RangeRooney

I’m interested in creating a shadow under the yellow line, so it looks like it is a pass going up into the air. So a small, close shadow at the beginning and end of the line, and a more diffuse, distant shadow under the middle portion of the line. Is there an easy way to do this? With these, I’d like to make it look like the players are standing on the yellow disks, so I need to remove the yellow over the players legs or torso. Is there an easy way to do this?

I’m curious how I create a similar effect? I’m looking to create the colored shadow that surrounds two objects that are close to each other.

Also, where would I be able to find the tool to create a line with arrow on the end. ------->

In DrawPlus, one of the shape options was stripe which made it easy to add even stripes to other objects. I haven’t been able to find something similar on Affinity Designer

I’ve used a guide for creating a diary when I was using DrawPlus but now I’m trying to do the same thing in Affinity Designer but I don’t know where I can find this adjustment. I’m using it to create a chalkboard, with a glare and a couple darker and lighter areas to reflect the different coloration in a chalkboard. Any help is appreciated.