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Wow! When you compare the original B&W photo against your cool illustration work, it really shows skills and attention to detail. Bravo, Jochum!

Thanks, TestTools. The World of Brushes is a lot of fun. I think you'll enjoy it. 😃 As you learn so your knowledge will grow, and with it, your confidence. I only really use the Image brushes that I create myself, plus the Basic brushes (to mask, mainly, so only black or white on a Mask. Black to mask out or white to bring back what you have masked out. This may sound confusing, daunting even, but I have written a couple of step-by-step tutorials on creating an image brush. I'll attach them here for you, if you are interested. Attached (at bottom of this post) are: How to Create a Brush I wrote this for a friend who wanted to learn Affinity Photo). This covers: How to Create a Brush How to Select a Brush Type How to Duplicate a Brush How to Edit a Brush How to Rename a Brush How to Create a Brush Category How to Move a Brush How to Import a Brush Category (for this you could download and import any of the free brushes that I have created or create your own) How to Edit a Brush How to Create a Brush from an Image I have uploaded the image I have mentioned in this tutorial (background removed). Also, Hope this helps you on your quest. 🙂 Any questions, just let me know. I'll help if I can... Also, there are many useful tutorials on creating brushes on YouTube that are brilliant. Some of them written by Affinity Photo Masters, others by Affinity Photo users like myself. DelN NB I have called the image 'Half Orange', but it's really only a 'slice'. I thought I'd get this in before anyone attempts to correct me... 🙂 How to Create a Brush.docx How to Create a Brush from an Image (Orange).docx

Black & Gold 02 Done in Affinity Photo using my new 'Black & Gold' brushes.

Black & Gold 01 Done in Affinity Photo using my new 'Black & Gold' brushes.

Thanks, Ashcat. I'm glad you like it. I like to see what is possible using my free brushes in Affinity Photo... 😀😀

Me too. I enjoy creating stuff... I am fascinated by the nightmares which often are the results if AI art, but I don't want to learn all the coding involved. I don't need to. If you're young and need to work in the industry, then you do NEED to...

Thanks. AffinityJules. It is a lot of fun. And I remember Spirograph... I duplicate and Rotate objects a lot, moving the Transform Origin point of the object around a set point, then rotating the object around it. Then I create a brush from the finished object, then I paint a brush dab or stroke with it and, finally, use the 'Symmetry' setting to create duplicates of the brush dab, then create a brush of that object and paint with that... Then I paint a few brush strokes or dabs (all on separate layers), then I look at them all and decide what I am going to create from them all. Some get resized. Some get deleted, others get rotated or become yet another brush. I gather a few images as inspiration and other images to remove the backgrounds from and use these in various ways, eg. applying Layer Blending Modes. Layer Effects, turning the layers on and off to see what works (and what don't)... Finally, after a few hours (sometimes days😁), constantly saving as I go along, I see something developing... Often, it is not what I intended. It's all experimentation, really. I have always worked like this when doing designing stuff, and I imagine many designers do too. Some of the briefs I used to get from clients were so wild, I often used to wonder if they got together and wrote it up and thought 'They surely won't be able to do that!' But I just used to nod and say 'OK. When do you want this by?' And when they left, we'd turn to one another and 'Oh my God! How are we gonna do THAT?' But we did manage it, and got wonderful feedback from the clients. Two that come to mind are 1. A client who wanted a car surfing the waves, on top of which was a small pack-away tent thing (I don't know what you call 'em) with a surfer guy balancing on that. I searched for the images of surfers, waves, the sea, and tge car, put them together and sent it off. The bankers came down to congratulate me, laughing. They said their client will love this. 2. Another banker wanted someone telephoning back into the past... They loved it. Now, with AI, I see so many wild and dark dream-like images and videos and I think 'Wow! You can create some AMAZING images now.' That's definitely the thing to get your head around if you are young and have the imagination. It's so cool... I love the challenge, I think. I am constantly looking at stuff and thinking 'Now how did they do that?' without AI, of course... I imagine AI just makes it easier, and the results flawless...

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Thanks, MmmMaarten. I've heard that too... I enjoy it; a bit of fun, really... 😀

Wow! Thanks, MmmMaarten, I'm glad you like it. I wasn't sure about it myself and did about 4 or 5 version, then decided to go with that one. I just used a few of my 'Nature' brushes to paint in the ferns plants, trees and rocks and a few of my texture brushes for the hair. I used a layer blending mode to get the purple light over several layers of plants and textures. I used one of my 'Glitter' brushes for the lips and eyelids. It's all experimentation, really, to see what comes out of the chaos (ha-ha!). I was reading Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which inspired me...

'Oberon' (watches Titania while she sleeps) Oberon to Robin Goodfellow (Puck): "...Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once." from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. Created in Affinity Photo using my free 'Nature' brushes.

It's 13 o'clock... I did this in Affinity Photo using many of my free Gold brushes. I used my Texture brushes to create the cloud-like texture on the clock face. I created a gold texture and applied it to each numeral, then darkened it so that the letters looked more 'aged'... I used some of my Circles, Spirals and Annuli behind the clock face on several layers. I used a few of my Glitter brushes to create the 'swirl', applying them to separate layers to create a 'lumpy' texture, which I then enhanced with a 3D and Emboss layer effect.

Look forward to seeing it. Your artwork is constantly evolving... I love the Zinc template. The yellow really pops...

Mist Settling Among the Pines Created in Affinity Photo using my free 'Nature' brushes.

Mist Settling Among the Pines Oberon