Aqua-Soft ForumsI was bored the other day so I whipped out GIMP and fooled around.
I ended up with something that I think is pretty neat.
I'm still new to making wallpapers so any comments would be nice.
Oh, and the full image looks better than the thumbnail.
[release] Liquid Metal
I like it. Thanks for sharing.
I love the sketch-like effect on the outer rim. Simply amazing. However, I feel it's a little too "liquidy" on the inside with all of the white. Definitely downloading it though.
Thanks!
-NC
Superb wall, can you tell me how did you do it in Gimp? Is there a special plugin for fractals or is it a built-in Gimp feature?
Dunno if it makes a difference but I'm using the latest (non-stable)
release of GIMP. The effect "Flame" is in the stable release too,
I think it works a little differently though.
Anyways, here's how I did it.
1. Filters>Render>Nature>Flame
(Make sure to render on a transp. BG)
2. Hit "Edit" and the controls for editing are a bit
weird but you can figure them out by fiddling.
3. Once you got the flame you want, you can
adjust colours, contrast, placement, etc.
4. After rendering, I copied the flame
5. On the lower copy I applied
Script-Fu>Alpha to Logo>Glowing Hot
6. Then I messed around with colours and layer
modes. I also did some other blurs and stuff
I can't quite remember, but you get the gist.
Oh yeah. Rendering the flame can take quite a while
depending on how large it is and how fast your comp is.
Cool! I like your wallpapper & I'm using it right now.
A variant of the previous img. 
KPT FraxFlame plugin for photoshop7: 
preview http://morinetti.superihost.com/preview/li...etalbigcopy.jpg