Someone wants me to post a thread but I'm a Novice with 6 books on Amazon

[Dave_Page]

Just trying to learn GIMP before I start my next book.

The books to date are the Parky's espionage trilogy and the FYOG - 200 years ahead English Dictatorship series and they had maps painted on the inside of the reader's eyelids but within defined existing areas of countryside where the plot drew the map.

Now looking at other planets, fantasy, space, inter-planetary and it would be nice to be able to sketch maps to match the words, so images and words are throughout the book.

First and basically early step is to learn to use Gimp 2.8.

I know there are people there to do this but it is chicken and egg ... by the time I can afford them I won't need them and when I need them I can't afford them.

I did photography in the 60s and I have created all my book covers from my own photographs and PhoXo so far but I need to learn the right tools for the job and thus I have joined the Guild.

[johnvanvliet]

i make "exoplanets" ( the confirmed ones ) for a 3d space sim
an example
-- a VERY EARLY coloring - needs a lot of work yet !!!
Kepler 452/B ( in the news the other day - NASA announcement)


-- youtube vid -1080
https://youtu.be/aq1mAs_hb0U

gas giant Kepler - 432 / b



a early idea for "Gliese - 832 / C"




all 3 were done using different tools
I start with a Height map , them make a texture to drape over a 3d object

but The Gimp was used in part in all of them