William Overington Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I saw the following web page https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/a-beautiful-paean-to-doing-things-at-your-own-pace/ar-AA1loCzT I like the picture. How in Affinity Designer would a person best approach trying to produce effects like those in that picture please? In particular the leaves of the tree in the left foreground, yet also the clouds. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 What effects ? – I don't notice effects (in terms of AD) in this water coloured pen illustration. For the pen strokes I would use a brush with size and opacity pressure variance, for the colourized areas watercolour brushes with varying settings. It's up to you to draw with vector or with pixel brushes: if you prefer editability of single brush stroke shapes then use vector brushes, if you want to keep the layers panel simple use pixel brushes. Additionally it is recommended to use Layer-layers and/or Group-layers to organize the layer hierarchy and keep various parts of the illustration separated (e.g. person, tree, village, mountain, sky … respectively stroke vs. colour). Alternatively you could combine analogue + digital drawing: Real pencil or pen on paper for the strokes, then scanned + used as a layer in a colourizing AD document. You might find quite a few video tutorials online that demonstrate such workflows. William Overington 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 27 minutes ago, thomaso said: respectively stroke vs. colour Which kind of „beziehungsweise (bzw.)“ do you mean here? https://www.wortbedeutung.info/bzw./ Return 1 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...
Return Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 5 minutes ago, Alfred said: Which kind of „beziehungsweise (bzw.)“ do you mean here? https://www.wortbedeutung.info/bzw./ Better answer OP's question that it is an analogue image and one has to create this on paper by a certain amount of practice instead of yet another semantics question. William Overington and Alfred 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Just now, Return said: Better answer OP's question that it is an analogue image and one has to create this on paper by a certain amount of practice instead of yet another semantics question. Good point. My apologies! William Overington and Return 1 1 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...
William Overington Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, thomaso said: What effects ? – I don't notice effects (in terms of AD) in this water coloured pen illustration. The clumps of leaves. Does one use the same green colour but with various levels of opacity? William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 minutes ago, William Overington said: Does one use the same green colour but with various levels of opacity? Just as 'one' -> you like it for your digital "best approach trying to". – Compare analogue watercolour illustration: the colour opacity may partially vary but doesn't have to. You can achieve more opacity either with a less transparent ink/colour or with multiple strokes of same opacity. In your digital version you additionally have the option for a layer blend mode other than 'normal'. If the colour opacity exceeds a certain value throughout most of a drawing, it may look like gouache, acrylic or oil paint rather than watercolour. Try first to decide on a certain look, then think of an according technique by analyzing its appearance – not vice versa. William Overington 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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