How to illustrate using Affinity Designer - Complete Workflow!

[@Josiah_Harder]

I dont like how the lines are pixelated as theyre being drawn and then smoothed out afterwards. Is there a way to change this? I just bought affinity designer and this is bothering me a lot

[@RSKT_art]

Hey, not sure what you mean to be honest. I don't seem to have that issue. The o ly thing I can think of is that my canvas size is usually pretty big (around 5000px square), so maybe at smaller resolutions lines are rasterized while you draw them? I'm not too sure. Sorry I'm not much more help :/

[@Josiah_Harder]

@@RSKT_art Sorry it is kind of hard to explain but basically it seems like the lines are extremely poor resolution immediately after drawing them but once I lift my pen from the screen the line undergoes some sort of processing which smooths it out and removes the pixelated edges that made it look low in resolution.

[@RSKT_art]

@@Josiah_Harder Ahh okay. Are you in the Pixel or Design persona? Vector (smooth) brushes are only avaliable in the Design persona. If your brushes are coming out as pixels, you must be in the pixel persona. You can't access pixel brushes in the design persona and visa versa. So my original rough sketch at the start is using the pixel brush, but then I switch to the design persona and use a vector brush to do the actual linework. Hope that helps you out man :)

[@Josiah_Harder]

@@RSKT_art Youre being exceptionally gracious and patient with me I thank you for that haha the problem might be with my computer or pen maybe then because when I use pixel persona my lines are rendered in full resolution but with high latency behind my pen for the initial part of the stroke until it catches up. But when I switch to the design persona the pen is very fast and responsive but the resolution is low until I lift my pen and it processes the line. This is the case with both the pencil tool and the vector brush tool. If this is abnormal and not something to be changed in settings then it must be a problem on my end haha

[@RSKT_art]

​@@Josiah_Harder Haha, no worries mate. Yeah that is super weird, I've never had that issue before. Only thing I could reccomend is​ trying a different machine and seeing if the result is just local to yours. There is a forum for Affinity users as well and the devs are usually pretty quick to get back to people, so try that if nothing else works. Hope you get it sorted though! :)

[@soefatitv9264]

It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

[@shirleykathan-sayess5764]

SO helpful! Thank you so much. I’m 74 and really need a good tutorial. You have given me hope that I can do this. ❤ Shirley

[@RSKT_art]

So glad to hear you found this helpful! Thankyou for the kind words :)

[@curtis5799]

This video should be the first tutorial you see when opening affinity. Excellent job.

[@RSKT_art]

Haha thankyou so much!

[@guillaumejumel5578]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY

[@TheMaP142]

TNice tutorials is the channel that made start actually creating instead of being intimidated by the software. Thanks for a new form of therapy

[@amandacampos2496]

With all the soft soft tutorials that exist on YT, yours just created that "light bulb illumination" mont in my head. Thanks for taking the

[@marksss432]

You cannot imagine how that helps me. I'm doing an illustration and had a couple of problems, but not anymore ! ^^

[@RSKT_art]

Awesome! That's so great to hear, I'm really happy you're able to get some use out of this :)

[@margaretedecruz3091]

who has been blind their whole life and can finally see. I can't express my gratitude in words but tNice tutorials is the best I can do. THANK YOU SO

[@tazzytyoung19771]

I love that color changing keyboard in background

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks! It's a HyperX. Quite customizable and really responsive :)

[@joanbree5350]

Just purchased designer for i-pad today. Have been looking at various YTs and must say I love your rendering of this. Will be watching more. Thank you !

[@RSKT_art]

That's awesome dude! Glad this could help you get started :)

[@wongtongwing8694]

unbelievably well explained...to the point, no wafsofte wafsofte chat...you´re the dude ..thanks!

[@twinqlez1]

Wow, I am going to show this to my 13yrs old son, he likes to draw in the windows app, I would love him to see this and upgrade to affinity designer or photoshop even illustrator! Thank you for this great video. and PLEASE DO MORE! you've got my attention I subscribed! Lol

[@RSKT_art]

That's a great idea! I honestly wish I knew about this style of illustrating when I was 13, so I really hope he finds it useful! :) More content is coming :)

[@marcyyoung4051]

Uhhhhwoahhhhh....what a fantastic video!! Oneeeedayyyy...maybe...I could do this!! So freakin cool!! Thanks so much!!!

