Outline/echo around an image?

[Espermaschine]

(02-17-2018, 05:16 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Build up the logo from bottom to top using paths  for each outline to preserve the sharp corners. see: https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-paths.html

Something like this:
1. The base image, with the paths drawn round it, as outlines for each color. https://i.imgur.com/SpsoLxl.jpg

I totally do not understand what you are doing there.
How did you get the grown outlines ? Are you growing a selection and edit the path ??