Gimpdome

I have been cruzing the net looking at parchment creation tutorials. I found a couple that were for gimp but the outcome was not what i thought it would be.  Not that they were bad but they did not look realistic. I have looked at a handful of PS tutorials and found one or two that had a good outcome but they relied a lot on brushes. I have nothing against using brushes but I was looking for some thing that you could make with just Gimp no need for extras.

I finally started to experiment on my own using the input from the tutorials and my own know how of Gimp. Below are two examples and i would like some feedback on them.

Experiment 01 - 1275 x 1650 - Parchment or possibly a stone texture.


Experiment 02 - 1024 x 768 - wrinkled parchment


Even thought they may look similar the process for creating them was different.

The first experiment i added a few splatters to try and achieve a stained look. Aside from that the rest was all achieved using filters and layer modes. The second experiment I added in some wrinkling to add to the over all look and feel. The rest of the texture was done with filters and layer modes.

ok here's my initial thoughts for you.

Example 1 looks more like stone and a great stone texture at that. Perhaps its the colours that make it look so.
Example 2 Remember Return of the Jedi? This looks rather similar to the Rebel's camo on Endor and the wrinkles really bring out the thick fabric feeling.
Example 3 This is the parchment. I would love to see this one but with a white layer on top set to a low opacity to kind of mute the colours a bit.
Example 4 This looks like a great compliment stone texture to Example 1. I would have no problem using this and Example 1 as stone textures in a map on Half-Life 2 Deathmatch.

Great work and I think its great to see the variations.

Example 1 looks more like stone and a great stone texture at that. Perhaps its the colours that make it look so.
Example 2 Remember Return of the Jedi? This looks rather similar to the Rebel's camo on Endor and the wrinkles really bring out the thick fabric feeling.
Example 3 This is the parchment. I would love to see this one but with a white layer on top set to a low opacity to kind of mute the colours a bit.
Example 4 This looks like a great compliment stone texture to Example 1. I would have no problem using this and Example 1 as stone textures in a map on Half-Life 2 Deathmatch.

for the most part i agree with darth.  i think the first one is so good as stone.  i actually feel they are all better as stone.  i think less depth is the way to go.  they are a bit too rough IMO.

Thank you both for your input.
Back to the drafting board but at least this time with a better idea of what i am doing. I tried to goggle a picture of real parchment and you would be shocked how hard it is to find a decent example of real parchment.

Made with Example 5and this is almost exactly what I saw in my mind's eye when I first saw the texture. Awesome work man.

I would request example 1 or 4 or both