giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 I was recently commissioned to create a set of illustrations to go on construction hoardings around the Euston Station (London) area. I picked Affinity Designer as my weapon of choice, and the results can be seen if you take a wander around the district. The one small production bummer was that the agency doing the artwork insisted on AI files so I have to convert them all before sending them out. Even despite that I would still have used Affinity for these as it's just a much nicer illustration tool than Adobe. I think these would have taken me twice as long in Illustrator, and given me a migraine along the way. Alfred, Frozen Death Knight, Rudolphus and 18 others 20 1 Quote --- Dan Robinson | Giant Lobster Productions Ltd Web: giantlobster.uk Instagram: @giantlobsterprd "Art is never finished – only abandoned." - LdV
Ali Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 What a brilliant advertisement for AD! Thanks for sharing. They are superb, and I particularly like that 1930s/40s vibe - reminds me of a poster I once created for a production of Anything Goes. Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby Photographer & Desk Top Publisher (Retired) Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Volunteer with the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company.
Alfred Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 Magnificent work, Dan! I particularly like the little details such as the face and ears on the girl’s backpack. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Staff MattP Posted October 26, 2021 Staff Posted October 26, 2021 Absolutely wonderful! I'm in London on Thursday - this makes me very tempted to drag the kids a little out of our way to go and see it! Ali 1 Quote
giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Author Posted October 26, 2021 @MattP shout if you do - I can give you exact locations MattP 1 Quote --- Dan Robinson | Giant Lobster Productions Ltd Web: giantlobster.uk Instagram: @giantlobsterprd "Art is never finished – only abandoned." - LdV
giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Author Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Ali said: What a brilliant advertisement for AD! Thanks for sharing. They are superb, and I particularly like that 1930s/40s vibe - reminds me of a poster I once created for a production of Anything Goes. @Ali glad that comes across - it's exactly the vibe I was going for. Had to do quite a bit of research around travel posters of the era. Ali 1 Quote --- Dan Robinson | Giant Lobster Productions Ltd Web: giantlobster.uk Instagram: @giantlobsterprd "Art is never finished – only abandoned." - LdV
Ali Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 @giantlobsterprd The biggest giveaway is the sunburst. I think the theatre image is the closest to the vibe and the most successful. Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby Photographer & Desk Top Publisher (Retired) Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Volunteer with the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company.
StuartRc Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 Absolutely fantastic work!...Agencies just need Re-educating! They will see the error of their ways... giantlobsterprd 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.6.3 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.6.4.3439 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.6035+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0 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
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