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Elwin Estle wrote:
Well....I dunno about the "its only meant to edit existing images" part of things. There's a number of people on gimptalk.com that might have an issue with that, but I understand about the limitations of it's path system.
I understand what you mean as everything can be done with an image editor like The GIMP as long as it has a "pixel drawing" tool. But illustrating using it would be like trying to render a 3D scene using a 2D tool. You can fake some 3D elements using simple image editing tools. You can give a vector-feel to your bitmaps using bitmap tricks... But I think it's more efficient to use the right tool for the right work. It doesn't mean you can't have fun with The GIMP or other image editors to illustrate. After all there used to be only bitmap editors : Neochrome Master and Synthetic Arts (Atari ST), Deluxe Paint (Amiga, PC)...
I plain to drop a post on GIMPTalk.com and ask other users some insights on this matter. I'm sure there heads are full of tips & tricks that would make the illustration process far less painless. But I still believe In-kscape :P