I'm going bananas with XaraXtreme!!

**steve.ledger** · 15 January 2008, 08:02 PM

Continuing my fruit & veg theme from 2007 with the cheapest and most common fruit of the Tropics.
Australias' Banana industry is huge, we enjoy fresh high quality fruit all year round. However, Tropical Cyclone Larry devastated North Queenslands plantations in March 2006 to the tune of many millions of dollars. Although the plants grow quickly, the industry has only just recovered nearly 2 years later with fruit now selling at pre-Larry prices. What now costs us on average $2 per kilo, was much more expensive after TC Larry when NSW (New South Wales) banana stocks had to be shared with the North. Prices rose to more than $12 kilo at times, with the average being $7 per kilo for many months. Bananas were indeed a luxury for quite a while.

This image uses only Xara tools.

**a4hire** · 15 January 2008, 08:56 PM

Very nice looking Bananas Steve. These are nice and informational , they could be used for some kind of educational purposes.

I like bananas! Good vitamins and tasty too!

**parahandy** · 15 January 2008, 09:42 PM

Yes! we have no bananas we have no bananas today. Oh! yes we have.
Well done Steve, I like the graduated fill, I will have to learn how to do that.

**steve.ledger** · 15 January 2008, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by parahandy

Well done Steve, I like the graduated fill, I will have to learn how to do that.

• Clone shape
• Change to desired colour
• Apply desired transparency (mix)
• Group clone (only)
• Apply linear transparency

**Ron Duke** · 15 January 2008, 11:13 PM

BEAUTIFULLY done Sledger!
Can you work in some texture on the skin?
ron

**Tao jones** · 15 January 2008, 11:19 PM

Hi Sledger, excellent bananas and leaf. I am a sugar banana man myself. Good to see the price come down again......you could get a job with the Ozzie cricket team with your name...tj