Kimo Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hey there fellow Affiniti´es.. So I need help to identify a specific way of drawing/painting... I´ve been all over youtupe and other sites to find a way to create photorealistic images in Affinity Designer But so far the closest i´ve got to it, is a cartoonist/manga related style which i don't really dig. I would like to create some wonderful "paintings" with lots of color and details... and i only have affinity and and very old photoshop. In my picture below i have illustrated what my current lv in affinity is (the blue worm, ps don't mind the watermark)... * basically just a lot of gradients and time. And what i would like to achieve ( the shine and effects on the blood angle.) And due to my "process" i would like to learn to use affinity... but atm my skills in photoshop makes it really hard stay in affinity... And the time i spend in photoshop is absurd due to corrections of lines, layers and details. and it is here affinity shine+ i would like to save that time. So does do YOU know of any tutorial or other ways i could learn to use ,to create Photorealistic picture in affinity like the blood angle?? any other advices? sorry if i seems confused, but i´ve spent a lot of time reseasing this..i have no clue, as to how i can leave the toonish style behind. Besides using brush strokes, which i don't fully understand. And honestly i feel that it would be the same as working in photoshop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Does anybody have any idea´s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 You might get a better response if you posted your questions in the Questions forum! You would also get a better response if your title was more specific to the problem, possibly "Help needed to create photorealisic images in Affinity Designer" (or Photo if appropriate). Sorry, but I cannot be of help on your problem. Photorealism is not my scene. John Kimo 1 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 23, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2018 Thread moved to the Question section. Kimo 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 John Rostron Thank you alot. You might be right. I will change it so it fits the question forum. MEB Thx Meb for moving my post. * it now edited so it fits the topic better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Hi, Kimo, I'm assuming by "photorealistic" you mean highly detailed, w. consistent shading. It just takes work and practice. Lots & lots. Visit the forum section "Share your work," and look over the AD examples, There are quite a few that are very realistic. Some of the better posts show the vector framework, and there are a few down loadable files that will let you examine all of the details. To blow my own horn, here's a link to something I did about 2 years ago. As I mentioned then, it took about 6 weeks. I was just learning AD, and spent between 2 & 4 hours per day on the project. Looking back, there are lots of problems. Edges too sharp, shading too flat, etc. Kimo 1 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...
Kimo Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 I´ve been looking into some of the shading and i get the feeling it could work. But maybe there are other ways to go around it. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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