Smee Again

(whispers) He does, what is the big circle? Seems a shame to wake him up!
The red and orange leaves add some needed highlights to the picture.

Car all vectors no raster layers

Started trying to do a old style Rotring drawing; mainly for the shirt; and got carried away.
Anyway just for the fun of it.
Season's greetings to you all.
Antony

What resolution did you use for your scan? If you have an original scan at high dpi (600 dpi or higher) I think your results will improve. Some older scanners default to as little as 72 dpi, and even the newer ones like to keep it to 200 / 300 dpi as default.
1. Get as many pixels as you can.
2. Before any effort to correct / repair the image, make your conversion to black and white, not after correcting.

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

I used 1200 DPI to scan it. 

Start with converting to black and white by using the adjustment layer "Black and white". In that adjustment layer, adjust the red and yellow slider (because of the "sepia" type aging of the photo) until you get the level of black and white contrast you want. Then you'll see better how to repair the photo. If you just try to restore an old B&W photo without converting to B&W in Affinity, you'll make a lot more work than you need. Besides, if you like the sepia color, you can put it back when you're done.
Best practice for me is to use the patch tool on a pixel layer above the image you're repairing. Under "source" choose "current layer and below," That way, if a choice doesn't work, it is an easy fix.
That's your best starting point, other than making sure you have a good high resolution scan of the image.
This is the original photo
 
 
 
 

What resolution did you use for your scan? If you have an original scan at high dpi (600 dpi or higher) I think your results will improve. Some older scanners default to as little as 72 dpi, and even the newer ones like to keep it to 200 / 300 dpi as default.
1. Get as many pixels as you can.
2. Before any effort to correct / repair the image, make your conversion to black and white, not after correcting.

Start with converting to black and white by using the adjustment layer "Black and white". In that adjustment layer, adjust the red and yellow slider (because of the "sepia" type aging of the photo) until you get the level of black and white contrast you want. Then you'll see better how to repair the photo. If you just try to restore an old B&W photo without converting to B&W in Affinity, you'll make a lot more work than you need. Besides, if you like the sepia color, you can put it back when you're done.
Best practice for me is to use the patch tool on a pixel layer above the image you're repairing. Under "source" choose "current layer and below," That way, if a choice doesn't work, it is an easy fix.
That's your best starting point, other than making sure you have a good high resolution scan of the image.
This is the original photo
 
 
 
 

Thank you, converting to B&W helped a lot more, the photo prints out really nice at 6x4.
 

Start with converting to black and white by using the adjustment layer "Black and white". In that adjustment layer, adjust the red and yellow slider (because of the "sepia" type aging of the photo) until you get the level of black and white contrast you want. Then you'll see better how to repair the photo. If you just try to restore an old B&W photo without converting to B&W in Affinity, you'll make a lot more work than you need. Besides, if you like the sepia color, you can put it back when you're done.
Best practice for me is to use the patch tool on a pixel layer above the image you're repairing. Under "source" choose "current layer and below," That way, if a choice doesn't work, it is an easy fix.
That's your best starting point, other than making sure you have a good high resolution scan of the image.
This is the original photo
 
 
 
 

These are images of buildings from my birthplace, the city of Kiel - photos from which I isolated certain parts, then reconstructed some of the missing elements as 3D renderings. Affinity Photo did the heavy lifting when it came to compositing, color correction and matching the photos with the 3D parts.

Please see https://www.behance.net/gallery/108164363/Kiel-Fragments for a detailed project description.

