Here is a nice collection of tutorials for The Gimp. Via Creative Nerds:

The ultimate compilation of gimp design tutorials to take a novice and turn them into an expert, the perfect guide for anyone looking to learn or even master the ins and outs of Gimp. [Read more...]

All sorts of stuff to help you out with mastering The Gimp since I don’t write my own tutorials very often.

H/t Vizworld

I was intrigued with the Smooth Glass Type Tutorial and immediately wanted to try it. But, as you may have guessed, no layer styles. However, if you download this script for The Gimp, you get a slightly different version of PS layer style, through scripts that work just like filters.

Photoshop Tutorial end product:

And The Gimp end product:

I used the same basic steps. Since the options are different, it’s hard to get it exactly so. Being that this is my first time doing this tutorial (and quickly I may add), its not the same. However, with some finagling, I’m sure it could be.

You all know these exaggerated advertisments where objects glitter very clearly. I.e. think about a dishwasher commercial where the glasses sparkle in an extreme way after the washing. It is pretty easy in GIMP to accomplish this effect – you only have to know how you do it

You can either make your own or download from a zillion on DeviantArt. (I have yet to make sparkle brushes myself.)

And voila! There ya go. Check it out here.

• Good, before you start with this tutorial, notice that I’m from Belgium, and I use the GIMP in Dutch, so I’ll have to translate some things, hope it’ll be clear. Open GIMP and create a new image. The width and height need to be the same, here I’ll use 1920×1920 (pixels).
• Go to filters – render – fractal explorer, then go to “fractals” and choose “Saturn”, press ok. Then go to colors – desaturate – second option.
• Make a new, transparent layer and fill it in with a colour, here I use #009cfd (blue) but you can choose whatever colour you like, red, green, orange… Then go to layer mode and choose overlay. Click CTRL+M (or use Image / Merge Image) to merge the image into one remaining layer.
• Then use free selection tool (3rd selection from left) and cut the middle lines out (see screenshot if you don’t understand). Or cut the two big ones out of your picture.
• Now use the “Color picker tool”. Well, just use it and fill, select left side color first and fill the white with the “bucket fill tool”. The rest of the image should be filled with the right colour. (Notice that the colours on the right and the left side aren’t the same.)
• You’ll see you have some white borders, fill them in with the right colour and you’re done!

Thanks to Gimpusers.com!

Here is the original photo of Jervis Bay, by Betsey Broze:

I didn’t make an exact tutorial, but I can give you a brief overview of what I did.

First, I duplicated the original image. With the second layer (above), I used a grain merge layer modes and then added a layer mask to the top half of the photo (the water, greens, and sky) in white. Then deleted the section over the sand. Since the greens were still to dark and hard to distinguish, I copied them to another layer (above). I duplicated that one and used grain merge at 20. For the sky, I made a layer that’s just additional blue color. Lastly, I despeckled the bottom two layers because they had a bit of grain to them (which should have been done first, lol).

I have yet to try this one, but here is a mini showcase of some other artists take on the droste effect:

spiral dial by vitroids

Gaby fountain drosted by ocelotan

Droste Watch by The Rocketeer

Tahoe Droste Effect by Dusty Wall

Inside the Sun by fdecomite

Droste Effect by otakon86

Flor Droste by Roberto Robles

Una sola taza de café Droste, por favor. by konekotichy

Droste Effect by interhuss designs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Icons are essential in any graphical user interface. They are effective visual cues for performing tasks or navigating to a certain location. There are many resources online that can help and inspire you in your own icon designs and – in this collection – we share some of the best tutorials on the topic.

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