Take a look at the screencast to hear the story of how this happened, and how to clean a wound using the GIMP.
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54 of 365 is a fiery line #GIMP
So I was looking through past sketches, and I came across an effect that I had done in Inkscape that adapts well (better even) to the GIMP. I created a few lines in a transparent layer using a wacom tablet. Then I duplicated that layer and blurred it. Finally, I created a dark red layer underneath. The result is a glow effect.
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So, this is essentially an inside joke between some old friends. However, I think you can appreciate it from a general point of view too. I hereby name this meme ‘philosophy squirrels’.
In the GIMP, I took a single image that I found in MorgueFile of a squirrel, and mirrored it, then duplicated the pair into a new layer, and moved it down. After I had them where I wanted them, I added the text and paths to have them chat. I thought about adding a coolfaced troll to nod to Shaun Holland, but maybe next time.
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46 of 365 is a man on fire #GIMP
Here we have a man on fire. A poetic, metaphoric, and timely self-portrait.
In the GIMP, I imported the silhouetted image of the man, along with the flame image. In order to combine them, I put the man as the top layer, and set the layer style to “screen”, which keeps the white of the upper layer, but let the flames come through wherever the black occurred. It’s a simple, but very powerful technique when you want to quickly combine the contents of two layers.
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43 of 365 is a birthday wish #GIMP
So, Janie Hermann and another couple of friends have birthdays today. I just wanted to make a special commemoration to her and the rest. I’m happy to have you around!
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This is another in the series of predetermined captions. Nancy McMillin was kind enough to suggest the phrase “Don’t just sit there with your teeth in your mouth” and this is almost exactly what I pictured when I read the line.
In the GIMP, I brought in a picture of myself, and a picture of some gnarly teeth. I selected my jaw from the photo, then cut and pasted it as a new layer. I placed the teeth behind the hole where my jaw had been, by placing that layer behind my photo. I rotated the jaw layer and moved it below the teeth in the image, as the top most layer. I worked to recreated the goatee in a the image by cloning.
If I did it again, I’m sure I could make it more believable, but one sketch a day makes time a luxury. I’m sure I’ll use the technique in future sketches. Thanks, Nancy, and everybody please keep the captions coming!