Using Tux's Environment Mapped Text Tutorial as a starting block created these backgrounds, the only things different to tutorial was the fact I set the lighting to directional and positioned to be shinning directly at the centre of the image, I also turned the intensity of the light down to 0.5, at the end ran a default selective gaussian blur.

Here is the four patterns I started with



All where mapped using the default gold gradient settings from the EnviroMap V1.3 Script by Tux and then colourised.

Those look excellent.

Nice he4rty

Very cool.

Nice to see the EnviroMap script be used for backgrounds. It can be used to create some interesting and colorful random patterns, as well.

Thanks for the Comments, tried another one but this time used the incandescent gradient for the enviromap.

WOW! Nice backgrounds.

wow, love the red one

Stunning effects. I love the red one!

Again thanks for the lovely comments, still playing, you might recognise the star from Peglegs tutorial. Anyways, done two versions one in a dark blue and the other in gold then masked out the stars from the blue version.



The squares and stars are actually alternating between concave and convex although it doesn't seem to show as well with the darker background, so here is a slightly lighter version

that is fantastic, he4rty !

I really love that top one, dark with the stars, good job.

Both are excellent but the black one is a real stand out for me.

Thanks peoples, I think this one might appeal to some more then others but ran a mapped object on the bump map prior to the light filter, made sure light settings in both matched as much as possible.

some kind of death star type thingy

All very nice

As you mentioned chocolate, couldn't resist. The bar was enviromapped but the foil worked better being displaced to the bump map, Although did use a medium grey lighting effect on overlay just to enhance shadows and such.

That Gimp Chat chocolate sure looks good, my favorite milk chocolate. What is the stuff in behind Wilbur? nice job

Looks really inviting He4rty

Ummmmm Chocolate. Looks real enough to eat.

he4rty: i don't know which one is more stunning! great job on all of them, and i love gimp chat's own chocolate .