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I am happy with it Gary and what I've discovered although I think now I've done it, I perhaps could do better :rolleyes: and certainly see possibilities for this technique in future work. With regard to your last sentance, I'm no where near the same league as mwenz for whom I have the utmost respect.
Stygg
Re: Revisiting Jigsaw Puzzles!
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I am happy with it Gary and what I've discovered although I think now I've done it, I perhaps could do better :rolleyes: and certainly see possibilities for this technique in future work. With regard to your last sentance, I'm no where near the same league as mwenz for whom I have the utmost respect.
Stygg
Oh, make no mistake: Mike is unparalleled in his generous sharing and knowledge of All Things Digital.
I just have no respect for his taste in record turntables.
[grin, duck, and run],
Gary
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I put the jigsaw high light piece on a photograph image and found the highlights looked to bold, to white with a background so tried altering the feathering to tone it down, anyway it did not work but what did was the feather profile for each line, it's not much but does make a difference. I gave the background a little blur for depth. I don't know about anyone else but I always forget about the profile and attribute tools in Xara. I've posted both images so you can see the difference.
Stygg
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Indeed; thanks for pointing this out, stygg. Now, until you enter a positive value, or twiddle the slider, the arrow indicating the feature is unavailable, but once you're feathering, you can add contrast, and make the falloff gentle or pronounced.
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Now, I'm going to go beyond technique (creating puzzle pieces) to something I can talk about with some sense of authority (!), and the Bigger Picture. See what's going on with the left and right illustration? The artist at left didn't have the confidence (or the imagination) to take a boring subject (chess is over-used, but I draw 'em, too :) ) and make it a lot more interesting without really changing the subjects all that much. By the way, one of the easier shapes to recast is a cylinder, sort of like the chess pieces, because there is no clearly defined side and front side. The two blend at the edge.
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What can we learn from this illustration, and apply it to a jigsaw puzzle composition?
Not a drawing, but a whole composition. One of the mandates of a good artist is to visually help the audience as much as possible. A jigsaw puzzle piece cannot have as much visual information as the same piece with lighting, an interesting angle, lens length if this drawing was a photo, an interesting subject inside of it, shadows, and so on.
First, why not list the different properties you can add to a jigsaw puzzle, and then have a go at refining a drawing into a complete, "well-spoken" illustration?
My Best,
Gary
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That's a tall order Gary, have to put my thinking head on, the trouble is as soon as you posted the chess images I jumped immediatley to this chess piece I had already traced from an earlier project in the Xone so I have a pre-conceived idea already and I don't think that's what I should have in this instance, so not to sure where to start, please forgive my slow on the uptake :rolleyes:
Stygg
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Well not a traditional puzzle, but inspirated for a Xara Cat in polaroids :)
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That's a tall order Gary, have to put my thinking head on, the trouble is as soon as you posted the chess images I jumped immediatley to this chess piece I had already traced from an earlier project in the Xone so I have a pre-conceived idea already and I don't think that's what I should have in this instance, so not to sure where to start, please forgive my slow on the uptake :rolleyes:
Stygg
Thinking about a graphics challenge is the first step, and to do nothing but think about it is probably the hardest part: discipline. I used a chess piece example deliberately so I didn't give anyone any pre-concieved notions about the jigsaw puzzle, eh?
Then you gather your tools based on what you've decided after pure thinking, then you go at it, stygg. Procedure is All, especially when beginning a career or even a hobby with this Art Jazz.
Time for me is at more of a premium than it used to be, but I'll try to be my classic coach and smart-ass as much as time allows me here, okay?
My Best,
Gary
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Well not a traditional puzzle, but inspirated for a Xara Cat in polaroids :)
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csehz,
I LOVE it! You've done your thinking, gotten resourceful, and your idea is fresh and fascinating.
Everyone: learn from scehz. He can teach you through his art; he doesn't have to say a word.
stygg, you show stuff ALL THE TIME that's wonderfully inspired. Slow down a little, please, and let the inspiration flow through your left ear and out your fingers.
:)
-g
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Thanks Gare, you always reach with your comments that I already start to think about some next composition :)
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let the inspiration flow through your left ear and out your fingers.
But the most interesting is why it starts from the left ear? Maybe so the left-handed people like me should wait the inspiration from the right one :D
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Love it csehz, now that is inspiration from both ears :D
Stygg