Graphic designer Luc Sauve talks to us about his ongoing passion project—to create a badge collection for every team in the NHL (National Hockey League)—which he works on using Affinity Designer.

How to make particle disintegration, splatter or sprinkle effect in Affinity Photo. It is much similar to splatter effect in Photoshop. The two main tool uti...

One of the best ways for artists to make a living is through art licensing. If you want to learn how to become a surface designer and license your artwork with large brands, this post is for you!

Welcome to Affinity Inspiration, your ultimate destination for all things Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher, spanning both desktop an...

I was invited by Affinity to make an illustration for the launch of their new app Affinity Designer for Ipad

Affinity Designer is an amazing vector design tool for Mac and windows. It's full-featured, powerful and friendly for beginners. In this design tutorial, I s...

Affinity Designer had an upgrade and one of the new tools is the Shape Builder tool. Are you looking for a way to easily create individual shapes from a group of overlapping lines and color each shape individually. Now you can do this in Affinity Designer with the Shape Builder tool. - Affinity Designer 2 Shape Builder Tool - Digital Art and Design at BellaOnline

How to design and draw an elegant dress for evening using Affinity designer, on iPad Pro. This type of dress is generally made of silk, satin or chiffon.

Thanks for watching this third lesson on Affinity Designer for all you beginners out there. Today I use an octagonal/honey theme for this tutorial. This is e...

Class Overview: In this advanced Affinity Designer course, delve deeper into the captivating world of mandala design with Affinity Designer. Building upon the fundamentals covered in my previous class, you'll discover intricate techniques, tools, and methods to create stunning and intricate mandalas. Through step-by-step guidance, unlock the secrets to crafting mesmerizing designs that captivate and inspire. What You Will Learn: More detailed use of the Pen and Brush tool of Affinity Designer A different use of the shape tool of Affinity Designer Creating intricate patterns and symmetrical designs effortlessly Tips for refining details and adding a personal touch to your mandalas Advanced tools and functionalities in Affinity Designer for precise design execution Ideas for creating not only Mandalas but all kinds of radial symmetry designs. Why You Should Take This Class: The art of mandala design isn't just aesthetically pleasing; it's a therapeutic and enriching creative journey. Enhance your design skills, boost your creativity, and find a calming artistic outlet through mandala creation. These advanced skills will empower you to produce mesmerizing designs for personal satisfaction, professional projects, or even potential entrepreneurial pursuits. As an experienced instructor deeply passionate about design, I'm dedicated to helping you unlock your artistic potential and excel in this intricate art form. Who This Class is For: This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced designers, artists, and anyone passionate about design and looking to expand their skills in Affinity Designer. Prior familiarity with basic Affinity Designer tools and concepts will ensure you get the most out of this advanced course. Materials/Resources: To fully engage in this course, students will need: A computer with Affinity Designer installed (the latest version preferred) A creative mindset and enthusiasm for exploring intricate design techniques Hi! My name is Aldara and you can find me in my web, Instagram and of course in my mailing list

Class Overview: In this advanced Affinity Designer course, delve deeper into the captivating world of mandala design with Affinity Designer. Building upon the fundamentals covered in my previous class, you'll discover intricate techniques, tools, and methods to create stunning and intricate mandalas. Through step-by-step guidance, unlock the secrets to crafting mesmerizing designs that captivate and inspire. What You Will Learn: More detailed use of the Pen and Brush tool of Affinity Designer A different use of the shape tool of Affinity Designer Creating intricate patterns and symmetrical designs effortlessly Tips for refining details and adding a personal touch to your mandalas Advanced tools and functionalities in Affinity Designer for precise design execution Ideas for creating not only Mandalas but all kinds of radial symmetry designs. Why You Should Take This Class: The art of mandala design isn't just aesthetically pleasing; it's a therapeutic and enriching creative journey. Enhance your design skills, boost your creativity, and find a calming artistic outlet through mandala creation. These advanced skills will empower you to produce mesmerizing designs for personal satisfaction, professional projects, or even potential entrepreneurial pursuits. As an experienced instructor deeply passionate about design, I'm dedicated to helping you unlock your artistic potential and excel in this intricate art form. Who This Class is For: This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced designers, artists, and anyone passionate about design and looking to expand their skills in Affinity Designer. Prior familiarity with basic Affinity Designer tools and concepts will ensure you get the most out of this advanced course. Materials/Resources: To fully engage in this course, students will need: A computer with Affinity Designer installed (the latest version preferred) A creative mindset and enthusiasm for exploring intricate design techniques Hi! My name is Aldara and you can find me in my web, Instagram and of course in my mailing list

Texturizer Pro is a Brush Pack created exclusively for Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. It has been crafted to recreate a wide range of real-life textures and give an extra dimension to your vector illustrations. Latest version relies on the powerful Affinity's brush engine, to add more color dynamics and depth to your textures. Speed up your workflow with faster brushes Added more dynamics for Tablet users Improved controls for a more natural and organic feel

Synthetic Painter is a collection of vector-based brushes for Affinity Designer. It strikes a balance between a modern, sharp digital finish and the touch of a traditional vibe, enabling the creation of gorgeous gouache-like works of art. Crafted from actual paint scans and painstakingly refined to perfection, Synthetic Painter will quickly become your go-to tool for adding an instant painterly feel to your vector shapes.

