Creating Pseudo-3D Imagery with GIMP | Linux Today

Creating Pseudo-3D Imagery with GIMP

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 9, 2009

[ Thanks to sanjay
for this link. ]

“In this article, I wouldn’t be teaching you how to paint since
I’m not good at it, rather I’ll be leading you through a series of
steps on how to digitally sketch/draw your scenes, give them subtle
color shifts, add fake lighting, and apply filter effects to
further emulate how 3D does its job. Primarily, this all leads you
into a guide on how I create my digital drawings (though I admit
they’re not the best of its kind), but somehow I’m very proud, I
eventually gave life to them from concept stage to digital art
stage.

“It might be a bit daunting at first, but as you go along the
series, you’ll notice it gets simpler. However, some might get
confused as to how this applies to other applications since we’re
focusing on The GIMP in this article. That’s not a problem at all
once you are familiar with your own tool; it will just be a matter
of working around the tools and options.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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