Stereogram redone with the Art Brush method. Much much better.
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Stereogram redone with the Art Brush method. Much much better.
The transitions between shapes is much smoother and more continuous.
:-bd
@ Gary: unfortunately I can't see your stereogram. I had an accident when I was young and as a result my right eye is approx. 50% weaker.
@ all: I also learned something new that I knew from my Illustrator days but never used in Xara. Thank you.
A really interesting thread, thanks everyone
That's a great stereogram. I actually found it quite difficult to get started and then even further looking before the real depth appeared.
Just for fun (on my part mainly) I've made a quick crib sheet to using art brushes to create graduations along a line/path.
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Thanks for this Jonopen - I had not used this before.
Thanks for all the info and ideas on using the Art Brush. Tried out some concepts, one of which is to use individual lines to form a shape (without actually creating the shape).
Created a brush and used it to form a right angled line (bevel joint, butt end), scale proportionately, clone 3 times and rotate objects to form an 8-sided polygon; add a matching background and a centre piece.
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There is a lot more for me to discover, but what a powerful tool! The SVG could of course of be animated with the four quadrants and centre piece :D
FWIW/ BTW - it took some time to solve the original Bluetooth puzzle because the vertical bar is a flat fill (exactly the same colour top and bottom). Still not sure how single stroke achieves that unless the brush is exactly the same length and has the middle part a constant colour.
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Thanks to all for a great thread.
Gary
Gary - I originally did the depth image with a flat shape for the center bar then a series of blended lines. But I think there should be a way to replicate this using the two additional shapes and then making the center shape match the color at the top and the bottom.