How to make texture 3D on face of spinning logo?

here is what i have up to now.

ok - in a nutshell you have not joined the lines into closed shapes - that is you have made line adjacent, but they are not joined as one

if you ungroup all the grouping you see you have 10 seperate lines - shown here re-colored for clarity

really you need to make each of the three areas [tounge/body/far-wing] just one closed line each

this can probably be fixed if you do not wish to retrace [retracing is good practice]?

I thought that I explained how to change your lines into shapes which can be then filled with my pretty bitmap images. Added to that you also have Egg's video.

ok thanks for that, i understand what your saying.

i will retrace it, but as it took me an hour and a half last time im not going to attempt it tonight:eek:

thanks again for your time and advice.

Neil

quick fix is to patch all the joins > convert to shape > combine shapes > break shapes
not as difficult as it sounds just manipulating the space automatically so quick

this will work I have just tried it

I can post this up if you wish, but you should do it salaam's way as well for practice if you want to learn the program better

ok seeing as you are nearly there really here is the fix file

you will see that I have patched over where your lines join in grey

what you need to do is to select everything [press ctrl+A]

then arrange menu - click 'convert line to shape'
then arrange menu, combine shapes, 'add shapes' [everything is now connected properly]
then arrange menu 'break shapes'

you then need to select everything again and group

you can recolor if you want - but xara3D is not fussy on color of shape

@salaam
sorry didnt forget you honestly, i am very grateful for our help and your explanation about the cross etc will help me thanks.

@handrawn
thank you for your help, i will have a go with your file tonight after work, and i will also try retracing it for my own knowledge also.


this forum is full of top people. im learing every day (baby steps yes, but a step will some become two:)

Neil

its all learning :)

BTW - the reason you need to group at the end of the fix is because there is more than one shape there - you can separate them out, but this is unnecessary here - easier to group and xara3D will treat as one shape

tracing gets easier the more you do it..