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Makes sense. Hopefully the new title is a bit more on point.

Thank you so much Lee. That is exactly what I needed to know.

As my topic says, this may be a very stupid question posted in the wrong place (not like me at all ***insert rolling eyes here***), but here it is I have an LG monitor which came with its own ICM file. Should I be using that with Affinity products or use the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ICM file that is already installed?

I had noticed that they use the same symbols to represent the same number on the clock, as well. I'll have to do a little digging to see if there is some reason a particular symbol is associated with the numbers.

I'm wondering if it was a variation of this clock. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pharmacy-wall-clock-alchemy-symbols-vintage It doesn't say who the manufacturer was but I'm guessing it could be the same company (Richard A, Klein, inc) that made the one in the pic you linked to. They made advertising display items and the ones they produced for Pharmacies used a lot of alchemy symbols. They produced clocks, barometers, mortar & pestles that were given out by pharmaceutical companies to pharmacies that sold their products.

Hi ACHofNY. I have both Photo and Designer. I purchased Designer off Serif's website, last year. Just a couple of days ago I tried to purchase it off the site but my payment was declined. Contacted my bank and they said that it was a safety measure as it was an international purchase. They said they would set my card to temporarily allow an international purchase and to wait 15 minutes. I waited about half an hour just to make sure they had it set but it was declined again. Called the bank back and they had no idea why. I ended up purchasing Photo using the Windows store. After starting the program I had to register it with Serif and it opened the web page. After registering, It still allowed me to download all the extra goodies they offered if I had purchased directly from them. I did have to pay sales tax but I did receive the promotions. Like you, I would much rather have purchased directly but wasn't able to.

Hi William. Living room clocks like that were pretty common back then. I'm an old guy and I remember these types of clocks. They all had something like rays emanating from the clock. Most seem to have triangular pieces, giving a sun ray or compass kind of look but they also had clocks similar to the one in my pic called ball clocks. A long worded answer to say it's based on a common mid century design.

Thanks JM. The cats are based on my three cats and they are pretty accurately represented in the pic. The grey cat is a 15 year old who spends his days relaxing and does not like the black cat at all. The black cat is only 2 years old and is a holy terror who climbs up on everything. The Siamese is a small female who actually does sit like that in the middle of the floor. I do like how the black cat turned out but I'm realizing he looks way to similar to the old Eveready battery cat.

I appreciate the kind words. I realize I have a ways to go before I get completely comfortable using Designer but learning is part of the fun. Btw, the cats were an afterthought. Even though I was just playing around, trying to get a feel for Designer, I thought the work looked kind of flat and lifeless. I know cats were a big part of Mid Century art so I created the three in the pic based on my three former stray cats. Again, thanks for the comment. I really appreciate it.

Not only my first Affinity Designer image, but my first forum post, as well. So, you know, HI. I purchased Designer a while back, but my computer gave up the ghost shortly after. Other than trying to familiarize myself with the software, and watching a few tutorials, I never had the chance to create anything with it, until now. I wasn't an Adobe Illustrator user, but until yesterday, I was a Photoshop user. After using Designer, I decided to switch to Photo. I have a thing for Mid Century Modern, so I thought I'd try something similar with Designer. Because it is mostly a bunch of simple shapes combined it was a good first project to give me a feel for the software. It's nothing compared to some of the other creations I've seen on here but I had fun with it.