Portrait Artist Using SimmTrace

Julia is a fantastic pencil portrait Artist, she has made a video showing how she uses SimmTrace to make a start for drawing. Take a look at her work on her site, you will be amazed.

Rose painting without drawing

This watercolor of a rose in a jam-jar was painted directly, using SimmTrace, No drawing. Just painting over the virtual image, so easy, and great fun! I will make a video of this way of working soon.

SimmTrace now on Ebay.

I have put a few of our sturdy adjustable SimmTrace on Ebay, simply search Ebay for 'SimmTrace' or go to my about page, you will see the link to the listing half way down the page.

Documentation added

If you look to the box on the right, there is a link to the install files and documentation for using the new SimmTrace software, (all free of course). Please let me know how you get on!

New SimmTrace software available

I will be posting more. The original version is still available. I beleive the new version is better as you can make any image window transarent. You can then use any webcam software, as long as it gives you a large preview window. Then any window containing an image can be placed over the webcam window, then adjust transparency to enable easy trace down. Simples. : - )

Evaluating other software to use with SimmTrace

I have been actively hunting for some time for another way to operate SimmTrace. I wanted to have an opaque webcam image and be able to adjust the transparency of any window with an image on it, over the top. The best free webcam software I have found is Pryme which allows you to re-size the window and keeps aspect ratio. Be sure to check 'preview' to get a moving image!

For the transparency I have found pitaschio which allows you to rotate the mouse wheel in the title bar of any window, to change transparency.

I will be posting more documentation soon.

Artist in the USA using Simmtrace

TheLadyDragonfly, a Professional Artist from Wyoming in the USA has been kind enough to produce a detailed overview of her experience making and using SimmTrace. This is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for, that others would begin to use and enjoy this simple, but effective way of helping your creative process. I would encourage you to follow her blog, if you have google reader or similar rss reader, simply click 'follow' and then you will see new posts added to your reader page. Her blog is called 'Musings of a working Artist'