A rather nice design idea

[walt.farrell]

24 minutes ago, William Overington said:

Because I have just seen something that looks interesting and I would have posted it, but now I need to wonder what to do.

Is it something concrete, such as a technique that could be used in an Affinity application? That might make a good Tutorial when you've used it and figured out how to do it.

Or a technique you've used to make something interesting? That would be good for Share Your Work.

Or is it a vague design idea like "take inspiration from nature"? For that I don't think these forums have a good place, except Share Your Work once you've created something.

Or a tool to be used, or a brush, etc.? That might make a good Resource.

(Still, just my opinion. But these forums seem focused fairly narrowly on direct use of the Affinity applications and tools to do our work. They are not a general place to discuss or teach basic art or design concepts, except as they were actually used to produce something using Affinity.)

[William Overington]

33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Is it something concrete, such as a technique that could be used in an Affinity application? That might make a good Tutorial when you've used it and figured out how to do it.

Well it is something that could be used in an Affinity application. But how to use it is well-known, so a tutorial might help beginners but would be nothing new to people already experienced in using Affinity applications.

33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Or a technique you've used to make something interesting? That would be good for Share Your Work.

I have not used it as yet, and it is not a technique, but it certainly could be used in something for Share your work.

33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Or is it a vague design idea like "take inspiration from nature"? For that I don't think these forums have a good place, except Share Your Work once you've created something.

Not vague at all. Very specific.

33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Or a tool to be used, or a brush, etc.? That might make a good Resource.

Not a brush. When the word 'tool' is use other than in the traditional sense of a hammer or a pair of scissors, it can be difficult to say sometimes whether something could be regarded as a tool. Some mathematical techniques are sometimes referred to as mathematical tools. For example, could an isometric grid that can be put on a lower layer to assist a designer and later hidden be reasonably called a tool?

So, if I post it, then it could be regarded as interesting and helpful, or I could be criticised again and another metadiscussion take place.

Was it at all necessary to criticise at all if someone is not the moderator?

There has been no objection to my post from the moderator.

If the moderator had criticised the post, then fine, that is the moderator's role, there is a clue in the name of the role.

Could what I posted not have been left so that it might be of interest to some people, rather than cause all this fuss?

The post was harmless.

William

 

[Alfred]

50 minutes ago, William Overington said:

I have not used it as yet, and it is not a technique, but it certainly could be used in something for Share your work.

The best way forward would seem to be that you go ahead and use it, and then post the result in the ‘Share your work’ section of the forums. Then there would be no dispute about whether you had posted in the right place, and if the ensuing discussion suggested that a tutorial might be useful then you could consider creating one and posting it in the ‘Tutorials’ section.

[William Overington]

15 minutes ago, Alfred said:

The best way forward would seem to be that you go ahead and use it, and then post the result in the ‘Share your work’ section of the forums. Then there would be no dispute about whether you had posted in the right place, and if the ensuing discussion suggested that a tutorial might be useful then you could consider creating one and posting it in the ‘Tutorials’ section.

Yes, that is a good resolution for this particular item.

Thank you.

William

 

[William Overington]

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

The best way forward would seem to be that you go ahead and use it, and then post the result in the ‘Share your work’ section of the forums. 

The thread is now under way!

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/145768-artwork-using-the-pantone-colours-of-vitality-palette/

William

 

[William Overington]

That new thread has now been moved, though not by me.

William

 

[Alfred]

10 minutes ago, William Overington said:

moved, though not by me

That goes without saying. Only moderators can move threads and posts, and only Serif staff are moderators here.

My suggestion was that you should create something and post it (completed or not) to the ‘Share your work’ section, but you posted a question instead. In all fairness, the ‘Questions’ section seems exactly the right place for a thread whose original post poses a question!

[William Overington]

16 minutes ago, Alfred said:

That goes without saying. Only moderators can move threads and posts, and only Serif staff are moderators here.

Well, it might go without saying to you personally, but as you suggested posting in Share your work and anyone following my link would end up into the Questions section, I thought it best to explain that I had followed your advice and that it was not me that moved it.

17 minutes ago, Alfred said:

My suggestion was that you should create something and post it (completed or not) to the ‘Share your work’ section, but you posted a question instead. In all fairness, the ‘Questions’ section seems exactly the right place for a thread whose original post poses a question!

Well, yes, though you did not mention about "completed or not" at the time, yet the first thing to do is to get the stuff out and get started. I found a problem getting to the colour, and I am still not sure which Pantone palette to use, as the colour looks deeper in coated than in uncoated, and I want the deeper colour even though the Papier cards use uncoated stock, but I am wondering if that matters as the Pantone code numbers will be lost when producing the jpg to upload to Papier.

So I suppose that when I get output of an actual design I can start a new thread and link each thread to the other.

William

 

[Alfred]

5 minutes ago, William Overington said:

the colour looks deeper in coated than in uncoated, and I want the deeper colour even though the Papier cards use uncoated stock

Ink absorption will differ between the two types of card stock. If you want the deeper colour I suspect you need to find a supplier who offers coated stock.