How to Make a Bug in GIMP

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open Gimp and start a new project.

   Make it 2000 X
   1500. , It needs to be 500 X 500 and transparent., Be sure you are in the correct layer when you do that., Make the foreground red. , Drag it to the lower right side of the square.,, Make sure the other 3 are unchecked. , Do this by going to Filters >> Distort >> IWarp.
   
   Use the following settings:
   Deform Mode:
   Grow Deform Radius: 175 Deform Amount:
   1.00 Be sure that Bilinear is checked. , Then press OK.,,, Right click on the top layer and select Merge Down.,, However, instead of Relative to:
   First item, select Image., This time, it can be the full size of the project, 2000 X
   1500.
   
   Be sure that it is transparent., Go to View >> Show Guides and make sure that it is checked., Do this three times and place them as you see in the screenshot.
   
   Do likewise with the ruler on the left side for the vertical guidelines., Go to the point where the eye meets the guideline as shown in the screenshot.
   
   Continue clicking on the guidelines as shown in the screenshot.
   
   Find the center of the right eye and clicking on the guideline above it, as shown. , Finish the last point by hitting Enter.,, Press Enter to lock in the change.,, Fill that with black.,,,,, Release the mouse key.
   
   This will fill the background with a blue/white gradient. , Be sure that you have selected the brush with hardness of
   100.
   
   Set the size to be 800 pixels., Set the Eraser brush so that it covers the eyes as shown.
   
   Do this for both sides.
   
   What this does is have eyes that aren't quite perfectly round., Do this by selecting the Smudge tool.
   
   Set the brush for 50px, and select the Bristles 02 brush., Do this all the way around, except for where the eyes are.
   
   After all, your insect doesn't want hair in its eyes.
   
   Here is where you should be at this point. , Change the foreground to a light brown.
   
   Select the airbrush tool and, still using the bristles 02 brush, draw alongside the eyes in the black.
   
   Do this on both sides and fill in the center just a bit.
   
   Do this also below that area as you see in the screenshot.,, Also, smudge the small bit of brown at the bottom.,, You will be making fangs for your insect. ,, Repeat the same with the other side of the fang., Select the paint bucket tool and be sure that Fill whole selection is marked.,,,, To do this, select the paths tool again and create an antenna like you see in the screenshot. , Fill with black and reduce by 5 this time., It can be the same size at 2000 X
   1500., Take it from the bottom up when creating the gradient.,,, It's ok if they aren't identical.
   
   Here is what it should look like at this point. , Make sure it is transparent and the same size as everything else.,,,, Do this with all three of the longer lines. , Do it from the top to the center guideline.
   
   Be sure that the foreground is white and the background is black.,, Select the paintbrush, a hardness of 100 and a width of
   2.
   
   Draw in lines similar to what you see in the screenshot. ,, It doesn't matter where.
   
   There will be a grid on your screen. , To move everything, be sure to use the handles at the top center and side center.
   
   Do this for the size.
   
   Once you have the size right and approximate location, click on the gold circle in the center and put on the finishing touches in locating it. , Merge the top two layers.,, This will give the image depth by adding blur to the wings., It needs to be above the wings, but behind everything else., Start at the center of the left eye and drag it down to the right and down until it looks like the screenshot. ,,,, Color in the body.
   
   Don't make it solid, just add some brown, like in the screenshot. , Then use the smudge tool again to add the appearance of hair.,,, Draw a rectangle (ish) shape at the bottom of your image. ,, Click on the Gradient tool and change the gradient to the Greens gradient.,,, Change the brush to one with a hardness of 50 and a size of 50px., Hold down the SHIFT key and draw a short distance away.
   
   Continuing to hold down the shift key until you have a leg like the one in the screenshot.
   
   Click here it needs to bend. , Make it 200 X 200 and transparent.
   
   It will be in the top left corner.,, Make sure the foreground color is white.,, Because of its placement at the moment, you won't see it, but it is there., It will be the furthest away from the background.,,,,,, Save the original file first in case you want to do some more work on it.
   
   Enjoy your work and show everyone what you can do!!
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   Step 2: Create a new layer.

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   Step 3: Click on the ellipse icon and in the square layer

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   Step 4: create a circle.

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   Step 5: Select the gradient icon with the following settings: FG to BG (RGB) Radial Be sure that the background is black.

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   Step 6: Start the gradient in the upper left hand corner of the 500 X 500 square layer.

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   Step 7: Go to Filters >> Distorts >> Mosaic...

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   Step 8: Change the settings to the following: Tiling Primitives: Hexagon Tile size: 15.0 Tile height: 10.0 Tile spacing: 1.0 Tile neatness: 1.00 Light direction: 135.0 Color variation: 0.00 Check Antialiasing and FG/BG lighting.

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   Step 9: Give the eye some depth.

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    Step 10: Click three times in the center of the eye.

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    Step 11: Duplicate the layer.

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    Step 12: Click on the Move icon and move the other eye so that it is exactly beside the first one.

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    Step 13: Put the two eyes on the same layer.

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    Step 14: Go to Select >> None to deselect the eyes.

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    Step 15: Click on the eyes

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    Step 16: select the Alignment tool

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    Step 17: then click on the horizontal center

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    Step 18: then the vertical center.

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    Step 19: Add a new layer.

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    Step 20: Make sure that Show Guides is enabled.

