StuartRc Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 PB 32 Comic Dot TK Added new brush Set Toolkit based on the PB 19 Inker Toolkit (Same brush Nozzles extracted from several different sets). Renamed the brush collection and created new basic dot pattern base textures with additional ones extracted from PB 19 Inker | PB 32 Comic Sketch | PB 30 Comic Grunge. pruus 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
Komatös Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 I would like to have only one µ of your creativity. Mine is only enough for drawing stick figures. StuartRc 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Komatös said: I would like to have only one µ of your creativity. Mine is only enough for drawing stick figures. Stick figures can be useful!😀 and thanks for your comments... Komatös 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Template: Vector Assets 01 Adding vector grunge effects to the pages | Panels and Tiers A4 Panel and Page Borders 01 EmmaW 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Template: Page Border test EmmaW, Komatös, Alfred and 2 others 5 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Large vector Grunge Patterns Added 48 Vector Grunge patterns to the template created from the Comic Grunge and Comic Sketch brushes. Visible vectors on test sheets is 100 x 100 mm as single compound curve. Actual size is around 190mm+ x 90mm+ to fit Tier panels of 180 x 84mm inside A4 page mask Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 PB 32 Comic Pencilling Added Comic Pencilling brush set consisting of a mix of 8 eraser and 22 inking brushes. Primarily for sketching and layout Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
pruus Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 9:44 PM, StuartRc said: PB 32 Comic Dot TK Added new brush Set Toolkit based on the PB 19 Inker Toolkit (Same brush Nozzles extracted from several different sets). Renamed the brush collection and created new basic dot pattern base textures with additional ones extracted from PB 19 Inker | PB 32 Comic Sketch | PB 30 Comic Grunge. Where is your shop to buy your work? I like the effort you put in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 11:04 AM, pruus said: Where is your shop to buy your work? I like the effort you put in! It was not my original intention to sell resources...but as there are so many sets it might be something to consider. I was trying to create a full toolkit for sketching and drawing comics or Comic like artwork. In reality the brush sets have 3 large toolkits (Inking | Concept | Comic) The Brush and Vector Assets were set up to support the process of comic artwork but it has been a bit of a learning curve. Changed the way brush sets are used with access to a library of base textures. Inker | Concept and Comic all have access to the pattern library!. The toolkit itself is not yet complete. There are a few extra assets I would like to add!.. However I believe the brush sets for this project are!. The latest set (PB 32 Pencilling) was sort of an after thought. Currently working on some new drawings for 'Untamed' but finding that I was still jumping around between sets to get to the brushes needed...So I made a new one just for pencilling | initial sketching which includes an eraser section and making use of the new 'Distance' feature in dynamics + 'Cycles' + Graph.Outstanding: Colour Palettes | Texture Styles |Perspectives Grids from Warp Group |Text Styles |Text bubbles and page comments | Vector Brushes | Page TemplatesComplete:Brushes: Existing (PB 19 Inker Sample Set (In resources) |PB 31 Base Texture Toolkit (In resources) | PB 19 Inker)New (PB 30 Comic Grunge | PB 32 Comic Sketch | PB 32 Comic Dot TK | PB 32 Comic Penciller)Assets: Vector Patterns: Patterns| Pattern Fills | Seamless Pattern Fills ( Dot | Grunge | Grid) Vector Grunge Borders 48 Vector Grunge Patterns (From painted grunge patterns) Set at A4 3 Tier Panel SizePages: A4 Comic Pages A4 Rectangular Page Layouts (Tier and Panel Combinations) | A4 Angular Page Layouts (Tier and Panel Combinations) A4 Page Masks Rectangular (Vector) A4 Page masks Angular (Vector) A4 7 Sketch Templates A4 7 Page Sketch Templates (match Publisher Template Page) A4 Comic Panels: Single Panel Sets Rectangular and Angled | Tier Panels Sets Rectangular and Angled Helpers - Positional Palette (Global Swatch Basic Colours including rich blacks) Some of the new features in 2.1 are are extremely useful in this process. pruus 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
