January 2015 Video Tutorial -- Tracing Is Not Cheating!

[angelize]

I've split the posts related to video production into a new topic in the Off Topic forum http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...e&goto=newpost

[Hajeem]

Thanks. I put the link in my favorites :-)

[Gare]

Eric—

I'm happy to stand corrected about the relative widths of squares with and without outlines. I come frrom a background of CorelDRAW, where you have the option of placing outlines inside, outside, or right on the centreline of a shape. Illustrator and Photoshop offer the option, too. And I've never taken the time/hence been positive where the "cutoff point" lies.

It's the world's loss that you plan more cookie jars—your work has been consistently top drawer all throughout this thread, you obviously have a profound understanding of tracing.

My only suggestion/observation is that you'd do better with a tyeface that contrasts more with the jar. I didn't catch it or read it at first glance.

I thought I'd through this out: Barbara and I go boot sale shopping ("flea market" and "garage sale" n the States) and I collect jars for whatnots around the home. When the jar is a collectable and not a true antique (or worse still, a reproduction) and signage on the jar is painted, first laying down a coat of opaque white as the undercoat, and then brightly coloured text can be applied (or dull text), and it's supported by the undercoat, similar to T-shirts that have white or other coloured text on it.

If this helps approach simulating reality beyond curving the text.

[Gare]

@Maya,

When I referred to you as a "ringer" that was a compliment. Back-handed, but we seem to play rough on tg to begin with.

What Gary meant was, : Oh, here comes Maya. She's a professional artist and if I offer a prize for this tutorial, she'll naturally pick it up as always!"

Self-taught or not, you know the road very well to a successful piece that you and everyone else likes.

The only reason I made the comment, is you remember Macromedia? They had a yearly art contest, and after I won three times in a row in three different categories, the Brand Manager contacted me and told me they were shipping me every Macromedia product IF I'd quit entering and give others a chance.

That's a "ringer"; someone who superficially appears to be an amateur, but wins every hand, usually at Poker, usually experiences an untimely death depending on his Poker adversaries.

Okay, so we're more tolerant of ringers than in days of old. Brad Pitt got kicked out of a Las Vegas casino recently for playing 21 and card-counting. The management told him he was welcome any time after two brutes escorted him out...he just couldn't play 21 anymore there.




-g

[Crow Haven]

Well, sort of thanks, Gare. I promise I won't play 21 anymore.

[Egg Bramhill]

Cheers Gary, just wanting to clarify things for other users.

My only suggestion/observation is that you'd do better with a tyeface that contrasts more with the jar. I didn't catch it or read it at first glance.

Argree re this, I think it was made less obvious also when I changed the colour of the glass to more match the table, a very light brownish tint which almost makes the glass look colourless.

I've enjoyed this thread but the only jar I want to see for a while now is a jar of ale

[Gare]

Okay, we've had enough with the jars, Eric. I'd buy you a jar of lager or whatever, but Barbara used all our jars last Fall for preserves.

Ba-dah-bum.

Here's something perhaps simpler, but engaging I think. One think you'll want to notice is that the gem acts as a magnifying glass and creates a highlight on the floor. You have a complex diamond and a simplified one. I used two different values for refraction when I modeled and rendered these. So the simpler one bent and reflected/refracted light less with a value closer to 1.0.




Anyone interested in this?

My Best,

Gary

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's my attempt Gary. Not 100% happy with it, might do some more work on it later.

[Egg Bramhill]

Animated in Xara Flash:



Or as HTML5

[stygg2003]

Just got round to doing the trace tut. but only after the relatives ate me out of house and home and gone home to Greece, I finally got round to it Posted two images, one depicting how much I use the watering can, I am no gardiner

Stygg