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Second combo of the day

The blurry bokeh background - photography
Billiard balls - Inkscape
Pool table and Gimp Chat Bar neon lights - GIMP.

P.S. And yeah, all drinks on the house!

Edit: forgot to attach files. Here they are

(Note: if you open svg file directly in GIMP there could be some black spots shown - still can't figure out how to get rid of them - open image in Inkscape and convert to png before exporting to GIMP)

Totally cool! We'd all have a blast there. Fun! I love it. Great work.

You did a very nice job of those pool balls, woo hoo

A labor of love if ever there was one ... my quarters are on the rack.

Thank you, all!
The g-ball a tutorial thing, all others - my effort (you can tell).
But somehow, the pool table came out better than I'd expected. Just drawing lines in GIMP and blurring.

Now, all I can think about is a mug of beer at the local bar, lol!

That's a beauty!

Big pool fan; played a lot on my off time in the Engineering dorm back in my college days and even played in a pool league when I lived in Texas. Haven't played in years now unfortunately. Very cool render k1te. Thanks for sharing.

wow 10/10 !!!

Thank you Odinbc, Lyle, Esper!

Yesterday I posted an intermediate result. Since then I've changed Inkscape drawing of the Balls - elevated the i-ball a little bit to give a correct sense of perspective and made reflections of g- and m-balls on i-ball. A couple of other tweaks. Three evenings for the whole thing. Too much time, but hey, I'm still learning.

Lovely work, I confess, I thought the pool table was a photo.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful drawing and posting the link to the relevant tutorial.
Pity that I can't read Russian, however it seems that the appended illustrations are as significant enough as to allow reproducing the steps of the guide.

Thank you, he4rty.

The pool table was totally my creation. Made 5 basic elements of the pocket in Inkscape,



then used clone, smudge and erase tools in GIMP. Inkscape was necessary because it does a better job at blending colors on microscopic scale (for GIMP it was).
Drawing lines to create boards was a simple task in GIMP. Picked colors with Ctrl-brush from parts of the pitch, drew lines. Simple brown color to draw the wooden part of the board. Gaussian Blurred everything.
The bar picture's from the net.
2 evenings on pool balls, another one on everything else.

Thank you, Gino D!

Here's the Google translation of that website. You can find it under Billiard Ball on the left side.
Clumsy, but good enough to understand the basic directions.
If I make something that is not mine I always say so. This is why I always post links to the tuts and attach xcf/svg files of my works.

k1tesseraena: nice job on this! i like how you combined all the elements into this, that's very creative . i have a request though: could you make a nice corner of the bar for people who can't shoot pool to save their lives and find it extremely boring to watch?

Thank you, Anmal! You've been undying inspiration for many GC members, including myself. Always value your opinion.
Nice corner? For special people like yourself we have VIP booths! Welcome!

Very nice K1Te
I would like to spend some time with Inkscape but i spend too much time with gimp as it is
a cold one sounds good about now

Thank you, alc!
I strongly encourage you to try out Inkscape. Just for the change/fun. The learning curve isn't that steep, given the experience you have with GIMP it is going to be a lot easier than you might think. It is different from GIMP, they complement each other and that's what makes both tools so freaking awesome

k1tesseraena: wow, thanks for the kind words and the place in the vip booth .

Great, now how am i supposed to get any thing done
I think i need a beer

Good job, alc!
But the background's a bit dark, don't you think?