A whole new year. Again the object of this thread is to post any work that you're currently working on. It doesn't need to be completed (often it's better if it's not) just post so that others can see what you're using Xtreme for.
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A whole new year. Again the object of this thread is to post any work that you're currently working on. It doesn't need to be completed (often it's better if it's not) just post so that others can see what you're using Xtreme for.
Restoring a battered jug.
So far:
Like blue and white dishes, always.... okay usually. This is very nice. Did you use the blend tool?
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...hoenix1331.jpg
Just playing about with a bit of reflection......looks a bit rusty but I'm getting there.....slowly.:D
My first of the new year......:p
Happy New Year to you all.
Phoenix
A re-drawing of my sons girlfriend slouching about in the kitchen, for a calendar he wants to make, about half way there I think.
Derek
Genetica, XXP & Gel.
A Genetica seamless tile making an image transparent in XXP. I don't understand bump maps that well, and used Gel to shape the image.
I molded the image for perspective, but intersect sidn't respect the mold. I made a bitmap copy and intersected the image.
Rich
Generally, I do almost all my graphics works (except photos) in Xara.
Here is New Year funny collage as an example.
It fully done in Xara. I just drop shots from camera, arrange them, tune some in XPE,
add text and add two gray bars with transparency to make first photo less saturated
and last photo grayed.
Each shot was ~2,6 Mb Jpeg (lazy to convert to smaller size) and resulting XAR file ~18 Mb.
It was little slow, but I have Duron850 and 256RAM, and I also suspect that Illustrator could only crash on such task :)
As for sculpture It was New Year gift for familiar girl who had crash on motobike (with stupid boyfriend).
She spend few month in hospital and I made this pig as a reminder.
My friend Vladymir Tkachenko help me with pig's head and acrylic clay as material.
So, this is a story :)
Dmitry,
That's a lot of fun and a great present too. It's also good to get away from the computer and do some other arty crafty work.
A cover for a Tarot pdf book. (The photo's were made ready in photoshop)
Know1, I really like this cover. The lightness fits my view of the Tarot. I use it as a tool of enlightenment. My grandmother taught me the Tarot back in 1956, and I can't begin to guess how many decks I've actually worn out. I currently have more than 30 in my collection, though I tend to read only one on a regular basis.
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Will
Two other works in progress.
Raymond,
You are really expanding in your work. Every new thing you post seems to top the previous one. These two posted here look GREAT. I especially like your use of blending and feathering.
ron
Raymond, the two look pretty good together, will the bird be flying over the car when finished or will you use it as a hood ornament? Birds seems to like to grafitti my car, let's hope your bird has better manners.
Thank you, Ron. Mostly everything I have learned has been via this forum plus a few hours of experimentation and trial & success. Also help from my 'collaborator' - with whom ideas and discoveries are shared.
They will be two separate images, Sally.
It is a fact that birds do it mostly on light-coloured cars.
Except for parrots and budgies which do it anywhere at all - especially on people.
As per this one stanza from a poem by John Lennon:
"He flies around the room sometimes
and sits upon my bed:
and when he's really happy -
he does it on my head."
Inbel
I can get over how realistic the front of the car is i am REALLY REALLLY looking forward to the finshed product. :D
That one done, canna stop, here's another work in progress just started:
Bling!
It sparkles, the headlamp is just right. And the rest is the same, consistent chrome, makes me hunger to draw a bike, haven't done one yet.
Again. You are really doing super work.
Two thumbs up.
The current art kick around for me. This will probably expand to a street cafe scene.
Here's a design I'm working on for a fishing tournament in San Diego, CA
It was inspired by an IPA Beer label.
I use the 3d modelling program SketchUp. Version 6 has just been released and it has a new feature called 'watermarks' that allows backdrops & overlays to be added to the modelling window. So I've been using Xara Xtreme Pro to make some watermarks. The attached image shows a digital watercolour sky, made in Pro, as it appears in SketchUp. (The attached image was exported from SketchUp). This sky is now a standard element that I can add to any modelling project with just one click. The scene is just one slapped together from some 3d clipart (from FormFonts) to show off my sky.
Regards, Ross
My idea for making a rainbow. I took a rainbow image and applied linear repeating transparency. Then made the new transparency into a brush. I drew a straight path and pushed it into an arc. Then applied the brush and adjusted the spacing and overall transparency. Made a bitmap copy. Then made a black rectangle with two white to gray rectangles with linear transparency applied. Made a bitmap copy. Selected the rainbow bitmap copy, and went to the bitmap gallery and selected the black rectangle and hit transparent to feather the ends.
Rich
Very effective Rich .Don't forget the pot of gold.
Everyone has some nice work shown here. Thanks for sharing.
This is just a doodle that happened this evening.
After seeing some of Bob Hahn's work, I dug out some old Walter Foster books, and applied Bob's strokes to this drawing. I stress that I have copied it, it's not original.
I got my 1st Walter Foster book when I turned 13, wow, back in '72, and glad to see that his works are still being published.
I hope to try something of my own, if I can get my 11yo out of the way, he's cottoned to Bob's work :) now he wants me to buy him a tablet - the mouse will suffice for a while
Jim Toal
The top part of a website for a dutch Reiki site (work in progress).
www.reikimasteropleiding.nl
Nice page, blends in nicely.
Jim
I like the colour scheme and the layout.
I had to search google to find out what is reiki. Strange that I lived in Japan for 3 years and never heard of it before.
I like your gorilla Jim, looks hand drawn without line joins, mebbe as you say not your own idea but well executed. I have nearly always joined my lines to get automatic filling etc, must have a go at real freehand, although not much of a drawer, never had a natural flair for drawing freehand or training.
Norman
Here's what I've done this month in Xara: Penthouse room.
I intended to make it sketch-like. Not absolute realistic, but completely done in Xara Xtreme.
Don't know what I use it for, but I just had the idea and tried to get it done.
So here it is. :)
Just