[Challenge] make a gradient

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

Esper wrote:

i wanna see your gradient molly

Sorry Esper, I tried and tried in Gimp-2.8. I have made several using Jolie's tutorial when I was still using Gimp-2.6. It was a breeze. BUT, the editor in 2.8 SUCKS and I can't get it to save in the gradient lists.
Anyway, I tried... :gaah

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

wbool63 wrote:

Here is my gradient. I call it sunset, under a b/w seascape.
There are some nice gradients here but it seems we cannot upload .ggr files for sharing.

Love your colors wooble, I used filters > distort > waves, then stuck in a pic of our last boat

wbool63 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:27 pm **(#63)**

Nice Molly, another way of using gradients. I would never have thought of distorting the gradient.

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:36 am **(#64)**

i caught some mean little virus somewhere and when i come back to this thread it's just exploded with nice stuff! i'm getting tired now so i can't comment on everything personally, but i have to say i love this thread and will grab everything there is to grab!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

uh, thats nasty, hope you are feeling better soon !

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:24 am **(#66)**

one power nap later (the infection makes me so sleepy it's ridiculous and i hate it!) i can finally post my own latest gradients, made before the virus struck. the funny thing is i had the same idea as he4rty - designing a stripe gradient for making checked pattern - in my case of course tartan, of the royal stewart pattern. and i too made my own eyeball gradient, i've never liked the default ones, especially the green one is hideous, so i'm now experimenting on how to make it less so and this is my first attempt.

(i put another striped gradient diagonally on overlay over it to give a sort of weave texture)

(the smiley is superimpressed by everyone's gradient making (and gradient using) skills)

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

AnMal - Looking Good, the tartan works really well.

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

Love your smiley anmal. It is really cute.

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

So I was thinking along the lines of a rolling curve gradient then this idea came to mind - That's all Folks

Yes the gradient is greyscale, I like greyscale as it gives more opportunities to colour.

The font was from dafont and can be found here.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

Awesome gradient, he4rty!
I was using Inkscape to achieve this effect (different technique tho, not related to gradients), thanks for showing how to do it in GIMP!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

thats a nice effect, he4rty !
gives me a retro vibe, not sure what decade...
theres a bit of 50ies and 70ies in, me thinks

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:47 pm **(#72)**

he4rty: you're a hero!!! not only for making and sharing that gradient but for finding and linking to that font! i'll have so much fun with those now

. and thanks for comments on my gradients.
molly: thank you - i thought he was too

.
but it's back to school for esper, who didn't recognise this:

Video from : www.youtube.com

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

oh it says 1997 :mrgreen:

just as i thought: seventies

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:29 pm **(#74)**

This is one I made a few years back to make bacon with. I've used it for other things too.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

you should repost your bacon in my genetic engineering thread, Oregonian :rofl

its pretty low fat too

the colors are really beautiful !

now im hungry :arrow:

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

AnMal - thanks for the comments and everyone else.
Oregonian - lovely gradient, hungry now.

Actually I have now set up the last image I did as my new desktop background, Its quite cool when you close your web browers to be greeted with the words "That's all Folks."

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:18 am **(#77)**

Ok, i can`t stop now.
Cup of coffee is radial, sand storm in Gizeh is conical (asym). :mrgreen:

All gradients are in the zip file.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

haha, Chris

cup of coffee is borderline trolling
very cool !

Gizeh is really clever

you pushed making gradients to the next level
interesting !

btw. i used your EAN codes example gradient for making a kind of line explosion look-alike halo
thank you !

Oregonian · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:03 am **(#79)**

Wow, Chris. That cup of coffee is very clever. I like your sand in Gizeh one too.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

just thought: this is no longer gradient editing, its gradient sculpting !