I've done another stained glass piece, this time a buttery motif with copper foil caming.
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I've done another stained glass piece, this time a buttery motif with copper foil caming.
Nice!
Buttery??
The glass piece is really well done! I feel the frame is a bit off because its wood texture seems too blurred compared to that of the glass.
Really nice Frances....I think the wood frame looks good actually....we have something around here that's quite similar looking to your frame.
I guess this is the finished butterfly from the 'what are we working on now' thread?
I like the frame, it works well with the glass, but I understand where Boy is coming from. I'm wondering if the lack of contrast in the texture is the real culprit.
I really like it Frances. Sorry but I just don't see the problem at least not yet. I think it's a beautiful piece of work.
Another beautiful piece of work, Frances.
Thanks everyone :)
@ paul: Buttery should read butterfly (i stayed up far too late last night!)
@ Ed: yes this is the finished piece from the Stop and Post thread.
Frances, another beatiful piece of work. I've seen a few stained glass windows lately in the forum, and I experimented to figure out which techniques are used but I didn't get the result I was hoping for.
Any chance on a tutorial ? What puzzles me most are two things - the wave effect in the glass (fractal plasma fill ? live effect ? ) and the copper look on the wires ( a bevel ? live effect ? ). I hesitated to ask because I know how busy you are, but apart from experimenting with the tool - which I do - is learning from the masters the only way for me to improve my Xara-skills.
I also see what boy means about the frame.
It looks fuzzy. Out of focus appearance.
But, the stained glass is MAGNIFICENT.
The colours and the design is brilliant.
I like it. :-bd
If you've ever seen this type of wood, it actually looks out of focus in real life. It's actually a really good representation of the real thing in my mind.
Frances should go into production (of the real thing).
You've got this down pat!, Frances.
Class work Frances:-bd. I love the lead-work, or should it be copper-work? The joints are perfect and glass texture is really good. Yes, a tutorial would surely be most welcome.
Sammy
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments :) I'll look at doing a tutorial soon, but I have a job for a client I've got to put first.
Beautiful work Frances! would love to have a window like that.
That's beautiful!
The stained glass is so real! The colors and reflections are perfect.
But I agree with Boy about the frame.
Thanks Bruce and Ric
I'll take into consideration the thoughts about the wood frame for the next one (which I'll make a tutorial out of :) )
It's very good! But tell me that you are NOT using lead ... we lost a dear family friend years ago, John Cavanaugh, who sculpted in lead... even with positive-pressure ventilation, it still did him in.
Does that copper foil get you away from using lead?
I'm not using lead or copper It's all done in Designer Pro X :D The images aren't 100% vector as I use bitmap transparencies and a live effect, but the bitmaps I use are fairly high res and I have the live effects set to apply at 300 dpi
Ha! Good for you, sure faked me out! Now start thinking about using Xara to make colored transparencies that you could put between pieces of translucent plastic, and then into a (real) wood frame... it would be interesting to see what you come up with.
That's almost a commission, Frances!
Get a deposit before starting work though.. ;-)
;)) definitely
If all goes well I'll be able to start work on a tutorial in a couple of days.
I like that a lot...........very nice!=D>Quote:
Originally Posted by angelize