How to get these effects - Printable Version +- Gimp-Forum.net (https://www.gimp-forum.net) +-- Forum: GIMP (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-GIMP) +--- Forum: General questions (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-General-questions) +--- Thread: How to get these effects (/Thread-How-to-get-these-effects)

How to get these effects - cheesecakevonmuffin - 01-21-2018 Hi, I would like to know how to make these water colour effects?  I've tried several brushes and even tweaked my own brush settings and used filters and I still didn't get the way I want it to. Pls help RE: How to get these effects - Espermaschine - 01-21-2018 These are probably real watercolours on paper, scanned so they can be used as a texture. Using a brush is a good way of approaching this, but as you have already found out, you need the perfect one Layering different levels of opacity with a soft brush might do the trick for the pink example. It doesnt look too far away from your regular Solid Noise. Filtering can mimick watercolours. Maybe somebody has found a routine that works, i dont know of any. There are a few places on the web where you can get free watercolour textures (use your search engine, i think texturemate had a few...). I know that Teela Cunningham has a channel on youtube for making this kind of stuff (although for PS) and gave away free watercolour textures on her website. For everything else try stock sites and pay. EDIT: added a few resources: https://chrisdesign.deviantart.com/art/watercolor-brush-set-326284761 (brush) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDHR-cwy5k (Gimp tutorial by Chris Fiedler) https://every-tuesday.com/how-to-add-watercolor-textures-to-typography (Teela's site and freebie) https://youtu.be/T2wiU5tyfxo (PS tutorial) http://www.texturemate.com/content/free-watercolor-texture-04122010-005 (texture) RE: How to get these effects - rich2005 - 01-21-2018 Seeing the color profile those images come with, guessing from some version of PS I can not think of any easy way(s) in Gimp, but then I am not an artist. My stab at it. The pink swirly thing might start life as a circular selection, painted in with pinks then the iWarp filter applied. It is a very sensitive filter however, not easy to use. The grungy image? Very hands on. Build up from layers, texture can come from the old Gimppressionist filter. RE: How to get these effects - Espermaschine - 01-21-2018 Expanding on rich's idea. How about using a watercolour texture with a layermask ? The layermask is made with the coffestain filter (Filter - Decor - Coffee Stain) and treated with the Whirl and Pinch Filter, plus a bit of manual smudging. Problem is that the coffestain filter produces only random shapes. RE: How to get these effects - Espermaschine - 01-21-2018 I was able to come up with this. The basic idea was to use a filter called ZigZag some guy posted on gimpchat ages ago.   It imitates the PS filter of the same name. Got the inspiration from a logo of a record label that uses an S with this filter, and it rips the seams, just like OP's logo. [attachment=1344] I made a Solid Noise layer with low values (1,2px) to get a texture with light and dark areas, then cut out a circular shape and applied the ZigZag filter, Pond Ripples Style 33/11. Appplied as a layermask to blend two shades of pink and then touched up with Chris F's watercolour brush. Did a few more "artistic" stuff, that is hard to explain but you get the basic workflow. [attachment=1343]