Mediafuel

Wireframe model (Fiat 500) of the vector graphics. Hey, do you like it?  :)
 
http://b-bertuleit.de/portfolio/vector/fiat-500-vintage-57/
 
New Link:
http://b-bertuleit.de/fiat-500-vintage-57/

I am trying to get to grips with 3D images and finding it hard to find good tutorials. Do you know of any...thanks
 

My previous avatar was created sometime in 2008 using DrawPlus so I thought it about time it was updated (plus it was a good excuse to use AD).
 

For an insight into Ken's technique, take a look here: www.major-confusion.co.uk/tutorials/drawplus/avatar.html
 
You've probably seen the example avatar on your visits to the CommunityPlus forums.

Very clean and pro. (y)

Hey guys and gals here is a repost I added in the Workbook thread. Now that the book is out I can finally post my contribution.
 
Rather than uploading here I thought I'd just include a link to my Behance page discussing it.
 
Enjoy!
Kevin aka retrograde.
 
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Repost:
 
If anyone is interested in a closer look at my workbook tutorial contribution follow the link below. 
 
I uploaded a few images of the finished piece (for the tutorial you'll have to grab the book :-) ...along with some information on the tutorial in general and some of what you can expect from it and the book. 
 
I was honoured to be asked to participate in the project and I can honestly say the book is gorgeous and chock full of great stuff, art and information! The Serif team has really created a beautiful, well designed user manual that just happens to double as a coffee table book!
 
https://www.behance.net/gallery/44223009/Affinity-Designer-Workbook-tutorial

Baptism of fire. I bought A.D. and jumped in. I had to take a hand drawn Photoshop image and create a professional CYMK vector version for printing in China. It had to be accurate and all the geometry fit. I think I used every tool there is but I got what I hoped for. 100's of layers and effects to reproduce an impossible image. Affinity Designer has proved itself for me. After 20yrs with Adobe...I've made the change (and Affinity Photo). My image is now part of a retail product, thanks to Designer.
 

 
 

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This take served three purposes:
a lighting study session for my sons a first project proposal for a client for me, an approach to the Inpainting Brush in AP as
the table top surface had too many imperfections. The presentation was successful though the final shot was more
colourful with some added BG.
 
 

 
 

Hi Mediafuel,
 
Our document files don't store print settings, when you open the Print window the settings shown are from a preset. You can change the settings and save them to a new preset that you can reselect when you return to the Print window.
 
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This worked perfectly! Many thanks.  :)

Hey,
 
How did they send you the font? can't you send that set to yourself?
 
If you no longer have that, open up the app Font Book on your iMac use spotlight to search for it or go to launchpad then utilities, usually in there.
Look for the font your after, right click on the font and choose 'Show in finder' and then select the font and either choose the share icon to email the font to yourself or copy on to an extra HD.
 
 
Allan

The best way to do this would be using the built-in Font Book app:
 
Open the Font Book app.
 
Font Book separates out fonts pre-installed on the system and fonts installed by the user – the User tab will contain all of the fonts that you’ll want to move over.
 
Select the fonts in the list that you want to export, then go to File > Export Fonts... (or if you want to export all user fonts, select the User tab and then go to File > Export Collection...
 
Save the fonts in the place you want them to go, and Font Book will create a folder with the font files for the fonts you exported. Move this folder onto your new Mac.
 
To install the new fonts in bulk, open Font Book on the new Mac and go to File > Add Fonts... then browse to the folder you created. Select it, and click Open.
 
Font Book will then read the folder contents and install all of the fonts it finds!

Needing this feature at the moment. It would save me a decent amount of time, help with project organisation and save paper clutter. Hope to see this soon.

I dont know if this was discussed before, i haven't found it...  I want to talk about some kind of really simple panel for taking notes about your design project. 
 
Personally i work as a UI and Web designer, and i get most of the tasks to do in my email or within Red Mine service. So it feels distracting to switch from AD to email to read the task again and back to AD. It would be much better to keep majority of the info related to the project you are working on right in your design. I often copy and paste my task into AD as a layer, but this is not totally cool - it brings some disorder into layers and your design, and eats some time too so i thought some kind of panel for different notes would be really cool addition to AD's functionality. 
 
- So the one purpose of it is to keep your task copy there. 
 
- Also, if you want to remember something or to write down some stuff about your current project - you can do this simply and easily read the notes about the project right in the project file! Its especially handy if you have to leave the project for some time and then come back to it - you will not forget anything! 
 
