Comments on: Illustrating Hibiscus Flower

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:41:44 +0000

Please help. When I try to drag the straight lines (making up the rough flower outline) into curved lines, I get a thin red line that goes where I ask, but my original thin black line stays put. When I deselect after putting all the curves in place, the black line (the original line) is the only line that shows up. Thanks in advance.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:43:37 +0000

dame that thing does not work at all!i would not recomend it.mine came out like crap. im not even lying i tried it like e million of times and it does not work.DO NOT TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!(It will come out like crap)

By: buggy

buggy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:36:16 +0000

awesome sketch!!! it helped me on my art project a lot

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What to do, when is nothing to do? « Hobby Cafe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:27:37 +0000

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By: Don

Don — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:59:32 +0000

Thank you for your detailed answer. Much appreciated.

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:28:21 +0000

Don, if you observe the final image, you will notice that all the shapes except the most outer one, have their outline stroke switched off. For the outer shape alone, keep the outline switched on, and the stroke color to a darker hue. That will save you from creating another shape just for the outline.

This screenshot from Inkscape may help you understand better.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:32:27 +0000

You wrote:

“You can keep the outline of the outer shape to create another gradation.

I can’t seem to figure out how you do this. Please help.

By: tasarhane

tasarhane — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:44:55 +0000

very nice tutorial… thanks for sharing..

By: ash - hibiscus flower painter

ash - hibiscus flower painter — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:33:10 +0000

Very nice form. Hibiscus are simple pleasures. I need to learn more calligraphy.

great site!

Ash

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:06:30 +0000

Yes we can nicu.

I just am totally addicted to GIMP when it comes to free form. With GIMP+Wacom, it almost as good as the real thing – and I usually prefer to go through that approach when I would not be using those initial strokes.