pyxl.er Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) Hi. So I've had Affinity Designer for about a year but have never really tried to expand my art in the digital direction. This will be my first attempt at a vector illustration. Suggestions and feedback welcome! Sloth: Edited January 13, 2019 by pyxl.er people didn't know what it was lol my bad Gabe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Maybe a bit of an explanation about the drawing would help people understand it? The squares aren't aligned to the dimensions of the whole image, the bottom right is off as well, unless the above mentioned was deliberate What is the creature? 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...
Alfred Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, firstdefence said: What is the creature? Smug? 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...
myclay Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 54 minutes ago, firstdefence said: What is the creature? To me it looks like a stylized Sloth. Quote Sketchbook (with Affinity Suite usage) | timurariman.com | gumroad.com/myclayWindows 11 Pro - 22H2 | Ryzen 5800X3D | RTX 3090 - 24GB | 128GB | Main SSD with 1TB | SSD 4TB | PCIe SSD 256GB (configured as Scratch disk) | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, myclay said: To me it looks like a stylized Sloth. I thought the same, but I was too lazy to say so! 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...
pyxl.er Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, myclay said: To me it looks like a stylized Sloth. yes it is, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hi, pyxl.er, As the saying goes "A journey of a thousand miles starts w. a 1st step," or something like that. So, why the white space between the face and the shoulder? 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...
firstdefence Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, gdenby said: Hi, pyxl.er, As the saying goes "A journey of a thousand miles starts w. a 1st step," or something like that. So, why the white space between the face and the shoulder? Now you've said that, ole slothy is lying down and the white space is the gap between the arm and the head, but it really should be pink, the shadow at the bottom makes it confusing as it appears to be standing. Remove the bottom shadow and change the white to the pink background. A good first try though. jmwellborn 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...
Alfred Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Now you've said that, ole slothy is lying down and the white space is the gap between the arm and the head, but it really should be pink, the shadow at the bottom makes it confusing as it appears to be standing. I thought ‘ole slothy’ was sitting up! Either way, there should be a little bit of green round-cornered rectangle visible behind the sloth’s left leg. 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...
firstdefence Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Alfred said: I thought ‘ole slothy’ was sitting up! sloths don't sit up, they'd fall over, I think he's having a rest after a hard days slothing, he looks pleased with himself and rightly so, slothery is a hard skill to get right without making it look like hardwork. He also looks like his name is Poncho Alfred and jmwellborn 1 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...
carl123 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Alfred said: Either way, there should be a little bit of green round-cornered rectangle visible behind the sloth’s left leg. Are you sure? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, carl123 said: Are you sure? No. jmwellborn 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...
pyxl.er Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 11:55 AM, firstdefence said: sloths don't sit up, they'd fall over, I think he's having a rest after a hard days slothing, he looks pleased with himself and rightly so, slothery is a hard skill to get right without making it look like hardwork. He also looks like his name is Poncho I didn't name him but Poncho seems like a perfect name. He is supposed to be sitting up and leaning against the background though laying down does make more sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyxl.er Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 If I centered the square pattern on the screen the space would be green I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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