Designer or Pixel Persona on a graphics tablet?

[Eagle Works]

Hello all ...

I am learning to use a tablet with Affinity Designer (Huion GT-191)

I would like some input for where to start.

I have been doing a little exploration with brushes.

I just want to get started on the right foot.

I want to do a Mandela in color.

Questions ...

I will eventually draw my own, but am importing for now.

Should I use a .jpg or a vector file?

Should I use Designer or Pixel Persona?

Perhaps a few links to good tutorials about this.

Thanks for listening.

Bob

 

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, Eagle Works said:

Questions ...

I will eventually draw my own, but am importing for now.

Should I use a .jpg or a vector file?

Should I use Designer or Pixel Persona?

What are you planning to do with the imported file? If you’re only using it for guidance a JPEG file will work fine, but imported vectors can be manipulated with the Node Tool.

As indicated above, vectors can easily be adjusted later. However, if you want to use the symmetry features they’re only available in the Pixel Persona.

[thomaso]

For vector objects you wouldn't use AD's symmetry option but symbols instead, which get used multiple times and repositioned (e.g. rotated, flipped, moved), as shown in this short video…

… or more complex in this video tutorial

 

[Eagle Works]

This is new to me.

I was thinking about using the import like a coloring book and colored pencils.

I understand the difference between the personas.

With Pixel it would be like using pencils or crayons.

With Design, you would use the fill too and you could adjust the nodes.

Am I understanding this correctly?

Thanks

[Old Bruce]

1 minute ago, Eagle Works said:

With Pixel it would be like using pencils or crayons.

With Design, you would use the fill too and you could adjust the nodes.

Am I understanding this correctly?

I think you have it. Note that there is a "Use Fill" option checkbox for the Pencil tool and the Pen Tool on the Context toolbar.

[thomaso]

45 minutes ago, Eagle Works said:

I was thinking about using the import like a coloring book and colored pencils.

I may misunderstand this as your preferred way, just one more note in addition to Old Bruce's: If you want to fill a pixel layer drawing (e.g. scanned stroke-only template) you could use the Flood Fill Tool ("G" / paint bucket icon) with its "Tolerance" setting to avoid 'flickering' between stroke and fill, and its "Continuous" option to limit the paint to contiguous stroke areas. With a desired palette in the Swatches panel it's just … Pick'n'Click 🦄

[Eagle Works]

Ugh!  So many settings!

One can spend a lot of time learning this stuff.

I'm keeping it simple at first.

Thanks for the tips and suggestions.

Bob