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Class Overview: In this advanced Affinity Designer course, delve deeper into the captivating world of mandala design with Affinity Designer. Building upon the fundamentals covered in my previous class, you'll discover intricate techniques, tools, and methods to create stunning and intricate mandalas. Through step-by-step guidance, unlock the secrets to crafting mesmerizing designs that captivate and inspire. What You Will Learn: More detailed use of the Pen and Brush tool of Affinity Designer A different use of the shape tool of Affinity Designer Creating intricate patterns and symmetrical designs effortlessly Tips for refining details and adding a personal touch to your mandalas Advanced tools and functionalities in Affinity Designer for precise design execution Ideas for creating not only Mandalas but all kinds of radial symmetry designs. Why You Should Take This Class: The art of mandala design isn't just aesthetically pleasing; it's a therapeutic and enriching creative journey. Enhance your design skills, boost your creativity, and find a calming artistic outlet through mandala creation. These advanced skills will empower you to produce mesmerizing designs for personal satisfaction, professional projects, or even potential entrepreneurial pursuits. As an experienced instructor deeply passionate about design, I'm dedicated to helping you unlock your artistic potential and excel in this intricate art form. Who This Class is For: This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced designers, artists, and anyone passionate about design and looking to expand their skills in Affinity Designer. Prior familiarity with basic Affinity Designer tools and concepts will ensure you get the most out of this advanced course. Materials/Resources: To fully engage in this course, students will need: A computer with Affinity Designer installed (the latest version preferred) A creative mindset and enthusiasm for exploring intricate design techniques Hi! My name is Aldara and you can find me in my web, Instagram and of course in my mailing list

In this class, you will learn to bridge the gap between efficiency and affordability by converting your Procreate drawings into vectors using Adobe Capture and then making a pattern using Affinity Designer. Whether you're an experienced artist or just starting to play with Procreate and Affinity Designer, this class is crafted for you. However, having a fundamental understanding of both Procreate and Affinity Designer would be really helpful. Here's what you will learn: Sketch your motifs in Procreate and test the pattern using the easiest method(pattern-making template) before exporting the motifs Vectorize the motifs in Adobe Capture which is a free app Learn about some basic tools and functions of Affinity Designer that is required for making the pattern Create a diamond template in Affinity Designer to make the pattern Learn how to save the pattern in various ways Who is this class for? Digital artists familiar with Procreate and Affinity Designer looking to expand their skills. Artists eager to learn about a pattern-making workflow using their iPad What will you achieve? Master the Procreate to Affinity Designer workflow. Create intricate and professional repeating patterns. What you will need? An iPad with Procreate installed Adobe Capture app(free download) Affinity Designer app(one time payment) Throughout the class, I'll share practical tips and shortcuts to make the entire process smooth and efficient. This is the third class in this series. If you want to know about the other workflows, then go to my profile and watch the classes. My goal is to save you the trouble of searching through various workflows by sharing with you all the pattern designing workflows that I have tried and tested. By doing so, you'll be able to speed up your creative process and experiment with a variety of workflows before selecting the one that works best for you. So, Join me in this class, and let's turn your sketches into impressive patterns together.

Freelance graphic designer with an affinity for typography, logo design, web design and illustration.

Class Overview: In this advanced Affinity Designer course, delve deeper into the captivating world of mandala design with Affinity Designer. Building upon the fundamentals covered in my previous class, you'll discover intricate techniques, tools, and methods to create stunning and intricate mandalas. Through step-by-step guidance, unlock the secrets to crafting mesmerizing designs that captivate and inspire. What You Will Learn: More detailed use of the Pen and Brush tool of Affinity Designer A different use of the shape tool of Affinity Designer Creating intricate patterns and symmetrical designs effortlessly Tips for refining details and adding a personal touch to your mandalas Advanced tools and functionalities in Affinity Designer for precise design execution Ideas for creating not only Mandalas but all kinds of radial symmetry designs. Why You Should Take This Class: The art of mandala design isn't just aesthetically pleasing; it's a therapeutic and enriching creative journey. Enhance your design skills, boost your creativity, and find a calming artistic outlet through mandala creation. These advanced skills will empower you to produce mesmerizing designs for personal satisfaction, professional projects, or even potential entrepreneurial pursuits. As an experienced instructor deeply passionate about design, I'm dedicated to helping you unlock your artistic potential and excel in this intricate art form. Who This Class is For: This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced designers, artists, and anyone passionate about design and looking to expand their skills in Affinity Designer. Prior familiarity with basic Affinity Designer tools and concepts will ensure you get the most out of this advanced course. Materials/Resources: To fully engage in this course, students will need: A computer with Affinity Designer installed (the latest version preferred) A creative mindset and enthusiasm for exploring intricate design techniques Hi! My name is Aldara and you can find me in my web, Instagram and of course in my mailing list

