Jitter test

Finally got around to checking if there was a way to jitter brushes in GIMP, which, of course there is. One thing that has always annoyed me about using digital tools vs. analog ones is that I never really figured out how to get realistic sponge effects. I used to watch Bob Ross on TV and marvel at the ease with which he plastered relatively complex objects like leaves and dirt onto his canvas with nothing more than some simple sponge tapping.

The scene below was whipped up in about an hour. I originally called it “done” after about 20 mins, but then I started messing with the levels a bit, and adding a little detail here, a little detail there, and before you know it time was passing :).