Gary Bouton's Xara Stuff

[stygg2003]

This began as an attempt to draw one of those iconic plastic ducks...and then I realized I needed to flesh out the non-idea a little more!

Live effects for the reflection, and a Bleach mode photographed cloud in the sky.



My Best,

Gary

Made an attempt to re-create your duck drawing Gary, all Xara, also included G.P's duck drawing I did in 2011, getting a nice duck collection going Just added a couple of tail feathers.

Stygg

[wizard509]

Made an attempt to re-create your duck drawing Gary, all Xara, also included G.P's duck drawing I did in 2011, getting a nice duck collection going Just added a couple of tail feathers.

Stygg

I like the second image best myself. I think it would be cool to do this one whowing as a background the inside of an old fashioned bathtub partly filled with water and the rubber ducky floating in that.

[Gare]

Nice work, Stygg! I'm glad I prompted someone else to honor The Bathtub Buddy.

Actually, I wasn't thinking of the classic plastic duck at all when I did the drawing. I collect toys and illustrate them, and my non-bathtub duck is about 2" tall and more or less looks like as drawn, with a little more "character" added to him.

Honored,
Gary

[masque]

We can't afford rubber ducks so we have to use plastic chickens

[Gare]

Derek—

Your wind-up plastic chicken is not new, and when I first saw it in your gallery, I said, "Damn! That's good!", and I own an extensive collection of wind-up toys.

You inspired me to try my hand at a toy chicken, it's clearly a different toy, but man, I wouldn't have even tried drawing it were it not for your illustration.



Thanks!



(Another toy I'de like to illustrate someday. Not the OS, the guy behind him.)


My Best,
Gary

[masque]

Good chicken. I can't say I'm an aficionado of wind-up toys but your plastic chicken does look good.
I wait with anticipation to see your illustration of the robot.
Derek

[David Strover]

This is all great stuff everyone. It doesn't inspire me to post the stuff I've been doing [a bit more simplistic]... but I will just not on this thread so you can't compare.

I love this section of the Forum because it really does inspire me and prove to me you can do anything with Xara if you really are brave enough to experiment and not be frightened of failing.

I'm okay at traditional drawing and painting but translating that 'ability' [I use the term loosely] to creating in Xara is not as easy as you would expect.

It's all great fun and makes sure my early retirement [by choice] is anything but boring as everyone predicted it would be for me.

Cheers to one and all
David

[laser1]

From one left-hander to another, I hope that some of your greatness rubs off on me. Like David, I too am using the forum as a defense against the Boredom Doldrums! I guess that our next step will be in the old folks home - cutting out paper dolls. Thanks for sharing some of you knowledge with us.

[Gare]

Like David, I too am using the forum as a defense against the Boredom Doldrums!.

Well, keeping it lively around here is part of my Mission Statement, so you're in luck


Here's one that I ignored color and just concentrated on reflections and shading:



Hey! What is anyone doing here!? It's Memorial Day Weekend in the USA!

TFN!

-g

[Gare]

A lot of feathering and linear transparency.

-g