Class Description Maybe you’ve heard about digital planning or maybe you are new to the idea of planning and scrapbooking on your iPad. Maybe you are a pro and are looking for a more streamlined way to design your digital planners keeping the entire process on your iPad. Or maybe you just haven’t found planner peace and think that designing your own planner with your own custom spreads is the way to go. If you fall into any of those categories, this class is just for you. I’m excited to walk you through the journey of creating your very own digital planner in the all new Affinity publisher app on your iPad. Aside from my work in fashion and graphic design, I really enjoy planning! In addition to paper planning, I have a fond appreciation for digital planning. Some of my top selling products are my digital planners and stickers sets in my Etsy shop and on Creative Market. Which is why I am excited to share this next class with you. Building a digital planner in Affinity Publisher is not nearly as hard as you think. I wanted to share some tips, my knowledge and help you build a digital planner that you can customize to your needs. I also find that digital planners are less intimidating as you don’t feel so much pressure when creating spreads in them because you can always undo. Finally, digital planners are a bit more eco friendly than your traditional paper planners as you can reuse them over and over again.  Hello everyone! If this your first class with me, welcome! If you are a returning student, welcome back! I’m so glad to have you here. I am Jen and I will be guiding you through this creative course. I’m a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and educator based out of the midwest and I run Bella + Sophia Creative studio. If you want to learn more about me, you can visit me online at: www.bellasophiacreative.com and you can check out my youtube channel: The Creative Studio. There, you will get a behind the scenes view of the work I do as a creative freelancer and educator  as well as access to a huge library of additional free tutorials relating to art, design and illustration. What the class is about In this class, you will learn how to create a linked digital planner in the all new Affinity Publisher  app on your iPad! I have been a huge fan of the affinity products and one of my top digital planning classes walks students through the process of creating a digital planner in Affinity Publisher version 1 on the desktop. When I heard about the update and the fact that Serif was launching the app version for the iPad, I knew I had to revamp the course and walk users through the new app.  I really enjoy using Affinity publisher for creating planners and printable because it is so easy to design layouts, create precise shapes, space them evenly, add vector effects to the shapes, It’s also easy to add dates to the planner and keep the numbers and shapes properly aligned using the align tools. Most importantly, though, you can link all of your pages to prepare them for your digital note taking app in the same program. You don’t have to jump into another program to do this, you can do it all in one go using Affinity Publisher.  You can choose to create either a dated or an undated planner as your class project. For this class, though for the sake of ease, we will be creating an undated planner and 4 simple layouts. Not only are you learning design concepts and how to create a planner, this course is a fantastic class to also get comfortable using Affinity Publisher - as I will be walking you through the basic process of creating in the program and you get a tangible project that you can use after you are done.  A few of the skills students will learn You will learn how create your own digital planner in Affinity Publisher on the iPad. We will start with the basics of understanding the interface and getting acclimated to the tool bars and functions in the Affinity Publisher workspace, then we will start to build out our digital planner. You will learn how to design basic layouts, create pages, get an understanding of the layers function in the program, learn how to create tabs and how to link those tabs to pages in your layout. We will also go over how to use the shape tools, the line tool and how to use the the move and align functions. You will get a better understanding of the layer FX tools and how to add things like embossing and shadows to make items feel more 3-D. We will learn how to create basic buttons and icons. Finally, we will go over how to export your file for use in note taking apps like Goodnotes and how to load it into the app on your iPad. We will go over some simple tasks in Goodnotes like how to write on your planner, how to add text, how to add digital  stickers  and how to duplicate pages and spreads.  You can use the planner you create in this class to offer as a free download if you are trying to build an email list, sell it on your website or a site like Etsy or Creative Market. To make things easier, I will also be including the class project affinity publisher template that you can edit and get acquainted with before you start your own. I will also include a PDF version that you use can use in Goodnotes as well. All you need to take this class is your iPad, The Affinity Publisher app and The Goodnotes app.  Who the class is geared toward or if any prior knowledge or experience is required This class is geared towards beginners. You don’t need any prior experience using the Affinity Publisher app as I will be going over the basics to help you get comfortable using the software.  Let's get started!  Find me online: www.bellasophiacreative.com | YOUTUBE Other Digital Planner Courses Design a digital planner in Affinity Designer and Keynote on the iPad https://skl.sh/40DsRNw Design digital stickers in Affinity Designer on your iPad https://skl.sh/3Lt2NzS Building Digital Planner Stickers in Affinity Designer Desktop for Use in Goodnotes https://skl.sh/3kZlrVi