SILENT ORDER: Cover Layout In THE GIMP

To prove that it can be done, I’m writing, editing, laying out, and publishing a science fiction book entirely from Ubuntu Linux. That includes doing the cover. Today I’m using The GIMP (which stands for The GNU Image Manipulation Program) to make the cover for SILENT ORDER: AXIOM HAND.

I use The GIMP a lot, and it’s got two weaknesses: 1.) it’s not quite as good as Photoshop when it comes to really advanced stuff, and 2.) it has a learning curve that makes the Matterhorn look like a gentle slope. However, Photoshop’s learning curve is equally as sharp, and The GIMP is free, which means you don’t have to deal with Adobe’s crazy Creative Cloud pricing scheme.

Also, it runs really fast on Ubuntu. I used to run The GIMP on Windows, but it’s way faster on Ubuntu.

The SILENT ORDER series is coming in October!

-JM