Crayons in XaraX. My new trick here

[xander11]

Hi people!

Yesterday I have tried to test my new scanner and casually I found a very interesting graphic technique for XaraX/Xtreme. Here is a sample. By the way, I used only one scanned image with a simple pencil hatching.
How about it?

Alexander

[MerryOtter]

Brilliantly simple and beautiful!

[Kman]

Alexander, I really like what you've done/discovered.

To make sure I understand how you colored your Xara drawings
with the pencil hatch, did you ...

- Scan the pencil hatch at a higher DPI (such as 300), so that as
it is used/stretched on the shapes, the reuslt will be sharper ?
- Make bitmap copies of the pencil hatch and colorize them (using
a filter in Xtreme or a different software) ?
- Last, use bitmap fills of these re-colored bitmap copies on your
vector shapes ?

Thank you !

Ken

[xander11]

Even more easier, Ken!
Yes, I use a bitmap fill (scanned with 300 dpi or higher), but I put it onto shapes without re-coloring(!!!). Here is my step-by-step:
1. Draw your sketch and apply the flat fills (for the first imagination)
2. Select the first shape which you want to fill with scanned hatch and apply
it as a bitmap fill. Most probably you'll need to resize and recolor this texture.
3. Drag the handles with the Fill Tool as you want and click to the start/edge point of fill and select the color. Ctrl+C
4. Select the next object and press Ctrl+Shift+A (to paste attributes). Change the color and direction of filling handles (to get a more realistic pencil effect).
That's all ;-) Also you're can play with transparencies, try to use stained glass mode etc.

Alexander

[OklaEd]

Great technique Alexander ... thanks for sharing!

[Kman]

Thank you, sir, for the details on your process.

If that's you in your pic playing the harmonica and ukulele,
I'm impressed. These are 2 instruments I've fiddled with but
never developed much skill in, especially playing both at the
same time.

Keep up the great work !

Ken

[xander11]

Thank you, sir, for the details on your process.

If that's you in your pic playing the harmonica and ukulele,
I'm impressed. These are 2 instruments I've fiddled with but
never developed much skill in, especially playing both at the
same time.

Keep up the great work !

Ken

Yeah that's me ;-)
By the way, I'm the very first ukulele player in Russia.
If you're interested - try to find my ukulele project here:
http://www.ukulele.nl/player/player.php
(Scheidenbach. The 1st ukulele project of Russia)

Alexander

[gwpriester]

Great technique, Alexander.

Another way to do this is to fill the shape with the crayon hatching, then place the same shape below with a fill. Apply a Bleach transparency to the hatched bitmap. The color shows behind the black hatching but the white remains white.

Gary

[Kman]

Nice variation, Gary. Thank you ! -- Ken

[Ron Duke]

Alexander,
That is very creative! Very cool! Thanks for sharing how you did it.
ron