The January 2012 Tutorial Discussion

[angelize]

I've had a go with this. I've been playing around with Xara's lighten and darken transparencies. I'm still not quite happy with it, maybe I'm too self critical. Here is what I have so far

[Gare]

I've had a go with this. I've been playing around with Xara's lighten and darken transparencies. I'm still not quite happy with it, maybe I'm too self critical.

I love it, and I'm going to be a jerk and make an artistic, not technical, suggestion. Try to extend the plane upon which the object is resting, to the top of the frame. Depth = up from your point of view on a 2D surface such as a Xara document. What is happening for me here is that a narrow plank the object is resting on, plus the gradient background is "flattening" an otherwise 3D scene.

You'll add depth to your wonderful illustration if you...um, add depth .

-g-