retrograde Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Hi all Affinity-leaning creative types, here's a recent cover piece completed for a Canadian magazine entitled Aboriginal Business Quarterly based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The theme of this Spring 2018 issue is Transportation and Infrastructure in Northern Canada. The snow and ice are finally melting, making way for a busy season of road work/maintenance and resupply shipping - by boat and float planes equipped with skis - supporting various remote communities and industries. It's another example of my Affinity Designer isometric styled compositions built up using a limited colour palette, simplified elements and extensive use of gradients... And of course the awesome isometric grid feature. For those interested, there are more views of this piece on my Behance site. Hope you like. :-) https://www.behance.net/gallery/65266715/Aboriginal-Business-Quarterly-Cover-Affinity-Designer lepr, RemN, MEB and 15 others 16 2 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 26, 2018 Fantastic work Kevin as usual. The limited colour palette plus smooth shading works really well. Thanks for sharing. FriendDesign and retrograde 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 1 hour ago, MEB said: Fantastic work Kevin as usual. The limited colour palette plus smooth shading works really well. Thanks for sharing. He makes it look so easy, doesn’t he! Wonderful stuff. retrograde 1 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...
StuartRc Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Fantastic and 'polished' graphic style..brilliant as usual. Also really like the Madame Butterfly illustration on Behance.. retrograde 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Cheers all! This was the first illustrative cover I believe the publication has ever had, so I wanted it to be distinctively non photographic in look and feel. Designer is a big part of the success of this one. The more I use it the more I appreciate how smooth the workflow can be. That Madame Butterfly piece was a long time coming. An idea I had 'floating' around for awhile, I'm glad you liked it Stuart! Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ros Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I love every single bit of it. retrograde 1 Quote http://jjros.dribbble.com https://www.instagram.com/rosvectors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ros said: I love every single bit of it. Thanks Ros! You might want check out some of the closer views on my Behance page. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 This is a really lovely illustration that I wish I had the talent to make myself but, unfortunately, I don't. While looking between the wire-frame and finished piece - to try and figure out how some of it was made - I noticed some "oddities". 1. The trees at the bottom-left seem to have some kind of outline around them that doesn't make any difference that I can see. 2. The propellers on the plane have an angular shape in the wire-frame rather than the curved shape they have on the finished image. Can anyone explain these things? (I don't use the wire-frame mode very often so I don't know if this is expected behaviour.) retrograde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, GarryP said: Can anyone explain these things? (I don't use the wire-frame mode very often so I don't know if this is expected behaviour.) Thanks GarryP. Those angular "odd" shapes are shapes that I use to mask out areas I don't want seen. The trees are supposed to be behind the hillside so I use a shape to cut off the bottoms, same for the propellers. It's easier and quicker to drop an element into a mask shape to hide a portion of it. I did a similar trick for the wheels on the plane. :-) GarryP 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Ah, masking, of course. It makes sense now. The software I was using before Designer didn't have this feature so my brain still isn't used to thinking of doing things that way round. Thanks. Always good to learn from an expert. retrograde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Expert? Not sure about that. I just try to use any trick I can to achieve a result. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, retrograde said: Expert? Not sure about that. I just try to use any trick I can to achieve a result. But ... that’s exactly what experts do! retrograde, SrPx and MEB 3 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...
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