Gregory-CJ Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Hi, Just recently discovered Affinity Photo and so glad I have. Been working in Photoshop for many, many years and was wanting a change. i.e., a desire to move away from Adobe's subscription based business model. Digitally hand crafting a painting with AP is pure Magic! This image started as a graphite/pencil drawing which I scanned into AP. As you can see, I flipped the image and made some anatomical and perspective corrections to the head with the liquify persona and then went to town hand painting the image. Initially, I used some of my favorite PS brushes which I imported but soon began to discover that the Default brushes that come with AP are far superior to my PS collection of brushes that I collected over the last 15+ years. So I completed the painting primarily with the default brush selections. Here are two images. 1. the final painting 2. the image as it developed. Let me know what you think. All the best Frances Proctor, Alfred, Zoltan Korcsok and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Great work, Gregory! Thanks for sharing. The textures in the clothing particularly grabbed my attention, but the entire end result is wonderful and it's interesting to see the various stages of development. 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...
GarryP Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Lovely stuff. There's even loads of detail in the earrings and stitching. The sheen on the feathers looks great close-up. Brilliant work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory-CJ Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Thanks Alfred and GarryP... yea AP is truly magical and .... if you know Photoshop then you know AP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune.Ac Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Great description of your process, and love that you put up the in progress pics as well! I got this software to try to get away from Photoshop as well - for the same reason. This work is stunning, and the fact that you didn't use any custom brushes makes it even more impressive! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory-CJ Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Rune.Ac.... If you know PS then you should have an easy time of it getting up to speed with AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune.Ac Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 On 10/8/2017 at 1:06 PM, Gregory-CJ said: Rune.Ac.... If you know PS then you should have an easy time of it getting up to speed with AP. Thanks Gregory-CJ Transitioning was like a dream - very easy and seamless. Gregory-CJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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