affinity designer Birds of A Feather

[ronniemcbride]

So  tonights  late night doodle is dedicated to  the special lady in my life... Ok maybe this was an excuse to play with creating my own custom brushes. I am building a nice little collection of brushes. So tonight was about brushes and mixing up some vectors with some pixels all in one image. You work in this application long enough you start jumping between the pixel and Draw Persona and you dont even think twice.

 

I love to know what everyone interpretation of the story is in this image.

 

 

(Squirrel) ohh did I mention I say Big Hero 6 the movie  today? Go see it !!! It is  worth every bit of the coin.

 

 

Anyway enjoy.

 

[diane555]

This is really cute! I really like the blend of pixel and vector here. Nice color palette.

[CartoonMike]

I could see this on a card or some such. Very iconic and well done! 

 

Just curious, how'd you do the red part of the background? 

[ronniemcbride]

I could see this on a card or some such. Very iconic and well done! 

 

Just curious, how'd you do the red part of the background? 

 

Thanks I hope it original enough I mean the idea is nothing new but I hopes my freestyle approach to this piece makes if feel orginal enough.

 

Create a solid background layer of what ever color choice you want.

 

Create a pixel based intensity smoke brush. 

 

Create a new layer make you brush big  and paint away.

 

change the blending mode of  the smoke layer.

 

....that is how I did the background.

 

for the firery orange smoke i created a new layer picked a color used my smoke brush and then change the layer mode of that layer.

 

done 

 

 

Makes sense?

 

 

 ohh, here is  how to make smoke: http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/making-realistic-smoke-in-photoshop/9453

 

making a brush in affinity is a whole nother topic that i am still exploring.

[gary]

Thanks I hope it original enough I mean the idea is nothing new but I hopes my freestyle approach to this piece makes if feel orginal enough.

 

Create a solid background layer of what ever color choice you want.

 

Create a pixel based intensity smoke brush. 

 

Create a new layer make you brush big  and paint away.

 

change the blending mode of  the smoke layer.

 

....that is how I did the background.

 

for the firery orange smoke i created a new layer picked a color used my smoke brush and then change the layer mode of that layer.

 

done 

 

 

Makes sense?

 

 

 ohh, here is  how to make smoke: http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/making-realistic-smoke-in-photoshop/9453

 

making a brush in affinity is a whole nother topic that i am still exploring.

 

Top Drawer.

Original, and colouriffic!

[ronniemcbride]

Top Drawer.

Original, and colouriffic!

 

Aww,man thanks Gary!

[Sunset]

My kinda style, mixing it up, love the result :)

[ronniemcbride]

Thank You Sunset! I will try and do this more! If your name really is Sunset, I have to say I love it! It fits your avatar. I have a friend name Prism but that is her Playa name :) 

[Sunset]

Sunset is just my user name but I've been using it for so long it's stuck :) Thank you for noticing my avatar, I always make sure it has a suitable background :D :D and more of this style - yay!

[ronniemcbride]

Click here to see how I created this image in this post.

 

Cheers!

[Kathrin]

Hi Ronnie, I love this sweet birds - so flaushy :-) Thanks for sharing your work with us!