Gimp Art Challenge (USB Cable Text Effect)...

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:48 am **(#41)**

oldmangrumpy wrote:

Modified the original - does this still count?

[ Image ]

Yes it counts OMG.
:jumpclap

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Really nice omg! :clap

RJKD · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:16 pm **(#43)**

Thanx for the 'lead in' Wallace, the hardest part of this I feel is creating the line art! - I googled "fat sharpie"

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:41 pm **(#44)**

RJKD wrote:

Thanx for the 'lead in' Wallace, the hardest part of this I feel is creating the line art! - I googled "fat sharpie"

I believe you're right RJKD.
Did you not know what a "fat sharpie" was? :mrgreen:

Issabella · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:02 pm **(#45)**

I had the right font for it, so no much challenge for me. Sorry Wallace. :oops:

Then I did another in neon.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:46 pm **(#46)**

Issabella wrote:

I had the right font for it, so no much challenge for me. Sorry Wallace. :oops:

Then I did another in neon.

Nice go Issabella.
:jumpclap

This challenges as well as the past challenge and any future challenges.
Are mostly about being creative and attempting the task presented.
How one arrives at his or her end result,
is up to each participant to ponder.
Which you've done very nicely.

Kimba · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:23 pm **(#47)**

Issabella wrote:

I had the right font for it, so no much challenge for me. Sorry Wallace. :oops:

Then I did another in neon.

Apparently I'm the only bunny who hand wrote(mouse wrote?) mine. Nice work, Issabella. Love the Neon. Can you tell me the name of the font, please?

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Kimba wrote:

Apparently I'm the only bunny who hand wrote(mouse wrote?) mine. Nice work, Issabella. Love the Neon. Can you tell me the name of the font, please?

Kimba, you have a fellow bunny! I used the mouse too. I think the font Issabella used looks like "Neon".

Kimba · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:21 pm **(#49)**

Thanks, Dalia. I'm sorry if I sounded cranky, it must be the rain and the power outage we had. We've also had Internet problems as our provider is UPDATING their system.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:35 pm **(#50)**

Kimba - I think Dalia is right; looks like the same font I used in mine, NEON.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

You're welcome Kimba! :bigthup

You did not sound cranky although you are entitled with the outage and internet problems. We just changed cable and internet service providers and the household thinks I have all the answers to the inherited service problems.

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:10 am **(#52)**

Kimba, Dalia is right, I used NEON font. I think it's much more valuable your try as you did everything by yourself. So a great :clap

to you and Dalia.

Kimba · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:13 am **(#53)**

Thanks all, I found the Neon font.

RJKD · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:00 pm **(#54)**

I think I just about got it, finding it difficult to get nice clean work, any helpful suggestions would be gratefully appreciated - in Peace RJKD

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:56 pm **(#55)**

RJKD wrote:

I think I just about got it,
finding it difficult to get nice clean work,
any helpful suggestions would be gratefully appreciated - in Peace RJKD

Not bad at all RJKD. :bigthup

I usually start of using gray to black and white colors,
up until the render is nearly complete.
Also creating paths for both the inner part of the cable as well as the outer part.
Can help in making a nicely finished look to the cable and completed render.
I like to color the image,
when it's near completion.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:56 pm **(#56)**

RJKD - Wallace beat me to it and has already identified his approach for cables. But as with most things there are many ways to skin a cat ...

When we were discussing the TOTP logo we talked about paths and once again I use them in a similar way for cables, like this ....

My approach -
1. draw the paths
2. stroke the path firstly with a brush/colour to be the full cable width
3. stroke the path with a thinner brush/colour for the highlight
4. select the stroked cable and apply Graechan's 'shine alpha' script with an optional pattern or colour but saving the layers
5. either just use the 'img' layer from the script over the stroked path or blend in also the colour or pattern from it too.

Above image uses both options; hope that builds on Wallace's methods to give you something to try out.

EDIT: For purpose of clarity I used the GIMP standard 'hardness 100' brush for the above stroking; i.e. I did not use Wallace's cable brush

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:52 pm **(#57)**

oldmangrumpy wrote:

RJKD - Wallace beat me to it and has already identified his approach for cables. But as with most things there are many ways to skin a cat ...

When we were discussing the TOTP logo we talked about paths and once again I use them in a similar way for cables, like this ....

[ Image ]

My approach -
1. draw the paths
2. stroke the path firstly with a brush/colour to be the full cable width
3. stroke the path with a thinner brush/colour for the highlight
4. select the stroked cable and apply Graechan's 'shine alpha' script with an optional pattern or colour but saving the layers
5. either just use the 'img' layer from the script over the stroked path or blend in also the colour or pattern from it too.

Above image uses both options; hope that builds on Wallace's methods to give you something to try out.

Good approach OMG. :bigthup

steven8 · **Joined:** Jul 04, 2015 **Posts:** 256

I can not get the brush to change color from black. I can paint with another color using the brush, but when I go to stroke the path...black.

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:01 am **(#59)**

steven8 wrote:

I can not get the brush to change color from black.
I can paint with another color using the brush,
but when I go to stroke the path...black.

The brush was not made to paint in color.
Also, before you stroke a path with the brush.
Zoom in on the path at about 800 and make sure that it is at the size you want it to be once it's stroked.
You can click once or twice to check that the brush is the size you want.

steven8 · **Joined:** Jul 04, 2015 **Posts:** 256

Wallace wrote:

steven8 wrote:

I can not get the brush to change color from black.
I can paint with another color using the brush,
but when I go to stroke the path...black.

The brush was not made to paint in color.
Also, before you stroke a path with the brush.
Zoom in on the path at about 800 and make sure that it is at the size you want it to be once it's stroked.
You can click once or twice to check that the brush is the size you want.

Then how do you change it's color? Sorry for being obtuse, yet again, but I can not get another color.