Transparency using brushes

[handrawn]

always good to add to acorn's experience, as it's usually the other way round

drilling into the mask is one way in which vector is flexible: it is manipulative after the event and those manipulations themselves are editable; whereas raster is usually only corrective as in ctrl+z and do it again, or carry on and rework over if possible

have to say, for me, there is no substitute for seeing the result immediately as you draw, that feedback is part of the art, it 'tells-you-where-to-go-next-in-real-time' assuming you already have the necessary experience to visualise it as you go along

and of course if you edit in a group in xara you lose all context as you cannot the see the rest of the drawing, which I find less than helpful

[Acorn]

always good to add to acorn's experience, as it's usually the other way round
drilling into the mask is one way in which vector is flexible: it is manipulative after the event and those manipulations themselves are editable; whereas raster is usually only corrective as in ctrl+z and do it again, or carry on and rework over if possible
have to say, for me, there is no substitute for seeing the result immediately as you draw, that real-time feedback is part of the art, it 'tells-you-where-to-go-next-in-real-time' assuming you already have the necessary experience to visualise it as you go along
and of course if you edit in a group in xara you lose all context as you cannot the see the rest of the drawing, which I find less than helpful

handrawn, I fine the fun I get from using Xara is the total freedom to experiment. I have control over the brush. I could use double-deckers as the brush and set up random aspects but in viewing the final product, I can tweak or add to the pattern.

Acorn

[Magicdesign]

Thank you for everyone's feedback. I will try these techniques.

[handrawn]

Thank you for everyone's feedback. I will try these techniques.

you are welcome

[handrawn]

@ acorn

I have total control of a graphite pencil...

more to the point maybe, we all work in our own ways and do what gives us pleasure and satisfaction as well as a result

[Acorn]

@ acorn
I have total control of a graphite pencil...
more to the point maybe, we all work in our own ways and do what gives us pleasure and satisfaction as well as a result

handrawn, bet you still need a rubber!

Fully with you on discovering own's own techniques.

Acorn

[handrawn]

never do anything by halves