How would you create this effectin XARA?

The attached image was included in a recent thread that asked how to recreate this illustration in Illustrator. And while there were no Illustrator-specific responses, there were several showing how it could be done in Xara.

So I have moved the original illustration to a neutral thread and you can use Xara or any other application.

The most interesting and challenging part of the image of course is the central color image. Which has some challenging fills.

I included my attempt. So let's see what you can do.

Mark and Jonopen - You can post your images here.

Haven't you got a larger image of the original image Gary, that ones tiny?

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Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

Haven't you got a larger image of the original image Gary, that ones tiny?

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Here's a larger image from123rf.com

Thanks for that Rik

Hi Garry,
here is my. It's not so difficult to do this in Xara. I need cca. 10 min.
Thanks for the challange.

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Cheers Rik.

Hi Gary.. it has taken to me a little more time than Ernie-f ... since I've tried to make corners round

Max

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Second attempt with a few additions. The figures are from the Content Catalog > Illustration > Figures

Took me longer than Ernie. :O

Good fun! Got totally lost at one point & had to start again.

Using ProCAD+ / Artworks 2 combination on RISC OS

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Pinched Gary's idea ;)

Waiting to see what Rik comes up with.

Here are some techniques and tips.

Conical Fill: Center the conical fill over the circle, extend the diameter, and double click on the fill path semi-circle to add extra color points. I have applied this to just the selected section.

Four Color Fill: Apply to one section at a time and you can use four different colors to get a mesh fill effect.

Bitmap Copy: Create a Bitmap Copy, True Color + Alpha and use the Photo Enhance tools to make the bitmap a few shades darker. Send the bitmap copy to the back. Select the original colored sections and apply Feathering.

Mine took a time and I hurried the jigsaw tags.

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Acorn

I prefer cats ... ;)

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Max

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:)

marksimon - Can you post larger images?

maxcon62 - Prefer cats here too. :)

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marksimon - Can you post larger images?

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