retrograde Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Great work giantlobsterprd, and videos as well. As others have mentioned it's always a treat to see how others work and their general workflow. There are so many ways to achieve results and seeing a finished piece sometimes only just hints at how it was created. Thanks for documenting and sharing your process! Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-halloween Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Great art! I'm using trial Affinity Designer & am having problems locating a tutorial on how to do illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Great art! I'm using trial Affinity Designer & am having problems locating a tutorial on how to do illustrations. There are lots of techniques that go into illustrations, be sure to check out the growing set of tutorials over on Vimeo to learn what you need. Best wishes on your journey! Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Dan, I'm gobsmacked at how fantastic that all looked; the antique title cards just added to authenticity. Did you use the Paste Inside option to add the half tone? After seeing a couple of your videos, Showreel 2015/1; the Pear (Linux) cafe scene and the Flanders Fields. (an important scene, in cycling in the Spring Classics). You've got to show these to STRAVA (the Facebook for runners and cyclists). Because your work is exactly what they would enjoy. I have the video but it's an MP4 but it won't upload here. STRAVA.mov Edited March 8, 2018 by peter testing the new uploader MEB 1 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 @peter - I'm not on Facebook - can you show them for me? I can send you whatever you need D 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...
eejits Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Absolutely brilliant stuff! George Quote eejits: a curious collection o' creatures - www.eejits-online.co.uk SUPPORT eejits on PATREON. Exclusive Content & Rewards available! www.patreon.com/eejits Get some awesome unique eejits merchandise at https://www.eejits-online.co.uk/shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Cheers George! 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...
justwilliam Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thank you for making and sharing this tutorial, Dan. You, Sir, are gentleman and a scholar! (OK, I cannot be substantially sure that that last statement is entirely true; but I can with all certainty say that this was quite kind of you! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 This is the STRAVA pat-yourself-on-the-back video: showcasing the whole of my 2015 season Rides and runs. Riding on the roads, all weathers, day and night. All this data was up loaded from my Garmin GPS watch and uploaded after every ride. STRAVA is not Facebook, but it is the social media site where you upload your post ride/run data and have the routes taken logged and displayed on the map. There is also a photo hosting option too. Take a look at this vacancy, what do you think? Or you could just send off a speculative email/Linked-in message... https://boards.greenhouse.io/strava/jobs/97496#.VtSkd8enZ90 Good luck. peter ps Your work really is that good! STRAVA.mov MattP 1 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thank you for making and sharing this tutorial, Dan. You, Sir, are gentleman and a scholar! (OK, I cannot be substantially sure that that last statement is entirely true; but I can with all certainty say that this was quite kind of you! ) Well I am a gentleman, but my scholarliness is questionable... justwilliam 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...
penwiper Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Fantabulous. Lovely work. I'm going to try some halftones myself maybe . . . :D Great style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francky Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Enjoyed this, thank you for sharing! Love your drawing and your style, bravo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 19/01/2016 at 9:56 AM, giantlobsterprd said: Here's a time-lapse of me creating a new comic-style drawing. Mistakes and back-pedalling included. Final result: Authoring file: Enjoy! Awesome video. I am a novice to Affinity and all this in general. The method you used after tracing the outline of the woman where you cut out the inner parts, what is that method called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cealcrest Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 @giantlobsterprd learned two excellent methods from you today that I'm really excited about. 1. Using a master shape and then overlaying smaller shapes to create your line art is pure genius. Up to this point I've been drawing each individual section of line which means I have about 40 million curves in my layers panel: very inefficient use of time and difficult to organize or edit. 2. Using dotted lines to create your halftones is also brilliant. I had previously made halftones with hundreds of individual circles which was again time consuming and messy. Thank you for passing on your techniques! Quote 2019 MacBook Pro 16” | Affinity Designer 2 | Affinity Photo 2 | Affinity Publisher 2 2018 iPad Pro 12.9” | Apple Pencil 2 | Affinity Designer for iPad 2 | Affinity Photo for iPad 2 | Affinity Publisher for iPad 2 Years with Affinity: 5 ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/cealcrest/ FEATURE WISH LIST ✅ Vector Mesh Tool ✅ Shape Builder Tool 🥚True Vector Brushes 🥚Vector Pattern Fill 🥚Studio Link in All Apps APP WISH LIST ✅ Publisher 🥚2D Animation/Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cealcrest said: @giantlobsterprd learned two excellent methods from you today that I'm really excited about. 1. Using a master shape and then overlaying smaller shapes to create your line art is pure genius. Up to this point I've been drawing each individual section of line which means I have about 40 million curves in my layers panel: very inefficient use of time and difficult to organize or edit. 2. Using dotted lines to create your halftones is also brilliant. I had previously made halftones with hundreds of individual circles which was again time consuming and messy. Thank you for passing on your techniques! You are so welcome 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...
