Draw a Damn Circle in Gimp

Making a realistic looking gear in GIMP.
I saw this done in Photograph-Shop by Designs By Marking, and decided to attempt information technology in GIMP. =)
Delight be certain to name each layer what i tell you because it will affair later in the tutorial.

1) Open GIMP.I'm using 2.vi.8 stable version.
2) Create a new file 450x450/with a white background.

Before nosotros become on to step 3 we need to set up our grid at 25px/fix it to view, and snap to.

3) Make a new transparent layer call it gear teeth.
4) Make a fixed rectangular option 250 (top) x 30 (width).
5) center the option horizontally and vertically in the prototype.Fill it with blackness.
6) select/none
7) Re-create the gear teeth layer v times.
8) Select gear teeth copy and rotate the layer 30%
ix) Select gear teeth re-create#1 and rotate the layer 60%
x) Select gear teeth copy#ii and rotate the layer 90%
eleven) Select gear teeth re-create#iii and rotate the layer 120%
12) Select gear teeth re-create#4 and rotate the layer -xxx%
13) Make a new transparent layer proper noun it gear heart.
14) Create a circle fixed 200x200 snap it to heart and fill with black.
15) Go to Edit/re-create visible/Edit/Paste as new layer.Or if you lot have the script installed select
Edit/copy visible and paste as layer.Name the new layer Gear.
16) Select the Gear layer and go to colors/invert.Y'all should at present accept a white gear on a blackness
background, and that's but what we need for the next step.
17) Select the Gear layer go to Filters/blur/Gaussian blur, and blur at 25.
18) Select the Gear layer again and get to colors/levels, and put in these settings for output.

If all is well information technology should look like this now.

19) Turn off (brand invisible) all the layers except Background layer and the top Gear layer.

21) download my brushed steel design or create your ain with dif clouds and noise and radial blur.
Trust me its easier to employ the one i already have washed...lol.

22) Open up the design as an epitome go to select all/re-create - open your gear xcf and edit/paste every bit new layer.
Make certain its now the top layer.Proper name it textured steel.
23) Select the textured steel layer and center information technology in the image exactly in the centre with the arrow keys
on your keyboard.
24) At present is a good time to save it as Gear.xcf if you oasis't already.Remember to save oft from here
on out.
25) Make a new layer name it outer rim.Create a circle selection stock-still 200x200 and snap information technology to center.
Make full it with white.
26) Continue it selected and select your gradients tool and make sure its set to foreground to background.
White (FG) and Black (BG) as colors.Make a gradient from top to bottom of the circle selection.
27) NEW layer name it inner rim, create a 150x150 circle stock-still snap to center fill with white, and practice the
same gradient but this time bottom to top.Select/none.
28) Make a new circle fixed 50x50, select the inner rim layer.
heart and hitting delete, select outer rim layer hitting delete, select textured steel layer hit delete.Select/none.
29) Make the inner, outer rim and textured steel layers invisible.
30) Now select the Gear layer, select fuzzy select tool and click on the black color.Select/grow by 4 px.
Select the textured steel layer (get in viable) and striking delete on your keyboard.Select/none.
31) Brand the Gear layer invisible.Select the inner rim layer and merge it downwardly with outer rim layer.
Select the textured steel layer/right click and select alpha to selection.Select the outer rim layer / select
capsize /hitting your delete fundamental on your keyboard.Select/none.
32) Select the outer rim layer set that layer mode to Grain Extract.Merge the outer rim layer downwards with the
textured steel layer rename the layer Gear master Become to view/show grid, and turn off the grid.

33) If all is well still it should look like this.

27) At present we can add some other effects like textures and a bevel to our gear, or it looks pretty good like information technology is.
Nosotros tin can however go far meliorate.
28) Get to script-fu/layer furnishings/bevel and emboss, or if you lot use Python, go to layers/layer furnishings/bevel and emboss.put in
these settings.

29) now download this rust blueprint

(or use your own), and open as a new image/ select all edit/copy
open gear.xcf and edit/paste as new layer.Center that layer of rust where you want it.
Simply so long as it covers our gear. =)

Now comes the magic! ... select our Gear Main layer, so right click/alpha to selection
Select our peak rust layer, select/invert/hitting the delete key on your keyboard.
gear up the layer mode for our rust layer to darken but...voila A realistic gear made in GIMP! =)
Now select the Gear primary layer and add yourself a drib shadow of your liking.

I hope you lot enjoyed the tutorial.

finished image...

thanks for checking it out.
If you want the xcf only PM me

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Source: http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=321

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