This is one more tutorial based on Map Object Plugin.
I was playing with gimp during spare time and created few good looking 3D bowls, so, I thought why not to write a tutorial on it so that all level users can utilize gimp for creating 3D bowls for their projects.

Prerequisites
You must be familier with creating new image, adding new layers, filling solid color, gradients, and patterns in layers/selections. If you do not know how to perform above mentioned operations then Click here to read beginners tutorial first.

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Final expected result



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Let us get started with practical.

[*] Start new empty image, which usually comes with a white background layer (if no options changed in dialog appeared after clicking File > New). New file must be equal in height and width e.g. 300x300, 600x600, etc. In this tutorial, I will be working with width : 300 and height : 300 too.

[*] Insert a new layer
[*] Select newly created layer
[*] Select exactly half region (vertically) of the newly inserted layer, on right side of iamge area, as show below:



[*] Fill the selection using some marble kind of pattern, or any other you like, so that the image window looks like this:



[*] Remove selection using menus Select > None.

[*] Within the same image window, go through menus Filters > Map > Map Object.

A new window will appear, in this window we need to work only with two tabs. In Options tab you see a drop-down list of object types captioned Map to, select Sphere from this list and check the Transparent background, as show below:



[*] Now click the Orientation tab, where you see 3 sliderbars under a label Rotation. Set values as shown below:



[*] Finally click button OK and your damn 3D bowl is ready :w:

TIP
A bowl can also be created using solid or gradient filled area, try it.


That's all.

BTW : show me results if you succeed creating one.

regards

Thanks for the tutorial. It was very usefull and now i have lean to make a cylinder/pipe with a holl from buttom to buttom. So Thanks you.

Thanks for comments.

Let us see what you come up with finally.

regards

Yes man. But i need a hp.

thats was fun thanks Ali here is mine
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Never got anything like that. It was just a spehre with a blue bottom.

k.. new here but doesnt mean new with gimp, well i made couple off those bowls in this same pic ^^



nice tutorial btw..

Heres mine ali =D thanks that was just what I was looking for.

urr never noticed it was so big....lol..

i followed the exact steps and got a ball not a bowl

i messed around with making 3d bowl got this

This was my result:

Hello Ali,

What a very nice and easy tutorial.

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I feel just like this little chicken fresh out of the egg and exploring this new gimpworld.
It's a bit scary, so I just wiggle a little bit on the edge of my eggshell.


Hope you like what I did with your tutorial. The Penguin came from a photoshop tutorial.

i f you got a sphere instead of a bowl it was because when you made the new layer you need to set it to transparent


^^^Well thats my attempt.

BTW: nice tutorial.

this is just a little question/comments but mabye if you got a woodlike gradient and than used it on "hardlight" on the bowl it would give it more of a wood look

*over that pearly one you used Ali

I just followed the instructions, added some light, bevel, and then played around with the color balance.

bbl

Very well done Nevon.
Exact results that I expect from a reader.

regards

I did 2:

My 1st try:

My 2nd try:


:w:

hard to follow

Yah see.....it kinda didnt work

Fun tutorial this! Lots of possibilities for playing around.




@treadk
As Ali Imran points out, make sure you put the pattern on a new, tranparent layer and not on the starting "Background" layer.

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Griatch

Great tutorial!

thanks that help!! this is what I came up with

Very nice tut! My results

Here's my bowl...


They need to have a lip on them or something, rather than just ending....