penwiper Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Hi! I have had great fun with Affinity Designer's shapes and making this series. So relaxing! I have learned a lot while doing this, as I'm sure you'll be able to tell as I post more-- such as, how to use gradients, boolean operations, converting to curves, centering objects, grouping, bitmap fills, etc. Essentially I've learned how to use AD while making these. I will say that after a bit I realized that if I was going to call the series "Compass Roses" they should have at least multiples of four points, so some of the early ones broke that rule. That said, here are the first five and I will post the others in a bit. There are other wonky things too, but I call that a process of learning and I'm very happy with the last windroses especially. I'm still working on my "villains" series, but they take a LOT longer to do than these compass roses... Arctic Gorilla, StudioDorgs, MattP and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRScott Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Wonderful thought and design. Looks like you are having fun. Quote Gregg OS X Version 10.14.6 iMac 27" 3.2 GHz i5- 32 GB Huion Kamvas Pro 20 iPad Pro 12.9" IOS 13 AD = OS IOS, AP = OS IOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Here are the next 5. 7 and 10 in particular might make good screen prints or linoprints. (I know I'd choose linoprints first-- I don't have the set up for screen printing right now, other than by using stencil methods or EZ solar screenprinting, which I haven't tried before but looks easy enough with the right materials.) Critiques welcome! Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted February 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 9, 2015 So far I'm a big fan of the one you've chosen for your avatar - number 3 :) It has really nice colours and shades :) penwiper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Next up, 11- 15. 11 is honestly one of my least favorite the entire series, but I was experimenting. 12 and 15 are two of my favorites, on the other hand. :-) Ah, the power of fx effects and layer adjustments . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Here are some more, 16-20. I'm not quite sure what to think about the non-symmetrical ones; some of them I like, others are a bit too wonky even for me (18) but overall this is a pretty good group. At windrose 20 I finally figured out clipping vs masking so I was experimenting with that quite a bit as well. I was also trying to vary my colors a bit. :-) 19 used to be a horrid pink gray mauve and I altered it substantially, which I believe was a wise move... Critiques welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Great stuff, I think number 6 is my favourite, my only crit would be number 18, I think the drop shadow makes it look cheap. penwiper 1 Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 I really love this set overall. There's a bit of unconscious Arabic influence probably; I was listening to the Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor while drawing windroses 22-24. He's a jerk, you know? In his fourth voyage he gets stuck in a tomb after his wife dies (custom of her people) and ends up murdering other people (women too) who are thrown alive into the mass grave with their dead spouses. He then steals their food and grave robs so that if/when he escapes he'll be able to survive their stuff and he sells it all later to get filthy rich. Cannibalism wasn't mentioned, but . . . I wouldn't have been at all surprised. *shudders.* I didn't remember all this stuff from the first time I read the Arabian Nights as a kid . . . My favorite windrose might be 23. I don't know, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Last batch, plus a bonus windrose I made on the side later. Thanks guys! Hopefully you've enjoyed this series. It was entertaining enough maybe I will make a spinoff later. I LOVE working with Affinity's shape tools. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wow, someone is really having fun with the shapes tools ^_^ Nice work penwiper! Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks MEB! I'm looking forward to when Affinity Designer supports triangular grids. That'll be awesome. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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