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Fantastic to see what other Xara users are doing.

I’m not doing much myself with Xara at the moment, except the other day I found a memory stick at the back of a draw containing some old bitmaps....

@Ernie Excellent. That's clever and great usage of the scribble line.

I've often wondered the same question.

Out of curiosity I had a look at some of Xara's social media channels (Facebook/Instagram/Linkedin/Youtube) and there was nothing on there about the new...

@egg Hehe, clever, that brought a smile to my face.

I hadn't heard of him before either. Not to be confused with the contemporary artist George Shaw, who does paintings using Humbrol paint.

Yes, I put the scribble line in the pictures. I've done a...

Hello one and all.

Vintage fish illustration courtesy of George Shaw (1751-1813) and Pixabay seaweed clipart! The script font is Snell Roundhand. The idea was inspired by someone else's wall art...

Nice idea. I want a make tea button!

@Egg I like it. Could be an architectural drawing.

Me too, although I have just changed it!

It's hard to believe we're in April already. I had actually been thinking about changing my avatar. :D

Here's the story so far. If I don't have a better idea, it'll probably be this one!
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Thanks Rick.

Yes, I also did woodwork at school, except we had a scary teacher, so we learned everything out of fear. Reflecting back I guess he was only trying to protect us from injuring...

Happy April scribble everyone!

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Excellent - very 'handawn'. Like the head movement depicted by the swinging earrings :D

Marco, regarding a perpetual version, Xara have published this page (accessed via the 'Buy Now' button).

https://www.xara.com/designerpro/v20/

Not sure but I think there are still some...

Pledge 3 - seems quite a shrewd move

I've not been following the conversations on the Affinity forums (life's too short), but I LOL when I saw the picture of three coffins!

Although I was vaguely familiar with the company name Canva, I didn't know much about what they did or produced - quite a lot as it turns out.

I think this will an interesting acquisition...

Thanks for those links Acorn, I'll take a good look.

For the past few years I've been using mind maps (SimpleMind) to keep track of text notes, ideas, links and other bits and pieces, but it's...

@Acorn Obsidian sounds interesting. Before downloading and trying it, are there any examples of where it's being used, you can point me to? I don't have a specific need right now, but there might be...

Just to expand on haakoo's suggestion, alongside a combination of memory, consistent file and folder naming, I also use XnView MP to visually search .xar thumbnails.

Two features I find really...

@Egg - that's excellent.

Thanks for sharing this image. Very ingenious. It looks like she's used the same design idea with great effect using other word combinations as well.

I remember there was a Star Wars / Stop Wars...

Probably had one too many Bodkas - Yes, there really is a local vodka called that!

Maybe a river Banksy! :D

Here's a super quick, to keep on topic!
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@Ernie, Nice graphics.

Yes it was done in Affinity Designer on a Mac. I switched over a few years ago, but my heart still belongs to Xara. I think it's a first love sort of thing! There are still...

LOL - very good - thanks all :-)

As you all no doubt realised the design was 'borrowed' from an early style Penguin paperback from the days before they used imagery on their covers.

I expect...

Ernie, excellent illustration and presentation.