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johnwun
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I spend a lot of time with this guy, thought I ought to paint his portrait...  All comments welcome.  |
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prophet
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2001 3:20 pm |
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Excellent job. Only Crit I would have is that the cord looks a bit flat near the top.
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johnwun
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2001 3:27 pm |
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Ooops, Yeah, I guess it does... I'll get right on it. God I love this forum... Thanks...  |
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-HoodZ-
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2001 7:49 pm |
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| hmm how bout a small tut with illustrator ...i nearly fell of my chair when i saw that..... |
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johnwun
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2001 11:24 pm |
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Wow thanx HoodZ, Glad you like it. I'll be putting together a tut soon. I'm glad to hear there is interest in this sort of thing... I'll post a link with some new art when it's up.
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-HoodZ-
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2002 2:34 pm |
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| hmm last i checked illustrator didnt come with lens flare........ |
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johnwun
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2002 2:43 pm |
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| I assume you are refering to the reflected table lamp off the wood grain, no that is just a gradient b/w circle on its own layer set to lighten... (or soft light or something) with a transparency of about 40. If this is not what you were referring to I'll be happy to explain how I did each part 100% in Illustrator. Actually in Illustrator 10, a vector lens flare IS an included feature, though I wouldn't have used it here... |
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johnwun
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2002 4:44 pm |
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On second thought, it occurs to me that you mean the reflection on the mouse... So heres how I did it. I used multiple blends from the highlight shape to a fully transparent shape, I think I used about 5 steps. You can in #3 that I outlined the blend shapes in black. Hope this helps ya...
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Awetopsy
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2002 10:05 pm |
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| Im using the exact same mouse this moment... |
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Kwiix
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2002 10:26 pm |
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Johnwun, I can't believe how photo-realistic you can get with Illustrator. 
Btw, are you from the city Pacifica in California?? If you are I live in the next city over from ya.  |
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NullTygre
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 12:58 am |
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| is that a lens flare i see? |
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SplitSoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:30 pm |
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Im using the exact same mouse this moment...
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johnwun
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 12:09 am |
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Howdy Neighbor...
Hey, does anyone know of any good Illustrator forums? If not where are all the other Illustrator geeks hiding??? |
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johnwun
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 1:37 am |
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...Yeah, but can your mouse do THIS???
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