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I'm looking for good comic art tutorials, preferably for GIMP or Inkscape. I also want to try my hands on an animated mood theme, but I don't really know how to do this in GIMP. If anyone could recommend some good tutorials or websites with useful tips, that would be awesome. Beginner, intermediate or advanced level, I take everything :)

foxfirefey

So, maybe instead of wrestling with GIMP for painting (because it's designed as a photo editor more than a painting program), you're looking for a nice open source program to play with your tablet.

I just found out there's one called MyPaint--open source, available for multiple platforms! I'm not experienced enough in anything like this to know if it's actually good or not, but so far I've had fun playing with it. It's pretty simple, with a wide variety of brush types, and you can pretty much be up and running right away.

yvi

As an aspiring icon and wallpaper-maker, and GIMP-user, I staretd searching for brushes for GIMP today. While textures are usually provided as .jpg s, brushes are a different beast. As I am searching for more, I will continue to update this post with resources.

How to add brushes to GIMP:
http://hawksmont.com/blog/gimp-how-to-add-brushes/
http://misguided0death.deviantart.com/art/Adding-new-brushes-GIMP-Tut-89594901
http://www.katspace.org/graphics/digitart/brushes/

Brushes:

http://www.techzilo.com/gimp-brushes/ Collection of links to Deviantart - among others: grunge brushes, filmstrips, butterfly, water, blood, sparkles, and trees

http://kward1979uk.deviantart.com/gallery/#/demfko hearts

http://project-gimpbc.deviantart.com/gallery/ lots of brushes, including flowers, sparkles, snow, tribals, runes, stars,...

http://visionwidget.com/resources/vectors/492-free-gimp-brushes.html High-resolution brushes - links go to DeviantArt

http://pstogimpbrushes.deviantart.com/gallery/ Lots and lots of brushes again :)

EDIT: Okay, appearantly from version 2.4 on you can also use Photoshop brushes on GIMP? I never knew, even though I have 2.6. Huh.

jana

Thanks everyone who participated in the poll I'd posted a few weeks ago. I'll leave the poll open so that new members and subscribers can participate as well if they want to, and those of you who have participated can always go back and change your vote. I'd like the poll to exist as a community resource, as a reflection of the community's 'mind & skill state' so to speak...

I'd also like to encourage everyone to post your questions here, no matter how trivial or banal they might appear. This isn't supposed to be a community where only fancy tutorials or other advanced topics are 'worthy' of posting. You're a beginner and don't know where to start? Ask! You've seen this beautiful header but have no idea how to achieve a similar effect? Ask! Really, there are no 'stupid' questions, and snarky, rude or sarcastic comments will not be tolerated here. Just saying :)

jana

I think it's high time to get to know each other a little bit, that is, how you use GIMP and/or Inkscape, how much you know about these tools etc. This makes it also easier for everyone involved to know what you would like to see here. For instance, making a tutorial is always a bit of a shot in the dark if you don't know anything about the people who watch this community. So, don't be shy and talk to us :)

( Poll this way )

Mood curious

GIMP Gate

Welcome!

Comic tutorials and animated images

Application recommendation: MyPaint

Brushes

Admin Post: Follow-up on the last poll

Admin Post: It's poll time