I made were taken for images I found doing a google search.
Some are from images of gems and others are of colored glass.

I usually scale the image into an even square, if needed.
Then us the select tool to select the map I want for the image.
Adding an alpha channel to the image and removing the outer portion of the image.
Then save the orb as a .png image.

There's also a script called Globe View, that can make images to be used as e-maps.
There's also an Environment Rendering script that can create maps from gradients.

With the Globe View script,
you can use any photo to make an e-map form.

If you're looking to make glass e-maps,
you will need to create images, or use images with very contrasting colors, with well defined highlights.

[oldmangrumpy]

Anmal - thank you .... you do realise that you are leading me astray

2-ton - any time!

Wallace - could not get your maps to display (GIMP CHAT has been very slow this week) but I downloaded them anyway.

[Wallace]

Wallace[/color] - could not get your maps to display (GIMP CHAT has been very slow this week) but I downloaded them anyway.

What do you mean by "Display", there's nothing to display with an attachment, you just download them.?

[dinasset]

nice glass e-map

to-Wallace.png (252.4 KiB) Viewed 3836 times

[Wallace]

nice glass e-map

to-Wallace.png

[oldmangrumpy]

Wallace - the thread just hung on your post with the image just showing the top of the spheres; I tried to view it a half dozen times with the same result - so I just downloaded the file from the link which was visible.

Whatever, i used the e-maps and they are excellent, so thanks for posting them.

[Pat625]

I thought I would try a glass ornament. This forum is fun andaddictive!!!!

glass star.jpg (1.6 MiB) Viewed 3793 times

[oldmangrumpy]

Pat625 - excellent outcome Pat and welcome to 'glass ornaments anonymous'

[Wallace]

Pat625 - excellent outcome Pat and welcome to 'glass ornaments anonymous'

I agree!

[Pat625]

Wallace & OMG: Thank you for the compliments! It's great to be a member of the group!!!

[Wallace]

Wallace & OMG: Thank you for the compliments! It's great to be a member of the group!!!

You're welcome.

[oldmangrumpy]

OK so yes I said no more posts to this thread

But with Wallace providing some new glass emaps, blame him or Pat or Anmal or even Ofnuts whose path decoration tool I was using for these images or anybody

And yes I realise that these are not even ornaments but something perhaps from a dream sequence ...

[Wallace]

OK so yes I said no more posts to this thread

But with Wallace providing some new glass emaps, blame him or Pat or Anmal or even Ofnuts whose path decoration tool I was using for these images or anybody

And yes I realise that these are not even ornaments but something perhaps from a dream sequence ...

I must say...
You're one heck of a creative glass making Aussie beaver, if there is such a thing.

[AnMal]

pat625: nice glass ornament! will there be more glass paisleys over in the paisley thread now, perhaps?
oldmangrumpy: ooooohhhhh!!! that's glass poetry that is! feel free to blame me for that

You're one heck of a creative glass making Aussie beaver, if there is such a thing.

my imagination works in pictures, and i see this little critter before me now, working away at his kiln in the outback...

[Pat625]

Thank you AnMal. Right now I am trying to think of something I can do that is a little different!

[Wallace]

You're one heck of a creative glass making Aussie beaver,
if there is such a thing.

my imagination works in pictures, and i see this little critter before me now,
working away at his kiln in the outback...

[oldmangrumpy]

Thought I would try to create some glass mandala images from scratch for Wallace's old 'BRL mandala' thread, but I'm not sure if they actually conform to true 'mandala type', so here they are under glass ornaments'





... and this one, certainly does not; I got diverted somewhere in the workflow ...

[Pat625]

OMG: Your creations are beautiful, as always!

[sallyanne]

You're one heck of a creative glass making Aussie beaver,
if there is such a thing.

Sorry Wallace there's no beavers in Australia. I think the closest thing to a beaver would be the platypus. Maybe a busy bee or as busy as an ant?
OMG is definitely creative though.

@ OMG they are beautiful mandalas.