New Year's Giveaway -- Xara Xone January 2015

[stygg2003]

In #13 Gary gave us balls-on-planks so here's my balls-on-blocks Yes I'm going to the sin bin

Stygg

[gracehjs]

I often wish I could just a "like" to posts . You might need to explain sin bin the Yanks

In #13 Gary gave us balls-on-planks so here's my balls-on-blocks Yes I'm going to the sin bin

Stygg

[Gare]

Hi Grace—

I don't know; I think "sin bin" is sort of self-explanatory in US, Australian, and Canadian English; I read stygg's remark sort of like our American, " and I will surely rot in hell for (lying, cheating, voting for fracking in your home state, others).

Ww can like a post by using one of the thumbs up icons available in this configuration of vBulletin, but not inline (only as a post subject icon), however, I've seen people agree to like something by posting just a +1 in the body of the post. Or +5, I think convention goes up to +10, which means of course a lot of people post +100, interpreted as "I agree a shipload with the previous post."

My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

In #13 Gary gave us balls-on-planks so here's my balls-on-blocks :eek: Yes I'm going to the sin bin :)

Stygg

If the light source, stygg, is coming from above and slightly to the left, all the panels facing away from the light source need to be much darker:



Ya did good; it was an ambitious effort. stygg.


-g

[Gare]

In #13 Gary gave us balls-on-planks so here's my balls-on-blocks Yes I'm going to the sin bin

Stygg

Stygg, I noticed that you sort of petered-out with enthusiasm for your very interesting sculpture/drawing. I noticed something awry with it, only because I'm a jerk and fellow artist. Because you used orthographic perspective (non-converging, parallel perspective lines), it's not immediately evident that the piece looks a lot like one of M.C. Escher's "impossible" optical illusions.

So what I did (unasked for, as usual), is pull a quick model of what I think I'm seeing, and perhaps this can serve as a guide should you decide to try some more, work on lighting, or whatever. Now, if you want shadows, the sculpture has to lie on a plane, and if it does, it needs to be lit from more than one light source, or the right side will all be in shadow, so I added a minor area light, they're called.



My Best,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Your absolutely right Gary I did use M.C. Eschers optical illusion. This is the original drawing I did some time ago and I like what you have done in your image, looks great. I had not lost interest in the balls on blocks, just did'nt know where to go with it after altering a couple of textures you suggested but seeing your image with lighting and shade has woke me up and I will go back to it.

Stygg

[stygg2003]

I have drawn this image from memory of a scene while walking in the High Peak Disrtict last summer when a storm suddenly arose and the whole scene looked magical, the ridge turned into silhouette the sun turned a watery white yellow in the clouds and yet where we were standing, was quite illuminated and bright. There is a couple of Gary's fills in this image, one in the sun and one making the ridge and its base, not apparant as it's mixed in with other colour changes and tone temps. I had to make to make the scene as near as I remember it.

Stygg

[Gare]

You and Maya ought to get together and build entire world, stygg.

A beautiful piece that should go in your portfolio or a gallery.

My Best,

Gary

[Crow Haven]

What an amazing scene!! Stygg you captured it!

Here's one that amazed me, and I've recreated in Xara from my color drawing I made at the time (and used 2 of the textures phototropy and plenty of green here ) the slight atmospheric fogginess (location very near the coast) and almost lavender blues in the sky against the peach-oranges of the moon in eclipse. I witnessed it from my front yard and it was really striking. I should also say that this view was of the eclipse not yet at maximum but in progress. What looks like a bright star in the lower right of the picture is actually Saturn.

[stygg2003]

Thank you for your kind comments Gary and Maya and I love that moon in eclipse Maya. I really like scenes that depict that moment of "wow" and magical look but are real.

Stygg