pruus Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I do like it. So why not in the future. I will get on with your tips. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, pruus said: I do like it. So why not in the future. I will get on with your tips. thanks! Thank you!... Yep future is possible!😀 The Inker brush set (PB 19)and Base Texture (PB 31) set are available in resources... I could extend the base texture patterns a bit! for this set!😀 It has been a challenge.. It is not just a 'template' It is more of a modular template that can be used in Designer and Publisher but is still A4! There are other sizes that should be considered. I don't really believe in just making a single template.. they all look the same! pruus 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
ktnamcuong Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 so amazing StuartRc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 Seamless Pattern Overlays Added a basic set of seamless patterns to Resources for use with the new Asset >Fill Swatch feature here Updated PB 31 to reflect this with 10 additional 'dot' .png files (@pruus) pruus 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Dialogue and Type Assets Collection (W.I.P) Assets and Toolkits for Dialogue and Labelling structure Wanted to make this part of the template just as flexible as the page template itself! 1. Decide on the typefaces and create the associated styles 2. Make all the structural elements | objects flexible and easily exchanged between alternative assets 3. Use Global Colours for quick editing and apply to each vector separately 4. Introduce some degree of scale, where the text elements can scale independent of the text box (Affinity does not have 'flex' type so needed to add optional styles to the sheet!) 5. Allow for the repositioning of vector objects inside asset without affecting text 6. Build a collection of scalable assets 7. Build a Toolkit that allows for flexibility of assets:NB Need to add additional 'Text Dialogue' layer to imported templates Need to Update Global Colours in associated templates Type Used these (taken from Google Fonts to available!) Stylesheet for all 3 apps Sample Asset Toolkit and Completed single asset Wanted to make this really flexible so assets built for any particular grouped asset could be exchanged for any other There are almost 50 of these now! Tried to keep it simple with: Bubble Area | Tail Area + Base shape and Edge shape for each. Text Contained in Bubble so can re-position the tail separately (+scale) Global Colours Text Styles Sample Page Test A4 page with Mask Overlay text over mask in this case. Scale assets and recolour 'globally' Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Dialogue Compound Assets Part I Speech Assets Part I 01 Speech Assets Part I 02 Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
magi designer Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Wow, it is great StuartRc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 Palette Assets 01 Added the first set of Palette Assets Reorganised Palettes by name and created .PNG image import sets so colours can be combined 1. 'Graphite' for drawing with inking with dark colours and combining high contrast colours 2. Re-edited Untamed Palettes (Originals were simply sampled image versions). However this method can result in a mix of similar colours. Streamlined and selected 48 manually from each set to get better variation and remove similar colours a. Untamed Originals b. Untamed Mushroom Forest c. Untamed Chili Trees Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 Comic Dialogue Toolkit 01 Finished the 1st Asset Toolkit to support the Comic Template. Tried to make it as versatile as possible and following onwards from the Compound Asset Set. Added a lot of extra options to the compound shapes Split the Assets to separate vector objects so most are inter-changeable Set Global Colours so easy to change across pages Added text styles Built Assets Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Comic Toolkit Splat Assets 01 A collection of splat shapes! Sketched Vector assets using Inker and Comic Sketcher Brush Sets. Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 PB 33 Comic Block Inkers and Pattern Bases Added Comic Block Inking brushes consisting of 30 ink blocking brushes with 20 ink texture patterns and 20 pattern painting base textures. The painting base textures are greyscale so will add the pattern with single brush stroke; with multiple repeated strokes the pattern is erased depending on the value of the grey (I ranged them between 30 and 60%). There is a supplementary set of 80 seamless patterns so a wide variety of options here. Can also be applied to most Brush Sets PB 01 - PB 33 Brush Set Seamless Patterns Ink and Painters Optional Pattern Painter Base Textures 01 Optional Pattern Painter Base Textures 02 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Comic Toolkit Circle Assets 01 A collection of Circular shapes! Sketched Vector assets using Inker and Comic Sketcher Brush Sets. Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
