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Published: 2011-12-12 02:33:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 4150; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 0
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Inkscape.reference from stockxThis is for my daughter Emily...for her Christmas
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Hello, I'm new inskape, if not annoyance I sure I speak for everyone when seeing your work, you should make a video tutoril step as you do because it is seriously fantastic,
video tutorial, video tutorial
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Breathtaking! Maybe you could find some time and make a video of how to get this kind results in Inkscape? Of course if the time is there - family is more important. Great gift by the way.
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This has inspired me to conitinue to get better with Inkscape. Thank you for sharing your artwork with us all.
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Wow, amazing picture!! It must have taken you a very long time to do!
Great attention to detail!!
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beautiful, love all the little color changes and shades. amazing work yo
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*gawks* How long did this take you? The feather work is amazing! and they look so solid, they look like carvings!
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thanks 
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They look photo-realistic that way though.
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Wow! That's a great example of what Inkscape can do.
Given the number of elements in this, did you split it across several layers so that you could turn sections on and off more easily? Otherwise I would imagine that the redraw speed could drive you to distraction (unless you've got a _much_ faster computer than I have).
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thanks for the comment.I have a pretty heavy duty computer,which helps.I did it all on one layer,which meant I had to fiddle with opacity now and then to find bits Id lost.I use the lower to bottom and raise a lot.ie putting the shape I wish in place and moving it down then changing the opacity untill it fitted in.
It took me about 30-40 hours to do it.
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Great work. Absolutely amazing what u did with inkscape. Respect.
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r u really draw it? it's fantastic & realistic look, well done. nice work.
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What is your technique? If I were to guess, you're using the calligraphy tool with a tablet for the fethers. But the layering of colours on the beak is something else.
In any case, it's extremely impressive an a real show-piece for what can be achieved with Inkscape.
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Thankyou for your input and lovely comment.I was working with a photo.I drew some basic shapes and then moved the photo to the side,zoomed in and copied the detail shapes as exactly as I could.Yes,I used a Wacom tablet,but I just used the stroke and fill.The trick I discovered with the beak was layering shapes that are faint opacity and zooming in close so the colors and details are exactly the same as the reference.I was learning as I went,trying to blend using the opacity and the gradients.I ended up with about 40 gradients!I spent a lot of time on blending.Drawing transparent shapes and dropping them down a few layers or thinning them until they didn't show.
I love to draw and Inkscape allows me to paint/draw...I draw the shape and it fills it.Perfect in my opinion
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Thanks for revealing. You would never guess you're learning. All your work looks very polished and you certainly have an eye for detail.
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Thanks,very kind of you
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The womam who gives the DD sad: "I already have one of his pieces lined up for a DD within the next couple of days, so I won't be able to feature another of his for 3 months"
Btw, excelent job 
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Amazing. Beautiful. Love the work on the feathers.
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Thankyou
The feathers took a while.I was drawing with a tablet,and eventually I found what from a distance looked feather like.
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you did this using illustrator,. its so awesome., covey my christmas greetings to your daughter,.
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Hi,thankyou for your lovely comment.I used Inkscape,another vector program.I'm just beginning to try illustrator,but I like Inkscape as its freeware and very easy to learn.
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