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Our Xara Xtreme/Xtreme Pro tutorials can help you learn to create your own stunning web graphics, logos or even how to draw real world objects such as the guitar pictured below.

Illustration of a guitar created with Xara Xtreme Pro

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Real World Objects - Guitar - Part 1 a NEW! Xara Xtreme/Xtreme Pro tutorial

It may seem to be quite an undertaking to create a realistic illustration of something like an electric guitar, but I wanted to challenge the ease-of-use of this software. Let me say that I wasn't disappointed. Check out this tutorial to see how easy it can be to get started making complex illustrations of real-world objects.

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Real World Objects - Guitar - Part 2 a NEW! Xara Xtreme/Xtreme Pro tutorial

This Xtreme Pro illustration tutorial builds on the prveious one. This time around the guitar body will have some depth added through the use of an added highlight (created using a graduated transparency effect)... Check out this tutorial to see how easy it is to give objects some dimensionality, making your illustrations appear more realistic.

More Xara Xtreme/Xtreme Pro tutorials will follow as quickly as we can get them onto the Web, so check back often!

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