Marian Miller
marian@pdqpatterns.com www.pdqpatterns.com
Cincinnati OH
513-558-1715 (w)

I do scientific illustrations for professional academic journals, and also stained glass and stepping stone mosaic patterns -- all with CorelDRAW.  Most of the patterns I turn into vector offerings begin as sketches on scraps of paper, or magazine images or ideas that appear from nowhere, it seems.  Sometimes I scan these in as JPGs, and import them into CorelDRAW, and then use the bezier tool to create outlines.  In the case of stained glass, if there is an object (glass piece) which I want to be a specific color, then that piece actually has to become a closed object. But if it is a glass piece which will be part of the background, then the different glass pieces can be delineated by lines.  The vast majority of the pieces in my stained glass patterns are however closed, because I like the look of the product better when the glass fill has direction and texture, and that is best done by having each glass piece actually be a closed object. 

Frank Olivio
3335 Waterlute Way
Lakeland, Florida 33811
863-248-2627
http://amigraphics.com/gallery.htm

The image is made up of CorelDraw features including PowerClip and Drop Shadow.

It's one part of a multi-part campaign including posters, brochure, postcard and PowerPoint slide.

       Having spent years using CorelDRAW® in my day job as a security hologram designer, I have been increasingly impressed with the software’s capability. The designs appear on security holograms for brand protection on alcohol, clothing, videos & DVDs, engine parts, pharmaceuticals and even beauty products! At the higher end, I've used CorelDRAW to design holograms and holographic overlays for banknotes, International Passport bio-data and visas too. However, after five years of eyestrain fitting 2- 30 micron high security nano-print around complex paths, I decided it was time to try something new. I have a great affection with Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts Movement and thought it might be fun to 're-master' some period designs for decorative stencils and prints.

Vinnie Ciccia
Automobile Art
4086 Karst Rd.
Vista,CA
lebrush@gate.net
760-842-8494
www.lebrush.com.

Vinnie is a native New Yorker who has been drawing since pre-school.  In his teen years he kept at it and became quite good.  He started drawing his friends’ cars on cardboard and they loved it.  In the ‘60s he became a talented pin-striper; and  attended The School of Visual Arts in New York.  That got him into the slick ‘stylized’ look that his pieces reflect today.    
In the mid ‘80s he bought his first computer (an Apple II Mac) and taught himself to illustrate with the tools these “magic boxes” had, and the “digital” bug bit him.  Today he works out of his sunny Southern California digital studio creating some killer art. He says, “The name "LeBrush" is what I used way back when I was a popular Pin-striper in New York; instead of The Brush, I made it French, Le-Brush."

Ramil B. Baylon

(+63)(033) 328-5623 / 320-8076 (office) ramil_baylon@yahoo.com,  imwilliambay@yahoo.com.ph

Here is a link to my work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18223199@N04/

Ramil B. Baylon is a professional Graphic Design Artist from Iloilo City, Philippines. I finished my Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications in 1997 from University of Iloilo. I started working with the print media in the same year. I am now the Art Director for the Visayan Daily HEADLINES.  Along the way, I had some part time work with an advertising firm called SignWrite Advertising. We did graphic designs for sports cars and motorcycles and other outdoor ads. We used a printer-plotter to cut the stickers. I also had a stint working in a card company, which is where my skills in CorelDraw jumpstarted. I designed hundreds of logos for corporations and schools.