{"id":116,"date":"2004-04-30T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2004-04-30T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=116"},"modified":"2005-06-15T17:52:46","modified_gmt":"2005-06-15T22:52:46","slug":"making-a-floating-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2004\/04\/30\/making-a-floating-head","title":{"rendered":"Making a floating head (hackergotchi)"},"content":{"rendered":"

All these Planets<\/a> have those floating heads around them (aka hackergotchi). Jeff<\/a> gave me some instructions a few days ago, and I said I’ll write them up after having success with them – so I present the official jdub method. BTW, congratulations Jeff & Pia<\/a>! <\/p>\n

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  1. Remove unnecessary bits out of the picture, so you just get the head<\/li>\n
  2. Select by alpha (Layers, Channels & Paths dialog)<\/li>\n
  3. Make a new layer<\/li>\n
  4. Feather the selection (growing\/shrinking before might be necessary)<\/li>\n
  5. Fill with black – the black color thumbnail is mighty handy for this<\/li>\n
  6. Then change the opacity of the channel, and move the shadow down to the right, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ve found that the Drop Shadow plugin works okay as well, but its not as good as manual intervention. Estimated time for completing a head can be around ten minutes or so. Preferred size is 64×64, so scale it in The GIMP, otherwise replace 64 with 80 or so, depending on the head. <\/p>\n

    Update:<\/strong> Wouter Verhelst has another guide too: my head<\/a> has graphics as well.<\/p>\n

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