GOLD MATERIAL FILTERS

#gold #material #filters #inkscape 

base colors make a difference ! now if I can just figure out how to reduce the bumps ...

DARK SILK

DARK SILK

#inkscape #filter #demo #darksilk

There are few filters with names starting with the letter D so for this years ABC of Inkscape Filter Demos I decided on D for DARK

I have once again been contemplating the problem of how to have a dark background that is not dull.
Something to suggest dark skies or cloth or deep waters.
I make squares using the colors in the left and right columns
The percentages are of black to middle gray.
I duplicated the blue tones and moved those squares OVER the grays.

I'm going to try this again with greens ! Also maybe on a curved shape?

Let me know if this gives you any useful ideas? 

Showcard Gothic plus Chrome Filter Inkscape Demo

#showcardGothic #font #chromefilter, #chrome #inkscape


This demo created with inkscape is the Chrome Filter over the letter C

Join me for future posts and demos 

as I do this years sequence of working my way thru the ABC

 with Inkscape Filter combos 

CRACKED LAVA DEMO

#crackedlava #algerianfont #demo #inkscape #typography #inkscapefilters

I've shown you in this demo Crackedlava as a background texture and also Cracked lava applied over five web safe colors

This was suppose to be posted earlier this week Sorry I'm late again people !

More Inkscape Bevels

#inkscape #bevel #filterdemo

More Inkscape Bevels and B

Three different Bevels Three Fonts Three Colors

All of them start with B

Would you like to see an ebook of last years demos on my Patreon?

Let me know !

INKSCAPE ABC - Bevels

#inkscape #bevels #demo

INKSCAPE ABC -B is for BEVEL

In keeping with the ABC theme here are 3 examples of Bevel Filters which have names starting with B.

Next time maybe these bevels applied to the letter B ? 

GIMP SUNRISE

#GIMP #sunrise #digitalpainting

Here's a demo of digital painting of a SUNRISE 

I don't have a tablet or digital pencil. I just used Gimp on a laptop with a touchpad.

Please note this is a demo not a just finished image but how I start one. 

This being GIMP I started off with a bottom layer and used Supernova to make the sun.

I limited the radius and turned off the rays and used the grid in Supernova to place the sun over a background of pink. Why pink? Well I am trying to suggest a dawn scene?

Next I used Airbrush to create Clouds and Sky using White and Blue over the Pink. I turned the Opacity down at the edges of the clouds.

Finally I added the Oilfy Filter and tweaked the Contrast.

Now I have a background I can use as it is or edit further to add more detail or tone to the sky and clouds  or I could add birds or mountains or darker clouds or shift the colors and tones to be redder or blend them more.

The files I used to make this will be available SOON as rewards on my Patreon and I may do a more finished version of the image as a print. Please visit JVartndesign 

There will also be an Inkscape demo on a similar theme. Come back to view that. I will post it later this week.

Eroded Metal Inkscape Filter

This weeks #Inkscape #demo is the #erodedmetal #filter

I set teh letter color to a dark gray and then added Eroded Material

It looks more bashed or hammered than eroded on this font but it could be a good filter to use to create walls gates doors shields or armour in illustrations or logos for metalwork sculpture or rock music?

I may try this on a couple of more fonts and different colors. With dozens of fonts available sometimes it takes a while to find the perfect or pleasing match of font and filter. Experiment with combinations people! I'm thinking a red earthy tone might emulate rust?

As ever hoping my experiments inspire you to create something even better or truly awesome!

Inkscape Demo - Tartan

#INKSCAPE #DEMO - #TARTAN #FILTER

There are 3 filters for creating Tartan patterns in the Overlay Sub Menu

I'll be posting more Tartan Patterns and also since its #sketchseptember maybe some drawings 

Ridge Rings Demo

#inkscape #demo #filter #Ridges

Want to make rings for an illustration - try this method - it doesnt have to be blue - othe rcolors will work - you might want to play with the drop shadow depending on what background you plan to use ?

