GIMP Chat Banner Challenge

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:37 am **(#381)**

The Warrior wrote:

Is there 40 yet? Too lazy to count.

27 banners in the list.

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

Odinbc wrote:

The Warrior wrote:

Is there 40 yet? Too lazy to count.

27 banners in the list.

Plus the new ones that haven't been used yet. I count 38 total. I think at least one of those wasn't finished yet though.

paynekj · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:25 pm **(#383)**

Here's my POVRay rendered banner:

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It started in GIMP as two separate files with the text in them and I used my POVRay scene file generating script. Merged the two resulting scene files, then rendered it. Finally I tweaked the render in GIMP, adding the drop shadow.

Kevin

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I love it Kevin.

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:55 pm **(#385)**

paynekj wrote:

Here's my POVRay rendered banner:
It started in GIMP as two separate files with the text in them and I used my POVRay scene file generating script. Merged the two resulting scene files, then rendered it. Finally I tweaked the render in GIMP, adding the drop shadow.

Kevin

Very organic looking. :bigthup

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:57 pm **(#386)**

A new GC banner 'The Aviator'...

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

That looks awesome Wallace.

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:26 pm **(#388)**

The Warrior wrote:

That looks awesome Wallace.

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

Not sure what we're up to count wise now, but I made another.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:41 pm **(#390)**

another very well executed and very clever banner!

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

2-ton wrote:

another very well executed and very clever banner!

Thanks man, appreciate it. The ribbon around the bar was quite a pain.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:53 pm **(#392)**

The ribbon is my favorite part!

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

2-ton wrote:

The ribbon is my favorite part!

Mine too. I came up with the idea a few days ago, decided to give it a whirl.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:48 pm **(#394)**

Thanks for all the cool new banners!!

I think I can pull together 40 so I'll have something up soon!

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

GnuTux wrote:

Thanks for all the cool new banners!!

I think I can pull together 40 so I'll have something up soon!

Awesome.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I love it. I guess that ribbon would be a pain..did you use the bezier pen tool to do that.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:48 am **(#397)**

The ribbon banner is cool. I like the way it wraps around the divider. Very creative!

All the new banners are up. 40 total, rotating every 3 minutes.

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

Thanks. You're not gonna believe how I did the ribbon, haha. I have some brushes that look like stitching. I made a set, lining it up end to end, shrunk the height of it to be slightly larger than the bar, then erased the parts I didn't want. I'm sure there would have been an easier way of doing it, but that's all I could come up with. Here's the stitching I used to start with:

Click above in the bare spot to see it.

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

Dang, who made this one? Didn't see it here. It's exceptional:

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

The Warrior wrote:

Thanks. You're not gonna believe how I did the ribbon, haha. I have some brushes that look like stitching. I made a set, lining it up end to end, shrunk the height of it to be slightly larger than the bar, then erased the parts I didn't want. I'm sure there would have been an easier way of doing it, but that's all I could come up with. Here's the stitching I used to start with:

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Click above in the bare spot to see it.

Wow that is very cool. I must try it. BTW, how did you make that clickable thing transparent?