WREN Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 that's good to hear! Thanks Paolo :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranazomic Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Hey Everyone! I have been lurking these forums for about as long as I've been using Affinity Designer and Photo (which is to say "a while"). In that time I have weened myself off of the Adobe creative suite and have fallen in love with Affinity's apps. One of the largest hurdles in abandoning the adobe boat was that I was leaving an array of brushes/tool presets I had amassed over the years. Instead of lamenting my perceived loss- I decided to start building anew and create my own tools. In doing so, I discovered new processes and possibilities with a workflow build around Affinity- it's been enlightening to make tools within a tool. What resulted is a slew of intensity texture brushes that simulate some of my favorite drawing/painting tools. I love the process of drawing all the way down to the tactile experience. I designed these vector brushes to tap into the fun of putting pen to paper. I created 3 major sets which are all included in the box set. I also have a Sample Set and Bamboo Set which are free to download! HERE The Hand Lettering Set was created from a TON of hi-res scans of my lettering pens to capture the characteristics of each one. You have pretty much all the big players present: Copic, Tombow, Sakura, Pigma, Pentel, and Pilot. while drawing letterforms gesturally on my Wacom. The Pen & Ink Set contains a variety of brush scans, textures, and other drawing materials (sometimes Frankenstein'd together) to create a unique set of strokes for drawing/inking. The Sumi-E Set took inspiration from making hand lettering brushes and extended that to try and recreate strokes of Japanese ink paintings. The best way I can characterize them is that they're unpredictable, smooth, and didactic. Each brush is cleverly named after a different mountain in japan in both English and Japanese. For examples of every single stroke in these sets download the full manifest. FULL MANIFEST Otherwise, there are few examples of each below! I hope you like using these brushes and make great work with them. Let me know what you think! :D Cheers! GET THE BOX SET Tablet Users! Don't forget to change the controller to Brush Defaults in the menu bar to take advantage of your tablets pressure sensitivity. Cheers! Not working, and its link to a really weird CSS broken website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 19, 2016 Hi Wiezo55, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) All links seems to be working correctly for me in Safari. Which browser are you using? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I can also confirm the links work on Chrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreTuna Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This is amazing, thank you very much for putting this out there. I can't wait to give them a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 You are most welcome :) This is amazing, thank you very much for putting this out there. I can't wait to give them a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPilou Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Does is existing somewhere a tutorial for make brushes for Affinity Photo ? Quote Is beautiful that please without concept! Speedy Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Follow the links in this post from Paolo Limoncelli. 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...
FPilou Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Many thanks! B) Quote Is beautiful that please without concept! Speedy Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Follow the links in this post from Paolo Limoncelli. Yep, Paolo's work and tutorials are what got me interested in brush making. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct200xus Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Good day! Is there any chance these brushes get their pixel brush versions? Thanks! WREN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Hello, I have started working on a bunch of pixel brushes brushes, and hope to finish them by the beginning of 2017. They won't be perfect 1:1 versions of the vector brushes, but will attempt to accomplish some parity- for instance, I want brushes that have the same effect as Sumi ink, or have a finish like some of the pens/markers, but allow for a level of expression that pixel painting offers. I am curious though which of the vector brushes you'd like a pixel version of. Thanks for the interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I have the sensation that at certain point we could see mapped strokes as pure raster too... :) Quote The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi everyone! I hope the new year has been good to everyone so far. I’ve been working on some new brushes and wanted to share the update! I've now doubled the total number of brushes since the inception of these sets. The Box Set now has 300 Brushes. If you purchased it from Gumroad you’ll find the set has been updated with all the new brushes and all you need to do is re-download it. New Old Set Consolidation I’ve consolidated all of the individual sets (Sumi-E, Hand Lettering, Pen&Ink etc) into two: Drawing & Painting. I want any future updates to be easy on everyone (including myself) so I figured just break it down like so: Drawing set New Charcoal and Graphite [Raster and Vector] Pen and Ink Hand Lettering Painting Set: New Watercolors [Raster] Sumi-E Painterly (Formerly Tubro Rad) All of the individual sets have been discontinued (Unpublished from Gumroad) and if you purchased any of them you'll soon receive an E-mail with a link to download the corresponding set (drawing or painting - whichever one yours fell in) at no cost. Also, just for Members of this forum, the first 50 sets of the Drawing & Painting sets are completely free. Just follow the links