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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Quote Originally Posted by Barb View Post
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    Must be bored on my job. Anyway, this is my first Xara picture. Hope it's big enough to see.
    Cracking drawing.

    Featured Artist on Xara Xone . May 2011
    . A Shield . My First Tutorial
    . Bottle Cap . My Second Tutorial on Xara Xone

  2. #22
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Hello Barb, Welcome to Talkgraphics! I agree with Rik, very nice drawing.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6

    Good Morning Sunshine.ca | Good Morning Sunshine Online(a weekly humorous publication created with XDP and exported as a web document) | Angelize Online resource shop | My Video Tutorials | My DropBox |
    Autocorrect: It can be your worst enema.

  3. #23

    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Quote Originally Posted by Barb View Post
    ZEBtoonz, I like this--I like your style. Can I be you when I grow up?
    Sure you can, Barb! You can be anything you want to be but you can only be one person, yourself. But I suppose you meant my artistic skill. Sure, it's all yours for the taking! Just draw and doodle and have fun and observe others stuff that you like and want to learn from. Why reinvent the wheel when there are those around you doing stuff you like? Figure out how they did and what it is that you like about it, then try to recreate it. You'll learn lots along the way.

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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Good advice Zeb. I know when I was delineating we all learned from each other. If I saw something I liked I remembered and tried to do maybe one little part of it. If I liked it I remembered it and if I didn't I promptly for got it. Eventually those things built up in my memory bank and skills. It wasn't copying just building up techniques that became my mine, by that I mean I would put my own twist on it and made it useful to me.
    First you learn the rules then when you become proficient you can successfully break the rules. It's all part of learning your chosen craft.
    Larry a.k.a wizard509

    Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.

  5. #25
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Aw, thank you Rik and angelize. I'm hoping to learn lots and lots from all you talented souls.

    I was introduced to Xara by ... ta da! Gary Priester. I bought one of his CoreDraw books at Half-Price books and looked him up on the Internet to tell him I was a fan. Wow, was I in for a treat. We 'talked' software, and that's where I learned about Xara. I was impressed with the graphics I saw created with Xara, and download the full trial. Alas, I could not afford to purchase the Designer Pro 7, so I got the Photo and Graphic Designer 7 instead (on sale, no less). I miss the advanced features, but, who knows? Someday, I will upgrade. Sad to see Gary stepped away from the XaraXone.

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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Gary Priester has stepped away from the Xone, but he is still here at TG, and Gary Bouton, the new host of the Xone will keep us supplied with lots to learn and enjoy!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6

    Good Morning Sunshine.ca | Good Morning Sunshine Online(a weekly humorous publication created with XDP and exported as a web document) | Angelize Online resource shop | My Video Tutorials | My DropBox |
    Autocorrect: It can be your worst enema.

  7. #27
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    More of my silliness. Recycled an image I had laying around for the photo. lm not happy with the layout yet and maybe never will be.

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    Larry a.k.a wizard509

    Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.

  8. #28
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Our publisher of our next book came up with the first design (black type on a green background) as part of the cover design.

    I asked if we could submit some designs. Not that it will do any good, but it never hurts to try. These are four of my designs.
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  9. #29

    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    My favorite is #3 (eye.tricks.2.png).

  10. #30
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    Default Re: Stop & Post February 2012

    Same here.

 

 

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