affinity photo New to Digital Art ... and loving it!

[johndmoulton]

Hi All. I'll be 76y/o in a few weeks (April 2023), so no spring chicken! Art has always been a self-schooled, serious hobby for me, working with colour pencils, water colour, water colour airbrush and oils. I have been comfortable doing fairly basic photo manipulation in PhotoShop for years, but dumped them for Affinity when they went subscription - and don't miss them one bit!

So ... I thought, Why not give digital art a go with this wonderful new suite! Eighteen months in and - from absolutely nowhere - I have illustrated three children's picture books for two different authors. All have been granted Mom's Choice Awards, Honouring Excellence on all three and I'm working on a fourth as I write. I love working digitally. I'm a huge fan of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and I like to think my work is in that vein with a modern twist.

I have attached a few favourites here. All created entirely in Affinity Photo ... Enjoy!

[debraspicher]

This work is beautiful and the love you put into it can be felt through your pieces. My daughter is the age to start getting into books and I have been playing around more with that side of illustration. It's a whole different feeling so can appreciate the work you put into these. Thank you.

[johndmoulton]

Thank you for your comments - very much appreciated. I really am enjoying this journey and for the first time in my life I am earning good money doing something I love doing - seem almost wrong somehow!  If you're interested, you will find more of my illustrative work at https://jdm-art.com 

[dannyg9]

Great books too!

[johndmoulton]

Hi dannyg9 Thank you - much appreciated.

[Bobby Beetle]

Very nice. You have transferred your skills with ease. 

[henryanthony]

Lovely work!