At least most are short, but too old, things have changed since Gimp 2.8 Taking the example of a pencil drawing effect a one stop plugin for Gimp 3 the gmic plugin.
It is not a bad idea understanding how to make-from-basics but new users to Gimp are going to be baffled in places.
It is not a bad idea understanding how to make-from-basics but new users to Gimp are going to be baffled in places.