Chris`s Gimpworks

Chris F · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:18 am **(#1)**

Hey all!
I would like show you some of my new and older works using GIMP.
I love it to turn photos into painting-like arts. G`MIC and Gimpressionist are great for that!
Some works based on my on custom brushes. You can find it on Deviantart.
(hope this post is not too long)

Chris F · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:21 am **(#2)**

Part two, cause i can not post my links to my webspace....again. :roll:

Chris F · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:34 am **(#3)**

...and here three text effects:
(yes, the candy text tutorial is from me)

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:32 am **(#4)**

Hi Chris. You've done some beautiful work there. I particularly like the fake paintings.

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

Very nice work Chris. They are all very creative.

AnMal · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:52 am **(#6)**

chris f:

- i'm stunned. those are lovely fake paintings! i love that they're all so different, you've used the right technique for the right picture, i think. i love that glass text too - tutorial?

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

Hi ChrisF,

you are german too ?

my favorites are the Jimi Hendrix piece and the GlassText !
The colors against the black are very cool !

Is there a tutorial for the latter one somewehere ?

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Very nice work on the fake paintings and I really like the text effects too would also be interested on how the glass look was achieved.

steeno · **Joined:** Nov 28, 2012 **Posts:** 85 **Location:** France

Esper has been more faster than me :bigthup

, but I would like to say also that the "Glas text" and "Jimmy Hendrix" are superb ... These are my favorites.

Any tutorials concerning for these creations should be very appreciate here.

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:12 am **(#10)**

Thank you all!
I happy to read that you like my fake paintings.

It took a long time with much testing some filters and creating custom brushes.
The text effects, especially the glass...mhmm yes, i can write a tutorial for it.
See the attachment, it is another glass one with simple shapes.

The jimi-typo is easy: create a text-brush for Gimpressionist, play with settings and 2-3 layers.
At last a color overlay...thats it!
I saw this technique on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXhUDxEJ3c ...hey i can now post Links! :bigthup

@Esper: yes i come from NRW (Hamm) too. :hi5

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

Chris F wrote:

I saw this technique on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXhUDxEJ3c

haha, the tutorial is by mahvin

he can be summoned when you write his name in GimpChat :hehe

True Story !

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:55 am **(#12)**

He, he...so small is the world. :hehe

Draconian · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:52 am **(#13)**

Love your work Chris. Especially fond of the Glass text. PS eat your heart out! Gimp rules.

Caz · **Posted:** Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:38 pm **(#14)**

Love the seahorse, it looks real good. Was the shape done with the path tool?

Chris F · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:53 am **(#15)**

Thanks Draconian and caz!
You can create those shapes with the pathtool, thats right.
But i used Inkscape for the seahorse.

Here another images made with GIMP:

The funny running tree: first use of the new cagetool (for the legs)
GIMP chrome/diamonds texteffect *bling, bling*

The sword was created with Inkscape and textured with GIMP.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:08 am **(#16)**

I hope you stay here to write some tutorials for us less talented

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

Chris F wrote:

The sword was created with Inkscape and textured with GIMP.

was the satin background made in Gimp as well ?

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:42 am **(#18)**

chris f: i love that sword!!! and i'm really curious how you got the tree's legs so smooth if you used the cage transform tool, my results with that so far are anything but smooth. i ditto graechan's wish for tutorials

!

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

@Chris, I love your running tree, that is cool. The texture on your GIMP looks so much like crushed velvet. Is that a pattern or did you did it manually?

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

molly wrote:

The texture on your GIMP looks so much like crushed velvet. Is that a pattern or did you did it manually?

i could imagine the answer to this question is on Chris' deviantart-page
http://chrisdesign.deviantart.com/galle ... 8#/d39j9q7