Gary Bouton's Xara Gallery 2: smaller and newer

**Gare** · 29 March 2018, 12:10 PM

I've got 54 pages of my work and comments ☞ here ☜ and I feel a Family-Size gallery is a little pretentious as well as hard to get through.

Then again, The Metropolitan Museum, which seems to have all the space in the world for great artwork, is not a member of TalkGraphics, not that I'm aware of.

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So I'll try to hang stuff I'm pleased with and hopefully other members will dig, and promise to keep the hammering noise down when I put a framed piece this wall.

First, I decided to mock role-playing games (RPG). Here's a card I'd expect an unlucky gamer might receive.
I used several programs to create the media, but mostly, it's Xara Designer.

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My Best,

Gary

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**gwpriester** · 29 March 2018, 12:28 PM

Cheers!

**Gare** · 01 April 2018, 02:29 PM

This took about 15 minutes to create. My personal challenge was to make something that's not overly embellished.

IOW, to know when something is done.

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I used Funky Fresh, dist. by Linotype, and Lithos.

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—g

**Ron Duke** · 01 April 2018, 07:26 PM

**wizard509** · 03 April 2018, 05:39 PM

I do not play games much and never played an RPG, however I really like the card. Thanks Gare.

**Gare** · 03 April 2018, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by wizard509

I do not play games much and never played an RPG, however I really like the card. Thanks Gare.

I don't even own a role-playing game!

That's why I chose to make fun of them.

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**wizard509** · 04 April 2018, 02:22 AM

Cool, I understand that.

**Gare** · 04 April 2018, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by wizard509

Cool, I understand that.

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If Vader had bought the After Midnight Derek and the Dominoes album, he'd still be alive.

**stygg2003** · 11 April 2018, 11:27 AM

I like this sort of art as Gare posted in #3 so I have tried to re-produce it. The two idols are supposed to be made of, one of green stone with some noise added and one of wood. The wooden one, I created a bitmap copy and changed the colour in Photo tools> hue strength, colour, colour temp. I keep meaning to create the origami bird using shapes so having done this tikki image will give it a go. Such simple shapes give a pleasing effect

Stygg

**Gare** · 11 April 2018, 11:59 AM

Excellent result, you made the most of a view, turning it into a leaning experience. Hey, PM me, because the address I have keeps bouncing back.

My Best,

Gary