Make a brush - Make a mandala

[Wallace]

Very feathery Wallace.

[oldmangrumpy]

Wallace and Sallyanne - thank you; I'm playing with portraits still but they are taking longer these days so in the meantime here is another quick brush mandala.

[oldmangrumpy]

Another brush, another mandala.

[AngelaHanley]

Ok, these are all so beautiful that I want to learn to make them too. I can create a brush but what are you all using to make the mandala? I feel so silly for asking.

[AngelaHanley]

I tried to figure out how you all make your mandala images from the brush. This is what I came up with but they don't come close to what the other member's are creating. I need to know how I make the mandala once I place my brush on a transparent layer.

[oldmangrumpy]

Angela - glad you like these pics!

I use three different methods to create these mandalas with the brushes I make:

1.By hand using the brush then successively duplicating the layer(s) and rotating them
2. A script by TIn Tran called Mura Meister Copies - which also duplicates and rotates a layer
3 I also use the GIMP native option Symmetry Painting>Mandala

In some cases I 'create new from visible' then 'flip' it horizontally and in most cases I then add some extra touches through filters or whatever.

Hope this helps you; if you need any further info please just ask

[AngelaHanley]

Angela - glad you like these pics!

I use three different methods to create these mandalas with the brushes I make:

1.By hand using the brush then successively duplicating the layer(s) and rotating them
2. A script by TIn Tran called Mura Meister Copies - which also duplicates and rotates a layer
3 I also use the GIMP native option Symmetry Painting>Mandala

In some cases I 'create new from visible' then 'flip' it horizontally and in most cases I then add some extra touches through filters or whatever.

Hope this helps you; if you need any further info please just ask

Thank you so much! Your info is very helpful. BTW, I don't think you're grumpy at all

[oldmangrumpy]

Angela - I'm grumpy by name but not by nature.

[Pat625]

Beautiful and creative as always!

[sallyanne]

Beautiful mandellas recently

[leftyleo]

[[ edit -- i want back a bit to 216 and there is help there for making brushes -- thank you OMG ]]


Making brushes is a bit difficult for me
i understand the copy that makes it a brush
but making the elegant shapes that OldManGrumpy makes
looks super complicated.
I thought there was a function / script / tool to make steps between
two selections or paths or something.

The search will continue and i will keep trying
-- Thats where the real magic and fun happens --

[oldmangrumpy]

leftyleo - just a couple of comments; I probably use the 'brush' more like a stamp, then add additional features with scripts/plugins. Also yes there are a couple of filters/scripts that create paths between paths. They can be used to make a brush or make a mandala itself. Just let the creative thoughts flow.

[leftyleo]

AH - like a stamp - now that makes sense
I should not think as much of the final direction
as much as just make a 'stamp' and see where it takes me

and i love the potential craziness of the brush in #243
now that is intriguing.
thank you

[oldmangrumpy]

I am supposed to be doing portraits, but these mandalas are quick and addictive.

[oldmangrumpy]

@ LeftyLeo - this brush was made using 'lines between paths' script.

[Pat625]

Beautiful, just beautiful! You have so much creativity and skills!

[oldmangrumpy]

Thanks Pat; appreciate your kind comments.

[oldmangrumpy]

Here is one where I used a brush that I had previously used in this thread. This time though, I applied some of my own brush dynamics to achieve the result, then added some GMIC filtering.

[oldmangrumpy]

Given the recent references to 'Gimp fractals' elsewhere in the forum, I had a play, also using one of my own gradients.

[oldmangrumpy]

Another Gimp fractal based brush/mandala.