Suggestion Post

[kerravonsen]

I've decided that it's easier if all the suggestions are in one spot, so here is the spot!
If you have any suggestions for challenges you would like to see, post a comment here with your suggestions.
No, I'm not running out of ideas, but there are probably things I haven't thought of that you would like to try. So tell me.

Comments

[kerravonsen]

* go through the tutorials at http://www.gimp.org/
* semi-transparent "Ghosts"
* Non-rectangular icons "We Ain't Square"
* "bare necessities" simple space (simple, with an emphasis on space)
* Carving "Chipping Away"
* Triangles
* Diagonals
* Hexagons (suggested by b7icons mod)
* subtle animation (e.g. Wise Men Seek Him glow star)
* blending two images
* light texture
* negative space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_space
* dominant colour
* framed colour -- one section of the image is colour, the rest is black-and-white, the coloured section is framed; or the other way around
* Greeble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble (texture detailing)
* Complementary colour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color
* Perspective, Trick of the eye, Trompe-l'œil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Painting_techniques (can't link to actual article) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_projection
* Droste Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect aka Mise en abyme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_abyme
-- GIMP Plugin: http://carol.gimp.org/GIMP/howto/mathmap/droste.php
-- http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/mathmap/
* glass effects
* Cartoon effects

[kerravonsen]

Example of "subtle animation" (points to icon)

More examples

[kerravonsen]

Example of "Carving":

Example of "Triangles":

Example of "Light Texture":

Example of "Framed Colour": (not quite, since the image isn't B&W but this is the idea I was getting at)

Example of both "perspective" and "glass effects":

Example of "Cartoon effects":

[yvi]

Whee, suggestions, by the way :)

Another suggestion

[kerravonsen]

Problem is, I'm not sure how to describe it, so I guess I'll just have to give you examples.



Give it the title of "Shrinking Violet" perhaps?

[kerravonsen]

"Intrusive text": where the text "intrudes" on the edge of the image. This isn't a very good description, I know. Here's an example: