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Guest Tutorial #21
Getting Noticed in Google
by Risto Klint
This tutorial has been removed at the author’s request. Google has changed the way it ranks and recognizes websites and much of the content is no longer appropriate. Risto has promised an updated tutorial in 2004.
Sketching a Woman’s Head in Xara X
by Vladimyr Savvateew
In this tutorial, Vladimyr provides some insights into his technique for creating his photorealistic portraits.
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©2002 Eric Bramhill
Egg is back with a dandy little tutorial for creating seamless, tiling background images such as the one shown in the example above.
Tao Jones is not the only person from down under who can do landscapes as you will discover in Brett Shand’s “Experimental” Landscape.
The image in the background is a photograph. The glass? It’s entirely vector and entierly Xara X.
Eric “Egg” Bramhill makes it look easy in his in-depth step-by-step guest tutorial.
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©2002 Su Lawrence
Su Lawrence has created an in-depth tutorial on her technique to create this photorealistic fire with logs and glowing coals.
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©2002 Roger Cotgreave
Roger Cotgreave reveals his technique for tricking Xara, a well known, hard-edged, vector drawing application, into thinking it is a piece of soft damp water color paper. The secret is in the... Well you’ll just have to find out for yourself.
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©2002 Paul Söderholm
Paul Söderholm shows you how to create this open sea effect using simple shapes and a few well chosen Fractal Fills. The effect is stunning and easy to reproduce (once Paul shows you how to do it, that is!)
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Tony Roberts is back with Part II of his Mould Tool Madness Guest Tutorial. This month, Tony shares his knowledge of perspective drawing techniques and shows you how Xara’s Perspective Envelope can be used to create true 1 and 2 point perspective. This is actually a mini-course in perspective.
If you are looking for custom envelopes, visit Tony Roberts Moulds page.
Tony Roberts, the master of the Mould Tool, reveals everything you need to know to become Mould Masters yourself. Tony explains how moulds and envelopes work in exacting detail. He gives you invaluable tips and tricks for getting the most from this underrated tool.
If you are looking for custom envelopes, visit Tony Roberts Moulds page.
©Newton Florentino
Newton Florentino starts off the 2002 Guest Tutorials series as he reveals his magical techniques for creating a soft, airbrush-like luminescence using a series of simple transparent shapes.
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