Ecifircas Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Wow, that looks really great! Thanks for the video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mark not Mike Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Super tip thank you for sharing this @giantlobsterprd I wonder if there is a way to set "scale with object" to be applied automatically? I found out the hard way on my very first vector which needed to be scaled down for a business card... had to change all the curves one by one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 30, 2018 Hi Magic Mark not Mike, Welcome to Affinity Forums Draw a shape/object, set a stroke width, then tick Scale with object in the stroke width popup (context toolbar). Then go to menu Edit ▸ Defaults ▸ Save. Object of the same type should now have this attribute ticked by default. Note that for existing documents you don't have to tick this attribute for each object/curve one by one. Select all objects/curves at once and tick the checkbox to apply it to all of them. Cealcrest, giantlobsterprd and Magic Mark not Mike 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantlobsterprd Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 30/01/2018 at 10:25 AM, MEB said: Then go to menu Edit ▸ Defaults ▸ Save. Object of the same type should now have this attribute ticked by default. Great tip! 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...
Magic Mark not Mike Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 30/01/2018 at 10:25 AM, MEB said: Hi Magic Mark not Mike, Welcome to Affinity Forums Draw a shape/object, set a stroke width, then tick Scale with object in the stroke width popup (context toolbar). Then go to menu Edit ▸ Defaults ▸ Save. Object of the same type should now have this attribute ticked by default. Note that for existing documents you don't have to tick this attribute for each object/curve one by one. Select all objects/curves at once and tick the checkbox to apply it to all of them. Thank you so much that's a great tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 And you got the 43th like. I'm more of a direct inker, but I used to do the contours so... the thing is that your workflow is fast enough so that it does not really differs much in time compared to directly inking (and instead, get an absolute control). Special extra kudos for the choice of showing it like old cinema, and that music. Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 and V2.4 Windows 10 and Windows 11. Ryzen 9 3900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Wacom Intuos XL, Wacom L. Eizo ColorEdge CS 2420 monitor. Windows 10 Pro. (Laptop) HP Omen 16-b1010ns 12700H, 32GB DDR5, nVidia RTX 3060 6GB + Huion Kamvas 22 pen display, Windows 11 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, SrPx said: And you got the 43th like. Forty-threeth?? 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...
SrPx Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Ouch, the grammar forum drone..... ;D hehe I guess it had to be 43rd. English has too many exceptions to general rules....But I'll shut up, as Spanish has probably more.... Alfred 1 Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 and V2.4 Windows 10 and Windows 11. Ryzen 9 3900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Wacom Intuos XL, Wacom L. Eizo ColorEdge CS 2420 monitor. Windows 10 Pro. (Laptop) HP Omen 16-b1010ns 12700H, 32GB DDR5, nVidia RTX 3060 6GB + Huion Kamvas 22 pen display, Windows 11 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Most excellent drawing skills and technique. Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony LAne Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Really amazing - I'm trying but just can't get anywhere near these results - Practice Practice Practice SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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