New Year's Giveaway -- Xara Xone January 2015

**Crow Haven** · 03 January 2015, 04:08 PM

Great dragon design, Stygg!

**Gare** · 04 January 2015, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Boy

Thanks Gare! My favorite is Decflor2 in terms of pretty but "Messy but elegant" is also very nice. I love some of the names you gave the tiles and my favorites are "Uncomfortable ice cubes" and "Alien ship hull".

Thanks, boy. I hope the names are as appealing as the textures themselves. Honestly, it's hard to think up new names, clever or not, after building over 1,000 different textures over 15 to 20 years!

Show us what you can do with them, eh?

My Best,
Gary

**Gare** · 04 January 2015, 07:42 PM

Well, I guess I came to the party a little late. I had to perform brain surgery on Jan 1st in Ethiopia, and forgot my TalkGraphics password, so I couldn't get a message to you folks until the private jet on my way home let me use wireless for ost of the way, except I didn't have a laptop on me, so I used an xBox.

I'm kidding, I've been preoccupied and I wanted to give away the monthly graphics loot close to New Year's as sort of a present.

I am DELIGHTED with what I see. You people have taken entirely different directions with using the textures and it's all beautiful stuff! I feel as though I gave you guys a sow's ear and you're all busy making silk purses!

Here's my whack at making a composition out of the textures. Abstract, but dimensional:

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360 degree fun around here and let's see some more! We have 300 hits, but only 7 or 8 people!

Lurkers, come on out and join in the fun, or at least let us know who you are!

My Best,

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Gary

**angelize** · 04 January 2015, 08:24 PM

I'm late joining in this thread too but better late than never!

Thanks for these wonderful tiles. I finally had time for a play with them. There are several of the textures in here some are easy to spot some are hidden in the details of the flowers and leaves.

edit: I added a closeup shot to show the textures in the flowers

**Crow Haven** · 04 January 2015, 10:55 PM

@ Frances -- Love the flowers!

Here's another...

**Crow Haven** · 05 January 2015, 02:26 AM

Built with bricks and tiles...

**stygg2003** · 05 January 2015, 11:21 AM

Really like the new entry's from Francis and Maya, the flowers beautiful and delicate from Francis and the ammonite from Maya-excellent.

This one I used the concrete and rocks tile to make the lunar surface and obtain a blue moon. It's just the romanticism in me

Stygg

**Crow Haven** · 05 January 2015, 03:11 PM

Thanks Stygg! That's really a blue moon!

This is an update of my other image after this morning seeing things I wanted to try differently...

**csehz** · 07 January 2015, 02:39 PM

These are superb Gare, thanks for them

**Boy** · 07 January 2015, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

Thanks, boy. I hope the names are as appealing as the textures themselves. Honestly, it's hard to think up new names, clever or not, after building over 1,000 different textures over 15 to 20 years!

Show us what you can do with them, eh?

My Best,
Gary

Sorry Gare, but the creative juices have not been flowing recently, so I have to pass.