VectorWhiz

Top quality work! Both layout and content are excellent. Kudos. 👍

Nice composition animation, it was a ton of work. 

Another one! You may know the old cowboy song, The Streets of Laredo, and you may even know of some other parodies, notably by the Smothers Brothers. This one is possibly older than the SBs'; writers' details in thevideo titles. All made in AD and Serif MoviePlus.
(I came across this version on the Mudcat Cafe (https://mudcat.org/), a great source of serious and humorous songs, and a great forum too.)
 
 

Here is another painting in acrylics produced using DAP Pro 7 and interfacing with Affinity Photo. I have included a video of the painting process along with the resulting multilayered Affinity Photo file so you can see how the painting comes to life with human-assisted AI.
Play with the Affinity Photo file to your heart's content to see the layering involved and each painting stage.
This is a very productive tool.
Thin Acryllic Model.mp4
Model Thin Acrylic_DAP_ALL__Acry-Real.afphoto

I was going to say that I am fairly new to the Affinity Suite but thinking back, I guess that I started in 2019. I have used all three extensively since I found them. I am another one who moved away from Adobe after many years, which I started when it was creative suite 3 and I upgraded and subscribed all the way along.
I use Affinity just for fun now, since I have retired, but I still find much joy in being creative. I typically use Affinity to create images and whatnot for use in my 3D projects, as image wraps, and the like. I'll share two projects that share some assets.
The first is my sardine can. I created this after I spent time drawing a clip art fish as a challenge to myself. I did borrow two assets from Pixaby - the tomatoes and the sailing ship.
The second is my three fishes pub sign, also created in Affinity Designer.
I sure am glad that I happened across the Affinity products.
BTW, I am just posting to share my work and sort of introduce myself. I am not looking for critiques.

we are a company from Sri Lanka doing designing and developing. I'm personally loving affinity because of the how simple and easy to use this is my latest work check out

The plural of "rabbit" is "rabbi", right?
Well anyway, here's an illustration I did for my wife (the rabbit fanatic...we have owned as many as 7 at one time!) Done in AD v2.3.1, with a few trips to the Photo Persona and Affinity Photo for some filter effects. I created two Artboards in AD so I could create different versions. Hope you like them. Cheers.

Here I'll show you an architecture magazine that I design annually with Affinity Publisher and oversee the printing and production.

In the beginning the magazine was created in Indesign. After I got out of the Adobe subscription, I adapted it in Publisher and now designed it in AP for the fourth time.
At the beginning there were problems with embedded customer PDFs; these were not passed through but were always somehow interpreted and therefore incorrect.
Since ver. 2 this has been a thing of the past.
You can view the entire magazine as a digital edition here. Have fun!
Servus Ernie

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Very subtle, very nice! 👍

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Great art. well balanced composition, awesome palette. Dreamy, yet alert.

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Pretty amazing...and you're not even done yet!

Hi there 👋
This time I tried to recreate my old work with Blender. The challenge was not to use 3D programs, but only free images and AP of course!
In the attachment, I have put the images used and also the Affinity Designer brush that I created to make the chain.
To use it in AP create a curve in AD, assign the brush to it as a Stroke, and copy and paste in AF.
From here you can change the chain's shape and thickness from the control panel - I haven't figured out how to create it directly in AF yet... 🤔
I hope you like it!
Ciao e grazie
Davide


catena.afbrushes

I like jaguars, they appear in my dreams. This is a work in progress. 100% vector, no pixels, no vector brushes (which aren't vectors). Most recent stage on top, vector outline view in the middle and jaguar in a virtual 3D frame at the bottom. After this, I will add hair texture with my Huion 620 Pro drawing tablet (not looking forward to that), which will make the vector outline of objects / layers difficult to distinguish. In my portfolio blog the various stages are included - https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/03/vector-painting-of-jaguar.html  In the bottom section of this blog entry you will also find tips on how to make working in drawings that contain a plethora of objects / layers less difficult and time consuming.
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Just for the fun of it.
All photos courtesy of Unsplash.

@TrentL @v_kyr Here is a preview of what I have done using the depth of field live filter:
 

 
I also moved the younger boys down more to better match their actual height compared to everyone else cause they are both under 10. Here is a preview of the image flattened:

Like this @TrentL

I want to try to make it look more like early evening, just before the kids go out trick-or-treating. I'm also deciding on if I should make it look more like the front room, or the dining room or someplace else. I got to try to find some vintage 1980s decorations. Plus if I make it the dining room, I'm considering adding a couple of black cauldrons smoking from dry ice with a greenish liquid and a red one to show off a couple of Halloween drinks the mother makes

Continuing my work with Affinity Photo and DAP Pro 7 I created this portrait version of a photograph that came with DrawPlus X8.
The painting effect was enhanced by the use of Tone Mapping and the development persona to give it an authentic painted look.
The small JPG was exported from Affinity Photo. I hope you can see the paintbrush textures.