[@RSKT_art]

You can do it right now! Just give it a go :)

[@bariss8804]

Thank you so much I’m making soft so fast now back then I was confused, thanks

[@tdglitching6348]

THANK YOU!!!! you actually guide your viewers through soft, unlike so videos that rush the whole tNice tutorialng or talk too fast.

[@szczurekk1155]

So I went into soft soft and tried to intuitively grasp the basic fundantals. And now listening back I feel like I'm one step ahead of Nice tutorialm.

[@stavroshalvatzis2947]

Looks great! More please...

[@RSKT_art]

That's my old uni lecturer everyone! Check out his channel for some great writing advice! - Thanks Stavros :)

[@galponjose409]

As for me, everything is simple and clear. Thank you very much for t

[@FarmerWan]

Brilliant, simple clear explanations of workflow and processes, love your work. Thank you!

[@RSKT_art]

No problemo! Thanks for the kind words!

[@l2pq825]

Omg, you explained it very simply! It's really easy to understand. Thank you so much! I've always wanted to learn these.

[@mariobernabe3897]

Considering Affinity is just for Mac; each line is drawn only with the trackpad / mouse? Awesome work!

[@RSKT_art]

For this tutorial I acutally used a graphics tablet to draw all of the line work. However, I do have another video on my channel that shows how to illustrate like this using only a mouse. Also, Affinity is avaliable on Windows, Mac and the iPad :)

[@PumpkinPails]

Could not figure out how to simply add color within a drawn shape until now. I would never have thought to use the pencil tool. Haha! I spent hours fiddling with trying to join lines and merge them and all sorts of nonsense, and all I needed was the pencil. Thanks so much, now I can really dive into this program.

[@RSKT_art]

Haha true! Well, glad we got it sorted for you. Hope all is going well now!

[@gulileohq7425]

Very good video, we want more video like this. Easy to understand. Very nice.

[@RSKT_art]

Thankyou! More will be coming. Literally just moved into a new house today so still getting internet and new home studio set up. Hope to be back up and running soon :)

[@user-ki7qf6gn6w]

eventually it all snapped into place and I started learning how to add all the effects, titles, motion text. It was pretty cool to see my

[@kennethknudson]

Fantastic video with great details on outlines and shading! Very helpful. The one thing I struggled with is the clipping masks and how to draw inside of just the mask. Could you make a video on just this part or share some additional details on clipping masks? Thanks again for a great video!

[@RSKT_art]

Yeah the clipping masks can be a bit strange sometimes. You basically want to make sure the clipping mask layer is selected, and when you go to draw on it, you need to draw inside of it. It doesn't always work though so sometimes you just click anywhere to create a pixel layer, and then drag it inside of the clipping mask layer so it's nested inside of it. Hopefully that helps :)

[@DigitalArtforKids]

wow, this is the most detail tutorial i've ever seen. thank you so much.

[@RSKT_art]

That's awesome to hear, thanks! :)

[@DigitalArtforKids]

@@RSKT_art Good luck with your channel.

[@RSKT_art]

@@DigitalArtforKids Thank you!

[@לגג3שטיינברג]

future! Great tutorial and wholeso community! Stay safe in these tis and keep your heads up! Do what you want that inspires you,

[@DanieL_35]

Thank you for tNice tutorials very clear and concise tutorial. Look forward to more videos from u

[@rfzzkx]

I’ve watched hours of videos and tNice tutorials one is the first that explains it in a way a complete beginner could understand! Great video

[@jaydraws2019]

This is so amazing. Glad I found your channel. I'm sure your subscriber numbers going to hit the roof soon. Being a good artist is one thing but being able to break it down and teach it to others is one whole new level of skill which most can't do properly. Good luck mate.

[@RSKT_art]

Hey thanks man! I really appreciate that. Pretty stoked to get this many subs in 2 months, so we'll see. My next few vids are going to switch apps, so If half my audience doesn't click on it, then it might mean the channel does poorly for a little while (youtube stops recommending things if your subscribers aren't engaging). I've got a bit of experience with training people though, so it's glad to hear that's all paying off haha.

