OK, now I'm convinced that GIMP developers are furry fans.
Here's a cool splash screen from a past release: http://www.gimp.org/about/splash/images/gimp-splash-r20261.png
There are more in the splash archive: http://www.gimp.org/about/splash/
But, the latest one is an overkill, don't you think? http://mediacdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/138/9843/original.jpg
On a side note, there's a chance of getting GIMP 2.8 in 12.04 release. Unfortunately, the -painter patch is abandoned and won't work for it.
2011/8/23 linkthegamer <linkth...@gmail.com>: