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Stop & Post June 2011
Some time ago there was a monthly thread named Stop&Post. It all started in February 2004 and was running up to middle of 2010.
In the beginning of each month a new thread were created and pinned at the top of the Xara Art Gallery forum where members could post whatever they have been working on. Those Stop&Post threads usually had lots of participation and served several purposes as Bill (soquili) clearly explained in another post:
1. Provide a place for Works In Progress and completed works if anyone was not sure where else to post.
2. Encourage people to post works regardless of their experience level with Xara Xtreme/Designer.
3. Inspire people and provide a 'melting pot' of derivative or similar concept works and/or original concepts.
4. Provide a fun and free form thread without the possibility of 'hijacking' anyone else's Xara Gallery thread.
It quickly becomes a "tradition" in Talkgraphics but suddenly they have disappeared! :-O
I´m trying to bring them back again starting from this month. There´s only one simple rule: it must have been done with Xara software.
Now that everyone knows what´s this all about let´s get them running...
Taken straight from the first Stop&Post thread from February 2004:
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OK Xarians ... time to STOP what you are doing and POST whatever it is you are working on right now. It doesn't need to be finished ... the idea is to show the variety of different projects that XaraX is used for every day. It may be a birthday card ... or a billboard ad. Whatever it is ... POST IT!
Here´s mine to start:
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See you next month...
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Good to see this started again. Thanks.
I have the month of June to come up with 20-40 new stereogram images for the Japanese publisher who has published my partner's and my work for the last 12 years. At the last minute our editor decided to do a theme issue based on cute animals. I had already created about 60 images for the next issue since the first of the year and not one is a cute anything. So, I am cranking out the cute animals. The attached is one.
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That looks very good, Gary and I hope I'm not sticking my neck too far out in saying so. ;)
James
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Just playing about.
Haven't got as far as the Yen, yet.
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same old same old but with different spots [allegorically speaking]
nice even-toed ungulate there Gary :)
so when do you start on the actual notes Rik ? :D
great to have S&P back - thanks
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Posted this just today in a single thread here but thought to post in this thread again
Hans
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Playing around with XDP7. One of my holly bushes has many berries, although they won't be red until autumn. ;)
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It's strange what you sometimes discover!
As I said previously, I still had to draw the Yen.
Whilst looking on the net, to try and make sure that I drew it as well as possible, I discovered that now the Indian Rupee has a symbol.
So, we have the Pound symbol, the Dollar symbol, the Yen symbol and now the Rupee has a symbol as well. :cool:
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Gary, I feel like the only person in the world that can not see your stereograms. For years I have tried every trick I have heard to look at your posted images as they look so tempting. One of these days...
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samrc
Gary, I feel like the only person in the world that can not see your stereograms.
You're not alone. I can't see them either. If I recall correctly, a portion of the population just can't see stereograms, no matter how hard they try and what method they use.
Or at least that's what I read somewhere.
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I think seeing the stereograms requires a certain relaxing of the eye muscles. Since actively looking for something tightens those same muscles, it sometimes takes a bit of willpower to make the switch.
Look at the following image... if you relax your eyes and just "passively" look at the image, it can switch from holes cut into the surface to circles that protrude up from the surface. This same general feeling of the eyes occurs when the stereograms pop out.
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Peace
James
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The trick to seeing stereograms is not to look at the surface. Our normal reflex when looking at an image is to focus directly on the image. To see a stereogram you have to focus slightly behind the image. This is why it helps to get very close to the image and blur your eyes. Then pull away very slowly without focusing your eyes. If you do this a few times, say 5-2,000 times, eventually you will probably start to see some depth.
James - I see dots going in. Because the shadow is at the top, the highlights are on the bottom, and the circles are darker, the visual cue is these are recessed. So logically I have a hard time seeing them as raised. :rolleyes:
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Nope, me too. I tried every suggestion - nothing.
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samrc
Gary, I feel like the only person in the world that can not see your stereograms. For years I have tried every trick I have heard to look at your posted images as they look so tempting. One of these days...
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Gary,
Look at the dots again... think to yourself, the light is in the bottom right corner, the light is in the bottom right corner... POP... now the circles all protrude. ;)
If you look at the following image, it appears as though there is a button raised from the surface (since lights normally are from above)...but looking at the second image, shows that it is, in fact, cut into the surface...
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Peace
James
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This is an hour's doodling with liquid colour plugin while waiting on the phone for a call center to respond!
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That's nice, Penny
...floral, but with a 60's aesthetic. I like it.
James
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Nice work everyone.. Good to see that Stop and post is back! Now I'm going to have to go draw something.
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You're on the cutting edge Zeb. :)
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Make some Backgrounds for my new Handy...
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gwpriester
You're on the cutting edge Zeb. :)
I've got neither an iPad nor Xbox, Gary. This was just done to show the prizes for an online contest. Wish I had the iPad, though, "Sniff! Sniff!"
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Another reason for visiting TG
Sven-Ingvar O
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Medicine Buddha and Dakini I started last weekend in a drawing course.Attachment 82307Attachment 82308
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Rik
Wow! This is cool, I like the colors, it's very simple but this rocks. The birds are cute, very cartoon-like! Nice idea! Thanks for sharing!
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I illustrated a story that I had done a few years back. The story got updated so I did all new art for it. I tried a "no outline" approach which required more work--adding more shading and so on to make things stand out. Here's one of the 8 pictures I did.
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I started this army badge a few evenings ago, still missing some elements, mainly a flaming torch. After that there is usually endless tweaking of lighting, and minor adjustments of shape or texture.
I've used the crown piece in several previous badges, and it has evolved somewhat from the original version, but it is recognisably the same crown.
Mike
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Nissan skyline. Maybe I'll change colors :)
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I created 30 new stereograms from June 1-20. They have all been sent off to Tokyo.
And I just created a custom stereogram to be used as a poster for a photographer in Ireland http://www.custom-stereograms.com/html/gallery_3.html
A friend provided the 3D model for the camera so I did not have to create it from scratch. I always feel it is a cop out to use a 3D model but in this case it let be audition many different angles. The repeating patten was made from one of the photographers photos of frosty leaves in winter.
http://www.custom-stereograms.com/as...hotography.jpg
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This merely a concept (1 of 4) and even then, it's a WIP.
I have been asked to create concepts for CD cover artwork for a 59 South Productions artist, Popason.
More than likely, I'm going to abandon this concept I'm just not feeling it for some reason.
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ZEBtoonz
A recent image I did.
I love the xbox and the kennect, but I'm not a fan of the tablet - however, I Love the Image!
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Evgeny
Nissan skyline. Maybe I'll change colors :)
I'm really looking forward to seeing the finish image of the Skyline. You know, seeing that line art / rendered image of the skyline is really making me want do a car drawing now. I wish I have More Time!! ..uurrggg.
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M1SS D3V10US
I love the xbox and the kennect, but I'm not a fan of the tablet - however, I Love the Image!
Thanks!
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I got inspired by Masque and wanted to do an impossible triangle.
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I had a little trouble keeping the copper in place but I fixed it.
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Really nice job, Larry
Impressive!
James
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Thinking of a cool refreshing drink.
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M1SS D3V10US
More than likely, I'm going to abandon this concept I'm just not feeling it for some reason.
I can't wait to see what you come up with, when you do start 'feeling it'.
I think it's brilliant and would guess that this is going to be the better design.
So, I for one, can't wait to see your finished product, then I can check my assumption.
For this design. =D>=D>=D>
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M1SS D3V10US
This merely a concept (1 of 4) and even then, it's a WIP.
That fire effect is outstanding. How did you create this in Xara?
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Rik
I can't wait to see what you come up with, when you do start 'feeling it'.
I think it's brilliant and would guess that this is going to be the better design.
So, I for one, can't wait to see your finished product, then I can check my assumption.
For this design. =D>=D>=D>
Here's the deal....
The more I look at this image and work on the other concepts, the more I like this concept, it's really grown on me - ALOT!
I've shown this images to a few friends and 4 out of 5 liked the image enough to say "WOW!" when they seen it. ...something like that tends to change one's opinion.
I've tried to reach "G", the executive producer for 59 South Productions, but he's out of town on vacation. I'm going to submit my concepts to him this coming weekend. In the end, the final decision is going to be up to G and Popason himself.
So far, yes, you are correct, this design is the better design, of it's the design I've sent the most time on. Now I'm feeling it. :)
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ShapeShifter
That fire effect is outstanding. How did you create this in Xara?
Lots and Lots of Photos and even more transparencies!!! In all honesty, I'm really surprised Xara didn't crashed during the creation of the letters with all the photos and transparencies I've used to make each letter. Inn the end, I've reduced the letters to an image and used the image to keep Xara from melting down my laptop's CPUs for the final image. Each letter has about 25-40 layers.
This is a quick run down on how I did the Fire Letters...
* Use the typing tool and type what you need.
* Convert the letters to shapes.
* Ungroup the letters so you can work with them one at a time.
* Edit the shape of each letter to give it some styling, just a enough to make them a little different than normal. (in the case of the "A" I extended the "tail" as I'm calling it).
* Continue to edit the shape of each letter just a enough to give the effect that the light is being bent (heat tends to bend lights, so mimic that)
* Color the letter with the brighter yellow of a photo of fire I used as my swatch (or palette).
* Clone the letter and color it with a darker tones of the same fire of the same photo
* Feather the cloned letter.
* Add photos of fire and flames pulled from the web (be sure to use lots of transparencies, to look as if the letter is on fire)
* Repeat last step as many times and needed or desired.
* Add a square shape to cover the same area as the letter and color with the darker tone of the flames, (same as the feathered letter) and give an elliptical transparency, move to back.
The fire of the main background was easier, it only required a 3 images of fire to create the look.