GNU-Head Tiling wallpapers
by Kacper WilgusThese wallpapers were made in Gimp from 7 copies of the Bold GNU Head, rotated clockwise about 15 degrees and organized in two staggered rows over a lavander background. The heads on both ends of the first row are cut off so the whole image can be repeated to cover a larger area. Kacper explains how he obtained the embossed versions:
It was quite simple, really, I chose the layer with the GNU heads and applied a filter called “emboss”. You can find it using the toolbar by going: Filters > Distorts > Emboss. At first when you choose it, you can see that it gets rid of any color the embossed layer has. You can change that by using a different emboss type called “Bumpmap”. That should preserve the colors. Once the change has been done, the wallpaper is unfortunately not ready yet. The cut-off heads on the sides will have to be replaced with heads that weren't cut off before embossing so the wallpaper looks right.
Copyright © 2020 Kacper Wilgus
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