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Very interesting.

Paul

Ok, here are the finished cars. Laura wanted one in pink. See, we get to live vicariously through Xara. I don't care what color you use, this car looks good.
Gary. Since you're familiar with named...

Thank you Stygg. That is very kind of you to say. This year I think I upgraded my rendering engine without knowing it. I have been surprising myself with some of the stuff that I have been doing. I...

I had to take a trip to car world to check out this shadow thing and this is what I came up with. I found a few with same angle and lighting.

Gary tells me that I'm Xara's rendering engine. No 3D...

Talking about opening old project, here is one that I started a few years back with BP. He is the one that drew the original artwork and help me redraw it. I made the mistake of not naming colors. I...

The lighting that I was working with was from 11 o'clock. (Good call Gary). I think what your picking up is the bottom shadow is coming more from 12 o'clock. You are correct, it does look off. I did...

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Thank you Stygg for your comment. To be honest, it was pretty simple. I made a circle and cloned and moved. resize and do the same. select all the circles, group, subtract...

Thank you Csehz. Not I know how to use Xara's tools, I allows me to release my imagination. something that was an impossibility when I started out. This make all the hard work that I put into...

Ok, Are we going to sit down and have a cup of joe?

Thank you Gary. I think the named colors work well with it also. Now, I get more bang for the buck.

Paul

That's ok Gary. I just wanted to make sure that we weren't going to get hit with an off topic rebuke.

Here is the updated image with the finishing touches. I fixed the floating above the shadow...

Thank you Gary. I have done a few things with the blend tool, but I know that it can do so much more. I looked it up a few times on YouTub, but did not find a lot of practical applications.

I...

Thank you Gary. I look forward to it. There are just so many of the tools that I don't know how to use properly. I end up missing out on a lot of possibilities.

Csehz. Thank you for your kind...

Yes, I used named colors while making this one to quickly change the colors. I made the mistake of not doing that in past work. You want to kick your self. Depending on the complexity of the...

Thank you Gary. I'm going to have a look at those files. I'm interested in learning more how to use the blend tool. Thank you for sharing,

Here is the updated and finished piece that I'm...

Thank you Stygg. I appreciate your comments and support.

Hey, I was only following your advice. You asked me to trust you and that you believed in me. Isn't that right Dad? I will be posting it in the art gallery after I do a few finishing touches. I just...

I'm sorry Gary. You missed it on all accounts. I took your advice and I am sticking with Xara. Yes this was 100 % Xara. A Pure Vector illustration. It was a completely free upgrade with a minimal...

Good news Gary. I found a 3-D rendering program. It's has a fairly easy learning curve. And it was completely free. Here is a sample of the kind of work that I can do in it. You will need to guess...

Well Gary, I guess you answered it for me. I'm Xara's rendering engine. No need to upgrade. I must be the light version, because I don't take up that much processing power.

Gary. I don't think I'm looking for effortless, I'm not looking for something that takes so much time to figure out that it takes away from working in Xara. More of a utility. As I mentioned, photo...

Thank you for the information Gary. I'm not looking to invest a lot of time and learning a new program. I was just looking for something to assist me in enhancing my work in Xara. I think I will...

Well Gary. You have me at a disadvantage. I don't have any photorealistic modeling programs to work with. I tried a few in the past but was unable to import the images in vector. Also, the ones I use...

You are welcome Stygg. Your doing a great job. Its the little highlights and shadows that turns a 2-D object into 3-D. You have a good project to work on. Lets see what you can do.

Excellent work. I love the reflections in the base. You created more of a mirror surface. You may want to consider adding some shade inside the cup to give some depth. Since you're doing a higher...