Artmixmedia Posted April 7, 2021 Posted April 7, 2021 Hello, Does anyone know of any tutorials that show how to design a fantasy book cover? I am interested in improving my skills in this area. Thank you in advance for your help. Quote
firstdefence Posted April 7, 2021 Posted April 7, 2021 Welcome to the forum @Artmixmedia that’s a pretty general question, I’d search YouTube for image compositing and also fantasy art painting and drawing. Artmixmedia 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
Artmixmedia Posted April 8, 2021 Author Posted April 8, 2021 Thank you for the welcome firstdefence! Specifically, I am wanting to improve my skills with paranormal romance fantasy book covers. I will take your suggestion and search Youtube. I didn't really know what search terms to use. Quote
firstdefence Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Artmixmedia said: paranormal romance fantasy Sounds interesting... smouldering looks, brooding skies, spectral influences, sends shivers 👻 This is a place for learning affinity: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/photo/desktop/ there might even be a few tutorials for creating composite images here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/9-tutorials-serif-and-customer-created-tutorials/ Artmixmedia 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
IanSG Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 Have a look at Michael Wilson's YouTube videos on compositing in AP. Artmixmedia 1 Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10
wonderings Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 Why not start with a cover you like the design of and try and reproduce it from scratch. As you need to do something you will know or have a reference for what you are asking. Artmixmedia 1 Quote
firstdefence Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 Had to have a play with this... Artmixmedia and gw2020 2 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
Artmixmedia Posted April 8, 2021 Author Posted April 8, 2021 Thank you everyone for your advice and links! I'm going to find a cover I like as reference, and then use the tutorials to see if I can re-create it. Old Bruce 1 Quote
Affinity-Inspiration Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 You might like to get some ideas here. Affinity Publisher. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
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