Zen Sketch

[Tao jones]

Trying to capture that zen feel of ink drawings.
Tao Now Jones

[Tao jones]

Trying to capture that zen feel of ink drawings.
Tao Now Jones

[namaste1973]

I like it. The shading looks so much like a wash... your technique is unique and interesting. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Jess

[ivan louette]

I love it Tao!
Your search to paint effects and others specifics to Xara X is fantastic.

ivan

[Steve Newport]

You definentally have found the skill of ink in Xara! Garunteed anyone you'd show that to would say ink. Great piece, that would be a nice addition to some wall in my house!

Steve Newport

[gwpriester]

Did you dip your mouse in water? :-)

You're getting pretty facile at that technique.

Gary

Gary Priester

Moderator Person

Be It Early So Humble...

[Tao jones]

Hi Gary, in the two examples the first is the bitmap copy. I made all those dark marks with the brush tool and feathering.I got rid of the vector image and then started to draw over the bitmap copy adding a few transparencies here and there to add the shade. Then I made a contrast transparence over the middle bit.That made the lines look broken a bit which I liked.It also made some of the lines darker and so on. It seems to work and I think I could get it better. So much to do in this program. I have got lazy and never venture out of xara. I really like your image in the gallery..........Roger [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[RTK]

... ink and brush sketches, especially the ones that look like they were executed in a quick and carefree manner. Your XARA ink looks very convincing and I think it is something worth exploring for sure.

Great stuff, yet again, Tao!

Risto

[gwpriester]

Roger

It's fun to play with the different transparency types and see what they do.

I found a cool use for Contrast Transparency which will be in next months tutorial.

Gary

Gary Priester

Moderator Person

Be It Early So Humble...