Here's some recent stuff that I've made with Gimp over the last year. Let me know what you think.

Here's what I designed for my Facebook cover photo...



I made myself into a Na'vi avatar using this tutorial (http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/beco ... r-tutorial). I do realize there are some mistakes, especially how the hair is so harsh.



I really like this one.



And then there's this one:



Let me know what you think and which one you like best...

Thanks!

I love the Na'vi avatar. Is that you? I love that kind of fantasy photo manipulation and you are a very pretty model for it.

mariawendt. i think you've made some beautiful stuff there. i love that cork board! and i agree with erisian that you make a very pretty na'avi .

as a typography fetishist i obviously like the Maria typography artwork, simple but very effective idea !

Thank you, everyone, for such nice remarks. I feel all nice inside now

Yep, that's a picture of me, actually from a year ago. Here's a more recent one, though.



I meant to upload this one, too, but I forgot. I really like this one and how the swirls interweave with the letters. It's unfinished, though, so it looks less detailed than usual.

Well done mariawendt. I'm suitably impressed.

really nice stuff there, I like all of them.

Hey, I think those are quite cool! I like the avatar one, but it' s kind of grainy and low-quality. Other than that, good work!
Oh yeah and the sing and dance one, that' s a neat design.

Yeah, I did the avatar one over a year ago and I see where I made some mistakes... Always room for improvement!

Thanks again to everyone who helped encourage me. I really really like this forum!

Wow - you are pretty. I wish I was many decades younger! I love the lettering on the other one. Was it done by hand or a font?

Very impressive stuff! Did you make those tacks by hand? Sometimes the smallest of things impress me.
Also, that baby is adorable!

haha, Erisian, thanks! It was actually a font (I'm not cool enough to do it by hand). The font is called Kingsthings Foundation. Here's a link:

http://www.dafont.com/kingthings-foundation.font

I'm glad you like it!

Thank you, Cyrilshark. I didn't make those tacks by hand (although, I'd imagine there's plenty of tutorials on how to do that). I actually got it from Fuzzimo. It's a great site with tons of free downloads. Here's a link:

http://www.fuzzimo.com/free-vector-post ... push-pins/

The baby was fun to do; thanks for the compliment!

Nice creations you have there!
I think you look lovely!
The sing and dance one I think is my fave along the one with you with the blue skin. lol =P

haha, yeah, it felt really weird doing it to myself. I mean, zooming in on your own face is pretty bizarre. Thanks for the compliment!