Modernus

It's possible that there are still some bugs or glitches flying around in the brush creation routines. If you want to find and see related infos about brush creation themes etc., just do a forum search here about these themes!

See:
Creating Your Own Custom Smoke Brush Tutorial to create a classic Bristle Brush for AD ...maybe that helps a little bit.

Goof'n around with some old Dover clipart books. I sketched up a couple of designs scanned them and had my first major sash of vector surgery on AD.  Its been on my computer for a little under a year and I figured I'd just jump into it and go for the gusto as I'm over Illustrator. The minimal reality of Affinity Designer is really nice.
 
I must say, I'm pretty stoked on the results, can't wait to get a gnarlier sketch going.  (( :ph34r:))

Hi Modernus,
 
The below video made by MEB shows you how to connect two nodes in Affinity Designer :)
 
http://www.miguelboto.com/temp/how%20to%20join%20paths.mov
 
I hope this helps 
C

If you want to join the two objects without moving any of the end nodes, you can do it as follows:
 
1. Select both objects with the Node Tool
2. Press the 'Join curves' button on the Action toolbar
3. Press the 'Close curve' button on the Action toolbar

You can just select the objects, activate the move tool, and use the colour swatch. All the selected objects will change colour.