How to Design a TShirt #10 | Grunge American Flag Distressed Texture Tutorial in Affinity Designer

[@musicteacherengel]

Thank you for your design tutorials, Juna! Although I don't use Affinity Designer, it is helpful to see your thought process as you create a design.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful.... I think the same techniques can be used in other graphic design apps

[@karmaschen4035]

This is exactly what I needed right now !!! Thank you so much !!! I was breaking my head over this and there it is : As easy as that !!! You really offer value, man! I appreciate it . Best wishes for you !!! ✌

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it helped!

[@violetgypsie]

Awesome. Thanks for showing us how to do this.

[@DetourShirts]

No problem!

[@scrollandquill]

Thanks, I have been trying this figure this out for awhile now!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help!

[@jenny_rice]

Ha, ha - just have to say I finally have taken the time to do this tutorial. I love how at the end you say, "Really simple, probably simpler than you thought it would be." It looks really simple! I've just spent 2 hours making it and it still isn't right. Having trouble with the grunge layer. Exported it just to see how it looks and I just have a big white square! I've "saved as" multiple times, though, so I can go back and fix it - tomorrow as it's past my bed time now. It has been fun learning, though. :)

[@DetourShirts]

Hope it all works out for you soon... sorry it ended up being harder that it was supposed to be

[@ninopriore]

Excellent video Juna, Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you liked it!

[@fabiGBOtown]

Finally saw a tutorial on distressing

[@DetourShirts]

Yay! Glad that helped

[@themjcreation3214]

Great tips as always 👍😎 Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

Any time!

[@Youngajumma]

I love grung style EVERYTHING, thank you for the tutorial Juna 🙌🏾

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@kinesi]

very nice video, really helpful

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brenondopp]

Big ups to you Juna! Thanks for another awesome video! Super good tips!

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!!

[@SouthbayCreations]

Thanks for the video, very helpful!! Jason

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@azharkuzairy]

another great video Juna! Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Pyxelles]

Excellent tutorial, learned something new today with the eraser feature- those designs look awesome. Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Pyxelles]

Hi Juna didn't realise this was a series you. It would be great if yu could create a playlist for this series so those of us who'd like to watch in sequence from the first one can do so easily, thanks 😊

[@carolward1142]

Huge thanks - had often wondered how to do this effect and now I know - perfect! :)

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help!

[@prueloone]

Heh Juna, Great video. Love these videos so super helpful to. Lot's of so many great tips I pick up every time I watch your videos. More please.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you like them!

[@turke7ob]

Thank you, Juna

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome

[@harshvardhanparmar2233]

Awesome

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@mohd.tabishhaleem5113]

Thanks for the tutorial Man, Really loved it ❤

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure 😊

[@PaulissVegan]

You could show something with brushes, how to apply them to different objects/text etc.

[@DetourShirts]

Brushes is a good one.... Thanks for the tip

[@LifeinLayerswithSMSM]

Great teacher 👏 👍 👌 ❤

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you! 😃

[@moh1med168]

Thank you juna and BIG THUMB UP, i realy need it this video

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome 😊

[@BrandyJo98]

Hello! I love your videos! Can you tell me how you copied your stars for each line and got them to be evenly placed on the flag with no big space or little space in between? Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Easy.... to copy hold down option and then click on the star and drag... to space them evenly us the distribute feature at the top Affinity Designer... it will space objects evenly apart

[@BrandyJo98]

Thank you! I should have said I was using the Windows Affinity program not Mac. I figured out the alignment and spacing thing partially but now getting each row of stars to be the same width apart and making sure the stars are evenly placed in the exact place is not working out well for me haha. Something is always off and I know they aren’t perfectly aligned top to bottom and side to side. Anyway to help out with that? I’m sorry for not understanding. Also some times the red horizontal lines and green vertical lines appear when I want them to and times they are no where to be found. Ask in for help in that and making my flag starts evenly placed everywhere. Thank you so much! Brandy😊

[@bjcronje]

I skipped straight to the end for the trend creation lol, I use Photoshop and know how to do that but I am sure this will be super helpful for some so thanks for the info

[@DetourShirts]

Yup you can do it in photoshop too.... does Photoshop have that erase effect like Affinity Designer.?.. I don't remember.

