Art 101

As much as I love running around naked, it’s just not always practical. There are times when you just have to let someone else have a turn. On this particular day our model did not show up and I was not fast enough to volunteer!

This is actually a class in GIMP the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s similar to Adobe Photoshop and free to download (google it) and while i haven’t completed all the assignments yet, I’d thought I’d share my first few with you.  Yeah, I already know my way around Photoshop, but I have my reasons for wanting to learn about GIMP too.

So this was Assignment #1, Take a picture, save it to your hard disk, and upload it to SL. By this time in the class our model had arrived, lovely isn’t she? Since I use Emerald I get to play with a lot of Windlight presets that come with the viewer. Unfortunately I can’t tell you what preset this is, I tend to flip through them till I find one I like, and almost never remember to write the name down.

Assignment #2 was a little freeform. We had to read the tutorial, then crop one of our own images to 8 ½ by 11 ratio (or as I did, 11 by 8 ½.)  I went behind the school building to the beach and played with Windlight some more. I think it turned out rather well. I used a subtle face light to illuminate my model (me) and only needed a minor adjustment to the color levels The cuffs are by Bondage Witch and I love them. I’m not so fond of the collar, but the cuffs are so pretty I put up with it.

I’m still working on assignment #3, it’s a little more involved and my first couple of attempts have not been very good. Hey, it’s a learning process. I’ll share it soon.