Hi everybody!

I’m here on DT from six months (joined september 23, 2007) and I’d like to share my stats with you for a first assessment.

October 2007 – 11 new files – A.R. 19% – 0 sales

November 2007 – 56 new files – A.R. 94.9% – 1 sale

December 2007 – 17 new files – A.R. 68 % – 99 sales

January 2008 – 25 new files – A.R. 73.5% – 36 sales

February 2008 – 25 new files – A.R. 92.6% – 66 sales

March 2008 – 34 new files – A.R. 100% – 64 sales

This was my first sale:

And these are my first level 5 images (current Assignment):

So... I’m very glad and I hope to have many more sales in future... ;-)

What about you?

Bye, Rob.

Hi everybody!

Here I am with the second part of the blog dedicated to the freeware and open source software called Inkscape. It’s very easy to use, but if you know some simple tricks, you’ll be able to draw with it in a faster way.

In the first part of my little tutorial ( http://blog.dreamstime.com/2007/12/05/inkscape-keys_art25005 ) I’ve shown you keyboards about tools (selector, node, zoom, geometrical forms, pen & pencil, gradient, text) and dialogs (very important to change the main characteristics of the objects).

Now I’d like to show you some keyboards about file, zoom and layers.

File:

Ctrl + N Create new document

Ctrl + O Open an SVG document

Ctrl + I Import bitmap or SVG

Ctrl + P Print document

Ctrl + S Save document...

Hi guys!

Do you know Inkscape? It’s a freeware and open source software you can download from internet. It’s a very beautiful software that you can use to draw nice illustrations.

I’ve drawn all my illustrations with it and I think it’s a very useful instrument for vector designs.

I want to advise you to use some keyboards that can help you in your works. I often use them and I think they help you to draw more quickly and without lose your concentration.

F1 (or s) Selector

F2 (or n) Node

F3 (or z) Zoom

F4 (or r) Rectangle

F5 (or e) Ellipse/Arc

F6 (or p) Freehand Pencil

Shift + F6 ...

Hi guys!

I’ve been always enchanted by the imposing fascination of bell towers, especially by the churches one. I particularly like the photos taken from a low angle view looking up at the sky with the bell tower into the center of the composition. I know that for the photograpy basic rules the best composition is another one, the Rule of Thirds (human eye is naturally drawn to a point about two-thirds up a photo), but... I show you some examples! What do you think about this image? Is the No-Rule-of-Third-composition an additional quality or a lack/regret?

Ciao, Rob.

Hi guys!

Yesterday I've sold my first image on DT. I'm very glad and I like to show you it.

Ciao!

Hi guys!

Here I am with a new kids series: Kids & Train. I enjoy myself drawing these illustrations. I do them in a few evenings and I'm happy they've been accepted all: now I've 56 upload files in my portfolio, so... it's a great month for me (so far my acceptance ratio for november is 100%!).

What do you think about these illustrations?

Hi everyone!

Here you are some images of candles. I think they are really suggestive and charming. They produce an impression of sublime serenity. What do you think?

Ciao!

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