Callum Elliott Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Hi, I know this should be easy and I've watched most of the tutorials about similiar things, but for the life of me I cannot recreate the attached using vectors. I'm trying to do it using the stroke to create the offset gaps. I can create the shape(ish) but stuck when it comes to taking off the strokes. I've attached the afdesign file with as far as I've got. Any help would be much appreciated! https://www.callumelliott.co.uk/Flower.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 If it’s going on a plain background just change the stroke to the colour of the background. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Elliott Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: If it’s going on a plain background just change the stroke to the colour of the background. That's a great idea, but looking for something I can apply over any backgrounds - gradients, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Callum Elliott said: taking off the strokes You could use “Expand Stroke” … but that needs some time. BTW: Welcome here in the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 With the document as it is you will need to expand the strokes, merge each group of expanded strokes and trim (geometry subtract) an ellipse so that you only have the expanded stroke/s that are visible. The last shape doesn’t require a stroke as there is nothing to trim underneath and the first group of shapes will not require trimming with an ellipse. Flower remove stroke.afdesign Saved with history so you can jog back and forth in the history panel. Callum Elliott 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Elliott Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: With the document as it is you will need to expand the strokes, merge each group of expanded strokes and trim (geometry subtract) an ellipse so that you only have the expanded stroke/s that are visible. The last shape doesn’t require a stroke as there is nothing to trim underneath and the first group of shapes will not require trimming with an ellipse. Flower remove stroke.afdesign Saved with history so you can jog back and forth in the history panel. Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 In addition to the advice above, my attached video might give you some ideas. 2020-06-09_09-44-56.mp4 Callum Elliott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Elliott Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, GarryP said: In addition to the advice above, my attached video might give you some ideas. 2020-06-09_09-44-56.mp4 Thank you! What a wonderful and helpful group! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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