(yet another) Arch Wallpaper (Grungy)

kupus · 2010-02-02 00:50:42

I was playing around with some brushes and along the way decided to make the result into a wallpaper. I made two 'versions' of this wallpaper/game with brushes and here they are (only one of them is available in higher i.e. 1600 x 1000 resolution since, for whatever reason, I did not make .xcf copies of both images.)

first version

http://i46.tinypic.com/2960ldk.png (1280 x 800 only)

second version

http://i46.tinypic.com/swa4hh.jpg (1280 x 800)
http://i49.tinypic.com/iyeakk.png (1600 x 1000)

If somebody likes them, great; if not, still great for I know my brushes a bit better now

EDIT:

Comments and suggestions/critiques are, as always, more than welcome

Last edited by kupus (2010-02-02 01:01:20)

Xyne · 2010-02-02 01:07:21

Nice.

I really like the blue blotches in the second image. Could you explain how you created the image (i.e which brushed, which techniques, (assuming you used Gimp)).

Np if it would be too involved for a forum post, I'm just curious.

kupus · 2010-02-02 01:40:17

I did use Gimp and here is how

I started of with a simple gray background and made a copy of it. Then I added a gradient (FG to BG Linear) to the copy and a bit of gaussian blur (i don't remember but as you can see the background isn't that obvious anyway layer mode of the copy - soft ligt).

I then added a new layer in which I tested various brushes and along the way started liking it (hence most of the background is just one layer). This layer is set to normal mode and the brush work on it is as mysterious to me as it is to anybody else

I then took the arch logo from the archlinux-artwork package available in the repositories and separated the grey from the blue-ish part into two separate layers (both set to screen mode and to opacity of 51). i selected the logo and hollowed it out and painted the inside with the brush set i'll reference toward the end of this post and applied a black blotch of paint (same brush) over the grey text in the separate layer.

Now the blotches - I used this* brush set on a separate layer (set to screen mode and opacity of 51) to create the blotches. Difference between the two images blotches-wise is only in the opacity setting and bit different brush used on some parts. (opacity of the first image was set to 40) nothing complicated or fancy

hopefully it's clear enough how and to your liking

* http://www.room122.com/photoshop/sidewa … brush-set/

Woofie · 2010-02-02 10:19:40

really nice work, thanks for it

kupus · 2010-02-02 15:45:12

you're welcome, glad you liked it

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#1 2010-02-02 00:50:42

(yet another) Arch Wallpaper (Grungy)

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