https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Darboy-ImitationOfChrist/pages/310-full-page-christian-border-detail-jesus-with-raised-hand/

This could be either Jesus or John, but probably Jesus.

This figure was floating in the left-hand side of a full-page border used in Darboy’s 1855 edition of the Imitation of Christ; there are full-page borders on every page, but they repeat.

#jesus #christFigure #drawing #jesus_Christ #WhiteJesus #vintageArt #vintageEngraving #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #xsane

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Darboy-ImitationOfChrist/pages/310-full-page-christian-border-detail-owl/

This line-drawing of an owl looks startlingly modern, with eyes wide as if in surprise, body twisted, wings spread for takeoff. It was in the bottom-left corner of a full-page border from Darboy’s 1855 edition of the Imitation of Christ.

#owl #drawing #vintageArt #vintageEngraving #fobo #bird #feathers #wings #winged #GIMP #GIMP3

GIMP 3 Released & Free Software Activism

https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/ebHDch1Dcw1c7ZmC8LEHTN

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Darboy-ImitationOfChrist/pages/310-full-page-christian-border/

A full-page border, or page surround, featuring Christian religious figures, birds, and a crocodile or dragon (which is intended? i am uncertain). It’s from an 1855 edition of Imitation of Christ.

#vintageEngraving #christianity #border #A4 #GIMP #GIMP3 #xsane #Darboy #imitationOfChrist #oldBooks #fobo

GIMP 3.2.4 released!

https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/04/19/gimp-3-2-4-released/

This is a micro-release to fix some bugs, to add scanner support on Windows, and some minor improvements.

#GIMP #imageEditor #GPL #openSource #libreGraphics #GIMP3 #GIMP3_2 #GEGL #news #release

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/2113-James-I-s-Cradle/

This 1590s cradle is still kept at his mother’s house, Stirling Castle (in case he returns as a zombie prince?)

This is the same King James who ordered the Authorized Version of the Bible, known popularly as the King James Bible, to be made.

#vintageEngraving #cradle #furniture #rocker #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-PiedPiperOfHamelin/pages/220-castle-door/

A scene from the Pied Piper by Julius Wolff.

I love the dark alleyway on our right, with the façades of houses dimly visible in the shadows. Great work for an engraving!

Art by Paul Thumann (1834 – 1908).

#piedPiper #medieval #medievalArchitecture #vintageArt #creepyStatue #dontBlink #GIMP #fobo #xsane #GIMP3

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-PiedPiperOfHamelin/pages/000-front-cover/

A large book, maybe 14 or 16 inches high, with a bright cover. The book is a retelling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, or a novel based on it, i’m not sure.

Usually i don’t post the covers here, but this one is quite fun.

#GIMP #GIMP3 #Book_covers #piedPiper #vintageArt #vintageEngraving #fobo

https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/04/10/gimp-lgm-2026/

Libre Graphics Meeting is coming soon, in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany. Born out of GIMP Con years ago, with the idea of getting developers & users of free creative software together.

The GIMP team will be there and active.

#GIMP #GIMP3 #libreSoftware #LibreGraphicsMeeting #LGM #devmeet #opensource #FreeSoftware #rewire #GimpTeam #artistsMeetup #gratuitousHashTag