I love the many many ways we can accomplish things in GIMP via scripts. This script just adds another dimension to the many ways we can create brick walls.

http://registry.gimp.org/node/25090

I created a grid in Filters - Render - Patterns - Grid equally dividing a 480 x 480px image into 50 blocks. 96px wide by 48px high, using a medium gray grid color on white background.

I love your medieval bricks, mahvin. I'm not having much luck though. So you had to start with a layer of blocks? I read the comments at the script site.

Did you make your stack of blocks?

Not a bad result:

I just grabbed it before coming here. Nice addition to the other scripts for wall designing.
Can this script be used to offset any object on the drawable?

The input parameters are rather limited. Length and Width of block and Offset in pixels ... perhaps it could be expanded in capabilities by someone smarter than myself ...

Could be a good start to the 2 pixel puzzle.I know Mahvin showed the best way with curves, but there has to be a way to select a stroked 3 pixel path and delete some of it's width.Even a squiggly line . polygon, or circle.
I know much of this can be done with select/shrink and select/grow, but not by .5 lowest is 1 pixel.
If a script could be developed to offset by .5 (half a pixel) and up to that objects size, that would be awesome.
Then you could select the path, shrink ,grow, or offset by .5 and either delete,fill, or grow.
A lot of possibilities for a script like that.
Also it would be nice to be able to offset the size inward, outward, or both.

Is it possible to scale an object down with the scale tool by 1 pixel or .5? I haven't really ever tried.

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Open a square drawing (480 x 480 px)

Go to Filters - Render - Patterns - Grid:


Then run Froggy's script: set the parameters:


Then its all additional layer modes, and patterns, and bump mapping from that point.

It's a byob script so I brought my blocks to it.

Did you use the script to get the bricks?

I found that the new G'MIC Light Glow feature really has the ability to add depth to an image, in the weirdest of ways. Throw a black and white brick pattern into G'MIC, and on Light glow, set layer to grain merge, and lower the density and amplitude settings, turn Opacity all the way up. Blur the result lightly. (3px?)

Yes, used the script to make the bricks offset. They were just plain blocks before using the script.

The script is OK, but you can do just the same with a displacement map made of horizontal black & write stripes that are the height of the bricks? And if you blur it a bit you can even shear the joints?

Yes but what fun is that
When you can run a script and play with all the settings.