Start with converting to black and white by using the adjustment layer "Black and white". In that adjustment layer, adjust the red and yellow slider (because of the "sepia" type aging of the photo) until you get the level of black and white contrast you want. Then you'll see better how to repair the photo. If you just try to restore an old B&W photo without converting to B&W in Affinity, you'll make a lot more work than you need. Besides, if you like the sepia color, you can put it back when you're done.
Best practice for me is to use the patch tool on a pixel layer above the image you're repairing. Under "source" choose "current layer and below," That way, if a choice doesn't work, it is an easy fix.
That's your best starting point, other than making sure you have a good high resolution scan of the image.
This is the original photo
 
 
 
 

I've been working on restoring a photo of wife's late Nan.
I think I haven't done to bad a job with the photo, considering its size and how bad it's damage plus I'm an absolute noob at this.
I think I've reached the point where I can't really do anymore. Wish I could make her face a bit clearer. 
The photo is from round the mid to late 40's.

Been enjoying this friendly group since about the time the lockdown started last spring. The Facebook group is directed by Paul and it is designed to help you get familiar with different types of photography. From simple black and white to abstract images, portraits, macros, etc. Fun group to participate in -- and has helped me to become more comfortable with different types of photography.
This month's challenge was "product photography" and I decided to have a bit of fun with it as Paul encouraged the use of photoshop to create the image as a product ad.
The first image is a macro of some marigolds as the product of a florist. Used focus stacking in Affinity Photo to get a good focus on the flowers, and Affinity Designer for the text and logo.
The second image involved several images taken with a hand held speedlight. I was having fun remembering the 1970's, so I included wording (copy) taken directly from a 1970's ad they actually ran. Edited the images & added the text in Affinity Photo.
 
 

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

OK, live in the town that produces several brands of Toilet Paper, but we are usually the first to run out during a surge in TP Purchases.
Don't want to use any of their logos, but to me the word "angled"  is close enough and gives a sense of "rigidity" that everyone loves in their lives. Besides, Georgia Pacific -- owned by the Koch brothers -- is the world's larges producer of this precious commodity, thus having the "angle" needed to continue to grow wealthy.
What makes me chuckle the most about the TP shortage is . . . the same people who are hoarding are the ones who complain about the Koch brothers, all the while they are shoveling as much money as they can into the Koch brothers' pockets by buying their product in such great quantities that they are depriving others of having "necessities of life".

OK, live in the town that produces several brands of Toilet Paper, but we are usually the first to run out during a surge in TP Purchases.
Don't want to use any of their logos, but to me the word "angled"  is close enough and gives a sense of "rigidity" that everyone loves in their lives. Besides, Georgia Pacific -- owned by the Koch brothers -- is the world's larges producer of this precious commodity, thus having the "angle" needed to continue to grow wealthy.
What makes me chuckle the most about the TP shortage is . . . the same people who are hoarding are the ones who complain about the Koch brothers, all the while they are shoveling as much money as they can into the Koch brothers' pockets by buying their product in such great quantities that they are depriving others of having "necessities of life".

OK, live in the town that produces several brands of Toilet Paper, but we are usually the first to run out during a surge in TP Purchases.
Don't want to use any of their logos, but to me the word "angled"  is close enough and gives a sense of "rigidity" that everyone loves in their lives. Besides, Georgia Pacific -- owned by the Koch brothers -- is the world's larges producer of this precious commodity, thus having the "angle" needed to continue to grow wealthy.
What makes me chuckle the most about the TP shortage is . . . the same people who are hoarding are the ones who complain about the Koch brothers, all the while they are shoveling as much money as they can into the Koch brothers' pockets by buying their product in such great quantities that they are depriving others of having "necessities of life".

"Came out ok"???? I'd say it's pretty close to brilliant! Love it. The composition, the detail on the wings, and if I have it correct, the pollen on the legs.

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

Trying out some extension tubes for my Canon camera about a week ago when this fella showed up. Now, male carpenter bees are not able to sting, even though they will make aggressive passes at  you.
Think it came out okay for an overcast day.

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That would be my choice, in fact, it is my choice. Great support and a great product.
You'll notice support mentioned first. That's because as great as the product is --- and it is great --- the support is even better.
And (you'll like this), as with Affinity, it is NOT A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE!