Contour Tool art

[iamtheblues]

1 photogenic cat (manipulated with Xara), 1 rectangle with contour, 1 glow.
Saludos,
Bob.

[salaam]

What I like about it is the contoured quickshape seems to rotate counter-clockwise, and the rotated blend rotates in the opposite direction. (or is it just me?)

No I think it's a global illusion Bob, I like it as well. Your flower is a very clever application.

Nice one Ren.

Marcia, yours is fascinating, did you apply a shadow on all the layers of the floating objects, as it looks 3D as if you used a bevel?
PS Your avatar is Extremely spooky/ disturbing.

[handrawn]

BOB - Great optical illusion I love those, very clever.
And as for the cat, well everyone knows they're infallible and photogenic when they choose .

MARCIA - Very good, very effective face effect, I like it - I like your avatar too

[sunland]

Old drawing, comes from the ancient inspiration of Ross M.
Sort of hyper-space orbit. Used contour and some bevels around the circular frame.
adios

[MarciaB]

Salaam : yes, I did apply a shadow on all the layers. Like working in 2D with a 3D result Spooky ? Me ?

Steve : Thanks !

[David O'Neil]

Another contoured quickshape for a snowflakey effect. And if anyone wants, they can post this as a coloring challenge on the challenge forum for fun, as I found it quite relaxing trying different color combos.

[a4hire]

Some nice images here!

[salaam]

Thanks for the ideas team, I have a better understanding of the tool now.

Are there any, more practical uses rather than purely decorative?

[MarciaB]

I use it sometimes like this or for making small text more clear instead of an outline

[handrawn]

here's something I 'discovered' - playing around with wheels

one 64spoke quick shape given a 4 step contour - cloned - the clone shift+reduced in size to the middle and subtracted - gives a group of five 'gear wheels' each one with progressively thicker teeth - practical? - I'm working on it