A load of ol' feathers

**Egg Bramhill** · 01 January 2007, 03:19 AM

This is a good demonstration of the difficulty i find inherent in the differences between dead things (like houses and motorcycles) and living things, like parrots.

This could easily turn into a Monty Python sketch. But I agree with you GeoBen, this is often the hardest skill to grasp and often I don't believe it's possible in a vector program. Then I see some of the postings on this forum that take your breath away whilst you sit there thinking "this isn't a vector drawing".

**GeoBen** · 01 January 2007, 03:32 AM

yes.....

I was showing my family members some of the stupifying works here before Xmas dinner. That was the refrain...

THAT is not a DRAWING!.

some of these folks amaze me.

geo.

**Intbel** · 02 January 2007, 05:01 AM

I had a play with the parrot.
A couple of changes.
Somewhat better.
Done with it, 'tis not being a nice obliging parrot and if I have to open it again it will be a deceased parrot.

**WolfMoonHP** · 02 January 2007, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by Intbel

I had a play with the parrot.
A couple of changes.
Somewhat better.
Done with it, 'tis not being a nice obliging parrot and if I have to open it again it will be a deceased parrot.

This from the guy who used more than 4,000 pieces to create an awesome image of an old mill? You are one who strives for perfection...and who continually finds it!
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Will

**Intbel** · 02 January 2007, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by WolfMoonHP

This from the guy who used more than 4,000 pieces to create an awesome image of an old mill? You are one who strives for perfection...and who continually finds it!
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Will

Gonna pm you ...

**David O'Neil** · 02 January 2007, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Intbel

Gonna pm you ...

PM - Power Machete ???

**sallybode** · 02 January 2007, 08:44 PM

PM means "Private Message". Once signed in you can see in the upper right hand corner if you have received a private message.

**David O'Neil** · 03 January 2007, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by sallybode

PM means "Private Message". Once signed in you can see in the upper right hand corner if you have received a private message.

I had hoped the smily indicated it to be a joke. Happy New Year to you, Sally. Everything I've seen of yours has been fantastic. (You too, Intbel.)

David

**sallybode** · 04 January 2007, 01:41 AM

It's just you can't tell from a smiley if it is joking or what. We get some really basic questions, best to not be rude in return.

Actually I have been working on a parrot of sorts myself, a Lorikeet. And it is most colorful. Feathers, if you want to be realistic, call for different techiniques. You can about draw anything with Xara, it is just a matter of experimentation until you find the technique that works, and if one doesn't exist, make your own.

"Impossible" to do in some programs, but this is Xara, sorry not impossible, just haven't mastered that skill yet.

**Intbel** · 05 January 2007, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by David O'Neil

Let me know if you succeed. I have never been able to, as the fractal fill option does not seem to be a true fractal, but rather a repeated portion of the same fractal, over and over. David

Sally cracked it - see here.