tzvi20 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Hi @StuartRc are the comic block inkers and pattern bases available on the forum? StuartRc 1 Quote Tzvi Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Ryzen 7 5700U Rx Vega 8 graphics 16GB RAM (15.3 usable) Acer KB202 27in 1080p monitor Affinity Photo 1.10.6 Affinity photo 2 2.4.0 Affinity Designer 2 2.4.0 Affinity Publisher 2 2.4.0 on Windows 11 Pro version 23H2 Beta builds as they come out. canon 80d| sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD | Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Autofocus APS-C Lens, Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityJules Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Hey StuartRc! Just checking out your rather fine asset library, and it always leaves me wondering whether or not the brush sets you create are vector only? I know 'jack' about vector brushes and their usage, so my real wonder is: do you create raster brushes (is that what they're called?) which can be used in Affinity Photo? StuartRc 1 Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 36 minutes ago, tzvi20 said: Hi @StuartRc are the comic block inkers and pattern bases available on the forum? Hi Ah good Question. I have 1000's of patterns that have been created over past few years. This year I opted for a different method of brush creation. The original method involved lots of brush sets where a single nozzle group could have a texture pattern. This led to a lot of brush sets each with a collection of individual brushes. More recently I sort of decided the way to go was to create a dedicated brush set with different nozzles but make the textures independent. This allows any brush set to access any collection of patterns so in theory a single collection of nozzles could be 1000's of different brush patterns. I collected all the patterns together into different groups. I have been a bit 'stuck' with brush creation recently as the app keeps crashing when I try to edit brushes in depth So I have not uploaded much on the brush front for a while. Keep trying to update Big-T set and add a collection of base textures to it in a similar fashion to PB 31 The ink blockers were created initially for the Comic Book Toolkit as I needed something to create flat blocks of colour with irregular or smooth edges. I used them to create the 'Speech Bubbles' then vector outline the result in Inkscape. In the process I also found that these shapes themselves could be brush nozzles. also make good paint brushes in combination with the new 'Distance' option in the brush dynamics. You can in effect create a multiple brush from 1 group of nozzles. (Can reset + Size as distance) There are a few sets that I have not processed yet 1. PB 33 Comic ink Blocking (still sort of working on it!) 2. PB 34 Graffiti (I was intrigued by this at the Cheltenham Paint Festival!) 3. PB 35 Zombie (I gave away 15 of these in the Zombie Toolkit) but have extended it to a set of 30 also not quiet finished! 4. PB 36 Speed Ink which is sort of a combination of the above but stops me jumping around brush sets 5. PB 37 Concept Ink Blocks (which I appear to be using a lot as paint brushes!).... For the time being You could use PB 19 Inker and PB 31 Base pattern textures in combination. Or you could add the base patterns from PB 31 to the Free Zombie set in Zombie toolkit...Be aware there are generally 2 types of base patterns (1. for painting 1 for inking) or Solid blacks & Greyscale tzvi20 and DEWLine 2 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
StuartRc Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 16 hours ago, AffinityJules said: Hey StuartRc! Just checking out your rather fine asset library, and it always leaves me wondering whether or not the brush sets you create are vector only? I know 'jack' about vector brushes and their usage, so my real wonder is: do you create raster brushes (is that what they're called?) which can be used in Affinity Photo? Hi You are correct.. They are vector until I convert the graphic to .png All the brush nozzles and patterns are vector graphics. I rarely use raster nozzles directly. This gives me a lot of flexibility when they are created such as re-scaling or re-editing. Sometimes I do paint shapes and convert to vector. This also applies to 'Vector' brushes that are just created 'in-negative' and elongated in the x-axis. (You do not need massive sizes for this!) The patterns are 'hand -created' using a with the pen tool but tested on a cross-shaped grid. Initially I was making them at 200 x 200 px but moved to 400 x 400 +multi-layer for adding lots of variation simply. For vector brushes...There is an instruction sheet somewhere which you can download.. here For raster brushes (also initially all vector!) They are just exported from a grid using export persona I don't think you can use 'vector' brushes in Photo (well you could use Designer and import to photo) The bulk of the brush sets should work just fine in all 3 apps Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 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...
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