[@sarahgreene8997]

Fantastic! Such an amazing tutorial. I hope that you do more Affinity videos. Thanks so much. Just subscribed. Cheers

[@RSKT_art]

@@sarahgreene8997 no problem! Thanks for sub, and yes, more Affinity coming soon. :)

[@t0chique67]

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[@radwaadel6230]

Take a week just learning the basics and you will be good, I been using soft soft since it was Fruity Loops back in 03, and still learn

[@jacintatate]

Wow, I love this. Just bought Affinity Designer yesterday and have no clue what I'm doing but this video helps give me ideas. I also love how you don't stick to the rules and you try different things, Gives a more crafted and edgy feel which is awesome!

[@RSKT_art]

That's awesome! So glad this was useful to you :) Thanks for tuning in.

[@muhdhilmi1506]

U made it simple man ur subscribers are well deserved

[@HMaxTube11]

Tremendously helpful tips and techniques💫💥👍👏

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks :)

[@daigoxdh]

make my first ever drum loop. I'm not and expert at soft yet but I have learnt a lot at producing and looking back at my journey, I just

[@GamePlay-po1fz]

Wow!! This is great! Keep uploading more of your tutorials!!

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks! I'm moving house right now (like, literally...as we speak haha), so I might be MIA for a week or so while I get setup. I do have a few more "follow along" tutorials like this planned for Affinity Photo and Designer, so hopefully they'll be out in the near future :)

[@GamePlay-po1fz]

@@RSKT_art waiting for affinity photo tutorials too!!

[@fathimasulha9720]

Ima download it thanks for sharing!!

[@RSKT_art]

No worries!

[@MrBcosy]

Really great! Thank you for this. Your video made my day, I always struggled to illustrate with AD. Now it's much clearer to me. Perfect!

[@RSKT_art]

That's so great to hear! Happy illustrating :)

[@Bayaka_fivestar]

basics it's encouraging to learn a little bit more! Well done!

[@katka1149]

BROOO thankyou so much, this really helped and the tutorial was really easy to use as well :)

[@atomicstudio6045]

Thanks bro!

[@gigipaquette]

WOW! I had never seen any of your videos before and I don't draw - I LOVED this video so much! I love how you broke down all the steps and showed us step-by-step how each stage is completed and in such simple and layered instructions. Thank you so much. It makes me want to draw something... I am new to Affinity and really like how easy it is to use for a new-by like me - and I like it so much better than Adobe programs. Thanks Again and have a wonderful day! Gigi

[@RSKT_art]

Haha wow, what a wholesome comment. Thanks so much for taking the time.to write that, I'm glad it was inspiring to you. Definitely give it a go and let me know how it went. :)

[@maharajgaming7235]

Really nice job. I did so stuff with MIDI/DAW/soft banks wayyy back in like 99/00 in college and was ok at it. I bought soft soft last

[@ramisoussou]

Hey man, very clean, interesting and professional. Good sNice tutorialt.

[@karlsmith1469]

Very nice process man good work, this will be a really good reference video

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks! Let us know how you go with it :)

[@deyno0588]

that was so use full! !

[@RSKT_art]

Glad to hear it :)

[@rycoryco2888]

Excellent. Really appreciate the summary. Look forward to your course & hope you will create more Affinity Designer tutorials.

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks! Course is slowly getting there, and I have a couple of affinity related things in the works. :)

[@ATLJB86]

Affinity Designer is my main stage but I’m going to try out all of these! Wouldn’t mind seeing a list of your video editors too. Thanks!

[@RSKT_art]

Cheers! I used to use Premiere for all of my videos, as well as After Effects. However, this year I've solely been using Davinci Resolve. Decided to try and learn something new and I'm glad I did (although there are some features from the Adobe Suite I soarly miss :/)

[@ATLJB86]

@@RSKT_art Thanks!

