If a picture is worth 1000 words, I reckon I am giving you 150 words worth in the above image.
How I did this:
- Opened GIMP and found an image I liked from my files.
- Used Filters – Render – Patterns – Grid to impose a grid on the image.
- Dragged the width up so there were exactly 4 rows of boxes
- Used the rectangular tool to make it a 5×4 grid
- Opened a new window and pasted this in as a new layer
- Used the lasso tool to cut out 3 squares (proportion: 150/1000 words)
- Opened a new window and drew a 5×4 grid in above
- Copied the part of the image I had selected with the lasso tool and added as a new layer
- Exported
- Uploaded to Flickr
Thank you for sharing this cool technique. And it uses free software!
I’m imagining rising notes of inspirational harmony!
I’ll see if I can reproduce it with Inkscape as a challenge to myself.
That would be great – I imagine Inkscape will do similar but would love to know how – I have not spent long looking at Inkscape yet
Downloaded GIMP and will read up on the instructions. Way more fun than the unproductive 1000’s of words bucketed into fruitless political conversations recently.
GIMP can be a PITA at times, but I’ve found the online help is pretty good, and you can always ask me!
Forgot to add this site you might like:
Designs for life: the Guatemalan women fighting for rights to their textiles
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https://www.positive.news/world/designs-for-life-the-guatemalan-women-fighting-for-rights-to-their-textiles/