Abstract
In this chapter, I’ll take a step back from photographs and explore how to use GIMP as a drawing program. I’ll cover the following topics:
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Making new images
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Using layers for drawing
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Drawing lines and curves
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Changing colors and brushes
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Erasing
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Drawing rectangles, circles, and other shapes
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Outlining and filling regions
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Filling with patterns and gradients
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Importing brushes or gradients, or making your own
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When GIMP won’t draw
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A drawing project
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© 2008 Akkana Peck
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(2008). Drawing. In: Beginning GIMP. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1069-6_4
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