Shape challenge

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

ofnuts wrote:

So, no one for the new shape?

Give up ofnuts; here's my try though (just don't ask; lol).

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

How did you produce it?

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

Filters> Render> Clouds> Solid Noise...
Colors> Auto> Stretch Contrast
Image> Mode> Indexed (256)
Colors> Map> Set Colormap

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2599

ofnuts wrote:

New challenge:

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Done with bog-standard Gimp.

Maybe

Render -> Clouds -> solid noise
then
One of the mapping filters, Colours -> Map this one palette map with a reduced colour palette

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ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Good but looks a bit pixellated. Good guess about Solid Noise, that how I start too. My "secret" is going through curves with a rather specific curve:

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And then Color>Map>Gradient Map on the result.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

Either way, comes up better with G'MIC Dream Smoothing:

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

Very nice jontait2, I especially like the top one.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

Just for you, Molly.

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:41 am **(#69)**

jontait2 wrote:

Either way, comes up better with G'MIC Dream Smoothing:

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What shape is that again?

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

I'd call it more of a "pattern" than a "shape", but that's what Ofnuts posed as a "shape challenge".

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

jontait2 wrote:

Just for you, Molly.
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Wow thanks jontait2 that is a beautiful gift. Would make wonderful wrapping paper for sure.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:43 am **(#72)**

dream smoothing is awesome

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:01 pm **(#73)**

Good luck trying to make this one. :hehe

This is purple explosion shape.

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

Wow Wallace, smarty pants.

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:58 pm **(#75)**

molly wrote:

Wow Wallace, smarty pants.

It's a shape...

It's as much a shape as Ofnuts's "oil slick".

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

ofnuts wrote:

How did you produce it?

Since I threw everything but the kitchen sink at the result, I cannot tell you now ofnuts. lolol

Looks like the clouds method and dreamsmoothing is the better solution. I had though I created something similar to the look a while back, but forgot how I did it. Regardless, kudos to those the re-created ofnut's result. I guess I'm loosing my touch. lol

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:00 pm **(#77)**

Here's another one...

No lighting effects on this one...

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Like the difference cloud technique along with dreamsmoothing. Did at a lot of kitchen sink stuff to make this not so good seamless texture I call oil based paint. lolol

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

Nice work guys

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Looking at it closer, I really need to fix some seams. Oh well; just don't use it as a texture. lol

Thanks Molly.