Stop & Post May 2010

**Penny O'Rorke** · 04 May 2010, 02:44 PM

Haven't been around much this month but have managed to do some card design, including the attached, which apparently is being produced as an A5 card. It looks much better in real life than on screen and still needs a bit of work.

Penny

**zaphodeist** · 06 May 2010, 03:45 AM

So intricate - must have taken some time!

**zaphodeist** · 12 May 2010, 05:44 AM

A couple of Emoticons. Might need some explanation for non-UK folk: TTFN is a not much used now abbreviation for "Ta-Ta for now" - i.e. "Goodbye for now" - and the second is me preparing for the inevitable campaign now the Tories are back in power!

I've attached a .zip if you want them.

**gwpriester** · 17 May 2010, 02:16 PM

Penny

How is the card going to be used? And did you design the letters? They are very elegant.

**Penny O'Rorke** · 17 May 2010, 04:55 PM

Thanks, John and Gary. It didn't take that long to put together once I had made a basic selection of shapes. The letters are a font called Vivian Regular. I think the card is being produced as a blank.........a sort of general purpose card. I was a bit surprised that they took it, but presumably they know what sells!

**Soquili** · 27 May 2010, 04:14 AM

When I was in the Air Force my major Command was Air Force Communication Command (AFCC). Last night I found that the command had been disbanded sometime in the mid to late 1990s.

As a tribute I decided to create the Command's patch in various vector formats.

The attached png shows what the patch looks like. The attached .zip file contains the .xar along with the .png and some common vector files. Hopefully one may be of use to some of the other former members of the AFCC.

**ZEBtoonz** · 30 May 2010, 06:06 PM

Just posted a couple more animations. Little Pebble can be seen at The Family Media Channel and The Unbeatables at my YouTube channel. Both were done in Xara Xtreme Pro and Toon Boom Studio.

**Shotan** · 30 May 2010, 10:08 PM

It's not high art and there's nothing complicated about anything here but I thought I'd post some examples to show that Xara can and is being used very successfully in the commercial world.
I've been with the program since it was Corel and have stayed with it as a precious tool amongst photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash etc. Nothing touches Xara for speed, simplicity and stunning finished product.
Here is a selection of work I did for a children's play centre including website, posters, menus, newspaper ads, large scale vinyl cutouts, character development, external signage etc. Xara did the lot. It's garish (exactly what the client wanted!) but Xara did the job to perfection.
Shotan, artworks-unlimited

**Psaumure** · 30 May 2010, 10:26 PM

I just joined the forum and this is my first post. Yes, I'm a newbie. I have owned Xara products for years but I am now just getting into vector art.

I like what you did with the cartoon work. I think it's fine art. Thank you for sharing.

Here's an image based on a couple of tutorials that I went through. The apple and the shiny buttons tutorials.

**Psaumure** · 30 May 2010, 11:05 PM

I found a video tutorial demonstrating how to draw a fountain pen. This was my first exposure to vector shading. Here is the fountain tip that I created.

I would like to draw a car but I am having lots of problems trying to figure out the shading techniques for the curves of the fenders. Does anyone know of any tutorials that would be beneficial for drawing people in cars?

I have recently fallen in love with Xara and I'm exploring many of its capabilities. I look forward to interacting with many of you on this forum. From what I see here, you guys that you are true artists. Keep up the great work.