Affinity Designer 2 Beginner in Illustration [Updated!]

Name: Affinity Designer 2 Beginner in Illustration [Updated!]
Rating: 4.3 (20 reviews)

Learn in 1 Day a Complete Illustration with Vector and Painting

Created byJhon Silva

Last updated 7/2024

English

What you'll learn

Principles of use Raster Persona
Methods to Vector with Pen, Pencil and Shapes
Fast Coloring Methods with Blend Modes
Best Practices to Finish a Project in less than 1 Hour

Course content

2 sections • 33 lectures • 4h 16m total length

What is Raster Persona6:37
Explore the raster (pixel) persona for freehand drawing, painting, and texture, and learn to blend it with vector work using brushes, opacity, and pixel layers.
Should you use Pencil or Mouse?4:31
Brushes Basic Setting6:01
Brushes Advanced Setting6:44
Master advanced brush settings in Affinity Designer, including size, accumulation, hardness, spacing, flow, shape, and rotation, to craft dynamic strokes and watercolor-like effects. Save custom brushes and resize with ctrl-alt-drag.
Stabilizer and Symmetry6:17
Paint and Blend Modes10:22
Wet Edges : Watercoloring mode4:22
Use the raster paint brush in Affinity Designer to explore watercolor-like strokes with wedge edges. Learn how set wet edges, blend modes, and flow influence results for shading.
What is Associated Tool3:24
Protect Alpha4:19
Eraser Tool7:41
Selection Tools9:24
Flood Selection6:14
Explore the fluid selection tool in Affinity Designer 2, learning to select areas on a pixel layer with tolerance and continuous options for precise painting.
Removing Background5:30
Refining Selection5:05
Refine selections in Affinity Designer 2 with the selection brush and refine panel, test overlays (black and white, black matte), and adjust ramp, smooth, and feather for a cleaner PNG.
Sketching Baby Monster9:43
Coloring with Flood Fill Tool7:07
The uses of Dodge Tool5:32
What is Burn Tool3:05
Smudge Tool2:32
Learn how to use the merge brush and smudge tool to blend colors across layers, creating soft, blended effects with foliage and circular shapes.
Painting Tips11:43
Blur and Sharpen4:10
Color Picker Tool12:45
Conclusion2:02

Introduction1:45
Drawing Fearless (Do not Skip this)12:56
Easy Shapes Insertion (Simple)7:56
Demonstrates vectoring in Affinity Designer using geometry and pencil and paint tools, with import or place image workflows, shape manipulation, and layering to create silhouettes and organic curves.
Pencil Tool like a Pro (Nobody will show you this)7:39
Pen Tool Easiest Method (Even using Mouse)19:13
Gradient Best Practices (Everything you Should Know)11:19
Master shading with affinity designer by using the gradient tool, gradient handles, grayscale contrast, gaussian blur, transparency, and multiply blend mode to create smooth shadows.
Vector Brushes Techniques (Tricks + Download)2:58
Painting in Values (Everyone Should Do This)19:07
Learn painting in values by building smooth shading with raster and vector approaches, using pixel persona brushes, selection tricks, and smudge to create an organic, 3D-like effect.
Coloring Methods (No Art is Needed)6:13
Explore grayscale coloring in Affinity Designer 2 by shading on a grayscale layer, blending modes such as overlay and multiply, and Project Alpha to repaint and separate light and shadows.
Final Coloring (Result is What Matters)22:31

Requirements

Affinity Designer is recommended (1 or 2)
No Drawing or any Vector experience is needed

Description

In this new course for beginners in Affinity Designer 2.0 you will learn the best workflow for a complete Incredible Chimp Avatar from Scratch!

Important note.

This is not a long or boring course that will make you sleep or skip the lessons

The reason that this course is Short and Effective is that we cover what is really important,
it comes with years of experience using Affinity.

Why this is the Best Beginner course for beginners illustrators in Affinity?

You will learn the essentials stages to make any Art
We will be going over the tools that are used explained.
You can Download the Raster Brushes used!
No Drawing skill is needed
We will go through all the best methods for Vector.
Quick Fundamentals about Low Poly and Shading
The final project will take you less than 1 hour.

Why Affinity?
No doubt Affinity Designer 2.0 is the best alternative to Adobe (Photoshop and Illustrator)

Obviously, No subscription is needed.

Intuitive, and easy to use, with Vector and Painting functions.
For Illustrators, Designers, and hobbyists

Why this is very recommended?

People who want to Quit Adobe and don't know how to Start in Affinity
Illustrators looking to learn the best methods in Affinity.
People who love drawing and sketching and want to start doing it digitally
Procreate or Adobe users that want to know Affinity basics.

Who this course is for?

For people without Time
Beginner in Vector Art
Illustrators with experience in alternative apps like Procreate and Adobe
Designers and hobbyists that want to make Digital Art
Game Artists and Children's Book Illustrators
For digital creators

What are you waiting for to start today my Friend? LET'S GO!

Who this course is for:

Illustrators who want to create high quality artwork
Graphic Designers that want to create on Affinity
Artist, Animators and Children book illustrators

Affinity Designer 2 Beginner in Illustration [Updated!]

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Course content

Introduction to Raster Persona (New Module)23 lectures • 2hr 25min

Affinity Designer 2.0 for Beginners in Illustration10 lectures • 1hr 52min

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