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FAQ Phone Support

So what do lazy cartoonists do when they don’t draw new stuff? Recycling old clip art and simply adding some “funny” text, making it a cartoon This cartoon is made from my computer support stock illustration (sounds better than “clip art”), available for example from iStockphoto and ClipartOf. Made with Xara Designer Pro.

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Planet and solar system tutorial

My guest tutorial on how to create a planet and a solar system in Xara Xtreme 5 is published (Nov 15th) at XaraXone. Especially the steps on how to make the starry background is rather brilliant if I may say so myself. An additional explanation about the background on page 4 and 5 could be [...]

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Illustration Friday – Craving

A quick ink sketch for the weekly Illustratrion Friday, topic = Craving. The colors were as usual added with Xara Xtreme (the brand new version 5).This drooling character is obviously craving for some cake and cookies.Technorati Tags: Illustration Friday, sketch, craving, Xara Xtreme, tongue, cakes, cookies

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Illustration Friday: Sour

This week’s topic was ‘sour‘. The lemon doesn’t get any sweeter by making it orange! The pencil sketch was scanned and imported to Xara Xtreme Pro where I digitally added the colors. Tags: IllustrationFriday, sour, lemon, orange, xara xtreme, pencil sketch, practical joke

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Book cover makeover

A couple of years ago I designed the year book cover for GSCE. The old look is dated and a new one is required. Here is how I designed the new cover…

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