Stop & Post Feb 2008

[gray]

I like the look of that Jon G. It really catches the eye.

I'm suresawrus he does like fireworks, Steve. Very creative.

[gray]

Although most of my work has a pair of wings involved, I sometimes do other types of illustrations. This is a background for a flower illustration I'm working on. I use the same mixed graphics by first laying out the colour blocks in Xara vectors, then I switch to raster graphics to complete the painting. Xara shapes are shown with some of the raster painting started.

[handrawn]

That is starting to look up to your usual excellent standard Gray - which raster do you use, I have a fondness for painter.

Photoshop is good too so I understand in its current form, but my version is old and before the brushes became usefully 'artistic' [PS6].

Looking forward to seeing it finished

Jon - nice layout - clear and gets the attention

[zaphodeist]

Smashing animation that Steve Will we get to see the doyouthinkesawrus eventually - or is he too shy?

John

[handrawn]

thanks john - well..... if I'm quick...

[zaphodeist]

He! He! You could always hire Bill Oddie to do a Sauruswatch - he can get Badgers to perform

John

[gray]

Thanks Steve. I use a simpke little program called GIF annimator 5. It has a simple paint brush and layers. I like to keep things real simple.

[handrawn]

JOHN - Ha Sauruswatch - well birds they say are descended from dinosaurs and Mr Oddie is good with them too ... hummmm an idea is brewing


GRAY - thanks don't know the program, but I'm all for simple tools, I guess I don't use more than 5/10% of painter 's real capability, what counts is what you do with it.....

[zaphodeist]

A Coelunus - a.k.a. Yogisaurus ... smarter than your average lizard, but are his descendants birds??

John

[Soquili]

Maybe it's just me having a flash back to the 60's

Bill, was this during the time you wore a black cape and ran around on roof tops?

How did you guess?