The possiblities of Xara's Mould

[handrawn]

from Grisham to Coleridge to Milligan nice one Mr B... and the dropbear is cute

[Gare]

I see a lot of effort and a good sense of imagination here! Thanks for participating!


Only one observation. You wouldn't use a drop-shadow on a surface that is off-axis and curved in three dimensions. The Shadow tool in Xara doesn't cut it. I'd say pose and light a book just to get the sense of the potential

shadow.





I think it's obvious your could out-do my attempt here

My Best,

Gary

[Egg Bramhill]

Cheers peeps.

The Drop Bear is not all mine, I used an illustration from the content catolgue "Koala" and just 'meaned' him up.

No use of Xara's drop shadow here Gary.

No room for Roger McGough unfortunately HD.

[handrawn]

sadly no... or that other Liverpool Poet: Brian Patten: 'Gargling with Jelly' might have gone down well after Spike... so to speak...

[Jonopen]

@hd - I've just sent for a second-hand copy of that Brian Patten Poetry book. It's illustrated by Chris Riddell which is a great bonus.

I seem to be rediscovering the joy of poetry lately. If you're ever down Whitefriargate (Hull) there's a cafe/record/bookshop called Wrecking Ball which has good selection of poetry publications (and a decent coffee): https://wreckingballstore.co.uk/prod...rature/poetry/

(apologies Gare for going a bit off topic)

[Gamerprinter]

I haven't used the mould tool in that way, yet. About the only thing I've done is create a complex shape in Xara, then export it as an AI/EPS file, to import into Wings 3D to create a one-way extrusion of the shape, then export that to OBJ format, to import to Vue Creator to use for 3D illustrations...

The first image is an aerial view of a Japanese imperial capital within a distant star system. The shape of the city is the chrysanthemum kammon, or the imperial family crest. The second image, was a depiction of the Shogun's imperial flagship, the crest on it's back is the butterfly kammon of the Taira house of the Shogun.

[handrawn]

@hd - I've just sent for a second-hand copy of that Brian Patten Poetry book. It's illustrated by Chris Riddell which is a great bonus.

I seem to be rediscovering the joy of poetry lately. If you're ever down Whitefriargate (Hull) there's a cafe/record/bookshop called Wrecking Ball which has good selection of poetry publications (and a decent coffee): https://wreckingballstore.co.uk/prod...rature/poetry/

(apologies Gare for going a bit off topic)

yes we have been to the wrecking ball
hope you are getting on with gargling with jelly, my daughter loved it

@gare - yes sorry for the digression... have you tried the affinity 2 warp for vector ? - leaves xara's mould behind in the dust...