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Magenta

Magenta

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Gojira said:
I'm not sure how to do that either, but I know enough (layers, modes, alphas, etc.) to create the textures I need to create.
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There are textures in my blending options. I have used those for a long time (not textures, but the blending options) to add contour and outer glow to the text to help separate it more from the background, but I have started experimenting more with things like that, not the font so much, it needs to be legible, but adding texture to my outer border, for instance. I use the same one over and over again, so by adding a color layer or stroke or texture I can really change the look of it, also making it match the rest of the panel better, since it starts out pale gold. Opacity is also in the Blending Options. Use that a lot, too.
 
Ruby123

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I read earlier on here about mosquito's. If you want to keep them away use sandalwood oil. Warning though it may keep humans away too. It does not smell the best.
 
Gojira

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Man sure your elements don't "fight" with each other. Make sure that thing you want to have the most attention is the most clearly visible, with everything else taking a visual back seat (not that you asked me or anything).
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Gojira said:
Man sure your elements don't "fight" with each other. Make sure that thing you want to have the most attention is the most clearly visible, with everything else taking a visual back seat (not that you asked me or anything).
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Proverbs 26:2
This border has texture added to give it a bit of a grunge feel/distressed look :)
 
Gojira

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Ruby123 said:
I read earlier on here about mosquito's. If you want to keep them away use sandalwood oil. Warning though it may keep humans away too. It does not smell the best.
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Like a movie... with a desperate man about to do something desperate, covered in grime and sweat, and clearly having had enough of the battle...

I lie in wait near a pond, where the mosquitos gather. I am covered in an odor the mosquitos cannot resist. Before you know it, I am the flame to their moth. Finally, surrounded by hundreds, thousands of them, I flick the switch to detonate the C4...
 
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Ruby123 said:
I read earlier on here about mosquito's. If you want to keep them away use sandalwood oil. Warning though it may keep humans away too. It does not smell the best.
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I like sandalwood oil :) Not nearly as overwhelming as Patchouli oil LOL. Cedar is nice too :)
 
Gojira

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Magenta said:

Proverbs 26:2
This border has texture added to give it a bit of a grunge feel/distressed look :)
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I like the "grungier" look. Adds a certain character to it. It's not so slick and flashy. My eyes though bounce between the woman the text equally. I do not know which one to focus on.
 
Gojira

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Gojira said:
I like the "grungier" look. Adds a certain character to it. It's not so slick and flashy. My eyes though bounce between the woman the text equally. I do not know which one to focus on.
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I say that with a desire to make you better, not to criticize.
 
Gojira

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Gojira said:
Like a movie... with a desperate man about to do something desperate, covered in grime and sweat, and clearly having had enough of the battle...

I lie in wait near a pond, where the mosquitos gather. I am covered in an odor the mosquitos cannot resist. Before you know it, I am the flame to their moth. Finally, surrounded by hundreds, thousands of them, I flick the switch to detonate the C4...
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Yes Ruby. Yes. My death will win this war. And... my pain will cease.
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Gojira said:
I like the "grungier" look. Adds a certain character to it. It's not so slick and flashy. My eyes though bounce between the woman the text equally. I do not know which one to focus on.
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I have used a grunge overlay on other panels, but don't like things messing with the inner areas too much.

Some/most of my grunge elements are more for around the outer edges. That works well for me. Like this one:


Hebrews 13:14
:)
 
Gojira

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Magenta said:
I have used a grunge overlay on other panels, but don't like things messing with the inner areas too much. Some of my grunge elements are more for around the outer edges. That works well for me. Like this one:


Hebrews 13:14
:)
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Works for me! I'd make the sub-text a little more visible, but this works, IMO.
 
Ruby123

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This is a sandalwood thing that you burn to keep the mozzies away. Maybe it is too chemical but it works. I am living in the hills for just another week and there are plenty here. I will not be sad to see the last of them.
 
Gojira

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Ruby123 said:
This is a sandalwood thing that you burn to keep the mozzies away. Maybe it is too chemical but it works. I am living in the hills for just another week and there are plenty here. I will not be sad to see the last of them.
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Hire some spiders,... and praying mantises.
 
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@Gojira
@Magenta
modle.jpg
Select a layer, and then click the icon in the lower right corner to add a mask，
Then use black, only black, to draw a mask, and
Then the black part becomes transparent.
White is opposite
 
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My day...

Must continue now. I'm having fun, so it's a bit difficult to pull away, but that Carol Burnett song comes to mind... along with the closing time of the supermarket (I gots to make dinner).
 
Ruby123

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Gojira said:
Hire some spiders,... and praying mantises.
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This country is full of spiders and insects, that's why everything that eats them is overweight. They have plenty to choose from.
Most houses have insect zappers, pest treatments etc to keep everything down to a minimum.
Anyways, you just get used to it.
 
Gojira

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Ruby123 said:
This country is full of spiders and insects, that's why everything that eats them is overweight. They have plenty to choose from.
Most houses have insect zappers, pest treatments etc to keep everything down to a minimum.
Anyways, you just get used to it.
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I wouldn't. I love insects. Just not mosquitos and roaches.
 
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