El Gringotte Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hi there, i'm trying to design a nice curvy hour glass in AD, which ends to be way more difficult than with other software for me. With 3D software I could draw a quarter of the hour glass, make an horizontal symmetry and then rotate around the vertical axis and done. With AD I have difficulties adding or substracting elements, plus I've hard times with drawing symmetrical curves with the pen tool.... Any good tips I take! Thanks for your help! El Gringotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Really simple. Start w. the Arrow tool, using triangular ends. Rotate. Covert to curves, and tweak. Duplicate for the sand, and tweak even more. Hourglass.afdesign Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Gringotte Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hi gdenby, thanks a lot for your answer. I was able to draw one similar to that one. The thing is I'd like to dra a curvy one. I'm trying with circles and ellipses, and I'm struggling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Really simple. Start w. the Arrow tool, using triangular ends. Rotate. Covert to curves, and tweak. Duplicate for the sand, and tweak even more. Hourglass.afdesign I think a shape drawn with the Arrow Tool and 'Inner Semicircle' ends would be a good start. 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...
Guest Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hi El Gringotte, You can draw straight lines with pen tool and then adjust the nodes with the "Angle" tool to give their curved shape to the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I would draw a rectangle with rounded edges, adjust the radius until curvy enough, convert it to curves and adjust the sides from there. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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