15 March in the Xara Xone - NEW TUTORIAL - FREE!

The March 15 Xara Xone

The bucket needs work. I might have to make a separate tutorial just for it.

Enjoy. 35 steps. Not all of them clear. :rolleyes:

Gary

Hi Gary,
Another great tutorial! I always enjoy these tutorials, and always learn something from them thanks!
Jim

Hi Gary. This looks great. I only wish I had enough hours in the day to complete each and everyone of your tutorials. I never seem to have the time to just draw in XXP, which is my favourite pastime. I promise to try this one out.

Rustic .... That's a great word!

Hi Gary,
I have just scrolled through this tutorial and like Egg I hope that this one will be my favourite “waste of time” within not to long . Your tutorials really help people like me to see the strengths of the program. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
BTW, Egg, your tutorial on a glass made me buy this program two years ago. Thanks to you as well.
Sven-Ingvar Oskarsson

My pleasure Sven.

Getting there!:D

Couple of points though [hope you don't mind - I feel bad about this and it's probably me missing something :o ] ... after grouping the lines and subtracting I had to break shapes otherwise the arcs didn't bevel in between, is this right or should the arcs have separated without that? Also, I used stained-glass transparency on stone 13, not brightness. Most likely just me as I say :)

You might be right about Break Shapes. But Your stones turned out darker with less texture than mine.

But it is all a learning experience. And experimenting and coming up with your own solutions is the best way to learn.

For what it is worth. I am always amazed when people do my tutorials because I do not have the patience or concentration to do tutorials. I can create them, but whenever I try to do a long tutorial, I get to about step 2 or 3 and then I am trying different things and am off in a different direction. :rolleyes:

Must say, I enjoy following tutorials (and I'm sure I'm not the only one who looks forward to yours Gary, they don't go to waste believe me :) ) except I have a nasty habit of doing them late at night and not reading everything which often leads to confusion ... which is probably what happened here :o

Yes it is darker - I got grey with brightness though. I'll go through it again from scratch this evening then try the carpentry :)

Thanks

Hi Gary, thanks for the latest tutorial. I really enjoyed doing it,
especially the roof. The wire handle on the bucket made me stop
and think a bit, but everything else was crystal clear.
I learned some new tricks too. I find that now I've been using Xara
Xtreme for a year that I'm getting more benefit from your tutorials.
At first the instructions seemed strange and difficult to follow as I
didn't know what the tools could do. Now it's great fun.
Thanks again, Gary.
Saludos,
Bob.

D'OH! Applied brightness transparency to fill not to well and didn't put to back :o

[Sigh]

Reading more carefully, I shall advance ... :)

Learnt a lot from this tutorial Gary (as always!) - thank you :)

Yes I know the water's a bit high - a buffalo just fell down the well trying to get a drink is the best excuse I can think of at the moment:p

... and broke the bucket handle I've just noticed :cool:

This is a great tutorial and really works!!!! Thanks yet once again!!

Does anyone out there have any ideas about creating a brocade or silk-like texture within XaraXtreme???? I have produced some in Photoshop but I DO prefer my Xara environment.
Thanks in anticipation!

EDIT: Joypauline you'll get more replies if you start a new thread for this question. I've done it for you HERE Egg

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Originally Posted by neodeist

Yes I know the water's a bit high - a buffalo just fell down the well trying to get a drink is the best excuse I can think of at the moment:p

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John at least you managed to solve the perpective puzzle by siting your well on the side of a steep hill. Very impressed.
Saludos,
Bob.

Thanks Bob (and for your comments elsewhere) :). I got the landscape pic - from here - with the idea of trying to recreate the scene in XXP ... it's quite 3D isn't it?

Welcome joypauline, your question is best asked in a new thread. I've started one HERE