P6: Gradient Pen Experiment

[athena]

Hello Everyone,

I'll try to chronicle some Painter 6 experiments here. This is really geared toward beginners but. . . who knows.

1. Gradient Pen Experiment
   <LI>start a new painter document, go to Pens and select the Gradient Pen
   
   <LI>http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/brushes1.gif
   
   <LI>Open the Art Materials and click on Gradients
   
   <LI>http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...tmaterial1.jpg
   
   <LI>For the image at the bottom, I used Night Sky and Sunset
   
   <LI>For your own experiment, I would suggest taking some time and doodling with the Gradient Pen. Change the gradients if you want . . . just get the feel of the pen.
   
   <LI>your doodles can be controlled (just one gradient)
   http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...roldoodle1.gif
   
   <LI>or uncontrolled (test all the gradients)
   
   http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...roldoodle1.jpg
   
   <LI>in my case, the uncontrolled doodling with all sorts of gradients brought the Sunset gradient to my attention and the "lion head" came into form (your own doodling will provide different results )
   
   <LI>To salvage your cool doodle, I found that it is easiest on my computer resources if I save my original doodle, then clone my doodle file <ul>
   <LI>File --> Clone
   <LI>Set Clone source to Original Doodle
   <LI>in clone of doodle, Select All
   <LI>in clone of doodle, Edit -- > Clear (this allows you to see the original doodle)

<LI>at this point, pick up the Paint Bucket tool http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/paintbucket1.gif

<LI>place your background gradient down first. It doesn't matter because you're using the clone feature to make the gradient transparent enough to see the doodle underneath[/list]

<LI>Pick the Gradient Pen and trace the doodle that you have chosen

<LI>On my computer, I found that adding even one layer seemed to slow my pen's response time (and adding two or more layers was getting very difficult to use). But by using the trace feature of Painter, you can avoid slowing down your pen's response time

<LI>Possibly, you could even brute force your way by making numerous cloned images that you could reassemble in another program like Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop as layers[/list]

Final image:

http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/tahlion1.jpg

Happy Doodling!

Athena
[img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

PS if the images are missing, it is because my server is down not because of InfoPop or I-US

[This message was edited by T. Athena Hatton on September 08, 2000 at 05:09 AM.

[This message was edited by T. Athena Hatton on September 08, 2000 at 05:11 AM.]

[athena]

Hello Everyone,

I'll try to chronicle some Painter 6 experiments here. This is really geared toward beginners but. . . who knows.

1. Gradient Pen Experiment
   <LI>start a new painter document, go to Pens and select the Gradient Pen
   
   <LI>http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/brushes1.gif
   
   <LI>Open the Art Materials and click on Gradients
   
   <LI>http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...tmaterial1.jpg
   
   <LI>For the image at the bottom, I used Night Sky and Sunset
   
   <LI>For your own experiment, I would suggest taking some time and doodling with the Gradient Pen. Change the gradients if you want . . . just get the feel of the pen.
   
   <LI>your doodles can be controlled (just one gradient)
   http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...roldoodle1.gif
   
   <LI>or uncontrolled (test all the gradients)
   
   http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor...roldoodle1.jpg
   
   <LI>in my case, the uncontrolled doodling with all sorts of gradients brought the Sunset gradient to my attention and the "lion head" came into form (your own doodling will provide different results )
   
   <LI>To salvage your cool doodle, I found that it is easiest on my computer resources if I save my original doodle, then clone my doodle file <ul>
   <LI>File --> Clone
   <LI>Set Clone source to Original Doodle
   <LI>in clone of doodle, Select All
   <LI>in clone of doodle, Edit -- > Clear (this allows you to see the original doodle)

<LI>at this point, pick up the Paint Bucket tool http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/paintbucket1.gif

<LI>place your background gradient down first. It doesn't matter because you're using the clone feature to make the gradient transparent enough to see the doodle underneath[/list]

<LI>Pick the Gradient Pen and trace the doodle that you have chosen

<LI>On my computer, I found that adding even one layer seemed to slow my pen's response time (and adding two or more layers was getting very difficult to use). But by using the trace feature of Painter, you can avoid slowing down your pen's response time

<LI>Possibly, you could even brute force your way by making numerous cloned images that you could reassemble in another program like Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop as layers[/list]

Final image:

http://www.nol.net/~athena/paintutor1/tahlion1.jpg

Happy Doodling!

Athena
[img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

PS if the images are missing, it is because my server is down not because of InfoPop or I-US

[This message was edited by T. Athena Hatton on September 08, 2000 at 05:09 AM.

[This message was edited by T. Athena Hatton on September 08, 2000 at 05:11 AM.]

[rosebytes]

xxx

[This message was edited by rosebytes on October 12, 2000 at 04:14 PM.]

[athena]

Rosebytes,

I was holding my breath after posting that tutorial. I wasn't sure if anyone would find it meaningful. I am sooo glad you liked it [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I like focusing on one thing at a time. And since I've been having so much fun with the gradient pen I thought that would be the perfect tool to start with. (especially since it looks like it is new to Painter 6 -- I could be wrong here, but I didn't find the gradient pen in Painter 5)

I do have some other short experiments coming up. Hopefully, they will continue to be useful to someone.

I am also very relieved to hear that your Painter 6 seems to be behaving better. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Keep doodling!

Athena

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[gmotto]

Hi Folks,
Athena's Doodle got me to play with the Gradient Pen and this is what I came up with.
All the shapes were done with the Grad. Pen on gradient backgrounds and then Lighting effects and Drop Shadows were applied to the whole image.
The vertical shapes were done with Grad.Pen in straight line mode.

[athena]

Monastic Bat,

Thank you so much for sharing that image with us. My first reaction when I saw the image was "I love it!".

But I thought,"well, that's a useful comment. what do I mean?"

<ul>So here's what I liked:
[*]I love the simplicity. [*]I like how you used the muted colors on the tendrils, the sky, and the ground to make the two vertical pieces stand out.[*]I like the 4 white tendrils (2 going up, 2 going down ) that really seem to frame the vertical pieces[/list]

and then you added lighting and shadows? cooool.
Thanks for telling us how you did it!

neat stuff!


Athena

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