KC82 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I ditched Adobe over a year ago for Affinity due to the price and the lack of compatible mobile app. I got Affinity designer recently because it seemed as close to Illustrator minus the trace feature which disappointed me but I was willing to overlook.My issue with drawing is being able to free sketch. I prefer to draw out ideas like I would on paper which I’m finding to be annoying with Affinity due to the nodes. I’m wondering is there a better way to go about this or do I have to draw in another program like procreate and import it.I have a lot of brushes I’ve gotten for Affinity and it seems like a waste not being able to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @KC82. 1 hour ago, KC82 said: I have a lot of brushes I’ve gotten for Affinity and it seems like a waste not being able to use them. If you’re free sketching with brushes in the Designer persona I presume you must be using the Vector Brush Tool. How do you see nodes while drawing with that tool? I only see nodes when drawing with the Pen Tool or the Pencil Tool. 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...
KC82 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 I’m completely new to this program so I was basically thinking I could draw with any tool like I used to in others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, KC82 said: I was basically thinking I could draw with any tool Although you can draw with any of the tools I mentioned, I wouldn’t say you’re “able to free sketch” with the Pen Tool (which creates Bézier curves). The “free sketch” curves produced by the Pencil Tool can have brush textures applied afterwards but even without the nodes being displayed that would scarcely make for a natural drawing experience. 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...
walt.farrell Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I've been watching a number of tutorials lately, and one approach I've seen several times seems to be sketching with simple brushes in the Pixel Persona, and then refining the sketch later using the vector tools in the Designer Persona on a new layer. Then hiding or removing the original pixel sketch layer. Alfred 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC82 Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 14 hours ago, walt.farrell said: I've been watching a number of tutorials lately, and one approach I've seen several times seems to be sketching with simple brushes in the Pixel Persona, and then refining the sketch later using the vector tools in the Designer Persona on a new layer. Then hiding or removing the original pixel sketch layer. I haven’t really seen that.It’s been hard to find videos that aren’t about using the tools, there’s way more drawing videos for Illustrator and Procreate.There also aren’t a lot of commercially available brushes for Affinity compared to other software.The two major companies I’ve seen created some of their better brushes for pixel persona which to me defeats the purpose of using a vector program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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