ardchoille
Android Expert
Recently someone asked me how I make all of my cool artwork so I thought I'd post some information to get you started.
Obtaining a graphics artwork package
GIMP - GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X.
GIMP Tutorials
GIMP Documentation - From the folks who brought us the GIMP
Grokking The GIMP - One of the best GIMP tutorials available
GIMP Tutorials.Org - Various tutorials available for different levels of work
GIMP-tutorials - Effects, icons, textures and more
GIMP Tips & Tricks
GIMP Community
GIMP Talk - A GIMP community
GIMP Guru
GIMP Stuff
GIMP Brushes - 2000+ Free brushes for designers
GIMP Stuff - Fonts, brushes, patterns, gradients and more
The GIMP is, in my opinion, an exceptional graphics package and the only one I use for graphics artwork. It comes with a slight learning cure but there is a huge community of people that can help you along the way.
Obtaining a graphics artwork package
GIMP - GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X.
GIMP Tutorials
GIMP Documentation - From the folks who brought us the GIMP
Grokking The GIMP - One of the best GIMP tutorials available
GIMP Tutorials.Org - Various tutorials available for different levels of work
GIMP-tutorials - Effects, icons, textures and more
GIMP Tips & Tricks
GIMP Community
GIMP Talk - A GIMP community
GIMP Guru
GIMP Stuff
GIMP Brushes - 2000+ Free brushes for designers
GIMP Stuff - Fonts, brushes, patterns, gradients and more
The GIMP is, in my opinion, an exceptional graphics package and the only one I use for graphics artwork. It comes with a slight learning cure but there is a huge community of people that can help you along the way.