- Sharing files becomes easier - you may leave some notes to the person who will work with your file later. 
 
- If you have to work a lot with text - you just paste all the text you need into this panel and store it there. When you design specific paragraph - you just copy needed text from the notes panel and place it in the design you are doing. 
 
Some super creative people will be using this panel to make old school ASCII art :-)
 
As to functionality, it should be simple, work with plain text and have the ability to import or export plain text files, this should be enough. But any additional functionality is always welcome )  

A fast composition.
The man who brings you Stone Soup made with a few of the Textured Intensity brushes here.
This has a cheat with the watercolor paper background dropped in to add a little real media texture.

I think I’m finally done with my latest drawing, The Streetcar Boat.  In 1905 there were streetcars that went from Minneapolis to the shore of Lake Minnetonka, but the people living around Lake Minnetonka needed a way to continue to their homes.  So a set of 6 steam boats were built to resemble streetcars.  These boats added 27 more stops to the streetcar line.
 
In 1926 the 6 boats were deemed no longer necessary and were scuttled in the middle of the lake.  In 1979 a diver found the wreck of the Minnehaha and it was raised.  After 17 years of restoration it was put back in service on weekends in the summer making runs between two cities across the lake.
 
Being 1600 miles away and the wrong time of the year, I used pictures I had and pictures on the web to construct as much detail as possible.  Right down to screws and rivets.
 
At 4,638 layers, all vectors, it’s my largest drawing so far.  Zooming from the full image to some of the smaller detail requires a zoom of about 80,000%.  So AD is about the only program capable of the detail.
 

Fox Illustration Affinity Designer #Concept

Here's a time-lapse of me creating a new comic-style drawing. Mistakes and back-pedalling included.
 

 
Final result:
 
 
Authoring file:
 
 
Enjoy!

Logo created for a bespoke cake and icing specialist in Bournemouth, resulting in free cake forever :)
 

Thanks all of you and the rest of commenters.
 
Yes, they will be on Affinity Designer, as it is the best vector tool at this moment, the most interesting, fresher and the one that is a real competitor with possibilities against Illustrator.
 
I really need to show designers and the illustration community that better software tools are not only possible, but already a reality. I've been for years trying to make many professionals understand how much better it is demanding quality software than using what we have, just cause it is what the standards say. I really think tools as Illustrator is putting many people off and making work much harder and unpleasant than it should/could be. This could be a long debate about software, which I always found really exciting, and so are these times, as many more people is starting the change, at last!
 
What I'd like to do also is explaining several approaches that work for any other kind of software too.. Ways of thinking and mindset that will allow you to make artwork every time better. My own experience getting here and being able to do this and how I learnt my own way to this level, which was not easy at the beginning and then, after trying and trying, on my own, became easy as breathing. 
 
I have the tutorial outlined, all the materials I need ready, and after Christmas I'll start recording it.  It's gonna be a long one, that I intend to split in 2 for the sake of allowing beginners and more advanced artists decide where they want to start. 
 
Thanks and I'll let you all know more soon.

haha... thanks, I've checked your work and it is very nice Dan. I will teach you all how to do this if interested. There was a time I didn't know how to do it either, wondering how on earth I could do the same. I thought the others were too good. I am still there for many other fields in my life, so I know very well how you feel.
 
But : I know with real interest and work you can do it too. Some might get better some not, but the important thing and mindset: probably those who get better simply study/practice more than those who don't. That is the best mindset to get further, and it doesn't even matter if it's totally true or not. What I know is with that belief I get results and without it, probably I wouldn't be so motivated to try harder. 
 
So keep looking and don't desperate. I was there too once! 
 
When I have my tuts ready I'll let you all know. And you'll see how much easy it all gets when some things are clearer, not only about the tool, but about how you look at things. I've done workshops before and my students would leave the class at the end with a little piece of artwork they didn't expect they could do before starting. 
 
Cheers and thanks again :)

The sticker looks great :)
Nice job!

It's one of those I did it, cos nobody else did! moments.
 
I Bet you feel like the cat what got the cream...
 
Well done.

1930's Plymouth....not sure of exact year, if anyone knows, i'd appreciate it....still enjoying / learning Affinity Designer...nice change from Photographic work

I searched high and low for a Hello Kitty sticker for one of my kids cars for Christmas. Could not find one anywhere. So I did a quick drawing in Affinity Designer and had our printer sneak it into a last minute job.  :D