Circular pattern ?

[espresso]

I'm trying to create a pattern like the one in the image ...

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @espresso.

Which Affinity app are you using, and on what platform? Do you want a photorealistic look, or are you only interested in creating a similar pattern?

[R C-R]

It looks like you found the image here, right? If so, it is the result of a procedural texture applied to a 3D object. The Affinity apps do not support creating or texturing 3D objects. I think the only thing that qualifies as a procedural 2D texture available in Affinity is the Affinity Photo Perlin noise filter, which is not suitable for things like this.

But what might work for you if you have Affinity Photo is to first create a seamless texture from a suitable image, using the methods shown in this or this video tutorial, exporting it as a jpeg or png file, & then applying it as a bitmap fill to a shape. So for example, using something like this image, first crop it to include just enough to create the first repetition of the pattern, make sure it is seamless using the method in the video, & using the Gradient tool apply the exported file with the Extend or Mirror method to tile the shape with as many instances of the repeating pattern as you want.

[espresso]

1.3.2 on Mac, no I don't need a photorealistic look. Yes the image I think was created in SD, I've considered using SD but thought maybe a simple approach might do. The attached image doesn't show clearly enough which  is why I submitted the first one but I think some simple rings will do ...

[R C-R]

14 minutes ago, espresso said:

1.3.2 on Mac

Why such an old version? You still have not said which app you are using (Photo or Designer) but both have been updated several times & 1.6.x versions are available.

[espresso]

Designer sorry.

[Alfred]

14 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Why such an old version? You still have not said which app you are using (Photo or Designer) but both have been updated several times & 1.6.x versions are available.

A search on the Interwebs suggests that the retail version of Affinity Photo jumped from 1.3.1 to 1.3.5, so 1.3.2 is almost certainly Affinity Designer,* but it would make sense for the OP to update to 1.6.x unless there’s an OS incompatibility.

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*Cross-posted!

[espresso]

I've upgraded to 1.6.1, had a go with Symbol creation however it doesn't seem to overlap. I've used Photoshop before and there is a command "offset" which will wrap the canvas so whatever overlaps when offset either up / down / left /right will wrap back the opposite side.

Hope that makes sense.

[gdenby]

Hi, espresso,

I'm having some trouble understanding what you are trying to do. I can see traces of the 1st fan design in the image of what I suppose is a knitted surface, but that seems somewhat different. Is it the fan you want, and what sort of shape are you trying to use it on? Could you just draw a loose example to show?

Assuming you want a repeatable tiling, AD handles that if you use a bitmap fill that was already designed to be repeated. The bitmap can be sized to however large or small you need, but it will be across a 2D surface. I haven't come across an auto wrap feature in AD like you describe in Photoshop, and I can only guess at what that does.

[DWright]

You can create a single fan shape then use the power duplicate to build the pattern layout in the photo

[NotMyFault]

It seems the OP question was never fully answered. Please find a designer file with the pattern below.

The shell shaped fan can be build from a circle copied 4 times, put into an compound object to mark the edges.

then add dark red and light red cobble stones.

Create a symbol, and arrange it based on the edges marked by the compound.

this is only a quick draft, far from perfect.

 

pflaster fächer.afdesign

[Old Bruce]

I would be tempted to do the symbol in greys and then use a pixel layer above it to add colours, use a variety of brushes. Set the pixel layer to Colour blend mode.