Gare's non-Xara Art

[Gare]

It's actually a different box model than the one I supplied on a Xara Xone tutorial, Frances, but it could have been. One of the things I like about modeling is re-usability. A box, a lamp, whatever, can be posed and colored differently and become a part of a new scene.

Now, here is the same box. Different contents.



My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

In the 1990s, I thought the coolest thing you could do with a modeling program is build a chess set, imitation being flattery, and a chess set is almost as iconic as a tea kettle in the 3D field.

I did this recently to illustrate an article on The Xara Xone.




I think it's just fun to bend stuff that shouldn't or can't be easily bent in the Real World (which I visit occasionally).

-gary

[Gare]

This is an unfinished logo idea.

It needs initials inside the circle; the client didn't go for it.

[Gare]

The music eventually will be real, but the orchestra isn't. An "anechoic chamber" is a device used by military contractors to test sonar and microwave transmitting hardware.

In theory, an anechoic chamber orchestra wouldn't make any sound at all.



-g

[Gare]

I'd originally created the chapter pages in the Xara Xtreme Guide as "white on white" pieces but the publisher told me, "It's a color book. Use color."

Here's the original, though, which I think forces the composition less.



-g

[Gare]

A birthday card for my mom. Luxology modo and Photoshop.



—g

[Big Frank]

I think it's just fun to bend stuff that shouldn't or can't be easily bent in the Real World

i agree - it's the clash of real thing with unreal action that causes the eyebrows to raise

good illustration

[Gare]

Thanks, Frank.

I was going to post this on the Displacement Map thread at the Xone, but decided, "Nah, it's too much fun just as an illustration."

The difference is that the edges are crisp, but the transition is smooth with a $29 piece of mapping software.

Um, and a $1,100 modeling program. :(



My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

This is almost a Xara drawing.

I have to disqualify it because I used Corel Painter on the color layer to make the beveled inset colors look glass-like. And the path I drew for the brass caming...I used Path Styler Pro on a vector Xara copy of it in Photoshop.

Still, I think it's great that an artist today can complete a piece using different software.



—gary

[angelize]

sheesh that's an expensive modeling program! I have dabbled with a bit of 3D modeling with Blender which is a free open source program. It may not be as good as yours but hey it's fun to just dabble

Edit: That stained glass is lovely! I did a stained glass piece using only Xara once it came out pretty good although mine had lead caming