Big world, small things. A fly.

**pauland** · 14 September 2015, 06:59 AM

Incredible work Mark, would have loved to see a time-lapse of this being created!

You are a Xara master.

Paul

**buckobeck** · 14 September 2015, 08:41 PM

Thanks Paul, I hope someday I will reach the level I aspire to. Even sped up it would be a very long time lapse. LOL

**wizard509** · 15 September 2015, 02:10 AM

That is just marvelous Mark.

**buckobeck** · 15 September 2015, 02:26 AM

Thank you Larry. I was really happy with the way it turned out. When I first started this thread I thought it might be difficult to achieve an organic look with Xara,
but I proved myself wrong and I'm glad I did
because I really like the feeling of control I have with this program. My other graphics programs may end up orphans. LOL

I've been over at Xara resources downloading some of those sweet brushes. There are some really nice ones!

**gray** · 16 September 2015, 04:39 AM

That's a terrific drawing, Mark.

**buckobeck** · 16 September 2015, 11:13 PM

Glad you think so Gray. Thanks

**buckobeck** · 19 September 2015, 05:35 PM

This weeks entry for Big world, small things is a Pyralis firefly beetle. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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**buckobeck** · 24 September 2015, 05:07 AM

This week I'm adding a cicada to my Big world, small things thread. Got to a point with this one that I finally had to stop because I found myself in a circle of reworking everything. I also figured out that I can apply blurs to shapes without converting them to bit maps first, wish I had caught on to that sooner. Had a lot of fun with transparencies drawing this and love the fact that everything I need to create these images is right there in Xara. Need to move on to a different project, maybe another frog this time, can't wait to get started.