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Old 09-17-2013, 03:04 PM   #90
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Intriguing. Your workflow yields a completely different effect compared to mine



I've been editing picutures using Photoshop for about 10 years, and have switched to GIMP a year ago. (I am slowly starting to detest Adobe more and more, mostly because of its subscription-only business model for the latest versions of their software.)

If you know the software's basics, then this is not really "artistic skill": I just suddenly remembered the terms, such as Emboss, Bump Map, Directional Light, and so on, and looked up some tutorials on how to apply that stuff. Don't ask me to create stuff from scratch using paper and pencil because I'll fail horribly.

Would it be appreciated if I created a bump map/emboss tutorial (using GIMP) with regard to these covers? And if I do, should I put it in a different thread?

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One more: a leather cover, posted earlier in this thread, with a free ornament grabbed from the internet. After embossing it, I've actually used the embossing stamp image to add a highlight to the ornament. (Compare it as if you would fill an imprinted image with paint, on a real leather cover.)

Of course I can churn out a gazillion different covers now, but I really don't want to. Does someone have a request, like: "I'd like this ornament I found there added to that cover, in this or that way"? Maybe I could try it.
Thanks for the advice. That earlier drawing wasn't actually meant as a book ornament, more as an abstract mandala, thus the colourful looks. Zentangle patterns traditionally rely on fine details and shading for their beauty: it'll be a challenge to port it over into making these ornaments! That said, since Zentangles are usually more or less all black and white (with some grey shading thrown in occasionally) getting the embossed look to work with covers will probably be easier.

A tutorial for GIMP would be great. I've tried GIMP before, and basically can do some very basic things by the dint of much trial and error. Photoshop eludes me.

@MiniMouse: No hurry, upload/post when you can. I'll be out of town for most of this weekend, so I won't be able to do much anyway. I MIGHT start drafting a new ornament/cover however.
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