Re: !!.:GIMP~art:.!!
FUNNY RUBBER PIPES: (..for the lack of a better name
..)
I was playing around in GIMP 2.4 yesterday and I found something funny. Try it yourself.
1) Create a new file with your desired size ( i did 420x300) and fill it with
Black.
2) Select the
pen tool *i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/path.pngand create some curves as you feel like.
(..for the following effect, I used 2 different sized brushes of colors green and white. First using the pen tool, mark a curve, then select the larger brush(green) and go to
Edit > Stroke Path > Stroke with a paint tool and hit
Stroke. Then
Gaussian blurred the same with a value of
8. Finally select the smaller brush(white) and repeat the same
except the blur.
)
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/curves.png
3) Create a new layer filled with
Black on top of the current layer and put it in
Dodge mode. Then select the
Gradient tool *i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/grad.png with type as
FG to Transparent and shape
Radial. Draw it in the fashion so it appears in alternating depths as in the fig,.(.ie., draw in steps and leave small gaps in between.)**
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/worm.png
4) Then go to
Colors > Curves and draw a desired curve until you get the pipe effect
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/Screenshot-Curves.png
5) Finally go to
Colors > Levels and squeeze the black and white values together until you get the final effect.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/Screenshot-Levels.png
FINAL RESULT
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/funny_pipes.png
Play around the settings more and you can get some very cool effects. I think we can design those DNA effects using the same technique.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/alternate.png
(..**All the tweaking is done on the Dodge layer..)
