How to create a Watermelon Pin Badge in Affinity Designer

[@joaniekeast719]

That was very helpful, thank you! I even learned a couple new thing about Affinity I didn't know before like how to use the contour tool.

[@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials]

I'm glad it was useful Joanie!

[@xxwoman]

What exactly does the "bake" feature do? I've never used it.

[@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials]

If you are using live corners or the contour tool, 'baking' turns these features into editable nodes. Does that make sense?

[@xxwoman]

@@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials Ah yes, that makes sense. Thanks!

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

1:25 what do you mean by "straight corners". Doesn't "mitre" round the corner slightly (disclaimer: I not a user yet of affinity). EDIT// I'm looking at the outside of the corners (which are slightly rounded). 3:05 I now see what you mean, when you round the corners. A video like this is a great introduction to the names of the tools and how to use them. Thanks for the upload!

[@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials]

Hey Tom, I didn't describe the corners too well, did I?! I should have said 'right-angled corners'. You are completely right in your definition of 'mitre'. What I neglected to mention was that the mitre was set to '4' which resulted in a right-angled corner. Sorry for the confusion!

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

@@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials thanks, iirc mitre cuts the corner :-) Anyways, I'm an old freehand user who never graduated properly to illustrator (and don't do much anymore on the computer, but would like to get back to it). So this is a nice intro tutorial to using designer, and using styles (I have a couple of yours which look really good). All the best

[@ghouling1111]

You used languege not good for a very beginnger and it feels like you went a little fast :(

[@ArtifexForgeDesignTutorials]

Sorry to hear that. I'll try and bear that in mind for future tutorials. You could try re-watching and pausing frequently.