Gimp Works Wonders!

The wide crazy world of art and also stuff

Moderators: Arkbrik, Hoboman

User avatar
MicVash
Officer
Posts: 154
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:03 pm

Gimp Works Wonders!

Post by MicVash » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:53 pm

I had seen that someone mentioned something about using Gimp for image editing, specifically stat cards. It's a really really good program, basically photoshop caliber, and best of all its free. And then just my luck, I had all ready downloaded it a long time ago! So I thought I'd mess around with some of my unit pics. I'm very fond of this artistic render effect. :D

Shrike Bike
Image

Raptor Hoverbike
Image

Formation (Yes, I do have 6 of them)
Image

A Walk Through Downtown
Image

Enjoy!
Image

User avatar
Bonn-o-Tron
Mega Blok
Posts: 1444
Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:58 pm
Location: Brodmann area 17
Contact:

Post by Bonn-o-Tron » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:58 pm

I'm impressed, you managed to make your already awesome army even cooler. For the last picture, did you just draw that cityscape?

User avatar
MicVash
Officer
Posts: 154
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:03 pm

Post by MicVash » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:09 pm

Bonn-o-Tron wrote:I'm impressed, you managed to make your already awesome army even cooler. For the last picture, did you just draw that cityscape?
Muhaha! Thank you.

Ha, so the effect really worked! It DOES look drawn! I applied the same techniques to the pics of my models. I knew I wanted a cityscape background so I just went to google images and searched through that. After a couple of different tries (post apoc, apoc, halo), I searched Gears of War and wound up with some cool pics.
Image

User avatar
Bonn-o-Tron
Mega Blok
Posts: 1444
Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:58 pm
Location: Brodmann area 17
Contact:

Post by Bonn-o-Tron » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:12 pm

I see, it's just that it goes so well with the model that I figured you drew it or something else I can't think of right now.

User avatar
Leonardo812
Nice Dubs
Posts: 77
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:37 pm

Post by Leonardo812 » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:40 am

Wow. Those are sweet.

-Leonardo

User avatar
Rody
Jaw-Jaw
Posts: 932
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:48 am
Location: Below sea-level
Contact:

Post by Rody » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:03 am

nicee
Act first, then think, then try to find a way to cover up the horrible mess you made.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

User avatar
pesgores
The Dear Leader
Posts: 2886
Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:47 am
Location: Looking for baseplates

Post by pesgores » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:30 pm

Applaused.
"You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun, that you can with just a kind word." - Al Capone
My official post number 1000 was "The whole battle?"
Image

Doodleshark
Champion
Champion
Posts: 15
Joined: Tue May 27, 2008 7:32 pm
Location: The deep blue seas of Ottawa

Post by Doodleshark » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:21 pm

Sick pics, yo.
Image

User avatar
piltogg
Clown-Face Bologna
Clown-Face Bologna
Posts: 2024
Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:16 pm
Location: Fictional Deutschland
Contact:

Post by piltogg » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:48 pm

links to where this GIMP thing might be downloaded plox

User avatar
Blitzen
Distinguished Owner of the English Language
Distinguished Owner of the English Language
Posts: 1727
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:17 pm
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Post by Blitzen » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:11 pm

gimp.org

Google will seriously not kill you.

I'm interested in how you got these pictures. Share plox?
Often, literally, a pillow fight but may include similar situations like volleyball, particularly when wardrobe is skimpy and the action is bouncy.

Adean
Minifig
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:01 pm
Location: California

Post by Adean » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:19 pm

Those are some pretty cool effects. I think that one could have a wider range of options in Photoshop though. However, that's a very effective alternative. Nice work!
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s113 ... achphp.jpg" border="0" alt="Ossum Sauce"></a>

CreatioNZ
Hero
Posts: 94
Joined: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:20 pm
Location: locationism locationist lomacation

Post by CreatioNZ » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:21 pm

Adean wrote:Those are some pretty cool effects. I think that one could have a wider range of options in Photoshop though. However, that's a very effective alternative. Nice work!
true but photoshop has the expensive price slapped onto it, so free Gimp does the trick. :D

Adean
Minifig
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:01 pm
Location: California

Post by Adean » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:54 pm

CreatioNZ wrote:
Adean wrote:Those are some pretty cool effects. I think that one could have a wider range of options in Photoshop though. However, that's a very effective alternative. Nice work!
true but photoshop has the expensive price slapped onto it, so free Gimp does the trick. :D
True, what I originally wanted to write was "a thrifty and effective alternative" However, I didn't want to make it sound like I think that people on BrikWars are cheap. I mean, look at how much we invest in custom minifigs! That ain't cheap... :shock:
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s113 ... achphp.jpg" border="0" alt="Ossum Sauce"></a>

User avatar
Rayhawk
Overlord
Posts: 870
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:02 pm
Location: BrikWars HQ, USA
Contact:

Post by Rayhawk » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:40 am

Adean wrote:I didn't want to make it sound like I think that people on BrikWars are cheap. I mean, look at how much we invest in custom minifigs! That ain't cheap... :shock:
Or our rulebooks!

User avatar
King of Brix
Minifig
Posts: 226
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:47 am
Location: On a recently purchased grey baseplate.
Contact:

Post by King of Brix » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:20 pm

Read my new battle report. There's a small discussion about how GIMP is better than Photoshop in one of the many areas where I got sidetracked. Nice pictures, by the way. Dan would kill to be able to do this, however, he's terrible with photoshop and GIMP alike.
Red Clay Studios Click here, and read my latest battle report! More coming soon.

Post Reply