On 02/07/2013 03:45 PM, Rayford Sewell wrote:

I was wondering about making a children's book. Are there children's books out there that have been developed by using GIMP?

You might pick up some inspiration from GIMP Magazine:

http://gimpmagazine.org/issue2/

Also I know people that use different brushes have different limitations or have you purchase them for commercial use, Is it ok to use them and print out copies when the book is completely finished?

That's a major can of worms. The safest thing is to use only Free as in Libre fonts and brushes under a GPL or CC model license for production work. You might find everything you need here:

https://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/

You can also use the GIMP to make brushes of your very own:

http://tinyurl.com/gimp-brushes-tutorial http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Custom_Brushes/ http://tinyurl.com/vector2brush

Back to the worm can, "I am not a lawyer" but I do not consider any font or brush susceptible to copyright safe to use, unless I can prove that a "free" license has been applied to it by its original creator, or have in my possession a receipt from its original creator clearly spelling out my rights to use the thing. As a matter of personal policy, I don't use "non-free" tools when an alternative exists.

I have not heard of any publishers demanding to see the licenses for tools used in preparing submitted art. But if some "IP broker" recognizes a font or brush they charge rent for in your work, they might demand to see your license, and attempt to extort thousands of dollars out of you if you can't show have a receipt for a license to use their poisoned candy.

:o)

Steve