Gary Bouton's Xara Stuff

[Gare]

I hear that Gare.
As for the photo, man oh man look at all that hair.

Much of it is lodged in my hair brush these days.

No idea why.

[Gare]

Yeah, well, I'd have posted it sooner, but I was distracted by vacuuming the floor of the car, and then found an equally lame reason not to finish it.

[Gare]

I am mightily flattered, honestly.

I'm just trying in my own, minimal-energy expended way to keep some interest going on tg.




...is pretty much a sure-fire interest-getting for a while.

Okay, "a while" has passed.

Bop over to Here. Clipart. Bouton. Oasis amongst dead pixels

[wizard509]

I am mightily flattered, honestly.

I'm just trying in my own, minimal-energy expended way to keep some interest going on tg.




...is pretty much a sure-fire interest-getting for a while.

Okay, "a while" has passed.

Bop over to Here. Clipart. Bouton. Oasis amongst dead pixels

Went to the thread linked to, thoae are very niice Gsre

[Gare]

White on white with a splash of color. A trend I'm trying to break. But in the meanwhile...

[gray]

You always show the best, Gary.
You say you still have a hair brush!!!!! Lucky you.

[Gare]

You always show the best, Gary.
You say you still have a hair brush!!!!! Lucky you.

Yes, I do have a hairbrush but it complains to me about lack of exercise.

Yeah. It and me.

This is one of the last pieces I've done in a photorealistic style. I think I'm wasting time and being counterproductive drawing stuff I can more easily model!



Xara is for layout, original illustration, and a clean, unfaltering style, except for a few exceptionally gifted Xarist who can do painting, as Valeri has done.


Too often (I think!) I'll turn to modeling rather than drawing for one big reason. Building a scene out of mesh allows you to "create once, re-use many times". If you use named colours in Xara, you're already ahead of the game because you can instantly recolor an object or scene. Here's a couple of rendered objects. The difference between the two identical objects is different materials, camera angle and lighting. That's it and it's trivial compared to the modeling/sculpting stage:





But Xara, as a producer of vector shapes, is also a host to shapes that can be reused.

I guess it's a matter of energy and patience! There is no either/or...

My Best,

Gary














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[gray]

That's the big advantage of 3D, is you can use it again and again. If I was younger I would have enjoyed 3D, you can do so much with it once you have the models made. The only 3D I use is to build the basic wire frame I use for my subjects.
That plate and silver ware in vector is mighty fine, Gary.

[Gare]

That's the big advantage of 3D, is you can use it again and again. If I was younger I would have enjoyed 3D, you can do so much with it once you have the models made. The only 3D I use is to build the basic wire frame I use for my subjects.
That plate and silver ware in vector is mighty fine, Gary.

Thank you! Drawing "chrome" is almost entirely an effort in deigning a good reflection, because perfectly smooth objects in real life have no texture. And nothing in the real world is perfectly reflective, come to think of it!

Study. Reproduce. Repeat.

[Rik]

White on white with a splash of color. A trend I'm trying to break. But in the meanwhile...

It's a trend that I've always loved. So, don't break in, on my account!