[@sarahgreene8997]

Fantastic. Such an amazing tutorial for illustration. I hope that you do more Affinity videos. Thank you. Just subscribed. Cheers

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks for the sub! More Affinity videos coming soon :)

[@brisaims]

Awesome video! This helps SO much👍🏻🙏🏻 Please keep Affinity Designer tutorials coming!😭

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks heaps! I've actually got a couple of other things I wanted to show in Affinity Designer, so I might upload them in between my next few vids (which involve procreate).

[@walkingtalkies3566]

Awesome tutorial

[@RSKT_art]

Thankyou! :)

[@loicmiame5669]

Thanks thanks and re thanks again and again. Great, deep, powerful and in the same time simply job. Thanks too for these steps explanations....

[@RSKT_art]

No problem at all! Glad you found it useful! :)

[@MrJonesKaraoke]

Brilliant!

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks!

[@alanfadlan6983]

TNice tutorials was an amazing tutorial. You are a great teacher

[@Reqriz]

Incredibly knowledgeable and we'll-spoken teacher. Nice tutorials comfortableness with the subject makes starting soft real exciting!!

[@ElNervio99]

Thank you so much! TNice tutorials video helped produce fire soft thanks bro❤️

[@nonamec4787]

TNice tutorials is just the pick up I needed, thanks man

[@Arpo1]

Your videos have helped reach over $200,000 in stocks by age 23! Thanks In The setup. Keep the videos coming.

[@ambersfamily5396]

click on the magnet, and from there you can adjust how the tracks snap onto the grid. if you want it to be each 1/4 of a bar, click "line"

[@allanniklas5440]

This tought me quiet a lot. Thank you.

[@RSKT_art]

No problem! :)

[@jmedeirosneto]

Thank you so much share your workflow, I feel finally i can do something good now!

[@RSKT_art]

No problem at all! :) Hell yeah, that's the spirit!

[@ygccardenas]

Awesome video, thank you 🙏🏽

[@RSKT_art]

Glad it was helpful!

[@r.sgupta1136]

YOU ARE A GOD... NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

[@martinagiulianalopez224]

wow! we always have everytNice tutorialng to learn! Great to know you!

[@Vikash_singh_.]

when you’re in the channel rack, click on gms to open up the gms nu, in the light blue screen on the top left look where it says

[@starfire7a]

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing your workflow!

[@RSKT_art]

No problem!

[@christophergamezestrada6701]

I can't thank you enough... hands down the best video for beginnners

[@manic001]

Awesome Tutorial! Love that it is in digestible chunks very nice!

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks a lot, really glad you liked it :)

[@alexandervanlohen4229]

I love your style and the way you explain things, thanks a lot !

[@RSKT_art]

Glad you like them!

[@whomadethatsaltysoup]

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm looking forward to creating some artwork from my photos, and this has emboldened me to plunge into my newly acquired Affinity Designer 2.0.

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks so much! Glad to hear you're enjoying 2.0 so far :)

[@tatatae5677]

I am very glad that I stumbled upon your video

[@RSKT_art]

Happy to hear it! :)

[@Anaphase001]

So talented. I'll never be this good, but I've picked up some useful tips. Thank you 😊

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks for the kind words, but please don't put yourself down. You can do this, and with enough practice, you will. Definitely keep trying, hopefully my drawing course will help you out too :)

[@blazeafeef]

Wow what an acNice tutorialevent! Best of luck for the rest of your future, I’m looking forward to being able to invest when I turn 21 in November!

[@gabbyg561]

Thank you for sharing your artwork and talent with us. I have Affinity and the Frankentoon brushes but had no idea what they or any of the other brushes can do. Your work is gorgeous!

[@RSKT_art]

No problem at all! Thanks for the kind words :)

[@angelespino8698]

TNice tutorials is really well done Mike, thanks for putting the ti and energy into tNice tutorials.

[@AmaurysTorres1]

Thank you so much 🙏 you really helped me 😊😊😊

[@RSKT_art]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)

[@StefanSteinbauer]

I learned something about my process when watching yours. Thank you for sharing...

[@RSKT_art]

No problem, hope it helps you out in some way :)

[@jamille101]

Thanks for this video! I dont know why I'm so hard on myself when it comes to shading and highlights. I always stop at basic color and then I hate it because I know I'm not gonna add shading or highlights. Then I just went to not doing color at all. But I decided to try again and I'm actually happy with the results! Thanks again!

