xara xtreme newbie questions / illustration resources?

hi all!

i just tried the xara xtreme demo and am amazed about its flexibility.

here's some newbie questions:

- has anyone tried microsoft acrylic (expression)? it looked nice so far but xara seems much better (opinions about expression vs xara welcome!)

- i'd like to do character (cartoon) illustrations - anyone experienced on this? would be nice to see some images what's possible :)
i love those illustrations from jason brooks

- can someone recommend ressources for downloading xara files for learning?

thanks thats all!
tom

Hello Tom and welcome.

I tried the beta version of Acrylic, but not enough to comment on.

Do a search on the forom for Bob Hahn for cartoon illustrations.

Visit the XaraXone for years of Gary Priester's excellent free tutorials.

Egg

I wouldn't hold your breath on Expressions. Microsoft has halted development on it at least for awhile. Here's a link to an article CNet had a few weeks ago: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+pauses...3-6048968.html I would follow Eggs link. Lots of great learning materials their.

We have a number of cartoonists around here. Just do a search on "cartoon".

Actually, MS has increased to activity on EGD, and the rumor was something misquoted. There is more information on the MS forum. Rich