Gare's non-Xara Art

[angelize]

very nice.

[Gare]

This is mostly color and image depth. The objects weren't all that hard to sculpt!



My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

I have no idea where these two images came from...

[Gare]

I did this because I don't believe in relying on cloud storage...so I still burn music CDs.

[angelize]

That box looks familar!

The record with the plastic converter piece in the center brings back memories!

[Gare]

It's actually a different box model than the one I supplied on a Xara Xone tutorial, Frances, but it could have been. One of the things I like about modeling is re-usability. A box, a lamp, whatever, can be posed and colored differently and become a part of a new scene.

Now, here is the same box. Different contents.



My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

In the 1990s, I thought the coolest thing you could do with a modeling program is build a chess set, imitation being flattery, and a chess set is almost as iconic as a tea kettle in the 3D field.

I did this recently to illustrate an article on The Xara Xone.




I think it's just fun to bend stuff that shouldn't or can't be easily bent in the Real World (which I visit occasionally).

-gary

[a4hire]

Great thread and great work Gare. No matter what software you used it's nice to see.

[wizard509]

Great thread and great work Gare. No matter what software you used it's nice to see.

I have to agree with Bruce here.

[Gare]

Thanks Bruce and thanks, Larry—

I really don't know how to reply to someone when they ask me, "So you run the Xara Xone. Why didn't you do that piece in Xara?"

I use Xara Designer every day, it's the hub of all the tools I use, but I don't make work hard for myself when I have an idea that's best expressed using specific tools. That's not being a "loyalist"; that's just masochistic. Funny: for decades, I did what people considered to be pretty accomplished pen and inks, and pencil sketches, and not once did someone ask me whether I used a Ticonderoga, or a Castell-Faber pencil. Now there's so much branding with software, one gets labeled a "Photoshoppist", or a "Xaraist" or whatever!

My agent and I pitched the Xara Official Guide for years, and I think when version 4 was out, I did this as a cover illustration, using both Xara and a modeling program.



I guess the publisher who finally bought the title felt that the "Swiss Army knife" wasn't a good metaphor for the program. I guess you could run with Xara and hurt yourself if you fell.

My Best,

Gary