krazybov

I've been waiting for the blob brush since 2018.
Thought it might make its appearance in V2, but no 🙃
I've tried to use Designer, I really have, but without a tool like the blob brush my workflow just takes too long. I had to return to the dark side ... Illustrator.
Maybe Affinity will get my money for V3?

I use a combination of the Blob Brush tool and the Eraser tool in AI to "sculpt"my vector shapes. It gives the artwork a hand-drawn effect and it's a really creative way to work. Are there any plans to introduce these tools in Affinity Designer? I also use the Reshape tools and Symbol tools a lot and wonder is these are on the planned schedule at all?
 
Here's an example where I show how I work;
 
https://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Working-Blob-Brush-tool/123443/126395-4.html
 
Here's an example that shows the basics of these tools;
 
https://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Creating-shapes-Blob-Brush-Eraser-tools/123524/131700-4.html
 
All the best, 
 
Angie
 

Just got done watching the "Lockdown 2020" video: "Speed and motion: illustrating a car in Affinity Designer with Chris Rathbone".  One thought occurred to me: when it came time to block in the color, shadows and highlights, having the equivalent of Adobe Illustrator's Blob Brush would be more intuitive to work with and more efficient. The Pen Tool makes sense for line work, but a Blob Brush that "paints" freehand shapes would be better for painting areas of flat color.
 
(https://youtu.be/iMlJrYE8Xo0)

Hi, 
Please, very basic tools or mod drawing.
Especially the functions of creating one shape by means of many draw with a brush. Such a shape scuplt option with brush (auto merge).
 
best regards
brst regards

I teach several college "Introduction to Computer Art" classes each year and after 25 years of misery with and endlessly overpaying for Adobe products, especially Illustrator, I'm really glad to be able to recommend Affinity's products to my students. Since the classes I teach are in the Art Department the students are geared to drawing and painting and having the equivalent of Adobe's "Blob Brush" would be REALLY helpful.

By the way, I hope it's not CALLED a "Blob Brush" –imitating Adobe's annoying misnomers is not a great idea, in my opinion. We're all annoyed at having to "Expand" our vector art in Illustrator when nothing actually "expands" at all.

If you guys add a BLOB BRUSH to Affinity Designer, I PROMISE it will be my workhorse forever! 🙏🎨