I tried t learn gimp so I could help some one but it was very hard to find stuff. I don't have time right now but I will give you a breakdown on how I did Jenny....Not that hard to do. If you follow the link below you can see what I started with and see most of what the pen tool was used for.... once you open it , if you click, or double click you'll expand it.

http://postimage.org/image/8d6up9djn/

Hello Joel: Thanks for the comment on Jenny If I was using Gimp I would have a few of the best plug-in filters I could find. Does Gimp have anything like a pen tool, something you can create lines and curves with? The Jenny wall was done mainly with filters and the pen tool. So I think your first step would be these links below. Let me know what you have already if any.

http://registry.gimp.org/node/27656

http://registry.gimp.org/

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/gimptutorials/ss/Photosh...

http://akvis.com/en/graphic-tips/gimp-add-plugins.php

You are quite welcome
take care
Ellen

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Hello Joel: Thank for nice comment dude.... tell next time

Hello Joel: Thanks mate and take care of that Mom of yours. Moms are always more important than wallpapers...

Hay Joel: Where you been hiding?

Hello Joel: You have been doing photo manipulations; they are nothing more than adding other elements to an image. Hay my style of photo manipulations came from doing research looking at tutorials and finding what might look good as wallpapers by seeing what is popular. Keep the practice up cuz that's all I do and I am getting better. Today I am starting 3 new groups and one is just about photo manipulations. Hope to see you there. I should start to upload next week.

My 1st manipulation: way too dark background and all the stuff I added in you can barely see. The idea came from a tutorial but my execution of it was pretty bad.

Thanks for joining the Gimp group,Keep on posting your wallpapers! Well done

Hello my friend Thanks for the fan. Sorry but I had to delete my group because of a mistake with the title. Now it's ok again You may join me again if you want. Have a great weekend
I'll fan you back

Hello friend Happy that you joined my group
Have a great day

No worry's mate I was sick for a week myself!

Hello Joel

You're welcome Joel, and thanks for the cool comment on Stormy. I messed with it for a few hours tell I was happy with it. The over lay on her arm was a bit of practice for another wall I'm working on. I want to do draw overlays over like an outfit. Something like this below. The guy who did that is really good at it; it started as a photo. I'm finely getting to the point where I can find someone else who has done something I like and try to mimic it. I can't always find a tutorial on what I want to do so I end up experimenting with black and white because you don't have to deal with colors.

Something new if your interested

Hello Joel: After looking through all my tutorials and they were all tutorials that interested me so just Google PS tutorials find something you like. I can give you a link to a place I like best. I found there is no one place to find tutorials and because I'm still learning I look for new techniques I've never done before. Good luck...

http://blog.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/category/tutorials/

Hello Joel: Other than the color I'd like to take credit for that vector but that is just a recreation of a illustration from the 80s. I did it to practice and be fluent with the pen tool in PS. The pen tool is in my top 10 list of best tools in PS. I'll go through my tutorials and see what might work for you.

Hello Joel: Thanks for the fave and if you have any questions feel free, always willing to help. I think you'll have no trouble doing these kind of images. They're just made up of a bunch of layers with various plug-ins like Topaz to tweak little areas of each layer to get the look I want.