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Henry Stahle

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Freid in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle reacted to MantaMike in Ham + Pigeon = ?!?   
    Well, it doesn't really make sense in english but I thought I would post it anyway and wish you all a merry Christmas at the same time.
     
    The text on the illustration is from a danish Christmas song about "Søren Banjomus" (a mouse with a banjo named Søren) and the chorus goes: "Skille-ma-dinke-dinke-du..."(which doesn't really mean anything). When my son was younger it sounded like "Skille-ma-dinke-skinke-due"
     
    Skinke = ham and due = pigeon, and that word got stuck in my head. Yesterday the Christmas spirit hit me and transformed into this illustration :)
     
    Merry Christmas
     
    Michael

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from segts in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Aammppaa in Designer + Photo = Love   
    Thank you "retrograde" and "Aammppaa" for commenting on my hat,
     
    It was my first attempt to try out vectors + bitmap to see what was possible. It is just a test and it really looks "stiff" and a bit boring. Anyway, I was convinced that I can manage both Designer and Photo to make some good illustrations. The tools Affinity Designer and Photo adds to my designing arsenal are second to no other... So, I recently signed out of my Adobe CC subscription that I have had all since it was introduced. I don't really need it any more.
     
    Thank you Adobe, it has really been a pleasure to use all your software, I really mean it! :)  
    I am moving on now - into the Affinity land...
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from NilsFinken in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Aammppaa in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from GDPR-365024 in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Alfred in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Pete B in Designer + Photo = Love   
    I started by using Designer to build the vector shapes of the hat, and filled the shapes with gradients. In Pixel persona I used texturizing brushes (from Frankentoon) for tinting and shading. Some additional lines, smooting and adding noise was done in AP as well as lighting. The seamless integration between the two programs makes me just love them...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from tro in I am so impressed..!   
    First of all: Affinity Photo is such a great piece of software. I really have learned to love it in a short time. So, I think I will stick to it from now on for two reasons: first is my photography hobby and my second is my illustration hobby / work. I can do same things in Affinity Photo as I have done in Photoshop and I like every part of it. I must say!
     
    One other thing that I discovered yesterday was the truly excellent presentation of Affinity Photo and all the funktionalitets in the software on Vimeo. I mean, those videos are top quality pedagogic presentations of complex issues made easy (at least for me). The simple, clear, great voice over presentations in short or long enough videos are so easy to follow and I hear and understand every bit of it. I have great experience of the male voice over, it is really top quality in every respect; speed, phrasing, prononciation, pausing... I love it.
     
    I have been teaching for 40 years and I have very critical eyes and ears on visual presentations. But your presentations are GOOD!
     
    Thank You! 
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from brunzenstein in Clearer separation between products please   
    I absolutly agree!
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from brunzenstein in Clearer separation between products please   
    And why separate Win and Mac products? They look, act and perform the same on both platforms... or am I wrong about that?
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from doeboy in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from WLarsen in Flood Fill Tool - filling all layers function   
    In ClipStudio Paint, in ArtRage, in SketchBook Pro, In Photoshop you find the function of filling all layers below the ink layer. If you are in the line art illustration habit, flood filling flat colours on by one on separate layers, afterwords adding tints and shades and some texture, Flood Fill on underlying layers is a must. The line art remains untouched, the colour layers can be masked and evryting gets so easy and fast. I miss this workflow and feature in Affinity Photo and Designer. 
     
    I really like Affinity Photo as a painting / illustrating program. My suggestion is: add this feature. It will be one more reason to switch over from Photoshop (or any other program)...
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Mediafuel in Bitmap painting   
    I am just a retired oldie and I do most of my pieces for the fun of it. But, I am in the app-making thing after retirement (2 years  ago). Done one app so far called Gustaf, and I am in process of making more. Got illustrations done for 2 more. I am the Graphic Designer doing stills and animations. The programming stuff is done by my son (he is a professional app-maker and programmer) and he is also the sound designer. I am also freelance illustrating for an education publishing house. But most of the time I write my stories, illustrate them and I will publish some if I am lucky. Thank you for asking!
     
