On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:10:28 -0500 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> On 11/14/2013 09:44 AM, john Culleton wrote: > > I can create a picture of an eye pretty easily, using an oval > > for the shape, a doughnut shape for the iris, and a black > > circle filling the hole for the pupil. Now i want to add a > > few bloodshot red lines just for realism. I want to create a > > drawing and not a photo. I searched for a pattern on the web > > but did not see what I wanted. Anyone have any suggestions > > for this effect, working only within Scibus 1.4.3? > > > > > This is my candidate for being in the Top 10 of unusual > questions for the Scribus mail list. > > Anyway, if you google "bloodshot eye", then choose Images, > what you see is quite a range of appearance, both with actual > photographs and drawings (I like the cupcake design for its > creativity - > http://www.jasonandshawnda.com/foodiebride/archives/545/ ). > > My sense is that you don't want anything too realistic, i.e., > trying to emulate a photograph, but actually just picking some > drawing of a prototypical bloodshot eye and imitating it. > > Something I have done before is to download an image, put it > in an image frame, then trace over it with freehand lines. To > save time, I might consider making some families of these > little spare tree structures, then flipping, rotating, and > distorting them to flesh out a number of different little red > trees without having to create all from scratch. > > Greg > > A fractal would do it but that is a tedious process and I want to use Scribus only (the target is the cover for a perfect bound update to my ebook listed below.) My tentative title is Catch Their Eye: About Book Cover Design using Scribus. The text before the colon is the large text with the eye illo strategically placed. I have downloaded a lightning strike jpg and may trace that following your suggested technique. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