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    Step 21: Click on the ruler that you see at the top of the Gimp desktop and pull down guidelines.

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    Step 22: Click on the Path tool and do the following: Find the center of the left eye and then click on the guideline directly above the eye at that point.

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    Step 23: Finish the path by selecting the points as shown in the screenshot.

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    Step 24: Click on the top center line and pull down until it is slightly below the bottom guideline above the eyes.

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    Step 25: Repeat for the bottom center line

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    Step 26: as well.

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    Step 27: Fill the created path with white.

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    Step 28: Go to Select >> Shrink and reduce the selection by 5 pixels.

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    Step 29: Deselect the shape by going to Select >> None.

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    Step 30: Get rid of the guidelines by dragging them off of the screen.

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    Step 31: Look at the color swatches and have the foreground as white and the background a light blue.

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    Step 32: Click on the Gradient tool and be sure that the 'shape' is linear.

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    Step 33: At the top center of the screen

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    Step 34: click and drag down a short way.

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    Step 35: Select the eraser tool.

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    Step 36: Be sure that you are on the top layer.

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    Step 37: Add bristles to the top of the 'head'.

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    Step 38: At the top of the head

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    Step 39: just inside the edge of the black

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    Step 40: press and hold the mouse button and pull it straight out.

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    Step 41: Add more bristles in between the eyes.

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    Step 42: Change the foreground to white and

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    Step 43: still using the airbrush

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    Step 44: paint a little bit of white on top of the brown.

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    Step 45: Change back to the smudge tool and smudge the white and black together.

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    Step 46: Zoom in closer to the bottom of the eyes for the next step.

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    Step 47: Add a guideline just below the eyes.

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    Step 48: Select the path tool again

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    Step 49: and create a fang as you see in the screenshot.

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    Step 50: Select the leftmost line of the fang and pull it away from the center.

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    Step 51: Fill the fang with black.

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    Step 52: Reduce the selection by 2 by going to Select >> Shrink and change it to 2.

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    Step 53: Change your tool to the gradient tool and with the colors still black and white

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    Step 54: add a gradient to the reduced selection.

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    Step 55: Repeat the process for the second fang.

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    Step 56: Make the antenna.

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    Step 57: Follow the same pattern as before.

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    Step 58: Add another layer and be sure that it is transparent.

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    Step 59: Apply a gradient to the antenna in this layer.

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    Step 60: Change the mode from Normal to Dissolve and reduce the capacity to 50%.

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    Step 61: Deselect the gradient and then merge this layer with the one directly below it.

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    Step 62: Repeat the process to create the other antenna.

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    Step 63: Add a new layer.

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    Step 64: Add 3 guidelines as seen in the screenshot.

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    Step 65: Using the paths tool

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    Step 66: start just left of the left fang

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    Step 67: up to the top guideline to the left of the antenna

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    Step 68: down to the next guideline

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    Step 69: then back to NEAR the start point.

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    Step 70: Press Enter to finish the wing's initial shape.

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    Step 71: Select the 'top' line and give it some bend.

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    Step 72: Add a linear gradient to the wings.

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    Step 73: Repeat for the other wing.

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    Step 74: Add the wing demarcation.

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    Step 75: Duplicate the layer.

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    Step 76: Select the Scale icon

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    Step 77: then click in the middle of your insect.

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    Step 78: Start adjusting your wings.

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    Step 79: Click on Scale and your wings are done.

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    Step 80: Move the merged wings until that layer is behind the eyes.

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    Step 81: Making sure you are on the wings layer

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    Step 82: select Filters >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur and select 20.

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    Step 83: Create a new transparent layer.

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    Step 84: Select the ellipse tool.

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    Step 85: Fill the ellipse with white using the bucket fill tool.

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    Step 86: Shrink the selection by 5 pixels.

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    Step 87: Fill the reduced selection with black.

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    Step 88: Click on the airbrush tool

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    Step 89: change the brush to Bristles 02 and make it 50px wide.

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    Step 90: Go to Select >> None.

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    Step 91: Apply a Gaussian Blur with a radiance of 10.0.

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    Step 92: Add a branch for your insect to land on.

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    Step 93: Select the Free Selection tool.

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    Step 94: Change layers and move to the Background layer.

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    Step 95: Fill it with a gradient.

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    Step 96: Start at the top and pull down to fill the selection with the gradient.

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    Step 97: Move back to the body layer.

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    Step 98: Select the Brush tool.

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    Step 99: Click where you want to start a leg.

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     Step 100: Create a new layer.

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     Step 101: Select the ellipse tool and create a circle in the layer.

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     Step 102: Select the gradient tool.

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     Step 103: Choose the FG to Transparent gradient and select a Radial shape.

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     Step 104: Starting in the upper left corner drag it down to the bottom right corner.

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     Step 105: Move the layer that you are in up to the top of the layers.

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     Step 106: Select the move tool and then move the eye shine to the top left corner of the eye.

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     Step 107: Once you have the shine in place

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     Step 108: then duplicate the layer.

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     Step 109: Move the shine for the other eye over to the other eye and place it in a similar position.

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     Step 110: Merge the two eye shine layers.Image:Eyes on same layer.png

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     Step 111: Change the mode on the eye shine layer to Grain merge.

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     Step 112: Once you like the way it looks

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     Step 113: flatten all the layers.

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