Gary Bouton's Xara Stuff

**gray** · 03 March 2016, 12:08 AM

G is a fine letter. That produces an interesting design. It comes together well with that background, Gary.

**mwenz** · 03 March 2016, 12:59 AM

I agree. It's a wonderful G, mister GB.

**Ron Duke** · 05 March 2016, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

It's another "G", perhaps my 40th drawing ever since I discovered my first name begins with a "G"; Barbara broke the news to me in January.

Anyhow, I extruded some pieces, and then traced over and hand-shaded the drawing. The colors are from the "Vegetable" Era of interior design in the mid-1970s, and the blue background shapes I created and rendered in Groboto, and then traced the shapes off.

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My Best,

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Like it a lot Mr. Bouton! Reminds me of a project we had to do in high school.

**Gare** · 05 March 2016, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ron Duke

Like it a lot Mr. Bouton! Reminds me of a project we had to do in high school.

Well, there you have it, Mr. Duke.

High school was when I stopped growing as an artist!

:)

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**Gare** · 06 March 2016, 03:24 PM

Wanting some anatomical accuracy here, I used Poser to model the hands, modeled the keyboard and then used the Poster Live Effect filter to get a handle on where to draw what.

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So I cheated, right?

:)

My Best,

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**Mike Bailey** · 06 March 2016, 05:16 PM

So I cheated, right?

Someone once said to me, "You know how to draw much better than me." My reply was, "No, I just know how to cheat better than you"

**Gare** · 06 March 2016, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mike Bailey

Someone once said to me, "You know how to draw much better than me." My reply was, "No, I just know how to cheat better than you"

Fair enough, Mike, yeah.

To revise me ironic stand a little, I believe that anything it takes to bring a visual idea to life is fair game.

IOW, Purism has no place in Art.

Thanks!

-g

**Ron Duke** · 06 March 2016, 09:01 PM

Really nice piece, Gare.
Ideas or pictures from the mind, then transfered to whatever medium one chooses, is art to me.

**Gare** · 07 March 2016, 11:21 AM

Thanks Ron and Mike for the validation!

I get 2% uncomfortable sometimes posting this sort of stuff, because after all, this forum is hosted by a vector graphics, videotape restoration, and musical instrument company.

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**wizard509** · 07 March 2016, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

Fair enough, Mike, yeah.

To revise me ironic stand a little, I believe that anything it takes to bring a visual idea to life is fair game.

IOW, Purism has no place in Art.

Thanks!

-g

Agreed!