[@bjcronje]

@@DetourShirts well if I were to do it as a vector like that then I would probably use Illustrator and I can't recall that now haha. It has been a long time since I used that.

[@michaelosorio6600]

Awesome work, thank you! Can you add registration marks for screen printing?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes you can but you don't need to if you are doing print on demand

[@michaelosorio6600]

Thank you for the reply but I'm thinking of using the software for screen printing.

[@islamkhankhan314]

THIS IS NICHE VIDEO THANKS FOR YOU

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you... glad you like it

[@elalamimehdi5718]

Heey thank you for the valuable content again !! Can you create a playlist about inkscape and/or gimp since its free to use and most of people don't know about those. Thank you !

[@DetourShirts]

I don't know about these either... I'll have to do more research

[@elalamimehdi5718]

@@DetourShirts Inkscape is free and has nothing to envy to illustrator, it can even edit Illustrator' files, you will love it ! Since adobe products are expensive, most people are looking for alternatives, I'm sure that a nice playlist for the POD audience can be really appreciated. thank you !!

[@BrainNuggets88]

Thanks Juna

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@hichemhichem5293]

Thank you juna . I got accepted in MBA . I am very happy 👍

[@DetourShirts]

All the best... MBA is my favorite

[@Youngajumma]

Congratulation bro! I am planning to join for next year , I hope I get accepted as well

[@zacksmith5717]

Hi, did you write anything special when you applied. I want to try, I just don't know what to write.

[@hichemhichem5293]

@@zacksmith5717 hi . i wrote my letter in frensh language . nothing special .I said i have experience in devloping websites specially wordpress and I have 4 years experience in Photoshop and illustrator . I hope you will accept my request . best regards. It was very simple

[@aminadidou8286]

thanks Juna i want to ask you about copyright and trdmark for flags ,

[@DetourShirts]

Flags for countries and states are totally safe

[@bertybotsbohne622]

Great juna thx

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@abdulmalek20321]

Hello, Juna... Which is better and easier to design adobe illustrator or affinity designer? and thank you for helping us.👍

[@DetourShirts]

They are both very similar...Better is subjective...Illustrator has more things that you can do... Affinity Designer is a little lighter but still has enough tools to get the job done.

[@MrSawborob]

Hey Juna, great video. I bought the textures from Chalkie on Creative Market, however they vectors come as one document and I can't ungroup them into individual textures. Any ideas?

[@DetourShirts]

You could make a copy and then delete the parts you don't want... might take a while but it should be possible.

[@evanguilloz5675]

Where do you recommend getting graphics for designs?

[@DetourShirts]

Depends what you want.... Lots of good places on the internet... Creative Market has some good stuff, Vexels, Placeit, etc

[@flipflop-travel]

Hello! Im trying all possible ways to make distressed svg vector file. But as soon as I do any of your techniques the file is svg but its not vector. Can you please help me out and tell me if there is way around it? Thank you! Your tutorials are amazing!

[@DetourShirts]

I haven't done a tutorial on how to make an distressed SVG vector file but you could buy them... basically once you get the distressed vector you would just subtract or erase that from the graphic and it should still be a vector.

[@flipflop-travel]

@@DetourShirts Thank you for such a fast replay. I have distressed SVG vector from creative fabric and I erased it and it looks ok in affinity designer but when I export it as SVG it is not vector anymore. Thanks.

[@DetourShirts]

Export it as a PNG

[@bobkerreddad8967]

love it ;)

[@DetourShirts]

thank you

[@inspirego5778]

How do u do put multiple art boards?

