Challenge #9 "Mirror, Mirror"
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icon_styleWelcome to challenge #9, "Mirror, Mirror"! For this challenge you must make your icon(s) with at least one reflection in them; a mirrored image, or reflected text, or something else that is reflected. No, a photograph of a reflection in a lake doesn't count, you have to manipulate the image to create a reflection. But it doesn't have to be a flat reflection, it can be any kind of reflection or mirroring -- even a kaleidoscope effect, if you want.
This challenge is closed!
Entries are now revealed.
Techniques:
- layers
- reflecting layers
- reflecting text
Useful (GIMP) tutorials:
- basics
- http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Reflections-484-1.html
- http://www.cooljeba.com/tutorials/gimp/reflection.html
- and yet another reflection tutorial
- Reflective 3D text
- http://wickedowl.blogspot.com/2006/07/creating-apples-shiny-table-effect.html
Useful (GIMP) plugins:
- gimp-reflection
- http://code.google.com/p/gimp-reflection/ (another source for the same plugin)
- Mirror-Split
- Kaleidoscope plugin
Rules:
1. From one to four icons can be submitted.
2. You have two weeks to submit the icons; that is, they are due on Tuesday the 15th of April (that's my time, Australian time, so for some of you that will be the 14th).
3. Icons will be submitted in comments to this post. All comments will be screened, to preserve anonymity.
4. As soon as I can after the 15th, I will make a voting poll here. People will then have about three days to vote, because we don't really seem to need a week.
There will be two sections in the voting: (a) "Best embodiment of style"; this you vote for whichever icon you think demonstrates the style/technique of the given challenge (b) "I just like it"; where you vote for whichever icon you simply like the best.
5. You are required NOT to post your icons anywhere public until after the voting is over, so as to preserve the anonymity of the entries.
6. When the voting is over, I'll announce the winners here. Discussion of the challenge will be encouraged, especially discussion and demonstration of techniques used. The entries will also be un-screened.
In short:
Due 15th April, post entries here, don't show them elsewhere.
If you know any good tutorials for this challenge, please post a link.
And please pimp this far and wide!
This challenge is closed!
Entries are now revealed.
Techniques:
- layers
- reflecting layers
- reflecting text
Useful (GIMP) tutorials:
- basics
- http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Reflections-484-1.html
- http://www.cooljeba.com/tutorials/gimp/reflection.html
- and yet another reflection tutorial
- Reflective 3D text
- http://wickedowl.blogspot.com/2006/07/creating-apples-shiny-table-effect.html
Useful (GIMP) plugins:
- gimp-reflection
- http://code.google.com/p/gimp-reflection/ (another source for the same plugin)
- Mirror-Split
- Kaleidoscope plugin
Rules:
1. From one to four icons can be submitted.
2. You have two weeks to submit the icons; that is, they are due on Tuesday the 15th of April (that's my time, Australian time, so for some of you that will be the 14th).
3. Icons will be submitted in comments to this post. All comments will be screened, to preserve anonymity.
4. As soon as I can after the 15th, I will make a voting poll here. People will then have about three days to vote, because we don't really seem to need a week.
There will be two sections in the voting: (a) "Best embodiment of style"; this you vote for whichever icon you think demonstrates the style/technique of the given challenge (b) "I just like it"; where you vote for whichever icon you simply like the best.
5. You are required NOT to post your icons anywhere public until after the voting is over, so as to preserve the anonymity of the entries.
6. When the voting is over, I'll announce the winners here. Discussion of the challenge will be encouraged, especially discussion and demonstration of techniques used. The entries will also be un-screened.
In short:
Due 15th April, post entries here, don't show them elsewhere.
If you know any good tutorials for this challenge, please post a link.
And please pimp this far and wide!
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Date: 2008-04-02 05:46 am (UTC)link: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/orangedanman/txtpic2.png
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Date: 2008-04-10 12:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-04-11 05:54 am (UTC)And yet again, I learnt how to do something while doing this (I had NO idea how to do mirror images, which is why they're not exactly varied in technique, I'm still learning :)
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