Up In Smoke (or 'That Blasted Smoke'!)

[handrawn]

when doing this sort of thing in xara expect the unexpected ....

[zaphodeist]

That's neat Steve!

[handrawn]

PS - forgot to mention:

Taking the transparency right up to 99.5 in itself restricts the kind of color hue that can be maintained - oranges show sorta yellow and the like

Using a lower transparency - even 99% can improve this, but it speeds up the brush...

[handrawn]

thanks John - to be honest, making texture in a pixel based editor is less hassle, but that were not in the brief