First of all start with new gimp image, preferably in 300 width and 300 height, pixels.

Now follow the steps below

[*] Create new layer
[*] Fill it with white color (or any other color that you wish to create egg shell with)
[*] Select hand drawing region selection / custom region selection tool, as shown below:


[*] Make sure that the new layer we created is selected.
[*] Now Keep SHIFT key pressed and make random selections on the layer, by using left mouse button and moving it around, something like shown here:



[*] Distress selection to make the very hsarp edges somehow smooth, by going through menus Script-Fu > Selection > Distress Selection. A new window will appear asking you some settings, do not mess with them, simply press button OK. The selection may change to something as shown here:



[*] Delete selection by pressing Ctrl+K key or going through menu Edit > Clear within image window. You will have soemthing like this:



[*] Remove Selection by going through menu Select > None.

[*] Ok skin is done let us move to giving it shperic shape first. Go through menus (within image window) Filters > Map > Map Object. A new window will appear, you simply make sure to select Sphere from drop download list, and check the checkbox labeled Transparent background, as highlighted in following image, and then click button OK



[*] Now your layer must look something similar to following image:



[*] It is time to give it eggg shape finally. Go through menu Filters > Distorts > Curve Bend. A new window will appear, in this window make sure to check the checkbox [X] Automatic Preview just under the preview area (foun on left portion of window). Now you the the right portion of window which is labeled Modify Curves. Simple click in the middle of this portion (you will see a new point is created under your mouse cursor). Simply drag this new black dot (under your mouse pointer) and drop it on the cross right above it, as shown in image below:



And now click hte button OK and the empty broken egg shell is ready.

I prefered to rotate at 90 degree CW, by going through menus Layer > Transform > Rotate 90 degrees CW, and got following results, + after ading some shadow + changing color and brightness of shell using colorize too :



I hope you found it interesting.
Questions are welcomed.

regards

awesome !

here's my result:



is it possible to make the inside of it a different colour or texture ?

Great tut ali, i think that i could use this for something, and also i really don't know how this plug in works but i found that using a colored version of the plane image like this *the conversetion filled some spots but still can be seen in this 300x300 image*



gives us this egg with diferent color inside :l:

Thanks Ali, great stuff.

cool tut

wow nice! ill get my egg up soon (hi aswell yay my first post)

edit heres my attempt:


edit again: lol splat (looks kinda wierd)

Very nice results guys.

And welcome sonmica, jak_a, and manutd93 to GIMPTalk.

regards

Wow Very nice tutorial Ali! I loved it! Here is my result:

Nice tut i made this with it:
http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rolling1vi.swf

PaNzEr gsp, good results for a Dinosor's egg :h:.

Boblet, nice rolling egg, used Flash or swish ?

regards

Woha! That Comment about a Dinasour Egg has sparked an idea in my noggen of mine! Easter eggs! I'll post some soon!

Lots of em in a basket! Nice!

I would suggest eggs in dinosor's nest not the basket :h:

waiting to see

regards

Well I tried it and since the sphere is distored to become an egg, the colors and shapes on it get distored too. So my idea has sort of come to a close but here is what I got on a basic one:



You can try to make a basket full of them Ali. I will try but later because I have to go out.

I made the rolling in flash mx because that seemed the easyest way to do it

this is awesome. gr8 tutorial

Im new here XD

I used a gradient as a bg colour Thats if you want to have a coloured egg

Good results arianethegreat , keep gimping.

Nice tutorial Ali! :w: This is what I came up with:

Very nice result GNU :h:. Am glad it was easy for readers to follow.

regards

Hey, I'm new to this forum. Well, anyway, here is my result, I know something went wrong, I don't know where, though.

I didn't know Gateway made eggs (I thought they made only lemons :-b).

It might be that your layer (before you did the Ctrl-K) did not have an alpha channel. (If a layer does not have a corresponding alpha channel, its name appears in BOLD in the Layers dialog box.) You can add one by performing a "Layers->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel".

Ok, thanks. I'll try it when I get the chance.

hey great here is mine

Hmm....mine sorta worked....lol!

hey thanks for the tutorial. i just got gimp again and i remember how much i love it.