Sunday, March 29, 2009

Manic Monday: A bird may love a fish

I painted this in GIMP both to familiarize myself with that program and so I would have something for my Manic Monday post. For my first painting using that software, I'm pretty happy with it. I need to understand GIMP if I want my future Blender projects to look their best. Happy Monday.

14 comments:

anthonynorth said...

An intriguing image. Liked it.

Jamie said...

Wonderful way to illustrate a proverb:

Where would they live?

Villager said...

Happy MM! I've not heard of GIMP before ... but, your image is very creative!

I invite your blog readers to remember why the caged bird sings.

peace, Villager

star8278 said...

Good job.

Tink *~*~* said...

I remember that line from Fiddler On The Roof! Tevye to Chava: "A bird may love a fish - but where would they build a home together?"

Tink *~*~*
Colorful birds from Orlando, Florida

Gayle said...

Must be something to be artistic like that. Very pretty.

Janna said...

Wow, that's really good.
I'm impressed.

Sure beats the heck out of the silly little cartoons I draw on the Jannaverse. :)

Jeanette said...

Not sure what GIMP is, but your picture is cool.

Leah said...

I like it.

Marilyn said...

Anthony: Thanks :)

Jamie: In a floating nest?

Villager: Thank you.

Star: Thanks

Tink: It was also quoted in Everafter, which is what reminded me of it.

Gayle: That's the sweetest thing anybody has said to me in days. Thank you.

Janna: I love your cartoons.

Jeanette: Thank you

Leah: Thank you

Mags said...

I can't get the hang of gimp. I don't know why...

Marilyn said...

Open source software seems to take a lot of effort to learn... well, more than most of the commercial stuff. I have more effort than money and I also have a lot of experience with graphics software.

Still, I spent a lot of time improving this today. I wasn't happy with the bird's legs and tail or the nest.

whall said...

Coincidentally, I've been learning gimp also. I did my last two graphics in it. I find the tutorials are sufficient, although they could be spruced up a bit more. Maybe that's how I could contribute - make some better video tutorials worth watching.

I've been a Photoshop user in the past and could do bare minimum decent work, and some of the shortcut differences in GIMP keep getting me. I say "DOH" a lot. :)

Travis said...

I like it. Nicely done!