January 2015 Video Tutorial -- Tracing Is Not Cheating!

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Gary, always love a challenge especially if it involves creating vector traces. So here's my attempt at your sharp focus coloured jar. It took probably 20 hours but I'm pleased with the result. It could still do with a bit more tweaking and adding highlights that aren't on your original. I've also totally disregarded any jar shadow at present. Might add a Biscuits label also at a later date

Here are my results

Edit: forgot the xar file.

[Crow Haven]

Wonderful results, Egg!!!

[Egg Bramhill]

Wow! Sorry Maya, we were cross posting and I missed your post. Fantastic. Love it.

[Crow Haven]

Thanks, Egg! I had to update the pic as I forgot which one I'd last finished (I always have several ongoing files as I save them separately in case my laptop crashes Xara -- it's a puny computer).

[Egg Bramhill]

But not puny results

[Hajeem]

Wow to you both!
Gary's newest tutorial made me realize two things: the full potential of the programme and how much I need to learn. This is why I recently started with learning from the workbook tutorials.

Hélène

[csehz]

So here's my attempt at your sharp focus coloured jar. It took probably 20 hours but I'm pleased with the result.

Well 20 hours is a lot but it was really worth it, as the result looks so real. Also interesting to see in the .xar file how you use layers plus the extra power of the named colors.

Maya yours one is the same great, this month the level I am afraid is too high for me Simply would not be able to distinguish a photo object in such a details, but it is a pleasure itself to see your drawings in the result of the challenge.

Like a good chess match between grandmasters

[jvila]

January 2015 Video Tutorial -- Tracing Is Not Cheating!




If you need a photorealistic element in a scene, you take a photograph of it! And then trace over it! It’s that simple—you own the photo, you own the resulting art. This month, Gary shows you step-by-step hot to reproduce a watering can in a scene, so well-defined, many people won’t notice it’s a drawing. It’s that’s your goal, kick some time and effort into it and watch the video.

View it here. Post your traces in this thread.

Simply exelent Gary, you revealed many of our photorealistic techniques, just very well explained, congratulations.

[Gare]

I'm glad you approve! And gladder still that you sat for an almost 30 minute video...with no commercial interruptions.

My Best,

Gary

[jvila]

This is worth it