GIMP rendering of NGPC

Tehcno

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I figured since this room on the forum hasn't had a post or a while I'd post something. I decided to draw the NGPC using GIMP for a project I'm working on. Here is a low resolution version of what I did.

https://ayce78.deviantart.com/art/Neo-Geo-Pocket-Color-Render-via-GIMP-719669381
neo_geo_pocket_color_render_via_gimp_by_ayce78-dbwh0g5.png
 

Tehcno

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Yeah, I took a photo of my NGPC for reference:
Photo_Dec_09_2_46_52_PM.jpg

I used to like drawing systems and haven't done one for a while. Of course, the last time I drew a console was almost 10 years ago so I was able to do this one using more techniques that I've learned since then.
 

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Very impressive! I use GIMP too, and that's way better than anything I'd ever be able to do with that particular art program.
 

Tehcno

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Thanks, I've been using the program for almost 20 years now, so I've had a bit of experience with it.
 
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What device are you using to interface with your pc/mac ? A pen display or tablet ? the NGPC is stunning, if you didn't tell me at first glance I would have thought it was a render.
 

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Yeah, my first impression was that it was a render too. I checked out a GIMP how-to book, on interlibrary loan, several years ago, and the author did have some basic instructions for doing stuff like this. I don't recall exactly, but, he/she had an example in the book of a 3-dimensional looking pine tree in a fenced yard or something, and that appeared rendered as well, but it was all done with the drawing tools in the program.
 

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I'll stick to my crayolas thanks....

That's pretty amazing mate :A: +
 

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Wow, great work. But wouldn't it be easier / more flexible to do this with vector graphics?
 

Tehcno

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What device are you using to interface with your pc/mac ? A pen display or tablet ? the NGPC is stunning, if you didn't tell me at first glance I would have thought it was a render.

For the most part I use my touchpad on my laptop. I do use a Wacom tablet but I only use that for blending when I'm doing things like the Sawada image I also posted here. I've just gotten so used to either using the touchpad or mouse that the tablet just feels awkward for most things.
 
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