and Enjoy! The Sample Set also has a few new additions in it and is still totally free. (if you downloaded it before Jan 15th go ahead and re-download the update.) RASTER BRUSHES! One of the most frequent questions I'm asked is, "Are there Raster versions of these brushes?" The answer to that has always secretly been "yes, but I don't think they're very good yet." I'm continually learning and experimenting with different brushes, textures, and effects while narrowing down how to make them feel and look good. Well, I've finally completed two sets that I think both accomplish just that! Charcoal and Graphite Drawing is THE foundation of how I think and approach image making (among other things). So it was only natural that it was the first on the list of brushes I wanted to make. It allowed me to focus on creating brushes that gave a variation in value and texture and also responded to the types of pressure that I was applying to the tablet. All of these brushes simulate various graphite pencils, compressed charcoal, colored pencils, and erasers. I am especially proud of the colored pencil which accumulates really nicely for gestalt blending effects. There is also a charcoal and graphite vector set. The first 11 brushes were designed to repeat infinitely so the path will look seamless as you draw. The others are designed for much shorter strokes/hatching. Watercolor My favorite medium is Watercolor. I like it because it forces me to rethink how I perceive and plan color and value. It's also a medium that reminds me to relinquish control and just let things flow. My favorite watercolorist is by far Winslow Homer, he could say a lot with a little and really make watercolor sing. These raster brushes are arranged in order of application: Washes, rounds, and then dry brushing (which I learned by studying Homer's paintings). They feel just as light and unforgiving as real watercolors can, and also give a nice array of textures and pearly color. As always if you have any questions or just want to say hey, don’t hesitate to give me a shout here, on twitter (@jeflbrown) or send me an email hello@jefbrown.com. If you like my work spread the word, and if you made something awesome with my brushes I'd love to see it. Cheers! PS The next set I am working on is inking. here's a preview of a brush I'm this close to getting to look and feel like a Copic marker. Alfred and pottering 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hi, I got the email, thanks, but on clicking the 'UPDATE' button it takes me to a page asking for payment; there does not seem to be any link to get the updated files without paying again. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. Martigny Quote iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hi, I got the email, thanks, but on clicking the 'UPDATE' button it takes me to a page asking for payment; there does not seem to be any link to get the updated files without paying again. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. Martigny Hey, Sorry for the mistake. I just sent everyone an email explaining the error, What you need to do is log into your Gumroad account and download the Box Set from your library- it should contain all the updated files. Thanks! and let me know if you have any trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroflydesign Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Hey dude, buyed your Set today and I was trying to Install the Watercolour-Set. But I do not see this in the List. The system told me, it's installed but it doesn't show me the Option in the brush-drop-down-menu. maybe something wrong because of the Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Hey dude, buyed your Set today and I was trying to Install the Watercolour-Set. But I do not see this in the List. The system told me, it's installed but it doesn't show me the Option in the brush-drop-down-menu. maybe something wrong because of the Update? Hey, Would you happen to be in the Pixel Persona (for Designer)? If you're in the Draw Persona the brushes won't show up as they are not vector brushes. Let me know if you have any success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelws Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I just purchased the Box Set via paypal and it shows on my paypal account but Gumroad is not giving me the page to download. Can you check on this for me? I bought the $9.00 set. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 I just purchased the Box Set via paypal and it shows on my paypal account but Gumroad is not giving me the page to download. Can you check on this for me? I bought the $9.00 set. Thanks PM sent WREN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Can't wait to use these really cool looking brushes... just starting to learn Affinity Designer and loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelws Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I might try to purchase again. I am quite certain it is worth the $18. But i will wait to see if this can be straightened out. would it be okay to post the paypal receipt here as an attachment as i cannot do it through the PM window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Can't wait to use these really cool looking brushes... just starting to learn Affinity Designer and loving it! Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcsherry Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just got them myself. Lovely work -thanks! Quote Using: Mac OSX Monterey on a Mac Mini (late 2014). Wacom Bamboo. Mouse. Pencils. Pens. Other stuff... Kevin McSherry: Creative. Art : Illustration : Design The Studio, 17 Aideen Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Ireland +353 (0)86 247 0737 www.mcsherry.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WREN Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 You are very welcome! Glad you like them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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