Two Bevel Borders - Inkscape Demo

#inkscape #filter #demo #bevel

Continuing the ABC of #Inkscapefilters here are 2 from the Bevel section starting with R
#raisedborder and #ridgedborder

Please let me know if you have found these demos useful ?

Neon Filter Demo - Inkscape

Here's a demo using #Inkscape of the #Neon #filter which is in the #Bevels section

I've given the 6 rather basic web safe colors a neutral gray background but you should experiment with other colors for text and background !

The #font is #Bauhaus

JAM SPREAD Filter

Yes another #inkscape #demo this time the #jamspread #filter

The filter was applied over plain squares of color. I would suggest testing it over textured layers or tiling squares or other shapes for larger areas? With some further editing I could see them being useful for suggesting turbulent fluids or a wet surface? Another experiment could be using the filter over a gradient. 

Next time K is for ... or I might just show some digital painting I've done this month.  

BEVEL DEMO

#inkscape #demo #bevel

INKSCAPE has a whole submenu under #Filter for Bevel

Here's a sampler

With some of these I would suggest duplicating the bottom text layer shown on the top line and then adding the Bevel filter to the duplicated layer or adding drop shadow in Inkscape or Gimp ?

Also avoid gradient fills and use heavier fonts and plain strong colors unless you're doing a really big  PRINT banner and have a very plain background?

An Inky A

 #ink #filter #inkscape

So you want letters to look more natural? Maybe you were in a hurry and couldn't find a calligrapher? Here's another of my hopefully helpful ink filter experiments.

Just adding the Ink Paint Texture Filter makes it look like you added more water to the ink but but using Duplicate you can restore the strength of the color but still add a factor of randomness that suggest ink on paper and since this is a Vector object you can before or after you export it to png add whatever stimulated paper texture background you desire.

Playing with Lava

#lava #gimp #filters

Here's some results from playing with the Lava Filter in Gimp and using different gradients and then adding a few more edits.

A Blue Gradient with some Sharpen and a few other tweaks

Maxxing the darks and adding texture !

Use the Color tools to strengthen /greens and Blues !

Hope this gives you some ideas for texture experiments ! 

Tell me which one you like the most and I'll put it on my #deviantart 

From Coffee Stain to JADE NIGHT

Recently I uploaded a design to my www.redbubble.com/people/scholara #redbubble called #jadenight. I used a slightly different method for that  one.

I started with a background /bottom layer that was dark blue and then I applied the #gimp #coffeestain #filter. This makes a washed out (semi)circular brown mark and turned my blues to sepia. Why did I use Coffee Stain ? I wanted to experiemtn and see what happened if I used the Color Edit Tools!

Copyright Julie Vaux 2018

Off to the Color Tools. Turn down the yellows reds blacks etc and way up for greens and blues and shift the saturation too! Yes much more interesting!

Copyright Julie Vaux 2018

Ah the blues are back along with some interesting greens but I need to make to crop and tile!

Copyright Julie Vaux 2018

This is a small version of the final image that was uploaded to Red Bubble.

Check out the final versions on actual products HERE!

I cropped the edges twice and still have a very faint line showing on a couple of products but I dont think it distracts too much ?

You can get this on scarves tote bags prints notebooks lotsa gifts ! 

Inkscape Demo Gouache Oil Painting filters compared

#inkscape #comparison #gouache #oilpainting #filter

The Gouache filter in the Textures submenu still seems to be the most useful filter for digital painting in #inkscape

What i probably should do next is compare Inkscapes Gouache to Gimps Oilify ?

Todays #inkscape #filter #demo is a comparison of Gold Splatter to Gold Paste

Materials Filter Demo

#inkscape #materials #filter #demo

I was originally trying to make Silver Moons and was testing a base blue gray color as a starter when ...well all of these circles are just  one INKSCAPE FILTER applied over a base color.

I may repeat this with three different base colors or three different shapes to show you how important what goes UNDER the filters is.