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Boring old artistic question--no philosophy

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Boring old artistic question--no philosophy Jim Clark 10 Feb 00:15
  Boring old artistic question--no philosophy Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris 10 Feb 01:45
  Boring old artistic question--no philosophy Carol Spears 10 Feb 06:04
  Boring old artistic question--no philosophy Owen 10 Feb 10:37
Jim Clark
2005-02-10 00:15:19 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Boring old artistic question--no philosophy

I would like to make an arch like the one seen in the logo on the top of the page at http://www.rma.usda.giv/ The arch is symmetrical but not a piece of an arc. And it has one color on the outside and another on the inside.

I'd appreciate any assistance anyone has to offer. I like this shape.....I want to use it. I am no artist--possibly I could just freehand it, but I'm not good enough. And the fill blend is nicely done.

Thanks-

Jim Clark

Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
2005-02-10 01:45:33 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Boring old artistic question--no philosophy

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 21:15, Jim Clark wrote:

I would like to make an arch like the one seen in the logo on the top of the page at http://www.rma.usda.giv/ The arch is symmetrical but not a piece of an arc. And it has one color on the outside and another on the inside.

I'd appreciate any assistance anyone has to offer. I like this shape.....I want to use it. I am no artist--possibly I could just freehand it, but I'm not good enough. And the fill blend is nicely done.

Allright.
(Ok - if anyone did wants to see it, it is obvioulsy a .gov site, not a .giv)
You are asking for the vectors created with the Path tool (The one following the scissors on the toolbox).

Give it a try - play with it - check the "vectors" dialog in the Layers dockable. Remember that you have to CTRL + Click on the starting node to close a curve.

You can Stroke a path, in the edit menu, and convert a path to a selection, and later fill it with the Path tool itself.

Regards, JS
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Thanks-

Jim Clark

Carol Spears
2005-02-10 06:04:06 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Boring old artistic question--no philosophy

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:15:19PM -0600, Jim Clark wrote:

I would like to make an arch like the one seen in the logo on the top of the page at http://www.rma.usda.giv/ The arch is symmetrical but not a piece of an arc. And it has one color on the outside and another on the inside.

I'd appreciate any assistance anyone has to offer. I like this shape.....I want to use it. I am no artist--possibly I could just freehand it, but I'm not good enough. And the fill blend is nicely done.

i suggest messing with the paths to make that sort of shape. make a selection from the path to fill it and stroke the path to outline it.

carol

Owen
2005-02-10 10:37:44 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

Boring old artistic question--no philosophy

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:15:19 -0600 Jim Clark wrote:

I would like to make an arch like the one seen in the logo on the top of the page at http://www.rma.usda.giv/ The arch is symmetrical but not a piece of an arc. And it has one color on the outside and another on the inside.

I'd appreciate any assistance anyone has to offer. I like this shape.....I want to use it. I am no artist--possibly I could just freehand it, but I'm not good enough. And the fill blend is nicely done.

I think the correct tool for this job is Inkscape. You could make the image in a minute or two and bring it into the Gimp for the other artwork

Owen