Gimp has a Mosaic filter I have experimented with now and then.
Here's two of my earliest attempts.
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| copyright Julie vaux 2016 |
For this one I added the lettering in a font I modified with more shadow to thicken the letters to look like a Roman uncial over a mosaic background.
Its just a bit too smooth ... another attempt
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| copyright julie vaux 2016 |
I wanted a mosaic background that emphasized the text so it stood out since this design was used on my Facebook page and the WEB.
This year however I decided to try to get both the background and lettering to work with the Mosaic filter. One tip: Add the mosaic filter LAST.
I wnated a background tonal range more like actual greek and roman mosaics ... so more matte and less shiny ...
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| copyright julie vaux 2016 unfinished work in progress |
still not quite right so color edits and border added
another version closer
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| copyright julie vaux 2016 unfinished work in progress |
now the lettering looks much more like the irregular edges you see on ancient mosaics ... so theres about half a dozen merged layers in this
I'll show you the finished final versions that will become stickers on Red Bubble next week! I may also put one up on Patreon as an reward or Deviant as an example.
A note on color edits - UP the both the yellows and reds but a touch more blue and cyan in the shadows.
Resizing oddly with the mosaic filter to get it to work on a largely scale for a book cover I give found you have to work small and enlarge at the final edits otherwise the Mosaic effect just becomes a vague bumpy BG texture.
Now for a final comparison a image of an actual mosaic Roman Imperial era but Greek lettering!
You can copy and share these images for educational purposes but not for resale !
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