Gary Bouton's Xara Stuff

[wizard509]

Are you sure?

[Gare]

I did this a while back as one of those self-indulgent logo moments. It's all vector except for some fractal fills I struggled with to represent hillsides in the reflections.



-g

[Ron Duke]

From the words of Jim Carrey in the movie "Dumb and Dumber"..."I like it alot"

[wizard509]

Very nice Gare.

[gray]

It reminds me of polished stone, Gary.

[Gare]

It reminds me of polished stone, Gary.

Thanks, Graham. I wamted something smooth with reflective highlights, and don't really know what I wound up with, except I'm somewhat pleased with it, mostly because it's my last name. :)

I did this for the Xara xtreme Guide, and it's still one of my favorite images. It's very simple, but looks complex because of the slight fractal fills in the drawing:



My Best,

Gary

[Ron Duke]

Nice Gary. The fractals give a nice texture. The stripes are well done as also. Great shading. Looks good enough to eat!

[wizard509]

I like it Gare but the light elipical area tward the bottom and behind the watermellon lust seems wrong.

[Gare]

I like it Gare but the light elipical area tward the bottom and behind the watermellon lust seems wrong.

Agreed (to an extent) Larry. The ellipse is supposed to be a kick ambient light from the floor which is white, to a shiny object, the melon. You'll see this any time you have a smooth surface on reflective white with a strong light coming into the scene. A cache light helps object that are round look more round, but I think I overdid it, and the ellipse isn't correctly placed. How's about this for a revision?



My Best,

Gary

[Ron Duke]

Do you think it would help if you had a vertical gradient background with the lower part being whiter?