Affinity Designer Tutorial Illustration for T-shirts & Stickers

[@elonanamor6420]

Thank you so much. What an incredible video and learning style. I love how you walk through each step! Sometimes it is the simple things that are taken for granted and if you don't understand the steps to create what you have just seen it does not work. When you are familiar with a program it is so easy to take for granted that everyone knows all the basics. It is so easy to follow each one of your steps as you have so clearly explained how to get there!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Elona, I really appreciate your review. I just make the kind of tutorials I want to see. I also learn from tutorials on KZbin for all kinds of different things, and one thing that ruins it for me is when they don't show a step they took and I can't go any further without knowing that step. Happened to me on a blender tutorial and it was really difficult to Google the solution. For the more advanced tutorials I will make I won't go into such granular detail but still explain the steps

[@mlviper30]

Thanks, Your videos are so easy to follow and learn from.

[@ArtistWright]

Big 🤍 for the super thanks! I'm happy to hear my tutorials are easy to follow.

[@designmuseperth]

Best teacher - thank you

[@ArtistWright]

You're very welcome!

[@designmuseperth]

@ArtistWright Anyone who needs to learn more about what Affinity Designer can do, I refer them to you. I watched a lot of lessons, but 1/4 is all about talk I am not really interested in. You keep repeating the shortcuts and steps, so I can follow and learn. Short and to the point. I follow with you - one screen is your lesson the other is Affinity Designer. There is a lot of work in making these videos and you are sharing your knowledge. Just wanted to say that you are very much appreciated.

[@michaeljohn2029]

Awesome tutorial as usual. Clear, easy to follow, and great design. Just brilliant.

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers Michael

[@PhilAllamong]

Learned a few things that I didn't think about doing from your video. Thanks!!

[@ArtistWright]

No worries!

[@nordiclightphototours153]

You are the best. Another excellent tutorial. One note for your international watchers. I have no "bracket" keys on my keyboard, so I do not know what the short cut is for shift/Cmd/bracket. I need to look it up. Perhaps you can in your next tutorials, show where the command is using the menu. Just a small note. cheers, Hendrik

[@ArtistWright]

You don't have a square bracket key? It should be next to the letter P.

[@kerstinreinhard8629]

Great tutorial again. Learned a lot and will try it out immediately and so long until it is in my workflow. Thanks again to mention all the time the short cuts.

[@ArtistWright]

Marvelous!

[@jojodesigns777]

Another great tutorial, please make more & thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks Jo Jo! Will do

[@billwindham214]

I will be using what I learned today in my future designs. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@ArtistWright]

Great to hear that!

[@hales912]

amazing video even for a beginner

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you

[@charlislusher3088]

Amazing! just found out about Affinity and thought why not try out both Affinity and some new sticker paper I got at once, made my versions of this into stickers, way fun

[@ArtistWright]

I'm happy to hear my tutorials are useful

[@Grant_S_M]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@ArtistWright]

I Appreciate that

[@MaknaOnlineStore]

Another Great Tutorial. Thank you so much man!

[@ArtistWright]

No worries thanks for tuning in

[@mlviper30]

Thanks!

[@carlhughes1206]

Great tutorial, thank you!!!

[@ArtistWright]

De nada

[@Bill1844]

Great tutorial!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nadineappletini]

Me again :-D I actually start to feel a bit like a stalker hahaha! However, I really enjoy your content. Super nice tutorial again. If I may do a video suggestion: could you explain how to apply textures on vectors to make them look a bit more interesting and give them more depth?

[@ArtistWright]

Have you seen my illustration tutorial with the orange. It's all about that

[@nadineappletini]

@@ArtistWright haven't watched it yet but will do! Thanks!

[@pdrg]

I love your work, great tutorials! Can you do one on 3D text sometime?

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks, I'll note that down

[@richardmale3191]

That was great, thank you very much! Just one question: obviously, the size of vector designs can be changed without any loss of definition at all. But once you introduce pixel layer effects how much can you enlarge any original vector design before the applied pixel effects become, well, pixellated?

[@ArtistWright]

That's a good question, basically if you know you are going to introduce pixels into your design, make sure you design at the biggest size you need at the very start. You can always scale down later but scaling up will inevitably make your design pixelated in those raster layers. If we are talking about introducing a photo then have a look at how big it is in pixels beforehand, and just make sure your art board isn't bigger than that

[@richardmale3191]

​Thank you for your prompt response.

[@ArtistWright]

@richardmale3191 no problem, new tutorial coming soon. Will cover everything

[@carinawright9869]

6:41 would "nesting" the river layer under the closest mountain give you same clipping mask effect as when you added the mountains? (wondering if this could bypass having to adjust the start of the river)

[@ArtistWright]

Absolutely yes! Well spotted.

[@aram5642]

Have you ever used the Typography palette? I recently had to use the superscript 2 (as in square meters) and started to fiddle with it, but the superscript produced really weird results. THe line height was really different from the surrounding text... (Besides all, Designer could benefit from a Planner persona with all those floor plan features like dimension arrows, doors, torn edges, etc.)

[@ArtistWright]

Yes I have used it, although not alot. It's supposed to show you a number or letter slightly above or below the rest of your text and generally they are smaller

[@ArtistWright]

Also I can completely see architects using this properly in future if Affinity keep adding to it

[@aram5642]

@@ArtistWright Yes, exactly, that's how I wanted to use it, but the results in terms of dimensions where quite "untypographic", or, should I say, "unorthodox".

[@ArtistWright]

@@aram5642 ah I wonder if maybe that's the font, as ofcourse not all are setup to use those features. I mean it could be affinity I don't know

[@rosabazan6600]

Im still very new to affinity, How do you select all of the layers to put inside shape like in 18:08? I have windows

[@ArtistWright]

I either select each layer by holding command ( I think that's windows key on a pc) or select one layer then hold shift then select my last layer. Try it in the layers panel

[@karenlepage-mindfulmaker]

@@ArtistWrightcommand is ctrl (control) in the windows OS. :)

[@SherrelRose]

Great video! When exporting the design, what's the best way to save it without changing its size in another program?

[@ArtistWright]

Depends what you need to export it for really, just don't export as a jpeg if you want to keep the transparent properties. If you want it to remain a vector to bring into another vector software program etc you can export as a pdf

[@ArtistWright]

Also I'm not sure exactly what you mean

[@SherrelRose]

I apologize for any confusion. I often use Cricut Design Space to print and cut my PNGs or SVGs, but they tend to import in a larger size. I was hoping to export them from Affinity Designer in the correct size so that they remain consistent in other software.

[@ArtistWright]

@@SherrelRose ah I understand, I've never used cricut before. But a quick Google search seems to say .SVG or DXF works to upload to 'design space'.

[@SherrelRose]

@@ArtistWright thanks it does upload. I was just hoping to find a way to keep it the same size when I export it from afininity designer. Thanks

[@seanryan1675]

I like the way you created the trees. I tried creating the bottom of each element of the trees but when I drag up, it creates a curve and not a sharp angle like you did. Am I missing something?

[@ArtistWright]

You are probably in the corner tool still. Just use the move tool (V)

[@seanryan1675]

@@ArtistWright thanks I'll try that

[@seanryan1675]

@@ArtistWright I figured it out. I didn't click on the middle node to move it up. I was just clicking and dragging up to create the branches of the tree. Thanks!

[@ArtistWright]

@@seanryan1675 AHH yes I get it. Nice one

[@samorimo]

Did you draw those mountain with the mouse?

[@ArtistWright]

I used a wacom tablet