Expert: Ran - 4/15/2010

Question
QUESTION: Attached is art that requires different gradients inside the skull.  How can I achieve this look?

ANSWER: Hi Kathy

This type of thing would take me hours to explain - perhaps I could direct you here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFFdHM_lTIk

There are lots of others on this site which are quite interesting!

CorelDraw has something called a mesh fill, which isn't quick to use but can give very smooth results. It might be worth creating a new palette of colors for your drawing, it makes it much faster to select them when the ones you want are isolated in a list.

Best wishes

Ran

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QUESTION: Thanks so much Ran.  So, I use my brezier tool to outline the different areas of fading and then use my interactive tool to fade to desired color.

Answer
Have a play with the Mesh tool, and note that you can alter the resolution of the mesh from the toolbar - then drag/drop colors into the cells from the palette. Easier if you float the palette up to the side of your mesh for speed.

Have you considered Bitmaps/Outline Trace/Detailed Logo? (tweak settings in the dialog to get the result you want). This is a very fast way to produce a .cdr when an image has been supplied.