CHAPTER 4 DRAWING 131 The (Domain and web hosting) Ink Pen
CHAPTER 4 DRAWING 131 The Ink Pen Tool The Ink Pen tool (Figure 4-12) is the most complex of the basic drawing tools, but it can be very rewarding. It emulates an old-fashioned fountain pen with replaceable nibs (tips). Not only can you make nibs of different shapes (analogous to choosing different brushes with the other tools), the Ink Pen reacts to your speed as you draw, creating a line that varies in width like a line from a real ink pen. Careful: you can create blobs of ink if your penmanship isn t quite right. But unlike a real ink pen, you won t get ink all over your shirt pockets! Figure 4-12. The Ink Pen The Ink Pen is most useful if you have a drawing tablet rather than a mouse. It will change line thickness in response to pressure or tilt as reported by a tablet. But even with a regular mouse, you can sometimes create nice effects. The Ink Pen, unlike all the other drawing tools, ignores GIMP s current brush. It has its own notion of a brush, similar to GIMP s parametric brushes, with the following options:
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