Linux Day IT

Negli ultimi tempi sono stato assorbito in maniera totale da Fedora, questa volta vi propongo qualcosa di analogo, ma diverso: Il Poster del Lolug di Lodi per il Linux Day 2008.

Lascio a voi i commenti.

Samuele

Today I’m gonna teach u how to create some nice flame using the Smudge tool / Mask / Airbrush Tool & some plugin.

Let’s start…
First of all open Gimp, than create a new file, size will not matter, I use a 420×300 px for this using solid black for background color.
Add new Layer and draw a “selection square” which size u want.

Make White Square

Fill it by white and then take the Smudge Tool and “make it Burn”

Make it Burn

Remember that doesn’t make is a single piece looks like, fire is Natural and wild so it haven’t to be beatifull than continue burning up ur square

Burn it Again

Continue Burning up

Work with it

Ok, when you like your result you have at least some other step to do:
First of all, add a mask to the layer, right click on the layer in the layers palette and click “Add Layer Mask” leave all the preference as the basic.

Add a Mask

Remember to use the airbrush tool in the mask and change to 60% - 40% the opacity of ur brush

Change opacity to your Brush

Now u can start masking.

Start Masking

Masking and Tracing

Now you have masked ur object with some imperfection, so the next step is to correct all the imperfection from your mask.
Be sure to have your mask selected and not your basic layer.
Apply a Gaussian Blur effect to your mask, go to Filter / Blur / Gaussian Blur.

Blur yuor mask

Last step: give some contrast to your mask.
Now you have to go in Colors / Brightness - Contrast and apply it to your mask

Add Brightness - Contrast to the Mask

Now your flare it’s ready to be used everywhere.

Finish

Today we’ll see how to create come vector graphics, than import it in Gimp and then use it to create graphic.
This tutorial was created having as base the Solar F10 Theme.

First of All I start with isolating the piece that i need from the image in Gimp.
An then I imported it in InkScape as a png file.

Take the Curves Tool and then start redrawing not as the same but with some adjustment a little part of the intere imagine. U have to draw one new object not draw the same one.

Create different path for ur object don’t limit ur immagination, than when u finished draw cut ur path where u need

Ok, let’s add some color to ur object, I use a gradient to fill my path and no border color.

Now u have a “something” but u need to start fixing up some detail: Spacing, positioning, color, so create a new layer and put it under the base wich contains ur path. In the new layer draw a rectangle (dimension is up to u) fill it by solid black so u can see better how ur path (now colored) works over some other color than u can start blurring ur path.

When u’ve done with this, let’s create another one layer and put in it a cyrcle drawed with the cyrcle tool, fill it with a solid color in this example I use the solid blue, but u can make it of which color u want.

Done this u have to start mount ur image using other objects as the right base for good position: so u have to duplicate ur object (Ctril + D), move it to the new position and then rotate it (u can clip 2 times on ur object to use the rotation method).

If u are looking for some more interesting effect u may need to proceed and create some new path as some over flares on ur basic path. So enter in the group of the first one by double clicking and start draw some new piece.

When u finished with this, zoom out and feel the difference:

Now u have to clean from other piece and repeat the part where u clone ur first object and u rotate and clone in the right position. (u do it twice cos u can feel the difference between have more details and haven’t). Than u need to fill some lil gap from one piece and the others, for doing it we take the curves tool and start draw some other piece. Feel it using the gradient we use some moment ago for our basic flare.

Now u are on half way in our work: u need to fix the right size of the object u will use; so set Document area to the final area’s size where u’r goin to insert our object.

When u finished and u have ur object of the right size u can clean everything deleting the layer of the square and the layer of the circle, ur image now will looks like this:

A little trick, maybe u will find to difficult have a lot of path filled in the same way and maybe u will need to modify only one so for a better view of ur work u can use the Outline view under the View menu above.

REMEMBER TO SAVE UR VECTOR SHAPE.

Now Open ur basic image in gimp and than open ur vector shape as as Layer

As u can see not all the part of ur shape where inserted right as u have in ur inkscape file, this is cos Gimp have a some difficul with too complex path, see this:

So how can u fix this problem?
Simple, u start drawing ur Vector Shape as one part and then duplicate it, so u have to take this first part in InkScape and copy it in a new file.

Now u can use it with no problem in Gimp, so open the new svg file as a Gimp Layer and apply to it a totally white mask, cos after that we may able to correct and adjust some imperfection in our vector shape.

Now u can start duplicate ur object in Gimp, remember that it is not no more an object from now is a Gimp Layer. What u need to do is to move, resize and rotate across ur image the new parts.

Finally as a lil trick i advice to u to keep ur layer right named cos u may need to move some piece, and will be more easy for u find the layer u need.

End of lesson.

Finalmente possiamo dire quasi concluso il progetto Italia Vin Tzun.
Gli ultimi ritocchi hanno riguardato alcune modifiche necessarie sul font, in quanto recentemente il brand ha modificato la sua denominazione da VTI in iVT, dunque anche modifche grafiche necessarie oltre che allo scambio di lettere.

Le novità riguardano anche l’onda, ora meglio sviluppata e decisamente + definita.
Nella parte anteriore per finire troviamo ora anche le scritte cinesi significanti: Vin Tzun.

Passando al retro anche qua abbiamo una modifica sostanziale sia sul lettering e sull’onda che anche alcuni piccoli ritocchi alla figura umana che calcia, concludendo con l’inserimento della scritta: Kung Fu sottostante il marchio.

Ecco i vari risultati nello specifico:

Ho iniziato con alcuni bozzetti, partendo da alcuni sfondi pensanti fino ad arrivare a una soluzione decisamente + leggera che poi è stata quella portata avanti nel round 2.

Round 1: le tre proposte:

Come accennato sopra, nel Round 2 la pulizia e la semplicità sono i concept dominanti, sempre che di semplicità si possa parlare quando nel visual troviamo una Katana.

X chi fosse interessato qui potete trovare il wallpaper il 1900×1200.

Nel Round 1 la grafica era a un livello estremamente embrionale.

Tuttavia la strada di lavoro era chiara. Passa il tempo, passano le riflessioni, rimaneva solo da procedere nel vero e proprio sviluppo.
In effetti Solar così com’era nel Round 1 rimaneva decisamente come ho già detto “embrionale” uno schizzo che aspetta il suo naturale divenire, il trasformarsi in qualcosa di più, aspetta di maturare.
L’idea arrivò pochi giorni fa: se di Sistema parliamo, xè non renderlo chiaro, se di Universo parliamo, allora si trattava di creare un Universo, l’universo Fedora con alcuni Satelliti raffiguranti le persone che ruotano intorno a questo progetto, come pianeti intorno al sole.

Questa versione rendeva decisamente meglio l’idea, ma mancava ancora qualcosa, i famosi “tocchi finali”. Alcune cose mi sono state suggerite dalla community ed infine il risultato posso dire mi soddisfi.

Come sempre, a voi:

X chi fosse interessato al Wallpaper può scaricarlo in formato 1900×1200 qui