How do you make a pretty latte?

I haven't done it but have ordered a latte art pitcher that is on it's way. I recently posted a link to a youtube video that shows someone making several. Check out discussions I've posted and look for the one titled...I think it's... "Latte art". The video is SO cool! You have to have the foam JUST RIGHT or it won't work and you have to have a pitcher with a sharp spout. Right now, I will be happy to just get crema from my new machine...ugh...it's a lower-end model as espresso machines go, but it isn't any lower than my last one and I had no problems with that. Ugh- I have tried tamping hard, tamping light, coarse grind, fine grind, etc, everything I can think of in ever possible combo. ARGH! Ok, well, enjoy the video and have fun practicing!!

I think it's all in the way one controls whateer it is, they are using to draw the picture. If it's with chocolate, try using a smaller bottle, or something you can control, with a smaller nozzle, or top. Just moved it in a leaf pattern, as you would, a pen, but a few mm's above the foam, so as not to get it IN the oam, just on the foam. Also, get a bottle the flows easily enough that you don't have to squeeze too hard, but not so easy that it gets all over the place and ruins your pattersn.