Dreaming : Digital Multimedia with the GIMP

Posted by on Apr 9, 2008 in Art, Gimp | 2 comments

dreaming

I have started experimenting with combining my love of art, especially indigenous art, with my photography. Using the GIMP, I edited one of my old photos of a butterfly garden decoration. I removed the background to the butterfly and tweeks the image curves to produce an image with nice stark contrasting lines and no background.

Using a multitude of layers, I slowly experimented with various paint brushes and tools to produce the effects I wanted. The final image background was produced by painting a green, blue and dab of white background. I then used the filter>artistic>cubism selection to create the chunky effect,

The rest was a slow and patient application of dots with the paint brush tool.

This was a test run to see what types of effects I could create. All in all, I like the concept and have a few other ideas up my sleeve. If you have any ideas or want to share your work … give me a comment below.

2 Comments

  1. This test run graphics is so nice, I love it.

    I will try to use GIMP to design some wallpapers. Thanks. :)

  2. This test run graphics is so nice, I love it.

    I will try to use GIMP to design some wallpapers. Thanks. :)

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