The Dye A Day Thread! (Part II)

[MrFixIt]

I had to say that in my head before I got it lol

Now I get it.

So do I...now

 

[Mysticfalcon]

So do I...now

Glad I could mess with everyone's head a little bit :thmbup:

 

[codus1984]

mystic....hilarious....i was like wth is everyone talking abo....oh ok hahahaha....nice dyes bro...:clap:

 

[Dan Howard]

 

[tbird888]

I haven't thought about that song for years. Does it sing "Do you really want to hurt me?" to the trees?

Here's the first part of my Moe Zone.

 

[nickharrington]

Karma karma karma ..... AAAAHHHH!!!! Now I've got the song stuck in my head!!! :wall:

Love the Chameleon!!!

 

[B3NDER]

my first attempt at multiple dip dyes

for my fiance, there's shading in the eyes that's kind of hard to take a pic of

:hfive: Money.

 

[lavon_andy]

for some reason this one was already taken down

for my mom

 

[DarthMahling]

Always a fan of the good doctor. Nice work.

 

[tallpat]

 

[bombmk]

Nice job. Must be a weeding hell though?

 

[tallpat]

Surprisingly, not too terrible.

 

[Dubbo Ego]

My first dye- success!

thanks for all your help guys, i made my first dye and am happy with it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75992459@N04/6824735368/

 

[steveo69]

This is such a sweet effect. Awesome job. :thmbup::thmbup:
Can I ask you to brake down the process you used and the length of the dips?

 

[NorthernDisc]

Surprise! Another GD disc!
Z Nuke

 

[codus1984]

good work to both gd dyes!! northern you do great work!:clap:

 

[tallpat]

Can I ask you to brake down the process you used and the length of the dips?

Certainly! I start with a B&W photo (or desaturate a color photo), then use the trace bitmap feature on inkscape to create a multi-layered stencil (typically 5-6 shades of grey)... Then, take it to GIMP and clean-up. Weeding is surprisingly easy, just start with the darkest and work to the lightest (typically all of the shades are immediately adjacent to the next shade, so stay working within one "boundry" and you'll be golden). For dye times, from darkest to lightest, 7 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes, 2 minutes, and the 5th layer stayed masked the whole time. :thmbup:

 

[tallpat]

For dye times, from darkest to lightest, 7 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes, 2 minutes, and the 5th layer stayed masked the whole time.

Maybe I shoulda specified, but the dye times are cumulative for the darker colors (so in reality, the darkest layer was in the dye bath for a total of 16 mins).

 

[steveo69]

Certainly! I start with a B&W photo (or desaturate a color photo), then use the trace bitmap feature on inkscape to create a multi-layered stencil (typically 5-6 shades of grey)... Then, take it to GIMP and clean-up. Weeding is surprisingly easy, just start with the darkest and work to the lightest (typically all of the shades are immediately adjacent to the next shade, so stay working within one "boundry" and you'll be golden). For dye times, from darkest to lightest, 7 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes, 2 minutes, and the 5th layer stayed masked the whole time. :thmbup:

Maybe I shoulda specified, but the dye times are cumulative for the darker colors (so in reality, the darkest layer was in the dye bath for a total of 16 mins).

Cool thanks! I knew what you meant with the times. But my computer skills lack the knowledge to comprehend the work on the image you described.

 

[tallpat]

Cool thanks! I knew what you meant with the times. But my computer skills lack the knowledge to comprehend the work on the image you described.

Pretty much, this.