Contour Tool art

[handrawn]

BTW

theres an interesting application of contours here by Ross
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=13155
as referenced in Bills current Crystal Ball thread

the mercury file is accessible but the second one seems to be glitched - as Marcia has pointed out

[iamtheblues]

Making thicker or thinner text:

[handrawn]

That's very practical Bob - thanks.

FYI generally: Bill has re-posted Ross's contour tutorial in the Crystal Ball thread

[Penny O'Rorke]

Christmas is coming......................

[Soquili]

Many great applications of the Contour Tool exhibited in this thread.

The only limitations with most anything is the imagination.

[iamtheblues]

Purely decorative I know.
Only the background didn't
involve the contour tool.
Saludos,
Bob.

[iamtheblues]

I wasn't sure if I should post this here as it continues the contour tool thread, or in Graphics Chat. The "Universe" program I used to create the background was made with the feature limited demo of the program found here.
The use of the Amina font; see "making thicker or thinner text" in my post above (#21) set me thinking about the old arcade games like Space Invaders and Galaxian that were popular many years ago. I used the contour tool on the text of the 2 "X" spaceships, the flashes and the lines of tracer (text dashes).
If anyone wants the .xar file to improve the look of the ships, be my guest.
Saludos,
Bob.

[iamtheblues]

Marcia,
I had forgotten that this is a very effective way of highlighting text, in cases such as this, with dark text on dark backgrounds, I think it works better than using a drop shadow.

Steve,
Those gears are very clever, I'd be interested to see how they develop.

Penny,
That's a very neat tree decoration. "Christmas is coming......................"
I suppose that in the UK the shops are putting out their window displays and stocking their shelves with Christmas goodies.
It gets earlier every year, doesn't it?
Here in our local village there might be the odd bit of tinsel and a nativity scene in the main plaza, but otherwise, one may go out on Christmas Eve and shop with impunity.
No queues, crowds or the panic that I recall when I lived there.

Saludos,
Bob.

[salaam]

I like that Penny,
although it isn't a simple 'circular envelope mould' is it?
How did you make it look so 3D?

Thanks Bob,
Useful tip.

[Penny O'Rorke]

Thanks Bob and Salaam - no, not mould tool, a circle with repeated linear fill and contoured with 100 steps. Then, with fill tool selected, twiddle the centre section until you get the result you want. Here's the .xar file if any use.