05-01-2018, 01:18 PM
(04-30-2018, 04:28 PM)Espermaschine Wrote:(04-30-2018, 03:51 PM)UndeadScobie Wrote: Thanks guys, this is a big help. I'm used to Gimp and use it for everything, but I almost always draw freehand, I don't have much experience with using paths this way. I'll try out the things you've suggested and maybe switch to Inkscape just for pattern creation if it's still too finicky.
What you have provided us with is a tools question. You have presented the question with a very fixed perspective on how to create your artwork, but actually the tools are not at the center of what you want to achieve.
If you could show us an example of what you want to do, we could probably give you much better advice on how to get there.
Compared to Inkscape, the paths tools in Gimp is rather basic. You can draw lines and curves with it.
In Inkscape you can build patterns from shapes or use effects like Spirospline, pattern along path, symmetry or cloning, etc. to get the shapes you want to create.
But maybe you could draw your shapes by hand in Gimp, trace and improve them with the paths tools, and then build your seamless pattern with the bitmaps.
Lots of possibilities ! But without knowing what you are going for, its impossible to give good advice.
I'm working on repeating floral/geometric patterns, like so (from Amor Fenn's "Abstract Design and How to Create It"):