Metal Ring or Sphere

[alc59]

Thanks O i'll try Writer
@Drac

[K1TesseraEna]

@ he4rty

Great job! Would love to see a tut on your gorgeous ring! Is it possible?

[Draconian]

Thanks O i'll try Writer
@Drac

OK, You know I gotta ask how you did that one. That's sweet!

[alc59]

I duplicated my band layer and filled the dup with a gold gradient, added the text -flip the text vertically- merge
hid one of the layers and ran the map object on the visible/selected layer, then hid the other one and ran it on that layer
then used the eraser on the text band so the other layer would show through
edit: the text needs to be off to the left (was just headed out the door when i saw your post, so i wrote this in a hurry)

[K1TesseraEna]

Ha, yesterday tried The Lord of the Rings and used the same pattern and inscription I'd found on the net. Good thing I didn't post it here, it wasn't anywhere as good as yours, alc!

[Draconian]

Thanks alc59!

[AnMal]

wow, this is an awesome thread - definitely my favourite thread on gimp chat right now ! i love what you've all been doing here, so i came in to hand out some stars.

the gimp metal star award goes to:

alc59 - for posting the tutorial that started it all
sir draconian - for that lovely ring with all the glittery stones in it - strange how well that would match a tiara i know, hint hint
lylejk - for a ring with a perfectly lovely texture to it - i'd love to have that texture on some real metal, probably not gold, but it would be a dream on silver.
mike - for a daring design . probably a nice birthday gift for a masochist....
he4rty - because that's billy boyd i see!!!

congratulations to all the award winners, kindly keep your thank you speeches under thirty minutes.

[molly]

Nice star AnMal.

[he4rty]

K1TesseraEna - the ring was created pretty much the same way as alc described expect I used the logo to alpha glowing hot script and some other tweaks that I can't recall to get the glow.

[Draconian]

AnMal you are a certified nutcase. I really like that about you.

Seriously, you are a real breath of fresh air sometimes. An offering for m'lady

[Esper]

i did this tutorial before, but i cant remember the adress

i was for two wedding rings, engraved with names on the inside and the rings were connected

[AnMal]

molly: thank ya . just drew a shape and used a gradient. i love your new signature!
draconian: certified nutcase?!

i have a list of tutorials to try out and it's now about the length of an average basket ball player. i did manage to get this one done today, though - anything to make jewellery !

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[he4rty]

AnMal - Love the ring with jewel.

[molly]

Very cool AnMal

Thank you for sharing your tute alc.

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[alc59]

These are all great
Tried it with some text

[DebiDalio]

Awesome looking sphere. I'm going to have to try your tutorial. Thanks!

[Esper]

mmmh alc, those hex-mesh letters are delicious !

[Oregonian]

Fun tutorial!

[2-ton]

The ball is amazing

[molly]

These are all great
Tried it with some text

amazing alc