"I started using Xara X in September 2004, back then I didn't have any drawing
or design knowledge, and I wanted to become a programmer or engineer, I never
thought of becoming a graphic artist. I remember that the first vector software
that I used was Corel and then later, Freehand, but couldn't create complex
illustrations in them.
One day I bought a magazine and saw the
demonstration of Xara3D, and whilst browsing the Xara website cam across Xara X.
When I saw what could be created with the software I was encouraged to use
it.
Later I found the Xara Xone website (www.xaraxone.com) and made
almost every tutorial and learned how to use it.
My first drawing with
Xara X was a lamborghini murcielago. Perhaps other people saw it as an
illustration of very low quality but for me was beautiful, I had never created
anything like this. My second illustration improved as did my knowledge with
every drawing I created, and what started as a hobby became my major
job.
I like Xara X because in addition to having amazing performance, it
has the tools to do photorealistic and high quality illustrations. Most people
do not believe that they are vectors.
In contrast to many designers, I
love what I do, this is my passion, at first I was using Xara X up to 13 hours a
day, and even sometimes fell asleep with the mouse in the hand.
At
present I use many programs for designing, but my number one vector software is
Xara X, I do not need to switch between applications to obtain the results that
I expect."
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