Playing around with Inkscape for more mask designs - reusing the elements for quick variations.

Affinity Designer - hands on: Beginners challenge - Mask I played around with bevel and Gaussian Blur FX in Affinity for my tiki mask.

Using simple Vector Shapes to sketch I love to combine vector design tools and pixel art. The vector tool allows quick creation with basic shapes and very easy editing. It makes it a lot easier to recycle art in order to create variations.

Changing location I am still playing around with pixel art tiles. It's time for some gardening...

Pixel art is horribly addictive The morning went a little different than expected... but I had fun [and you wouldn't really call it procrastination, would you? 😁]

Visually separating background and gameplay elements A quick mockup for a feedback on using less saturated patterns and muted colours for the background [room] and more colour, contrast and stronger outlines for the gameplay elements [player & items]. It's fun to play with a 16x16 pixel tile set.

I decided to start another Facebook group - "Pixel art - hands-on" with tutorials, support, and as aa showcase for beginners and pros alike.

Step-by-step - Viking swordsman Here's a quick approach to the pose, colouring, and shading of a [rather large] character. [I decided to start another Facebook group - "Pixel art - hands-on" with tutorials, support, and as aa showcase for beginners and pros alike.]

I had fun with this quick UI mockup to illustrate my feedback for a game dev.

As feedback to a post by a game developer, I decided to pixel a mockup to illustrate my points. I got carried away, and it ended up being a bit more involved... but a lot of fun. It's been quite a while since I last did tiles.

Inkscape Video Tutorial - Infinite Loop using Bend youtu.be/_WCGrg2D2eg Here's take 2 with a more obvious path effect in Inkscape for the infinite loop. In this video, I want to show you how to use the path effect alongside the Shape Builder Tool to create a multicoloured infinite loop and more.

Inkscape Video Tutorial - Using Bend

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Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Combining Compounds and Contours youtu.be/J8O0HdcgvOI In this video, I will show you ways to create a nice blending effect between objects. This can be achieved in all versions of Affinity. The functions needed are compounds, contours, layer effects, and symbols.

Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Combining Compounds and Contours

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Inkscape Video Tutorial - Using Pattern along Path youtu.be/jqT6c-EmcnE In this video, I want to show you how to use the path effect alongside the Shape Builder Tool to create a multicoloured infinite loop [and other tracks like it].

Inkscape Video Tutorial - Using Pattern along Path

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Inkscape Timelapse - Manually Tracing with the Pencil Tool - 'Alien Monk' youtu.be/7kSyXUbmoG8 This timelapse video shows you how to easily trace a sketch using the Pencil Tool to create clean and crisp line art and add colour to the illustration.

Inkscape Timelapse - Manually Tracing with the Pencil Tool - 'Alien Monk'

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Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Text Deformation using the Mesh Group youtu.be/I0QhpIFQaoc Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity v3 offer Mesh/ Warp groups to deform vector content. They can also be applied to text. In this video, I warp a few lines of text into one half of my cartoon face. Enjoy!

Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Text Deformation with the Mesh Group

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Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Decorative Design with Gradient Mesh youtu.be/xrTvi15shSw In this video, I use Affinity v3's fill type Mesh to create a watercolour effect for a Christmas tree design. The new fill type is a great addition and allows awesome organic patterns and flowing gradients.

Affinity Mini Video Tutorial - Decorative Design with Gradient Mesh

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In this mini tutorial, I explain the basics of the Power Duplicate function in Affinity. youtu.be/W2qz85OxXjo The inherited adjustment to position, scale, rotation, and skew is called "Power Duplicate" in Affinity. It's incredibly helpful and very versatile, but also comes with limitations.

Affinity Video Tutorial - Power Duplicate Basics

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I made a video on using vector concepts [for speed and ease to create variations] and pixel art [for ingame assets]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=74xE...

Step-by-step of a landscape night scene [as part of a feedback reply for a beginner]

A pixel piece to go with feedback [an image says more than a thousand words]

A quick step-by-step on a pixel art slime.

October was busy... The social media group ran a daily challenge:

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Minimal Landscapes using Gradients youtu.be/8pyXnZ0RFSA I will show you how to quickly create minimal landscapes using gradient fills, silhouettes, strokes, and Gaussian blurs. Enjoy! #Affinity #affinity_designer #vector #vectorart #landscape #gradient

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Minimal Landscapes using Gradients

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Tutorial Video - Colouring in SVG and PNG images youtu.be/VeYLJ5gy13M When purchasing stock images, they often come in various formats. Which tool is the right choice for further editing? Learn how to approach the different file formats and avoid headaches and poor quality results.

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Colouring in Bitmap and SVG images

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I had fun with a birthday present for a friend. [marker and watercolour]

Manually tracing with the pencil tool Creating line art in Inkscape - Tutorial video youtu.be/CN3msC85AeM This video shows you how to easily trace a sketch using the Pencil Tool to create clean and crisp lineart and add colour to the illustration.

Inkscape Tutorial - Manually Tracing with the Pencil Tool

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Tutorial Video - Manual Tracing with the Pencil Tool This video shows you how to easily trace a photo using the Pencil Tool to create a simple lineart illustration. youtu.be/b3ePJc-PVLE

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Manually Tracing with the Pencil Tool

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Tutorial Video - Manual Tracing with the Pen Tool This video shows you how to easily trace a photo with the Pen Tool to create a simple lineart illustration. youtu.be/ASWXn_qR2SE #affinity #affinitydesigner #vectorart #illustration

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Manually Tracing with the Pen Tool

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I had fun coming up with alien designs for my social media groups for Inkscape and Affinity Designer.