Hi, I've recently been experimenting with path stroking and have been getting some great results generating art using ink brushes.

What I'm looking for now is a way to incorporate more randomness into the path that is stroked by the brush. I find that when I use the same brush settings manually this introduces interesting effects most likely from a variation of speed which I'm guessing equates to pressure on the pen. Essentially, I'm looking for a way to stroke a path to turn the top line example (created using stroke path) into something more like the bottom example (created manually).

Does anyone have any ideas on how to go about doing this?

Thanks!
 

hello everyone

I usually manage to troubleshoot on my own by searching on the internet
but I'm comming here because I really don't know what to do anymore ;-;

gimp sometimes freaks out, switching tools back and forth when (for example) I hit the edges of a toolbox 
it started doing this around version 2.8 or 2.6(?)

I used to click on tools to reset the behaviour and go back at drawing
it wasn't something I couldn't work around
but now, it came to a point I absolutely cant draw anymore


I do 2 strokes, and suddenly the brush start flickering between colors and tools

it also fixates on the tool options doing that highlight 
as if there's something important for me to check there

I tried:
- uninstalling and reinstalling gimp 
- same for the tablet driver

- preferences>tool options>reset saved tool options to default values
- preferences>input devices>reset saved tool options to default values
- turning off my mouse and touchpad in case they were interfering
- deleting the gimp folder in my %appdata% to get rid any 'user profile' info
- and ofc I restarted my pc multiple times while trying all these things..

I tought maybe my tablet died... so I bought a new one which didn't arrived yet..
but then I tried using my friend's tablet to see if the problem would solve- nope! the issue is the same!
I tought maybe it's my pc's issue so I tried installing krita and see if the issue happens there (using my old tablet)... and nope! 
I can work on krita just fine!

so I'm considering to abandon Gimp...
but I've grown using only Gimp since 2008 ..it's frustrating..


thank you so much for your time and attention <3<3
(sorry for any spelling mistake, english isn't my first language)
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PC and tablet info:

old tablet: Wacom Bamboo CTL-470 
new incoming tablet: Wacom One Small 
PC: Omen 15-dc
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz   2.21 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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