affinity designer Inktober 2017 Vector Reworking

[StuartRc]

Just thought I would share these 12/31 sketches and vector interpretations for Inktober 2017

I have been re-creating a few of them in AD 

word prompt sketches re-created  as vector artwork so far and linked below:

[03:Poison] | [05:Long] | [06:Sword] |[07:Shy] | [08:Crooked]
[09:Screech] | [10:Gigantic] | [14:Fierce] | [18:Filthy] | [24: Blind]
[25: Ship] | [23:Juicy] | [26:Squeak] | [29:United]

United

Uploaded original ink as created in Sketchbook Pro 8.5 and vector conversion in AD 

Original File sizes:

SB=200 x 200 (300dpi)

AD= 510 x 603 mm (300dpi)

 

 

Vector

 

 

Wireframe

 

[Rick G]

Wow. great job. I would happily steal your artwork ...

 

[Aammppaa]

Nice.

 

Is there a particular reason why you started in Sketchbook Pro, rather than using AD or AP from the beginning?

[Wikinger]

Bonsoir.

Ces deux créations me parlent.

La première, un peu loufoque et naïve, évoque l'oeuvre d'un artiste perturbé mais au talent fou.

Timidement ocrée, superbe.

 

La deuxième évoque une créature marine extraterrestre, ou le bas de l'image me fait penser à un fond océanique, d'une planète inconnue. 

Ces deux images sont habilement réalisées. 

Yeeessss!

[StuartRc]

MM..that's a good question....

 

I like all three applications...and I use them all extensively but it's depends what I am trying to achieve with my general workflow. (I have migrated pretty much away from Adobe over the last couple of years) and now for drawing in particular these 3 apps are my primary tools. (yiphee!)

 

This year I actually managed to complete the Inktober 2017 challenge (just with a couple of hours to spare) with the creation of a mix of drawings in Sketchbook Pro/AD and AP. It was tending to take me longer to complete daily tasks [word prompts] in AD and unfortunately Inktober is very time restrictive. I used the beta version (1.6) a lot for the project....largely because of the new fantastic stabiliser tool for pen/pencil when I wanted to produce a vector 'sketch'.  which left me the options of; rasterize the line art (use the raster brushes) and/or have a vector version for enhancement later. However, Sketchbook has had this type of tool & line adjuster for some time. Used in combination with its mirroring capability it can be a powerful utility. 

 

I just find sketching out, generating ideas, erasing, editing and line modifying etc.. (blue/red pencil ideas) much simpler in Sketchbook Pro. It's a bit more responsive with many additional drawing tools (rulers and guides),the ability (like Photoshop) to grab brushes off the screen where necessary (It's where my crazy Brush Library began!).

  

The obvious drawback of Sketchbook is that it is a bitmap editor but AD handles importing the PSD output (inc layers) really well. For a number of drawings I simply imported sketches to AD as working templates and re-created an initial vector based version. 

 

[StuartRc]

39 minutes ago, Wikinger said:

Bonsoir.

Ces deux créations me parlent.

La première, un peu loufoque et naïve, évoque l'oeuvre d'un artiste perturbé mais au talent fou.

Timidement ocrée, superbe.

 

La deuxième évoque une créature marine extraterrestre, ou le bas de l'image me fait penser à un fond océanique, d'une planète inconnue. 

Ces deux images sont habilement réalisées. 

Yeeessss!

I know what you mean...and you may be right!

[StuartRc]

Squeak

 

Added Inktober [26] Squeak or a big Mouse

 

Original SB= 300 x 300 mm 300dpi

Re-created =AD beta version A3 300dpi

 

Original

 

 

Vector

 

 

Wireframe

 

Edited February 21, 2018 by Stuart_R
added wireframe

[StuartRc]

Sword

Added Inktober [06] Word Prompt:Sword  

 

Original AD= 300 x 300 mm 300dpi

Re-created =AD beta version 300 x 300mm (300dpi)

 

Original

 

 

Vector

Re-created using vector objects only in AD 1.6.1

 

 

Wireframe

 

Edited February 21, 2018 by Stuart_R
added wireframe

[StuartRc]

Ship

Added Inktober [25] Word Prompt:Ship 

 

Original AD= 250 x 300 mm 300dpi

Re-created =AD beta version 250 x 300mm (300dpi)

 

Original

 

Vector

 

Wireframe

Edited February 21, 2018 by Stuart_R
added wireframe

[paolo.limoncelli]

These last two pieces remind me somehow an old animated movie of the middle '70  named La Planète sauvage.

Great visionary work Stuart!

 

 

[StuartRc]

10 hours ago, paolo.limoncelli said:

These last two pieces remind me somehow an old animated movie of the middle '70  named La Planète sauvage.

Great visionary work Stuart!

 

 

Thank you! ..I think..that is a very strange movie...I just could not resist looking it up. but i can see the resemblance with the rocket.

[StuartRc]

Added a new conversion - I had to fight with this one (but it's useful to see how much you can push/stretch the application)!

