The Artist’s Guide to GIMP Effects

I was rereading Linux Format tutorial for issue 123 – making star fields – and realized it is missing an important step right up front.  In the printed article the following paragraph:
Add a new layer (Layer > New Layer) and name it Small Stars. Set the layer colour to the foreground colour, open the HSV [...]

I’ve updated my Linux Format gallery with the final images from my GIMP tutorials in that magazine.  These are recent images of some slightly more advanced topics: adding decay to a cityscape photo, a fire goddess and advanced star fields.  The magazine doesn’t print the final large version of the image very often so I [...]