Newbie Here

[Harry]

Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Just trying the forum out.
Background: Producing cartoons and illustrations since late 70s.
Been publishing cartoons drawn with GIMP for some time now. Still learning new tricks.

Cartoons appear in magazines, newspapers and T-shirts.

Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

   

I have built a master template that allows me to create various cartoon strips just by turning on/off layers.
Boxes are resized using a sliding vertical bar and I can add multiple boxes by again, manipulating layers. So, for each publication cycle, I'm not reinventing the wheel. I just sit down and go to town.

I started with PSP, but when Corel took over, that killed it for me. Photoshop is out of the question and not affordable. Thus, Linux.
Been trying the different flavors of Linux, but when I discovered Mint, instant love. Stable as a rock on my monster desktop computer. Super fast and now I'm so comfortable with Linux, I'm down to one WIN XP box that is only used to operate a large flat bed scanner.

I use to scan rough sketches in using my scanners, but now I just take a photo of my sketch and Bluetooth it into GIMP and use it as a scaleable background. I have digitizer pads and older Cintiq.

   

I'm also on FaceBook

-Harry

[Ofnuts]

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Yes, we don't plan to die any time soon (well, the forum... the owners/admins are all grey beards so crossing fingers )

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

500KB is plenty for a PNG.

Is that a K1200LT? Or an recent Trophy with the sides of the older model?

[Harry]

(06-29-2017, 07:57 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Yes, we don't plan to die any time soon (well, the forum... the owners/admins are all grey beards so crossing fingers )

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

500KB is plenty for a PNG.

Is that a K1200LT? Or an recent Trophy with the sides of the older model?

That would be a 2015 Kawasaki Concours 1400 CC monster, AKA "C14". That's what I ride weather permitting. Looks like it has gill slits on each side. It's a hoot to ride and gets nearly 60 MPG. I'm a member of the Concours Owners Group, and I submit cartoons to their magazine.

[Ofnuts]

(06-29-2017, 09:12 PM)Harry Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:57 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Yes, we don't plan to die any time soon (well, the forum... the owners/admins are all grey beards so crossing fingers )

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

500KB is plenty for a PNG.

Is that a K1200LT? Or an recent Trophy with the sides of the older model?

That would be a 2015 Kawasaki Concours 1400 CC monster, AKA "C14". That's what I ride weather permitting. Looks like it has gill slits on each side. It's a hoot to ride and gets nearly 60 MPG. I'm a member of the Concours Owners Group, and I submit cartoons to their magazine.

The "gills" reminded me of the old Trophy design... A 60MPG you aren't riding it hard enough

[Harry]

(06-29-2017, 10:43 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 09:12 PM)Harry Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:57 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Yes, we don't plan to die any time soon (well, the forum... the owners/admins are all grey beards so crossing fingers )

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

500KB is plenty for a PNG.

Is that a K1200LT? Or an recent Trophy with the sides of the older model?

That would be a 2015 Kawasaki Concours 1400 CC monster, AKA "C14". That's what I ride weather permitting. Looks like it has gill slits on each side. It's a hoot to ride and gets nearly 60 MPG. I'm a member of the Concours Owners Group, and I submit cartoons to their magazine.

The "gills" reminded me of the old Trophy design... A 60MPG you aren't riding it hard enough

Takes me at least 2 hours to get to the twisties where I live, and you are right, I don't ride it hard enough. The bike scares the hell out of me. 

[Ofnuts]

(06-29-2017, 10:50 PM)Harry Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 10:43 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 09:12 PM)Harry Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:57 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Been looking for a Gimp forum that's still alive. This one looks promising. 

Yes, we don't plan to die any time soon (well, the forum... the owners/admins are all grey beards so crossing fingers )

(06-29-2017, 07:21 PM)Harry Wrote: Sample attached, if I did it right. Nope...I see 500 kB limitation...try again...

500KB is plenty for a PNG.

Is that a K1200LT? Or an recent Trophy with the sides of the older model?

That would be a 2015 Kawasaki Concours 1400 CC monster, AKA "C14". That's what I ride weather permitting. Looks like it has gill slits on each side. It's a hoot to ride and gets nearly 60 MPG. I'm a member of the Concours Owners Group, and I submit cartoons to their magazine.

The "gills" reminded me of the old Trophy design... A 60MPG you aren't riding it hard enough

Takes me at least 2 hours to get to the twisties where I live, and you are right, I don't ride it hard enough. The bike scares the hell out of me. 

Not surprised. I ride a much more modest TDM900, that no longer scares me.