Big world, small things. A fly.

[buckobeck]

Hi Xara people. This time my small thing is a tiny gray tree frog that just lost it's tail and is resting on a leaf.
Though it didn't have as many small parts as the fly it took longer to get the look I was after. Fills and Gaussian
blurs were useful to achieve the look of depth I was after.



For you Xaraphiles.

[gray]

And a cute little guy he is, Mark.

[buckobeck]

Thanks Gray.

[buckobeck]

For my newest addition to Big world, small things I created a grasshopper. I like the fly and the juvenile tree frog just as well as this rendering, but I think I captured more detail in this one. It required many small images and a few different fills. I found out some new things about Xara when I was creating this so it was a great learning experience as well as fun, and though it took several hours to complete it was a much quicker go from start to finish than my first two entries. Getting closer to the look I'm after, actually passed it up when I was looking for it to upload because the thumbnail looked like a photo. I was practicing drawing faces over the weekend using my other drawing program, but ended up drawing one in XARA. I liked it better than any I drew with SBP. Seems like the more I learn about what can be done with Xara the less I use the others. Lovingly created from scratch with XARA, man I love this program.

[pauland]

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

You are a Xara master.

Paul

[buckobeck]

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]

That is just marvelous Mark.

[buckobeck]

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]

That's a terrific drawing, Mark.

[buckobeck]

Glad you think so Gray. Thanks