In my post about the Candy Coating Effect, I did it wrong. The linear gradient should be white at the top and transparent at the bottom. I did it with white at the bottom and transparent at the top. Also, as an improvement, the curvature of the reflection should be much wider than in my previous post. Here is what the correct effect should look like:
Sorry for the confusion. But hey, I’m learning, right?
I’ve been learning a lot the past couple of days. One thing I learned was how to get mplayer to show my webcam while I did a screencast. Arthur Reeder taught me how to do this. If you haven’t seen his site, check it out here.
The other thing was how to do this awesome candy coating effect with Inkscape. John LeMasney taught me how to do this. You have to look at his site, 365sketches.org. He has some really awesome stuff. The rocket ship is my favorite.
This candy coating effect gives your drawing a nice shiny 3D effect. It looks like there is a bright light above the object and it’s reflecting off of it.
So here is the screencast of how to do the candy coating effect:
Thanks for taking a look. Comments, as always, are appreciated.