 

Filthy 

Added Inktober [18] Word Prompt:Filthy

 

Original AD+SB= 150 x 300 mm 300dpi (re-colouring in AD+raster sketch)

Re-created =AD beta version 300 x 600mm (300dpi) All vector

 

Original

 

Vector

 

 

Wireframe

 

[StuartRc]

 

 

Gigantic 

Added Inktober [10] Word Prompt:Gigantic

 

Original AD= 300 x 300 mm 300dpi (BW)

Re-created =AD beta version 400 x 400mm (300dpi) All vector

 

Vector

Re-worked (no original for this one)

 

Wireframe

 

[StuartRc]

 

 

Juicy 

Added Inktober [23] Word Prompt:Juicy

 

Original AD+SB= 150 x 300 mm 300dpi (re-colouring in AD+raster sketch)

Re-created =AD beta version 150 x 300 mm (300dpi) All vector

 

Original

 

Vector

 

 

Wireframe

 

[StuartRc]

Blind

Added Inktober [24] Word Prompt:Blind

 

Original SB+AD= 100 x 500 mm 300dpi (re-colouring in AD+raster sketch)

Re-created =AD beta version 100 x 500 mm (300dpi) All vector

 

Original

 

Vector

 

Wireframe

Edited February 21, 2018 by Stuart_R
Add Wireframe

[StuartRc]

 

Added wireframes to all drawings

[StuartRc]

As a consequence of these drawings I have added an additional small asset (Seamless Patterns) to the resource section. Hope you find them as useful as I did

 

Link as below

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/55503-texture-paint-brush-asset-library-01/

 

Enjoy

 

[StuartRc]

Also now added .png Patterns for Brush Base Textures converted from vector seamless Patterns:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/55503-texture-paint-brush-asset-library-01/

[StuartRc]

Long

Added Inktober [05] Word Prompt:Long

 

Original AD= 100 x 500 mm 300dpi (Black and white sketch in pixel persona)

Re-created =AD 100 x 500 mm (300dpi) Colour and  all vector

 

Original

 

Vector

 

Wireframe

[StuartRc]

Began adding Style Sets based on vector artwork to the Forum/Resources

 

Link as below

 

Style Assets Inktober Vectors

 

Enjoy

 

 

[peter]

On 1/21/2018 at 1:31 AM, Stuart_R said:

 

 

Gigantic 

Added Inktober [10] Word Prompt:Filthy

 

Original AD= 300 x 300 mm 300dpi (BW)

Re-created =AD beta version 400 x 400mm (300dpi) All vector

 

Vector

Re-worked (no original for this one)

 

Wireframe

 

This would make a cracking children's book, something that could easily sit next to anything by Raymond Briggs.

[StuartRc]

On 17/03/2018 at 1:26 PM, peter said:

This would make a cracking children's book, something that could easily sit next to anything by Raymond Briggs.

Wow Thanks!..I think I will need a bit more practice to get to his standard...and get a bit faster..

[StuartRc]

Added vector assets for Inktober 2017 07:Filthy into Resources

Link as below:

Vector Asset Resources:Filthy

Enjoy!

 

 

[firstdefence]

While I appreciate the effort in converting these drawings into vectors, I think they lose something and I much prefer the originals in almost every case. I think it may be because the vectors lack a darkness to them while the originals have a nice contrast and that contrast appeals to me.

Juicy: the illustrative quality of the original is wonderful and I would gladly hang it on my wall as a piece of art. 

Blind: This is another where there is something lost in the translation into vector and again I could have the original as a piece of art on my wall. 

[StuartRc]

On 3/9/2019 at 9:24 AM, firstdefence said:

While I appreciate the effort in converting these drawings into vectors, I think they lose something and I much prefer the originals in almost every case. I think it may be because the vectors lack a darkness to them while the originals have a nice contrast and that contrast appeals to me.

Juicy: the illustrative quality of the original is wonderful and I would gladly hang it on my wall as a piece of art. 

Blind: This is another where there is something lost in the translation into vector and again I could have the original as a piece of art on my wall. 

Interesting!

Thank you for your comments...It would always be difficult to directly compare two different illustrative mediums..Oddly for the 2017 Challenge I found the sketches to 'evolve' over the 31 days...tending to take on the appearance of pencil sketches like 'juicy' rather than 'ink'  with greater reliance on shading/lighter tone Also, the originals were mostly completed in Sketchbook Pro which has a 'smoother result' if that is the right word for sketching with the Wacom Pen. Resorting to a sketch was the only way I could complete the challenge and not all drawings would be suitable for re-working as vectors. The drawings for 2018 Challenge,  which unfortunately I haven't completed yet (6 to go)! were entirely done in AD. I tried to move away from the sketch appearance as it was not really the objective of the Inktober Challenge. These are much more detailed and 'darker'  I tried to mimic or get much closer to some original paper based ink drawings...using Isograph's rather than the sketch like appearance of 2017. 

I am not sure I would agree concerning the vector conversions...I think it is just the nature of the medium. There is a tendency to create flat or 'glossy' images using vectors and I have been trying to get away from that and explore integrating texture into detailed vector objects...which can be quite time-consuming and can have mixed results. That said I really like the method shown recently on Affinity Spotlight for Christi du Toit here

Here are a couple of others I have not converted

 

Inktober 2017 Word Prompt 01:Swift

 

Inktober 2017 Word Prompt 30:Found