IsabelAracama Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 If anyone had asked me short time ago what would I go for if ditching Photoshop for digital painting, my normal answer would have been "Affinity Photo". But then one day I found myself painting in Designer's pixel persona and loving it too! I'm faster every time and understand a bit better the brushes, which for whatever the reason have always been a bit of a hard to handle and tame subject matter for me in Serif products. I am currently researching on different species for better and more effective workflows when it comes to science communication and illustration. This is an attempt to improve painting fur... More to come! Full project including time-lapse here: : https://www.behance.net/gallery/93107969/Scientif-illustration-Mammals UPDATE ON RESEARCH> So, now I am trying to replicate this craziness with the so called vector brushes in the Designer persona. I reckon the guy on the left needs a comb! hahaaha!! Anyways.. one step at a time, I'll get him one. The one on the right is for comparing both versions side by side. Brushes galore!! A_B_C, TomM1, VectorWhiz and 31 others 34 Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Wow! This is incredibly good. To my eye the fur looks superb. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Absolutely bloomin’ marvellous. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Very impressive! Kudos to you., @IsabelAracama John IsabelAracama 1 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Well that is just fantastic...yet more stunning work...I am getting jealous now... IsabelAracama 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.1 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2356 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Magnificent! IsabelAracama 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelAracama Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Thanks you all, nice human beings ❤️💕 Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger C Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 6 hours ago, IsabelAracama said: This is an attempt to improve painting fur... Isabel...You can stop practicing now; Mission accomplished! Your Behance gallery is a delight. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Affinity Designer & Photo : Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelAracama Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Roger C said: Isabel...You can stop practicing now; Mission accomplished! Your Behance gallery is a delight. Hhh oooh thanks so much! I'll never quit though hhh. I feel really I'm sooo far away from sooo many things I'd like to be able to do. A big thank you! Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Spectacularly good! It is amazing what skilled and creative artists like you can do with vector drawing drawing programs such as Affinity Designer. I enjoyed watching this work. Thank you for creating and sharing. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Oh, wow! Just wow!! I always expect great work from you, Isabel, and you never disappoint. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelAracama Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 14 minutes ago, Alfred said: Oh, wow! Just wow!! I always expect great work from you, Isabel, and you never disappoint. Alfred, you're a lovely and kind man. Always helping others and commenting and contributing. Thanks a lot! A_B_C and jmwellborn 2 Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelAracama Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 24 minutes ago, VectorWhiz said: Spectacularly good! It is amazing what skilled and creative artists like you can do with vector drawing drawing programs such as Affinity Designer. I enjoyed watching this work. Thank you for creating and sharing. Thanks Vector Whiz. I enjoy a lot creating this, it's such a relaxed activity, not to mention the best: an emanating source of knowledge in both topics, the tool itself and how to improve results and in science and wildlife which I both love. Thanks a lot for letting me know you enjoyed. It means a lot to me knowing what ppl think. Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, IsabelAracama said: Alfred, you're a lovely and kind man. Always helping others and commenting and contributing. Thanks a lot! A_B_C, jmwellborn and IsabelAracama 3 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Chapeau! IsabelAracama 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwe367 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 WOW... Wonderful Work 😊 IsabelAracama 1 Quote Have a nice day. Ich wünsche einen schönen Tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Great work Isabel! I know what you mean about doing this kind of work in Designer vs Photo or Photoshop. I recently did a series of illustrations that took me way outside of my usual comfort zone, but with Designer it ended up being a really enjoyable experience. For me the combination of the vector and raster workflow plus all of the various brushes available creates almost limitless possibilities. I find what's key to success with this level of realism is great reference and of course a bit of confidence in plain old painting. 🙂 Awesome job! Loved the entomological illustrations on Behance too! StuartRc and IsabelAracama 2 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelAracama Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, retrograde said: Great work Isabel! I know what you mean about doing this kind of work in Designer vs Photo or Photoshop. I recently did a series of illustrations that took me way outside of my usual comfort zone, but with Designer it ended up being a really enjoyable experience. For me the combination of the vector and raster workflow plus all of the various brushes available creates almost limitless possibilities. I find what's key to success with this level of realism is great reference and of course a bit of confidence in plain old painting. 🙂 Awesome job! Loved the entomological illustrations on Behance too! Hey, I didn't recognise you with the squirrel face haha.. Thanks! Yeah, good references are key... especially when one has to be accurate to the species and not just one random fox or butterfly or whatever the species. retrograde 1 Quote isabelaracama.com Youtube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outgettingsubs Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Suberb work, Isabel. IsabelAracama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Just one word - Wow!! IsabelAracama 1 Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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