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    Default How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Hi,

    It's easy to create a sphere from a circle and a clone with circular transparency.
    But how does one draw a cocoon (stretched sphere), like the (rather poor) example in attached gif?

    Stephan
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Hi,

    Welkom terug/Welcome back

    Create a circle
    clone the cirle move it a little to the right
    select both circles and add shapes
    select with the shape editor tool(f4)the three right handles/nodes
    and move them to the right(hold down ctrl)
    (you could use the rectangle tool with rounded corners also)
    Hope it helps,Hans
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    Smile Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Welcome to the Xara Gallery Conference Stephan

    Here are a few ways. There are many more and I am sure others will share their methods.

    Gary
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Or...

    Create a capsule shape.

    Duplicate and apply an Inner Contour with the Contour Tool.

    Press the Inset Path icon - This makes a single new object

    Apply Linear transparency to the white shape.

    Gary
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    I just use a blend between 2 lines.
    I try as much as possible not to blend between (complex) shapes, because the blend often doesn't turn out right
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Or is this the kind of cocoon you're after?
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Hi Egg,

    Nice one
    Since your the flash man;Can you make it pop and fly away like a butterfly

    Hans

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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Well gentlemen,

    I must say that have been very quick with your assistance.
    I had found a Xara Xone workbook exercise about Gel buttons, which is pretty much the same method as Gary's 2nd posting in red. But I wasn't too pleased with the end result. Particularly as the cocoon has to co-exist with the purplish spheres I had already created.
    I think I'll play around a bit with Gary's green and the Alien's blue methods.

    Thanks very much folks,

    Stephan
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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Alien

    That's a brilliant solution! Why didn't I think of that?

    Gary

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    Default Re: How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

    Hehe, I've learned this technique a long time ago from the Shading a bent tube thread at the tips & tricks board

 

 

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