BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Morning! I've done my first Geometric Eye - quite proud of myself since I'm not a graphic artist. So I have all this blank white space that needs to be colored in - but they are not connected to a shape. Is there a way that Affinity can recognize the lines around the space that I need to color in and fill without having to use a paint brush and squiggle around to fill in the space? Your help is greatly appreciated. Geometric Eye.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Do you want different colors in each space? If not, just draw a circle behind your eye with a color fill. Different colors is more complicated with lots of options and questions, so I'll wait for your answer before starting in.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 For now - just one color because I'm just starting out. But it's every other space that needs to be filled. Not all the white space. But in the future, I will use different colors. Attached it what the outcome should look like. Thanks Bill BHIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Ahhhh :D . Well that's kinda tricky. I'd hate to have to have you select each section individually. I'm sure there is an elegant solution. Let me think for a bit. In the meantime... do you care if the line art is rasterized?... and do you have Affinity Photo? And, can the end result use blends, or do the fills need to be individual shapes? (not saying that's what I'd recommend atm, just getting a feel for what tools are available to you) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 I only have Affinity Designer. I don't think I mind if it is rasterized. It's going to be a template that I will cut out in a sheet of metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Okay, so if an output is all that matters, this can be done with some layer reorganization and a couple mass blending changes. Use fills only... no strokes (certainly use them in the construction process, but then switch). It works, but the result is highlighting some initial construction irregularities (sorry :unsure: ). This would have come up trying to fill by hand anyway..... If you have super clean "wires" the blends will be an easy solution. I'm attaching the .afphoto with geometry as is. (edit: in the back of my head I'm thinking this can be done with booleans too, just haven't gone down that road. That would have been a build from scratch) Geometric Eye jj.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thank you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabtrem Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 You may like to try this method I came up with. I think the end result is close to what you are looking for. circle grids.mov BHIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 You are welcome. I suggest you watch the vid(s) on Power Duplicate. That method makes pattern building a breeze. The circle pattern should look like this in the center.... Power dupe is far superior to anything you can do by hand, in terms of precision AND speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Wow that easy? I could not see what you did to make the checkerboard appear. The cursor went off the page and I could not see what you hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 I have been using power duplicates but still learning about rotation and axis points. But so far so good. Thank you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabtrem Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here are the steps I used. Create a circle (shift-cmd constraints) duplicate circle (cmd-j) move copy down and align into a figure 8 shift select to select both circles copy them (cmd j) go to transform and set rotation to 10 degrees tab cmd-j all the way around I had to cmd-z the last overlap select all the circles and make them black then select the combine boolean done. BHIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Ahhhhhh. Crabtrem beat me :D . Well at least I can show a second part: I did the same procedure with the concentric circles. Now only one layer of geometry uses the negate blending. (I couldn't see how to Boolean those two together.) BHIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHIP Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 A whole new world has just opened up to me! Mandala Cog 1.afdesign crabtrem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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