DanTechGuy Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I am currently trying to create a 'heart shaped tart'. I have made a circular version (1), but am unsure on how to create the same effect with the heart (2) let alone any other shape than a circle. The circular version (1) used a circle on top of a gear shape. Any help welcome, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Take a look at the attached file. I added a Dashed Stroke to the heart, with a large stroke width, rounded caps, and a dash length of 0, to produce dots surrounding the heart. You will need to tweak the dash spacing (in my example I found 1.8 worked well), and the exact stroke width (11.4pt in example) to position the dots appropriately, and get a neat join at the start/end. You could then expand this stroke if needed to add a further outline (as in your original image) or use the Outline fx. Hope this helps. Lobed Heart.afdesign R C-R, firstdefence and Alfred 3 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 @AammppaaNice bit of lateral thinking Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I thought a Brush would work quite nicely, I tried a circle but that didn't look right so I tried an oval. and It comes close to the design, it also gives a nice finish on the bottom point of the heart. Aammppaa 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Another attempt while I wait for a delivery. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Aammppaa said: I added a Dashed Stroke to the heart, with a large stroke width, rounded caps, and a dash length of 0, to produce dots surrounding the heart. Thanks for this! I never though about what could be done with a dash length of 0 until you mentioned it. It can be a bit tricky to get the start/end of a closed path to look right but the spacing parameter will accept at least 2 decimal places (or maybe more -- not sure about that) so it is possible to get very close for almost any shape if one is willing to keep adjusting the spacing by tiny increments. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, R C-R said: Thanks for this! I never thought about what could be done with a dash length of 0 until you mentioned it. Ditto! 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...
Aammppaa Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 @firstdefence Your second brush looks especially good. Just a shame that we don't have true vector brushes yet. Ultimately it depends on what the OP needs - if looks are most important then brush works very nicely, but if you need a vector output try dash/dot method. firstdefence 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, Aammppaa said: @firstdefence Your second brush looks especially good. Just a shame that we don't have true vector brushes yet. Ultimately it depends on what the OP needs - if looks are most important then brush works very nicely, but if you need a vector output try dash/dot method. There are some shortcoming to using a brush as I have just found out. Scaling the object up totally messes the brushes look and everything goes to pot, to say I was traumatised was an understatement, The Glitch never happened OK? oh and you have to create a large brush to get some vectorness in the brush: My Textured Image Brushes.afbrushes Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Note that an expanded dotted line can also be used to cut into the base shape. Aammppaa 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...
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