giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Share 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. PixelGlow, jmwellborn, GarryP and 18 others 20 1 Quote --- Dan Robinson | Giant Lobster Productions Ltd Web: giantlobster.uk Instagram: @giantlobsterprd "Art is never finished – only abandoned." - LdV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted October 26, 2021 Share 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. Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 26, 2021 Share 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 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted October 26, 2021 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted October 26, 2021 Share 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. Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted October 26, 2021 Share 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 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.5 2.2402 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamStanislav Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Very nice work. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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