• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        I was going to make a gif tutorial but I screwed up the recording and I’ve lost all motivation.

        File, New, set resolution multiple of 1000, like 2000x2000

        View, Show Grid

        View, Snap to Grid

        Image, Configure Grid, set pixels under Spacing to desired height, if aspect ratio is checked it will automatically adjust the width to match, like 50x50 for example

        Zoom in towards center, click and drag vertical and horizontal ruler to the center using the location value on the bottom left

        Create first transparent layer

        Select brush tool, the big circle brush, and set size to 1000 and click at the center

        Select eraser tool, set size to 960 and click center

        New layer

        Brush to 700, center

        eraser to 670, center

        New layer

        brush to 60, between rings

        eraser to 40, on new dot

        New layer

        Using brush at size 20px, click and shift click to create lines, draw a square and a right triangle in the top-left quadrant in the centermost circle by connecting points on the rim.

        Select every layer, copy and paste

        With new layers selected, select all

        Transform, Rotate, ensure that the centerpoint is the actual center with the on screen reticle, and rotate the circle 90 degrees. Repeat process but rotate 180 degress.

        Export image, you’re done.

        EDIT: I guess I didn’t really explain Whitespace Utilization, you can use a white brush instead of eraser to cover the layer beneath.

        Once you’re ready to export, flatten image to a single layer and then under color, color to alpha, white should already be selected

        Add a new layer, white layer, move the layer to the bottom of the stack

        Done