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Decorative classic stormtrooper mask by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #art

Decorated classic stormtrooper mask
Decorated classic stormtrooper mask
Decorative classic stormtrooper mask by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #art
Decorative classic stormtrooper mask by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #art

So, yet again, my 70’s upbringing betrays me in today’s sketch. I started with a simple head-on image of a classic stormtrooper mask from Star Wars: A New Hope, and began to paint into it with various floral and urban brushes, varying in size throughout. It’s certainly something I’ve seen others do, and thought to myself, “I’d like to try that”.

tags: starwars, stormtrooper, urban, floral, play, 365, daily, postaday2011, sharing, lemasney, gnu, gpl, gimp, libre graphics, creative commons, cc-sa

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28 of 365 is a painting of Thom Yorke #GIMP

 

Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke

 

So using the same technique that I used for a self-portrait a few sketches back, I decided to do a portrait of one of my favorite songwriters, singers and musicians, Thom Yorke, most famously of Radiohead. Starting with a well-known photograph of Thom, I worked in with various brushes, using samples of color from the photo itself. Holding my Wacom stylus in my right hand, I switched back and forth between sample (O) and paintbrush (P) to first choose a color from an area, then paint into that area with that color. A very fun technique.

tags: radiohead, thom yorke, portrait, painting, sampling, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, creative commons, cc-sa, postaday2011, lemasney, 365, daily, sharing

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27 of 365 is a tree on a cloudy day #GIMP

 

Tree on a cloudy day
Tree on a cloudy day

 

So this is just a series of layers with different brushes used on each to create a scene. I created a layer in the background of sky color and painted into it with grassy notes. I added a transparent layer on top of that and placed some cloud brushes on it. I added another transparent layer and placed a woodland brush on it. I created another transparent layer and painted a single tree on it using a different brush. By keeping the layers separate I was able to adjust and edit each conceptual layer without affecting or destroying the others.

tags: clouds, trees, woodlands, sky, grass, nature, GIMP, gnu, gpl, open source, creative commons, cc-sa, lemasney, sharing, postaday2011, 365

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26 of 365 is something I believe in #GIMP

 

Understanding everything
Understanding everything

 

It really depends on the one thing you know through and through, but I genuinely believe that this is true.

tags: zen, understanding, practice, universe, insight, enlightenment, gimp, gpl, gnu, open source, creative commons, CC-SA, lemasney, 365, sharing, postaday2011

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25 of 365 is a nose job #GIMP

 

Val with nose
Val with nose

 

So Val showed me a great profile pic with only one thing wrong: her nose was overexposed, and couldn’t be seen anymore. She asked me if I could give her a nose, and so I did. The only problem is that I created her nose by superimposing another picture of her at a similar but not an identical angle, and drawing in her nose according to that picture. And so, I had to guess at where her nose would actually be. Honestly, I think her original overexposed shot has some charm to it even if it doesn’t have a nose, and while it was fun to try to give her one, I think she’s better off without it. You see, Val is a super-cutie.

tags: nose, rhinoplasty, librarians, lemasney, 365, postaday2011, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, creative commons, CC-SA

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24 of 365 is a painterly self-portrait #GIMP

 

Painterly self-portrait
Painterly self-portrait

 

This self-portrait is a result of a great suggestion by my friend Angel who said:

“Pick any photo image you have (can be yourself) and make it look like an oil painting on canvas.”

Thanks for the suggestion, Angel! I used my webcam to capture images of myself from some interesting angles and lighting situations. Then, I used one as a base image in the GIMP to first color-pick then paint into with different brushes using a Wacom tablet. It was a lot of fun to ruin the perfect forms of photography and replace it with the warmth and approximation of painting. I’ve done this a few times before in different ways, but this was a very direct, very freeing method.

tags: Wacom, self-portrait, image, identity, painterly, 365, daily, postaday2011, GIMP, GNU, GPL, Open source, creative commons, CC-SA