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The road to Talkeetna, Alaska (oil painting from photo)

This is a simulated oil painting I created from a photo I took in Alaska. I don't remember the exact location, but it's on the road to Talkeetna, probably between Willow and Talkeetna.

By Alvin Alexander on April 6, 2013

A Gimp oil painting plus canvas version of me (Alvin Alexander) in a rare suit

By Alvin Alexander on October 7, 2012

Gimp - Textured backgrounds, chalky lines, straight lines, and more

I spent several hours today working with the Gimp software application today, mostly doing work in trying to create textured areas, canvas backgrounds, and irregular lines (like chalk lines), and I'm writing this post for myself so I can remember everything I tried, and specifically what worked.

How to draw a straight line in Gimp

I think I've written this before, but to draw a straight line in Gimp:

By Alvin Alexander on August 5, 2011

How to draw circles in Gimp (videos)

As a quick note, I just posted two new videos on YouTube about how to draw circles in Gimp:

These videos are essentially a companion to my How to draw circles in Gimp tutorial here on the devdaily website.

By Alvin Alexander on June 6, 2011

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Gimp circles - How to draw a circle in Gimp (the magic keystroke)

Gimp circle FAQ: How do I draw a circle in Gimp?

As I can never remember obscure things, here's my tip on how to draw a circle in Gimp (a Gimp circle).

To draw a Gimp circle follow these steps:

By Alvin Alexander on January 31, 2011

A Gimp circle tutorial - How to draw a circle in Gimp

Gimp circle FAQ: How do I draw a circle in Gimp?

I just used Gimp to create several circle images in my iPhone Safari browser privacy and security tutorial, and here's a short tutorial on how I created them. I normally use hollow circle images to highlight something in the original image, I'll demonstrate that here, but I'll also show how to create solid circles in Gimp, which are even easier to create.

By Alvin Alexander on August 31, 2011

A GIMP straight line tutorial

It's embarrassing to say how long I've been using GIMP without knowing how to draw a straight line, but ... skipping that story ... here's a quick tutorial on how to draw a straight line with GIMP.

GIMP straight line: Step 1

Step 1 in the process is to have an image you want to draw a straight line on. I'll assume you have a practical image you're working with, but for my purposes, I'll be drawing a straight line in black, on a white canvas. Here's my white canvas: