GIMP Complete: GIMP Graphic Design, Book Covers and Drawing
What you'll learn
- Learn to expertly install and configure GIMP across Windows, macOS, or Linux, optimizing your workspace and workflow for efficient graphic design tasks.
- Master techniques to retouch and enhance digital photos using GIMP’s clone tool and advanced filters, elevating your photography to professional quality.
- Discover how to locate, legally download, and utilize thousands of high-quality, copyright-free images to enhance your graphic design projects and creations.
- Create visually appealing banners and memes tailored specifically for social media platforms, boosting your online visibility, engagement, and brand presence.
- Master digital drawing and illustration skills using GIMP with an inexpensive graphics tablet, enabling you to create artwork from concept to finished piece.
- Design captivating book covers entirely for free using GIMP's powerful tools, professional layering techniques, and sophisticated text styling capabilities.
- Develop realistic, three-dimensional book covers and promotional box sets, effectively increasing the professional appeal and marketability of your products.
- Acquire the skills to add special effects like reflections, ripples, and water distortion to your graphics, enhancing visual interest and professional impact.
- Learn to integrate HTML and WordPress effectively to showcase your GIMP-generated graphics online, promoting your portfolio and attracting more clients.
- Gain the knowledge to quickly build, customize, and launch a professional WordPress website to beautifully display and market your graphic design work online.
Requirements
- You'll need a computer running Windows, Mac OS or Linux to install and use the GIMP.
- You'll need a functioning browser to download the GIMP and to access images, fonts and other resources.
- A budget tablet and stylus for drawing are optional.
Description
Welcome to GIMP Complete: GIMP Graphic Design, Book Covers and Drawing – Your Ultimate Graphic Design Masterclass!
Are you ready to harness the power of one of the most robust, versatile, and free graphic design software tools available today? Welcome to the most detailed and most comprehensive GIMP training available on Udemy!
My name is Brian Jackson, and I’ve been using the GIMP since 1990—around the same time my competitors were born! With decades of expertise as a graphic illustrator, I have compiled everything you need to know about the GIMP into one expansive, expertly structured course designed to transform you from a complete novice to an advanced graphic designer and illustrator.
Why Choose This Course? This extensive course combines six of my best-selling GIMP courses and includes a valuable bonus course on creating and hosting your graphics on a professional WordPress website. You will master the GIMP, learn graphic design fundamentals, create stunning book covers, and explore digital drawing with an affordable tablet and stylus.
In this complete GIMP training, you'll receive:
Over 40 hours of expert instruction from beginner to advanced levels
Step-by-step tutorials that guide you from installation to expert-level skills
Insider techniques from professional photography and graphic illustration
Real-world applications including banners, book covers, memes, and digital drawings
Essential web skills to display and promote your graphic work online
You Will Learn How To:
Install, configure, and fully understand the GIMP software
Create professional banners and engaging memes optimized for social media
Source and utilize free, high-quality images legally and efficiently
Expertly retouch photographs using advanced techniques like clone tools
Design complex graphics through mastering layers, masks, bump maps, and gradients
Write dynamic circular text or text that follows any desired path
Create stunning, eye-catching book covers using completely free resources
Generate realistic 3D book covers and box sets
Design breathtaking visual effects like reflections and rippling water
Effectively display your graphic creations using HTML and WordPress
Unleash your creativity through digital drawing with an inexpensive tablet and stylus
Build, customize, and launch your own WordPress website to professionally showcase your work
Bonus Content Included:
A complete course dedicated to building and launching your professional WordPress website to showcase your stunning graphic designs.
The GIMP isn’t just an alternative to Photoshop—it’s a powerful, comprehensive tool capable of creating professional-grade graphics, illustrations, and designs. With this course, you'll gain lifelong skills that you can leverage professionally, creatively, or simply for personal satisfaction.
Invest in yourself today—30 minutes a day for just a few weeks is all it takes to unlock your potential in graphic design!
Still unsure? Preview the first two sections for FREE. If you love what you see, enroll and join thousands of satisfied students transforming their creativity into reality.
I'll see you in classroom,
---Brian Jackson
Who this course is for:
- Aspiring Graphic Designers seeking professional-quality tools and skills without costly software.
- Authors and Publishers looking to independently design captivating and cost-effective book covers.
- Photographers interested in mastering advanced photo retouching and digital editing techniques.
- Social Media Marketers aiming to produce engaging visual content to enhance online presence.
- Digital Artists and Illustrators wanting to expand their skill set using a budget-friendly tablet.
- Bloggers and Website Owners needing to create professional graphics and banners for websites.
- Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners interested in DIY graphic design for branding purposes.
- Students and Educators who require comprehensive and affordable graphic design software training.
- Hobbyists and Creatives wishing to explore graphic design, illustration, and digital art as a pastime.
- Web Developers and Content Creators aiming to integrate high-quality graphics seamlessly online.
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Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 5,331 Reviews
- 160,669 Students
- 26 Courses
Hello,
My name is Brian Jackson. I'm the writer of approximately two dozen Amazon books, the publisher of over 100 Amazon books, and a Udemy instructor with almost 30 courses.
Over the last 14 years, since July 2011, I've made over $725,000 online through publishing Amazon Kindle eBooks and Udemy online video training courses.
This is my story...
1 Origins
I was born in Los Angeles, California, in the middle of the last century. I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California. After working for Lockheed Missiles and Space for 14 years as an IBM system programmer and Cisco Systems for 12 years as a test engineer, I retired at 48.
I instantly became bored.
2 Community College
In response to my boredom, I enrolled in Columbia Community College to take writing, art, acting, and statistics classes. I took 24 units over one year and received straight A's.
I was still bored.
3 Writing and Self-publishing
I began writing fiction and nonfiction books and self-publishing them on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords in July 2011. Though I wrote and published several books, my self-publishing business didn’t take off until my wife joined me.
4 My Wife and Author, Melanie Jackson
My wife, Melanie Jackson, was an author who published over two romance novels per year through her New York publisher, Dorchester Press. After publishing 24 novels with Dorchester, the company folded, and Melanie was without a publisher (she wanted to write cozy mysteries anyway).
I convinced Melanie to join me in self-publishing cozy mysteries on Amazon.
5 The Self-publishing Years
For the last 14 years, from July 2011 until now (2/15/2025), my wife and I have written and self-published cozy mysteries. At first, we continued to self-publish on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords, but eventually chose to self-publish exclusively on Amazon. I've self-published well over 100 of my wife’s books on Amazon.
During the last 14 years, from 2011 until now (2/15/2025), my wife and I have made precisely $501,711.89 self-publishing books on Amazon alone.
6 My Wife and I
When I say “my wife and I,” I mean that my wife did the writing, and I helped with the brainstorming, did half the editing, created the book covers, and self-published and marketed my wife’s books. So, my wife had it pretty good while I honed my writing, self-publishing and marketing skills.
After about five years of self-publishing a book every two months, Melanie and I burned out and slowed way, waaayyy, doowwwnnn…
7 Udemy
I began publishing courses on Udemy, Skillshare and multiple other sites in July 2014, focusing on writing, self-publishing and book covers. Within ten weeks, I had published my first 10 Udemy courses. I currently (2/15/2025) publish almost exclusively on Udemy and have almost 30 Udemy courses to my name. I've made precisely $223,176.49 to date and celebrated my 10th anniversary on Udemy last July.
I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, with my lovely wife, author Melanie Jackson, and Chloe, the cat.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian