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Here's a blog post I just wrote about using Darktable with Affinity Photo and the Google Nik Collection. http://bit.ly/2iaNDSS Happy Holidays! Stephen:)

Wow! Now I'm psyched to try out brushes next! Looking forward to seeing more of your work! S:)

Hi Gdenby! Thanks so much! I'm glad it was helpful. To make things easier to manage in Illustrator, I would add multiple gradient fills with the Appearance Palette so that I wouldn't have to use a lot of clipping masks. The technique that I used for the face in AD was something I developed when drawing in Synfig. Both Synfig and AD have similar approaches and make for richer blends of gradients and easily masked shapes. Here's a movie of me doing the Appearance Palette approach in Illustrator. I'll definitely think about making a video for AD. You can see the difference in the complexity of gradients you can build easily in AD as opposed to Illustrator. https://vimeo.com/67880405

Thanks Chris! The masking features in Affinity replaced any need for wanting the Appearance Palette like in Adobe Illustrator. The book was a quick was to ramp up and understand the full power of Designer and I haven't tried everything yet! Looking forward to a book for Affinity Photo!!! Great work, Affinity team! S:)

Affinity Designer Workbook is essential for every artists' stocking! Read my review of the book! I also made an illustration to try out what I learned from the book.