folded and cut papercraft text

alc59 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:52 pm **(#1)**

Gimp-Tutorials.net

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12845

I like the metal texture one better alc; really does look like cut and bent metal plates.

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

i've seen that tutorial before, the effect is very nice !

a music producer called Sunchase has a logo thats made in the same way

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and while we are talking of papercut, i like this cover by a guy called Xtrah
its a digital origami effect

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mariawendt · **Joined:** Sep 03, 2012 **Posts:** 171

Ahhh, digital origami is so amazing. It has to be really hard to get anything that looks realistic!

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

mariawendt wrote:

Ahhh, digital origami is so amazing. It has to be really hard to get anything that looks realistic!

you could recreate that really easy
just make your shapes with the path tool and stroke it with a gradient

Draconian · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:08 am **(#6)**

I like the brushed metal one better too alc59. I saw that tut a long time ago and just never tried it. When I saw yours done in brushed metal, I just had to give it a try with the Chipblock font.

mariawendt · **Joined:** Sep 03, 2012 **Posts:** 171

Esper wrote:

mariawendt wrote:

Ahhh, digital origami is so amazing. It has to be really hard to get anything that looks realistic!

you could recreate that really easy
just make your shapes with the path tool and stroke it with a gradient

Yes, but I guess the hard part would be actually drawing the shapes realistically. I don't know, maybe it is. I will have to try it...

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:40 am **(#8)**

alc59: looks fun! i'll definitely check out that tutorial

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draconian: nice job! looks very metally with that font

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mariawendt:

Draconian wrote:

Yes, but I guess the hard part would be actually drawing the shapes realistically.

- that's what i thought too! if you try it, will you post your results and tell us what the hard parts were? i think digital origami looks a bit too much like precision work for me, but maybe it's not as bad as i think

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mariawendt · **Joined:** Sep 03, 2012 **Posts:** 171

Yeah, I'll try it as soon as I get my laptop back from the shop. I think what I do is draw over an image first to get a feel for the thing and then do it by hand. I am leaning towards this image here (http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe ... s:20,i:237), but it may be too hard for a first try.

AnMal · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:07 pm **(#10)**

mariawendt: naah, that's just hard enough

. i believe it's better to try something hard that you want to do rather than something simple that you just don't care about.

mariawendt · **Joined:** Sep 03, 2012 **Posts:** 171

AnMal wrote:

mariawendt: i believe it's better to try something hard that you want to do rather than something simple that you just don't care about.

ahhhhh, that is such a good thing you said. Do you care if I quote you?

AnMal · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:26 pm **(#12)**

mariawendt: i'd be honoured, sister *lifts imaginary hat*.

skritnaea · **Joined:** Jun 08, 2015 **Posts:** 36

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

Pretty

Fran6 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:26 am **(#15)**

The link for this tuto doesn't work anymore

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

Fran6 wrote:

The link for this tuto doesn't work anymore

Looks like just a clever use of the "Conical" gradient shape.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2614

Fran6 wrote:

The link for this tuto doesn't work anymore

It is a nice effect, you can still get the now defunct site using the web archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120504042 ... e-headings

Dumped as a pdf: attached.

I like the final comment " At this point Gimp crashed on me "

best of luck.

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:44 am **(#18)**

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14696&start=440

This link to a custom font may save you some time - see post #450

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:00 am **(#19)**

Thank you so much Skinnyhouse. A very realistic cut papercraft font. :bigthup

Fran6 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:22 am **(#20)**

Thank you for your help ! It's very interesting to see all this work done for users. Thank you for the font too. Very usefull !