From: Dante <da...@ne...> - 2002-01-20 16:23:06
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firewall.jpg
explosion.jpg
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Hi. I just made two new spell images: one for some kind of explosion, and one for firewall. After scaling down to 25% or less they look good as spell icons for GUI. I began with fire spells, because they are ( I believe ) easiest to illustrate. If you like this style, I'll draw more. I need some info from you, Oliver: - should I save big/small pictures as .png's ? - how big (in pixels) are icons expected to be ? - could you please give me ftp access ? I'd like to upload finished textures and images/icons... Dante |
From: Peter G. <pet...@un...> - 2002-01-20 21:05:12
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Quoting Dante from Jan 20 > Hi. > I just made two new spell images: one for some kind of explosion, and one for > firewall. These are great! Keep at it! Can you post a small recipee on how you made them (which tools and filters), so perhaps others can follow your style? Peter G. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Loft conquers the Yard" Chinese saying depicting that sex with an artist will always win over sex with a footbal player, if conducted on the respective playgrounds. ------------------------------- <ne...@us...> <pet...@un...> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
From: Dante <da...@ne...> - 2002-01-20 22:23:05
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> These are great! Keep at it! Thanks. I think there's no need for placeholders - they can be created without efforts. > > Can you post a small recipee on how you made them (which tools and > filters), so perhaps others can follow your style? I thought no one would shoot such a question. If it repeats, I'll write tutorial somewhere on my website later :=). Right now I'm uploading 3 .xcf files to http://arianne.netten.pl/images/firemagic . They are gzipped with --best parameter, of course. Tips for making fire spells images: Fire itself is done using gradient tool. In tool options you should have Blend: custom gradient ( instead fg to bg ). You need special modified gradient, too. "German Flag Smooth" fits well here, it needs some changes, however. You should edit that gradient, and "load left endpoint" - transparent "color" instead of black. Then, it's good to create new (preferably transparent) image layer, and use gradient tool on it. Next, there's funny filter in filters>distorts>iwarp (try "move" and "swirl"). Finally, some additional layers and effects for polishing, like supernova, flares, smudge tool, opacity and so on. Gradient tool with "fg to transparent" is really helpfull. For those yellow sparks on "explosion" image - try using that yellow, sunlike animated brush, and painbrush tool. Works very well with "fadeout" turned on in tool options. Dante |