a paisley of course

AnMal · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:06 pm **(#1)**

i don't have a single idea for my sister's birthday card, so instead i "waste" my time making paisleys. this one got hit by the rodilius filter and the result was really nice. i also multi-replicated it and made a seamless pattern.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

the single paisley is extremely nice

i demand a tutorial, presto !

fluffybunny · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:29 pm **(#3)**

@AnMal: You can never go wrong with a paisley.

I really like the simplicity and colours. Maybe you could release a whole range of paisley greeting cards

sallyanne · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:00 pm **(#4)**

Cool

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12536

Definitely another great result AnMal. I hope you were able to incorporate the design into your sister's b'day card.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Well that worked out well, very nice.

Erisian · **Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:15 am **(#7)**

Gorgeous use of colour and I particularly like the pattern. The rodilius filter works really well on this.

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:03 pm **(#8)**

The flowers are of course from the multi-replicate tool, i love playing with that one.
esper: thank you

! there really isn't anything there to write a tutorial on. it's a paisley made by putting a layermask on a really lovely picture of some spilt oil drops - they get fantastic colours and reflect a lot of light, that made the paisley both colourful and with nice natural highlights. i then ran the rodilius filter on the paisley and tried some layermodes on the rodilius layer, settling for one of my favourite combos: one overlay layer, then one normal layer both with opacity turned down a bit.

fluffybunny wrote:

@AnMal: You can never go wrong with a paisley.

yay!! thank you, fluffy!
sallyanne: thank you

- when will we see one of your paisley creations again?
lylejk: thanks!no, my sister isn't much for paisleys (awful, i know, but she is my sister so i can forgive her bad taste :hehe

), so she'll get something else on her card. this is just what i do when i should be working on that card...
he4rty: thank you, brother

!
I'll admit something rather shameful: i always get help printing so i know very little about it. i use 300ppi resolution, though, and i change paper after need and occasion. for my fake watercolour with the butterfly on it i will use aquarelle paper but if i have brughter colours i will use glossy paper - or matte, pearly paper, that's one of my favourites, nearly everything looks good on that.
erisian: thank you! yeah, i like that pattern too, and had a good time while i made it.

merrak · **Posted:** Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:29 am **(#9)**

They look electric - that's really cool!

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:16 pm **(#10)**

merrak: thank you

!

ek22 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:29 pm **(#11)**

I like the colors on these a lot. Very vibrant. I think a birthday card from the second image with the flowers would look lovely.