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    Default Burning The Midnight Oil

    Just finished this today. Still a couple of things I might adjust, i.e. the scientist/doctor/inventor's pants.

    Anyway, I applied a filter, using Xara, with a fractal plasma, color transparency to give it a distressed look. ALL my work EXCEPT for the walnut wood grain on the chest of drawers. The wood grain on the rest was created by me and it's NOT a bitmap.
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Very nostalgic Ron and nicely rendered.

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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Excellent Ron.
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Thanks, Gary and Eric!

    Here's another effect I tried. (Van Goghish?)

    I forgot to post the untouched version. All Xara, no outside software.
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    I think the Van Goghish version is very effective in removing the often too clean lines of a vector drawing Ron.
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    I think the Van Goghish version is very effective in removing the often too clean lines of a vector drawing Ron.
    Thanks, Eric.
    I kind of liked it too. What suggestion/s do you have regarding the effect? A little less of the effect or a little more? More, I think would be too much, but I would like opinions whether or not the effect should be lessened or leave it like it is.
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    I would say lessened would be better Ron.

    This is just for fun. http://parkeston.com/midnightoil/
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Here's my attempt an distracting from the too clean vector look:
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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Ron, excellent work as always. These would look very cool as prints.

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    Default Re: Burning The Midnight Oil

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    I would say lessened would be better Ron.
    This is just for fun. http://parkeston.com/midnightoil/
    Egg, I'd just looked in and thought the pendulum just needed to swing! You win hands down and OTT with the failed writings.

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