New Year's Giveaway -- Xara Xone January 2015

**Crow Haven** · 02 January 2015, 04:02 AM

There used to be a cracker commercial that went something like, "If it sits on a Ritz"...

I used several of the textures in this, but probably nothing would make the design tasty.

**iamtheblues** · 02 January 2015, 09:50 AM

New planet discovered, named Otis P (*).
(actually made using Gare's Driftwood texture with the help of an ancient Paintshop Pro 8 for the spherize and illumination effects). The rest was done in XDP 9 with the help of the Glitterato plugin from Flaming Pear.
(*) Named after the Otis P. Driftwood character played by Groucho in the Marx Brothers movie Night at the Opera from 1935.
Bob.

**Boy** · 02 January 2015, 07:23 PM

Thanks Gare! My favorite is Decflor2 in terms of pretty but "Messy but elegant" is also very nice. I love some of the names you gave the tiles and my favorites are "Uncomfortable ice cubes" and "Alien ship hull".

**Crow Haven** · 02 January 2015, 09:41 PM

iamtheblues -- Planet Otis looks great!

I used several of the textures for the dragon, it's bowl, and background layers...

**wizard509** · 02 January 2015, 10:11 PM

Wonderful image Maya.

**Crow Haven** · 02 January 2015, 10:23 PM

Thanks Larry!

I used the textures:
Reptile Hide, Alien Ship Hull, Brass Armor, Same Nightmare in Blue.

On the cracker worm image I used Reptile Hide, Alien Ship Hull, Wet Saltine, Sand, Driftwood, and Wood.

**stygg2003** · 03 January 2015, 02:06 PM

Great image of the dragon Maya so sticking with the theme "Dragons" I came up with this, not used all the fills Gary posted this month but one from Tonal tiling fills. A wee bit late but - Happy New Year to everyone.

Stygg

**Gare** · 04 January 2015, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Boy

Thanks Gare! My favorite is Decflor2 in terms of pretty but "Messy but elegant" is also very nice. I love some of the names you gave the tiles and my favorites are "Uncomfortable ice cubes" and "Alien ship hull".

Thanks, boy. I hope the names are as appealing as the textures themselves. Honestly, it's hard to think up new names, clever or not, after building over 1,000 different textures over 15 to 20 years!

Show us what you can do with them, eh?

My Best,
Gary

**Gare** · 04 January 2015, 07:42 PM

Well, I guess I came to the party a little late. I had to perform brain surgery on Jan 1st in Ethiopia, and forgot my TalkGraphics password, so I couldn't get a message to you folks until the private jet on my way home let me use wireless for ost of the way, except I didn't have a laptop on me, so I used an xBox.

I'm kidding, I've been preoccupied and I wanted to give away the monthly graphics loot close to New Year's as sort of a present.

I am DELIGHTED with what I see. You people have taken entirely different directions with using the textures and it's all beautiful stuff! I feel as though I gave you guys a sow's ear and you're all busy making silk purses!

Here's my whack at making a composition out of the textures. Abstract, but dimensional:

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360 degree fun around here and let's see some more! We have 300 hits, but only 7 or 8 people!

Lurkers, come on out and join in the fun, or at least let us know who you are!

My Best,

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Gary

**angelize** · 04 January 2015, 08:24 PM

I'm late joining in this thread too but better late than never!

Thanks for these wonderful tiles. I finally had time for a play with them. There are several of the textures in here some are easy to spot some are hidden in the details of the flowers and leaves.

edit: I added a closeup shot to show the textures in the flowers