Bouton's stuff, Volume 2

**Gare** · 22 November 2018, 12:25 PM

Hi Larry—

Sorry for my vagueness.

FX->File->Deformation filters->Even Waves.

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**gray** · 28 November 2018, 09:45 PM

Amazing as always, Gare.

**Gare** · 29 November 2018, 06:31 PM

You are too kind, gray!

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**Gare** · 29 November 2018, 06:44 PM

I can't really claim credit for this design. It's several hundred years old, and a low res version printed in a book at 2 bits per pixel. So I guess I restored it.

It's from a series called the Busha, a kind of happy mix between Lombardic and Art Nouveau.

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S0o why not share it?

It's attached in Xara format, and the letter inside can and should be deleted so you can put your own fancy initial there. That's what the "plates" are designed for. I've got about 20 to do yet, should I care to reproduce them.

Enjoy!

Gary

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**gray** · 04 December 2018, 04:15 PM

That initial will do just fine. Xara's good for converting old low res work into a more printable format now. I just completed a similar low res to hi res work a short time ago.

**Gare** · 04 December 2018, 04:52 PM

I had to do this by hand, auto-tracing would have yielding nothing, as it was quite small in the book, and only one bit per pixel. I often could tell whether an area was originally a curve or the image was just dithered down unprofessionally!

Coming up very soon: a digital download of my 6th album of Christmas song arrangements.

I'll be posting the link in a few days so you can enjoy the music before the Holidays, or have plenty of time to delete the files and try to forget them.

I'm more or less kidding above!

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**Gare** · 06 December 2018, 08:09 PM

I think this took 92 bevels—the soft-side type—to complete a reproduction of some art we lost in a flooded basement.

It seems seasonal, no?

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Only 19 days to go, eh?

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My Best,

Gary

**wizard509** · 29 November 2018, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

Hi Larry—

Sorry for my vagueness.

FX->File->Deformation filters->Even Waves.

Sorry Gare, I should have been more specific, I was wondering about the faceted bird not the reflection.

**Fred C** · 19 February 2019, 02:31 PM

Clever, Gare. Well done! ...and thanks for the wake up brew...ymmmm.

**Gare** · 19 February 2019, 03:48 PM

You're most welcome, Fred! Good to have two people on tg. Here's to making it three. :)

This is a piece I did in Xara, and then used Nik's Filter Suite to smear darker tones and add a little grain.