[@RSKT_art]

That's awesome! Glad to hear you got something out of this :)

[@JiggsysShed]

Awesome tutorial. I'm by no means an artist and never sure where to start, but following along, I manage to create something that I never thought I would be capable of. Now just need to take time to learn this programme even more. Thank you for sharing.

[@RSKT_art]

That's so awesome to hear! Really happy to hear this helped :)

[@rekeguf]

I absolutely loved this. So informative, useful and inspiring. And loved the summary at the end. Thank you!

[@RSKT_art]

So happy to hear that! I'm happy that this video has continued to inspire other artists such as yourself :)

[@fauzixoke]

Thank you so much this helped a lot!!!! You saved my life

[@aplogaming3619]

Randomly stumbled upon your channel, but man I love how you did the process using AD, easy and fast workflow! amazingly not that many subs but I know you will get a lot of subs sooner! I'm here to stay for the long run!

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks man! Really glad to hear you found it useful. I've got an absolute truckload of content planned for this channel, so good to hear you'll be sticking around for it :)

[@aplogaming3619]

@@RSKT_art I have AD for a long time but most channel use the vector persona mostly for designing, Your channel uses both and helped me a lot wayyyy better just watching this workflow.. and yes looking forward for more content!

[@RSKT_art]

@@aplogaming3619 I think some people forget that AD is quite a capable pixel-based art program, but that's probably because most use is as an alternative to Illustrator. Either way, I get what you're saying. The next couple of vids might focus on Procreate for a little while, but I've got a couple of other things planned for Affinity Designer and Photo after that :)

[@aplogaming3619]

@@RSKT_art Yes, most do AD for the vector part, they do not use this for texturing and rendering, which ever comes first bro, procreate, AD,AI,PS anything goes, I'm here to support your channel! cheers for more content in the future!

[@RSKT_art]

@@aplogaming3619 Thanks buddy - I really appreciate that!

[@leenkabha1969]

That's so cool!

[@Man_Of_Legacy]

If you're a complete beginner to soft production then soft is imo the easiest daw that you can get, I started off with it.. If you have a little bit

[@asrodinsulaiman1404]

Genius move!

[@minashahid7167]

in the details. when you get stuck, roll back to the beginning and start over. The other weay is to focus entirely on one set of commands

[@colleenreginm5463]

Hi, great tutorial, thank-you! I was wondering if you could tell me why you use a vector brush for the highlights and a clipping mask/pencil tool for the shadows? thanks!

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks heaps! You can honestly go about it however you like, this is just the way I prefer to do it. The pencil tool feels really natural to me for drawing in shadows, and using a vector line for the highlights just makes it look kind of embossed :)

[@colleenreginm5463]

@@RSKT_art Thanks!

[@dank0ch]

this is awesome! thx a lot!

[@RSKT_art]

No problem!

[@coderXgaming]

Will be following

[@chrissims8340]

Very informative!! Dope content

[@RSKT_art]

Thanks so much!

[@misteriossobrenaturais5038]

TNice tutorials was an amazing video! you really Nice tutorialt all the key points for the basics without ever over complicating anytNice tutorialng. A hard job and you did

[@juanpalacios9194]

Thank you so much, I’m learning tNice tutorials in quarantine and you made it very simple I really appreciate it, thank you for going over every little

[@elizaandersone5346]

Thank you for the tutorial. How do I put the texture just on the object and not background and things around? I am trying to learn but cannot get past that step!

[@RSKT_art]

No problem! You just need to make sure your pixel layer is nested in your clipping mask. If you need a more detailed look at this process, I created a much longer version over on Affinity's main channel. Here's the link to it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6vEmnyGaJZ0p6csi=fm2-IGSc4IQ3IjhV

[@yasirkhan-ht7kq]

TNice tutorials should be the first video that pops up when you're new to making soft

[@PSSGANESHBCE]

that was a nice video it definitely helped out, thankyou so much and you just earned a sub

[@karinmariajaramillo260]

Thx .Nice easy beginners guide. helped plenty!

[@Yeshadobariya006]

you explained. Thank you so much.

[@toannguyenvan1282]

so sweet of you