Ran the delaunay on the top layer set to difference and merged for starters, but then I went wack with it (just remember; you asked what I would do; lol). Also, I do like sparkles.

Trying your Style, Lyle.

Now I do like that one Issabella.

Nice tree. Issabella. You really got that crystal look.

Lyle: Still trying to get the effect. I did the initial engrave on top layer, Delaunay on both, top to difference, merge, equalize. Then some play with contrast, brightness, gradient mapping, and lens flare. Do you often run Delaunay a second time?

No; I do like using the Metallic Something gradient preset and dup overlay as well as Artshop's Iridescent filter (works fine via PSPI). Of course blending it all to taste.

http://www.thedigitalartshop.com/filter ... ug-in.html

Lyle and Pat, thank you for your comments.
Lyle, I was thinking of this sculpture in crystal and as you are a master in it. Can this be done in GIMP? It can be a huge challenge.

good challenge indeed!

Uh; possibly if you can convert a person to a truss (wireframe) first and adjust the width of the frame before Delauney step, then maybe. Might try later.

Here's what I got so far. Again, if I had a real wireframe, I think I can get a better result, but how do you easily convert a person to a wireframe? That's the $100 question. lol

Anyway, took my droste flower (petunia from a few years back) and used Delauney to create wire frame of sorts, then did a lot of magical things (i.e., will have to re-invent the wheel if I try this again; lol). to get this result and it may not be what you want.

Issabella and Lyle - I am so impressed with the crystal results from both of you.

I must be missing something obvious in the workflow somewhere, as I have tried several times to do this crystal thing but the results were awful each time.

So I will obviously have to trawl back through this thread and work out the correct way to do it.

Had to use a blending of Isophotes, Local Orientation, and and Gradient Norm to get the tubes right (various layer properties). Not ready for prime time though. Straight Crystal is much more rote.

Lyle, I'm sorry to open such a hard challenge. But if someone can do it , you are.
OMG, I'm sure you will try it too. Many minds thinking altogether can create something nice, sure.

OK Isabella. This is getting a bit closer. Did not use the Delauney crystal for this though; used Gradient Norm for the glass step. Basically, I took this texture (two different resizing; one for front and the other for rear) and displaced mapped (both textures) with reference image and cut out the parts I didn't want. Metallic Something gradient colorized as well. Also did, on the reference, fake smudge, dup, and bilateral smoothing (setting the top to grain extract then merged the two layers) for a Convolution layer which I set to grain merge on my meshed result. This step gets the doll face back. lol

Still a work in progress. Could use any texture for the mesh; this one looked closest to the image that you posted.

ref: http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/seve ... 107-03.jpg

Lyle, I knew you would get it. You got a very nice result Lyle!!! Your steps are difficult for me but I'll try it.

Looking at your reference, I could process the hair separately too to get that look. Now, it's nearly 4am (and I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow; getting my lotto ticket. lol), so now going to hopefully get a few more hours shut-eye. Good night.

OK; created the attached texture and, with some additional image jujitsu, got the result shown.

ref: http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/sixt ... 06-018.jpg

Love that glass grid, Lyle. And that image is beautiful! By the way, glass guru, how do you acquire "image jujitsu"?

To make your pattern, did you start with hexagons and then engrave?

Nope; just took this texture and ran Graechan's Plastic or Glass Script-fu on it. lol

Lyle,
I see your progress, but remembering your first post on the subject:
-don't you think that the creation of 3d wireframe objects could be a challenge for David (G'MIC)?
So that one can more easily start from such a transformed object...

Lyle, great steps forward in your results. I love the results you have already got in short time. GOOD!!!