3D using 2D apps, the Sequel

**jens g.r. benthien** · 14 January 2003, 11:46 PM

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made with Xara X and the blend tool

jens

jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://www.sacalobra.de

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**chuckpa** · 15 January 2003, 05:30 AM

...your instructions and shared file are greatly appreciated.

I'm familiar with swift 3D and I thought I recognized the style of the rotating cube.

The "onion-skin" style of animating movement of the bird wings is a great idea. I had not thought about using that technique in XaraX.

Thanks again.

**Gary David Bouton** · 15 January 2003, 02:45 PM

This one was done in XARA, however looking back and the time it took...I should have done it in a modeler.

That's part of the fun of this thread: where is the line drawn? Or should you be drawing lines (pun intended)?

My Best,
Gare

**Gaussian** · 15 January 2003, 04:56 PM

Gare, that looks so cool!
I've seen a lot of amazing Xara X designs and this is definitely one of them

15 January 2003, 05:02 PM

Wow! That looks good enough to reach out and polish! (although it appears somebody got to it first

**RTK** · 15 January 2003, 05:44 PM

... THAT is chrome!

Thumbs up!

Risto

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**gnurf** · 15 January 2003, 09:25 PM

That looks great! Would you mind posting a wireframe version of the image. Just curious how simple or how complicated the image became.

-Paul

**chuckpa** · 16 January 2003, 04:35 AM

Gary...a "smokin'" image. A tutorial, please.

**Gary David Bouton** · 16 January 2003, 10:48 AM

Here's a screen capture of the wireframe of the chrome Saturn.

If you use XARa, you'll surely know that wireframes are deceiving...they simply don't look like much. As far as a tutorial on this goes:
1.)Don't spend two days in XARA
2.)Do this in a modeling program!

There are 300 objects, many of them overlapping. I used a digitizing tablet and the freehand pen tool a lot, after years and years of making texture maps and realizing that if you throw visual clutter into a drawing, it looks more real, 'cause the world is a visually complex place. I was doing this chome stuff with physical design tools before the computer.

The piece also used a lot of transparent blends, object blends which do not show in XARA in wireframe, and TONs of fractal fills.

I always preach, "Use the right tool for the right job" and I myself failed at this here. I was just trying to show off my patience and technical chops.

I'm secretly intimidated by Jens' work

Gare