ok well I don't ask for help often, but anyway I was wondering how can I make the edges go around an object like the one seen in the award above, and I'm asking how to do this in Gimp of course???

I was thinking the paths tool, but that wouldn't work the way I want. I know Gimp 2.8 will have brush dynamics for direction, and I could do it that way based on rotation, but for a perfect circle idk.

Needs more work, but I created a trangle wave plot (used a Shape Paths Script-fu for that) and the stroked the result and then ran Polar Coordinates filter for the result.

Thanks, this is a huge help!

You could also run Star in Script-fu - Shape Paths, and make as many points as you want or make the points as shallow or deep as you want, in far less steps.

Your right Mahvin.

You could also use "Filters->Render->Gfig". (After drawing the star with the Star Tool, switch to the second "Hand" tool to move the anchor points.)

Wow I never used gfig until now, and I think I'm gonna need a lot of practice with that particular filter to get an effect like the award.

Forgot about that one too Saul. Like everything in GIMP, there is a 1000 ways to skin a cat. lol

Saul also has a good tip on making making zigzags, I bet even this could work into making the award star.

http://www.mahvin.com/?p=1785

ok I got the hang of it now, well somewhat, thanks peeps!

I figured out an easier way, just made a simple template, like the one below...


and then use Polar Coordinates, and design it however you want, I made an example below...