08-27-2016, 08:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2016, 10:44 PM by Espermachine.)
Hi !
Im the owner of Gimp-Science-Labs, the blog puggsoy linked to (thank you very much, i appreciate it !).
To answer Neon Streak's question, how to make this kind of chrome effect, you must first understand the concept behind it.
Apparently this style was ubiquitious on all kinds of record covers in the 80ies and painted by hand. The key idea is, that this chromed looking texture inside the text is a landscape.
A desert landscape in fact, with the blue being the sky and the earthy tones being the sand and hills.
There are a lot of variations on this main idea out there, to a point where its no long looking like a desert and has completely different colours.
But its still a gradient basically.
So the tricky part is making your own custom gradient with the gradient editor.
I experimented with this in the past, here:
http://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.de/201...cycle.html
I took a shortcut by splitting the gradient into two seperate gradients. One for the sky, and one for the earth part.
The spiky bits, that simulate the colours getting distorted in the shiny chrome, you can get by using a displacement map.
Or layering two layers of gradients on top of each other. One having the wavy shape (drawn with a path).
For the bevel i advise you to learn how to shape bevels with curves. My blog is full of this stuff. In fact, this technique was the whole reason i started it in the first place.
Here is one example of many:
http://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.de/201...kniqz.html
Probably the easiest way of doing this gradient effect is using Inkscape. You can live edit the gradient, instead of fighting Gimp's esoteric gradient editor.
But on the other hand bevelling is a bit harder in Inkscape. I love using both programs back to back, but that requires a learning curve.
You can see a few experiments, here:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24990
So thats an overview. I'd say this is not exactly an effect for beginenrs. You must get a bit artsy and experimental.
Im the owner of Gimp-Science-Labs, the blog puggsoy linked to (thank you very much, i appreciate it !).
To answer Neon Streak's question, how to make this kind of chrome effect, you must first understand the concept behind it.
Apparently this style was ubiquitious on all kinds of record covers in the 80ies and painted by hand. The key idea is, that this chromed looking texture inside the text is a landscape.
A desert landscape in fact, with the blue being the sky and the earthy tones being the sand and hills.
There are a lot of variations on this main idea out there, to a point where its no long looking like a desert and has completely different colours.
But its still a gradient basically.
So the tricky part is making your own custom gradient with the gradient editor.
I experimented with this in the past, here:
http://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.de/201...cycle.html
I took a shortcut by splitting the gradient into two seperate gradients. One for the sky, and one for the earth part.
The spiky bits, that simulate the colours getting distorted in the shiny chrome, you can get by using a displacement map.
Or layering two layers of gradients on top of each other. One having the wavy shape (drawn with a path).
For the bevel i advise you to learn how to shape bevels with curves. My blog is full of this stuff. In fact, this technique was the whole reason i started it in the first place.
Here is one example of many:
http://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.de/201...kniqz.html
Probably the easiest way of doing this gradient effect is using Inkscape. You can live edit the gradient, instead of fighting Gimp's esoteric gradient editor.
But on the other hand bevelling is a bit harder in Inkscape. I love using both programs back to back, but that requires a learning curve.
You can see a few experiments, here:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24990
So thats an overview. I'd say this is not exactly an effect for beginenrs. You must get a bit artsy and experimental.