GIMP Version: 2.8.4
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level

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HI
My sister broke her arm yesterday and I am thinking of making her an arm with a cast in Gimp.
Do we have any kind of pattern or brushes that can create that?
Of course i also want to add a loving message on the cast.

A scratch type brush and bump-mapping would be helpful for texturing. I would use quite a few layers to build up the texture and shading.

How's this?

Matera: where do i find those brushes?
Wallace: yes! but how can I make it?

I guess it depends on how realistic you would like your image to look. If you can draw an arm. It should be easy to add a cast to the drawing.
There are lots of fabric patterns that could be use to create the texture of the cast. You would need to find one that you like the look of.

Or you can take a google images pic of a cast and superimpose it over what you have drawn and use opacity level to make it look like you drew the textures.

I created this image below and used a pattern called "First Aid Kit" to give my cast it texture.


This is what the pattern looks like, it's a very subtle pattern, but look good. Often times a cast is not always white. This pattern can also be colorized in case the cast is not white.

2ton: that's cheating
Wallace : Thank You or the help . did You bump map or used carving to give it the lines?

I bump mapped the cast with a slightly blurred copy of itself, and I created the lines on the cast using the "Paths tool".

Thanks for the pattern Wallace.

You're welcome Molly.

Thank you Wallace - just grabbed.

Thank You for the pattern Wallace.
I am still struggling to make it fit around my sister's arm,lol..none of the pics I have of her,show
her full arm.

You're welcome and I'm pretty sure you'll figure something out.
"Where there's a will there's a way"