Blend photos with layer masks in GIMP
A short lesson about photomanipulation: use layer masks to blend photos.

Human Torch Effect with GIMP
How to make the Human torch on GIMP. Sorry for the offbeat audio, my audio mic failed, and I really didn't want to do the whole tutorial again. To all people with requests: I'm usually working on them. the request for the lightning ball is tough. I made this tutorial up completely on my own with no outside ideas, just playing around with GIMP.

GIMP tutorial: Make an Exploding Planet
How to make a nice exploding planet with Gimp.