Pens?

[Toonicorn]

Hi, all!

Just did this bit of "fan art" using Xara:



Fun! (It's a sketch of some characters from the old toon show "Dexter's Laboratory").

So my question is: I'm getting used to using Xara, although many functions of it remain a mystery to me. What I need to know is: are there brushes/pens available that look like paint, charcoal, chalks, etc. for Xara, as there are in Photoshop? If so, where can I get them?

Thanks!

[Boy]

Take a look here: http://www.talkgraphics.com/forumdis...2-Xara-Brushes.

[angelize]

You might also be interested in this: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...Chalkboard-set I created this some time ago and you can see how the brush was constucted by drawing a line and applying the brush and then with the line selected Arrange> convert line to shape will convert it to a group. Then just ungroup everything and pull it apart!

[Richard S]

Off topic but curious as to the effect brush/pen types have on file size.
Do certain types bloat the size.
Or is it an unnecessary distraction?
Thanks
Richard

[Albacore]

A few years ago Xhris did a great set of brushes a long with a good tutorial and you can see it here: http://xhris.digitalred.net/brushes%20pg%201.htm
You can download brushes here at TG as well: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...ush-Collection

[Toonicorn]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys. Wow!!! Xhris' brushes are amazing! They're just what I needed! Thanks!

[handrawn]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys. Wow!!! Xhris' brushes are amazing! They're just what I needed! Thanks!

you will find working with xara brushes quite different to photoshop I think - I would be interested to know how you get on

these days I draw in raster and vectorise where necessary

Off topic but curious as to the effect brush/pen types have on file size.
Do certain types bloat the size.
Or is it an unnecessary distraction?
Thanks
Richard

if vector probably not
if raster [bitmap] maybe

[richinri]

Toonicorn - you are an excellent artist! I am jealous.