Now we’re getting to the good stuff. In this section we’re going to start drawing and learning about the shape tool and how it’s used in illustration.

Now that we understand the shape tool a little more we’re going to start modifying the shapes we make.

Now that we understand the shape tools a litter better it's time to put that new knowledge to the test.

The text tools in Affinity Designer are pretty good. In this session we will be using the text tool to add some text to the letter we drew in the last section.

Now that we understand the text tool it's time to try putting text on a curve.

The snapping options in Affinity Designer are really granular. In this section we’re going to be adjusting the snapping settings and using them in conjunction with the grid to help us draw.

Time to take what we've learned about snapping and put it to use and draw a mailbox.

The gradient tool in Affinity Designer is really easy to use and just plain fun to fiddle with. We will be using it in our illustration here.

There is a lot the we can do with the color pallet beyond just picking a color.

It’s project time. The first step of any project is the research. In this section I walk you through my research and sketching phase of the project.

In this part of the project we block out the basic shape of the house we will be creating getting the largest sections in place first.

Now that we have laid the base it’s time to start adding details and making this look more like a house.

There is still more detail we can add. In this section we will be adding shadows and transparency to add some depth to our house.

Now that we have a nice house it’s time to age it and make it a haunted house. That means making some broken windows and making those shutters look older.

Before we get to our next project we need to go over how layers work and understand the concepts of masking.

Affinity designer is also a freehand drawing tool. In this section we cover some of the brush tools and what we can do with them.

If you've never used the pen tool before it's important to get a feel for it and the more practice you get the better.

Now we’re starting a new project. In this section we review tracing and drawing with the pen tool to draw zombie’s head.

We go on to finish the foreground elements in this section. And by foreground elements I mean the zombie’s body.

This poster needs a logo. In this section we take what we’ve learned about the type tool and about layers and we use it to create a logo.

This is a pretty big background. Let's take it in chunks. We start in one one side and start detailing things out.

We bring in our haunted house and add more and more detail to the background.

In this section we will be putting the finishing touches on the poster and putting all the parts together.