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I’ve been using procreate to create my illustrations but decided to give AD a try since it seems more powerful. I’ve been studying affinity revolution videos to get  know  the app before I attempt to create with it.  Does anyone know of good classes or tutorials for AD for iPad that teaches how to create an illustration free hand? Im attaching an illustration of mine that i made with procreate so you guys can better understand what i am trying to do. Thx so much!

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Hi hannabygrace :)

If you're looking for third party tutorials or courses then we don't off these officially, however there are many third party sites, some of which I've linked below, however please note none of these are officially endorsed by Serif. 

https://courses.affinityrevolution.com/ 
https://www.skillshare.com/browse/affinity-designer
https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=affinity designer&src=sac&kw=affinity desi

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Hi @hannabygrace, I'm a big fan of Frankentoon's tutorials (mostly for desktop, but most of it can be translated to iPad).

If you want to use a purely raster approach, similar to Procreate, see https://www.frankentoon.com/post/little-warrior-artwork-break-down (desktop version, so some interface features will vary, but it shows what is possible).

However, one of the key parts of Affinity Designer is its vector features, which are definitely worth exploring. There is no Procreate equivalent (except a microscopically tiny taste in the Quickshape features). So also see https://www.frankentoon.com/post/affinity-designer-ipad-alligator (for iPad, as the noted in the link). Key hint: create any filled areas as "flat colour" vector shapes, like cut-out pieces of paper that you can then paint onto.

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Awesome! Thank you so much! Yes, procreate only offers a raster approach and this is why I wanted to try AD, which also seems similar to PS. I cannot afford PS but it has been hard to find artistic tutorials for AD.  Hopefully AD will eventually come up with tutorials in that direction. Thx again. I really appreciate it!

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There are some concepts and ideas covered here too. https://affinityspotlight.com/articles/category/inspiration/

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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They have great tutorials! However... i can see that my first step has to be knowing how to use AD. I need to get familiar with the tools first before attempting to follow any tutorial. It’s frustrating for a person like me, cause i want to draw and create and i can’t yet. Procreate is so much easier since it has much less features and tools... sighs...

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12 hours ago, hannabygrace said:

 Yes, procreate only offers a raster approach and this is why I wanted to try AD, which also seems similar to PS. I cannot afford PS but it has been hard to find artistic tutorials for AD.  Hopefully AD will eventually come up with tutorials in that direction. Thx again. I really appreciate it!

I would Say Affinity Photo is more the equivalent to PS and Designer to Illustrator, if you are wanting to use filters, warping, liquify that are also in Procreate you might find Designer limited, it’s definitely worth having both Photo and Designer. 

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