Violin

[-=Drifter=-]

It's refreshing to see someone draw something sitting on their desk instead of copying a photo (not that there's anything wrong with that (Seinfeld?)).
A fantastic job and the perspective is extremely cool! Love it!

[Soquili]

Very well drawn Steve.

[gwpriester]

Really excellent effort.

I would offer a suggestion, if I may. Add a very small amount of color to your black chin rest, bridge and fingerboard. Pure black and shades of black without any color look flat. It will add a subtle warmth to your image.

[sjukmidlands]

Hi Gary,

Many thanks to you for your comments (and the ones from every one else too!).

I do take on board what you suggest and may indeed do some more work on the violin... I haven't touched it for over 12 years, when I first created it so it will be interesting to have a play with it again!

Steve

[ontos]

Nicely done Steve, I like it

[Psaumure]

Great job Steve! I like it. As my grandfather would say "that's a nice piece of furniture" and that was quite a complement coming from his trade. Thank you for sharing. I enjoy seeing this type of work done in Xara.

[masque]

Steve
Excellent work though I reiterate what Gary says about not using the pure black/grey but I would add that its the f holes for me that look a bit as though they were painted on rather than exist as a cut out in the violin itself. Just a tiny detail that detracts from the whole for me.
Derek

[sjukmidlands]

Thanks again for the feedback. I have actually now started working on this piece again, which is very strange after more than 12 years since I last touched it! I had only been using Xara for a short time then so was still learning and had a lot still to learn. I've unpicked some of the things I'd done already and found easier ways to do them of course.

As an artist I do understand about the issues about using using solid black, and am slowly unpicking what I'd done and am redoing those areas. Regarding the 'f' holes, they actually were 'cut-out' holes in the xara file although I had a solid black area behind (now amended) and although they were obviously a hole in the Xara file it didn't show up too well in the JPEG - again I've made it more obvious.

So, as soon as I'm happy with the result I'll re-post it back on here and maybe even the .xar file too.