    Kodiak and MEB, you make me happy writing such things! :D
     

     
    @Paolo.Limoncelli. By the way, I use Affinity Photo for this piece and your brushes only! This painting is about the girl from Syracusa, Saint Lucia. We celebrate her here in Sweden on the 13 of December. She comes walking in the dark with lights in her hair and a red ribbon round her waist. She sings her songs about bringing light to the world together with her (also white dressed) maids. The mass is televised from my home town Varberg this year!
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Mediafuel in Bitmap painting   
    I am not much of a vector illustrator. Only bitmap, really. That is why I love DAUBs brushes. 110% right for me!
     
    These are my very first illustrations done in AP using Daubs brushes. First one i painted in Grayscale at 300 dpi.

     
    This second one is RGB at 300 dpi.

     
    Hope you like what you see :)
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from trainingace in Affinity Photo 1.5: New Video Tutorials   
    First of all: Affinity Photo is such a great piece of software. I really have learned to love it in a short time. So, I think I will stick to it from now on for two reasons: first is my photography hobby and my second is my illustration hobby / work. I can do same things in Affinity Photo as I have done in Photoshop and I like every part of it. I must say!
     
    One other thing that I discovered yesterday was the truly excellent presentation of Affinity Photo and all the funktionalitets in the software on Vimeo. I mean, those videos are top quality pedagogic presentations of complex issues made easy (at least for me). The simple, clear, great voice over presentations in short or long enough videos are so easy to follow and I hear and understand every bit of it. I have great experience of the male voice over, it is really top quality in every respect; speed, phrasing, prononciation, pausing... I love it.
     
    I have been teaching for 40 years and I have very critical eyes and ears on visual presentations. But your presentations are GOOD!
     
    Thank You! 
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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Chris B in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from kevinmcsherry in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from Aammppaa in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from MattP in all Affinity Designer made   
    I am not very fond of vectors, but had to try it out to test Designer, that will (probably) be one of my main design programs from now on. Still, I will keep to bitmaps most of the time. Here is my very first, simple, but still, all vector drawn, illustration.

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    Henry Stahle reacted to Kasper-V in Christmas video   
    Every year i make up a little 'Happy New Year' video, using the two bored-to-death putti (the posh name for cherubs in paintings) from Raphael's Sistine Madonna. This year I decided to be mean and not send any Christmas cards; instead I've made a video, which I shall post on social media a bit nearer the day.
     
    I used AP to extract the eyes and mouths (yuck -- that sounds awful!) from the original image. With a combination of pixel painting and mesh warping, I made half-closed and closed eyelids, and various mouth shapes for the dialogue. I used AD to make a couple of end caption texts. Then I recorded the different bits of dialogue (on my smart phone, then copied to my laptop), which I edited with Audacity to make female and child voices. 
     
    Some time ago, I bought an animation package called Anime Studio -- it was one of the 'other' third-party products that Serif market from time to time. It's mind-numbingly tedious and utterly non-intuitive to use, but it's the best means of animating mouths (and eye-blinks) and syncing them to sound. All the bits and pieces came together for the final 'cut' in Serif's MoviePlus X6, which is great for this kind of thing -- quite the opposite of the animation job. 
     
    Anyway, here's the finished product: https://youtu.be/hwQvSqbr-iA. Merry Christmas!
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from CraigAndrewBatty in Bitmap painting   
    Another bitmap painting using DAUBs brushes.
     

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    Henry Stahle got a reaction from CraigAndrewBatty in Bitmap painting   
    ​This one is done by using one of DAUBs Pigmento Brushes and some overlay (snow).
     

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    Henry Stahle reacted to FPilou in [Multi] Undo & Redo icons   
    Why not put these icons Undo Redo in the customised Tools Barr ?
     
    So people who don't want them don't add them! :)
     
    Et voilà! Everybody are joyful! ;)
     

     
    Old people prefer that against these damned shortcuts! :rolleyes:
     
    Please add them ! When you will arrive to heavens that will be fine too! ^_^
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