[@DetourShirts]

Use the artboard tool

[@WonderfulWorldOfStuff]

Awesome tutorial, Juna did you see Shimmy Morris video about cutting removing backgrounds, affinity got a bit of a kick to the floor with it seemingly being complex, as Affinity doesn't have the wand tool I myself have found myself doing removals on photopea then I continue my work on Affinity. Do you have a solution or a better way of using Affinity to remove backgrounds, or is it as Shimmy states just a little complicated? | Much Love, Peace & Respect | Stay Safe :D

[@DetourShirts]

Removing backgrounds from photos? That would be in Affinity Photo... I'll have to test it out...I don't use very many photos in my designs.

[@noah-te2bv]

How do you create Art boards

[@DetourShirts]

Looks like I might have to do a video on that... I use the artboard tool but it's easier to show in a video.

[@jorgem18]

Hey Juna.. Thanks for another great, informative & useful installment... 🤔. Can i keep the learning curve down by using the vector /shape tools already available in Ps? Let's find out.. Gonna give it a try! Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Yes you can! Thanks for watching

[@MajorTomPhil]

Wow, that board behind you is almost full, juna.

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... I'll probably fill it on the next haul

[@blackkitt98]

Great video! I love the distressed look. 😍 I recently bought Affinity and it's so complicated. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Clicking and dragging to select everything doesn't work for me. Do you have to hold down a key when you click and drag? Sometimes it's hard to see where you're clicking when you click on the toolbar since it's dark gray. Some screen video programs have a yellow circle around the cursor that makes it easy to see. And it's great when you also give us keyboard shortcuts, so more of that please. Thank you! Merry Christmas! 🎄☃️

[@DetourShirts]

I will try to make my tutorials easier to follow... thanks for the feedback

[@kazzya1281]

@@DetourShirts Hi juna,i have the same situation, I tried ctrl-click on the texture pattern and copy over the eps file, but it only highlights partial, how do I know I did not miss bits and pieces of those random grunge dots. Some files from elsewhere I suspect they were done in a few batches to make the whole eps file, which means how do I change the color to them toghether. Can you also teach us to rasterize quickly, like a mini snippet?

[@digima3972]

Hi juna,why i found all Trending topics redbubble who are in Page 1 use tag repetition strategy, it's not a spamming?

[@sintijaturk3731]

Yes i found that out too..pretty anoying and if you ask me this is spamming.

[@jvapaodjim6168]

Saw that also.... If it works...who are we to judge ? We don't own Redbubble.......so we'll have to adapt. ...not sure though if this "method" really push them to the top......or is it.? " Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion " ( W. Edwards Deming )

[@DetourShirts]

It is tag spamming and I don't know why they are on page 1. My guess is that there are not enough designs that are selling to push them down off of page one. Another guess is that the design sold and so the sale is keeping them on page one not the tags.

[@digima3972]

@@DetourShirts spamming so why redbubble allow that, This is not Fair game

[@digima3972]

@@DetourShirts and i asked them and they don't reply

[@tiffanyw3794]

How long does it take amazon design to be approved when under review?

[@DetourShirts]

Usually less than an hour but sometimes days and weeks.... Still waiting for a few from last month

[@tiffanyw3794]

@@DetourShirts thanks im on day 4 of being accepted. Wanted make sure I didn't forget do add something.

[@princulous]

❤️👍

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks

[@jvapaodjim6168]

Nice video ! Hope your users will get INSPIRED by this...and not COPY dumbly.

[@DetourShirts]

I know... but I made this one pretty generic so a flag with American on it will probably not do so well.

[@prismadew]

Great tips. However, not a fan of the "corrupt abusive police can do no wrong" fascist cop-worshipper "thin blue line" defaced flag design. Sadly given some of the lucrative demographics using Amazon Merch it makes sense why it might sell. Still not something I would promote.

[@DetourShirts]

You don't have to do a police one... This is more about how to do a grunge flag... could be any tip of flag... any color.... Thanks for you comment.