AD 17 Noel Placement Print Using Affinity Designer 2 with 10 Assets Included

What You Will Learn?

• Whenever I need to create a project for a class, I think about how to leverage the art. How can I use this art in more than just the one way? How can I use this final layout? I am delighted when I can also submit a design for art licensing and use it to populate my POD shops. This class project, once you complete it, will be perfect for this purpose. I will be submitting it for art licensing, and I will use it for greeting card art..
• This class, Noel Placement Print Using AD, illustrates some of the advantages of working in a vector-based program and will also introduce you to a few of the new features in AD2. I will also point out a few of the program glitches I have run into..
• In the class, I take you from start to finish in creating a complete portrait-shaped placement print. I will explain what a placement print is in the first lesson. The art we’ll be creating is completely editable. One of my goals is to show you how we’ll be able to create an alternate design with a very different background. I am providing you with a small bunch of assets to help speed up the process for you. There's a vector background you may choose to use, as well as a few of Affinity Designer assets you can import as I demonstrated in one of the lessons..
• In this class I’ll walk you through:.
• This class should get you started in the world of home-goods design. Designing for the gift markets can be very lucrative as Christmas Goods are in high demand. With the provided assets and the step-by-step instructions, you’ll be off to the races in no time!.
• The key concepts I will include:.
• Using these compositional techniques will give you a challenging yet satisfying new set of skills. Vector graphics are so flexible because they can be used at any size, once created. I have used assets to create both the main flag art and coordinating patterns to really leverage it!.
• Intro to Noel Placement Print Using AD.
• This short intro will give you an overview of the class. We will take a look at inspiration and definitions in the next lesson..
• Lesson 1: Setting Up and Project Overview.
• In this lesson, I will give a ton of inspiration. I show you what I am basing my project on with examples of methods to make lettering more interesting. I also start sketching and drawing some assets and speak to some glitches in the swatch palette..
• Lesson 2: Sketching and Drawing Motifs.
• I will show you the use of both the pencil tool and the pen tool in this lesson. I will show you how to draw a fern using strokes with an altered profile. We will then expand strokes on all the parts and use a Boolean operation to make it into a solid shape. Next, I will show you the most efficient method for creating a multi-part motif which we will finish up in the next lesson..
• Lesson 3: Adding Detail to Layered Motifs.
• I will show you how to make a layered component for the middle of the poinsettias by using expanded strokes in layers. We build up the motif in layers and you will see me use the brush and expand with results much like using the Blob Brush in Adobe Illustrator. I will also start the typography for this lesson and show you how to work with the gradient tool..
• Lesson 4: Placing and Positioning Assets.
• Now that we have the main bits in, it’s time to start adding some of the assets and positioning them. I will show you the method I use for adding all the assets and then resizing and adjusting. I pull in a variety, and I show you how I make decisions for layering and sizing. I also show you how I deal with all the extra vertical space by using a plaid strip top and bottom which we will adjust in the next lesson..
• Lesson 5: Details for the Plaid Strips.
• We use the Adjustments Studio in this lesson. In this lesson, I will show you all the adjustments I make on the plaid strips. Then we will continue to add fillers in the background, and I speak to composition and design. I will show you the addition of a vector background texture in the next lesson..
• Lesson 6: Exploring Background Ideas.
• I finish the positioning of the background pattern. I explain the best method to integrate it into the design. We use a few different methods for adjustments, and I speak more on the subject of blending modes and opacity settings. I break down all the additional details I added off-camera. Once we are done all that, I show you all about shading. We will use the pixel shaders, which I have grown to really appreciate. I explain how a pixel layer is added and we do all of this in the Pixel Persona..
• Lesson 7: Final Design, Conclusion and Wrap Up.
• We will conclude everything in this lesson. I show you a couple of quick mock-ups with the art I also show you how I put the finished art pieces into a collection and display those parts on a Sell Sheet. I conclude everything in this lesson..
• Concepts covered:.
• Concepts covered include but are not limited to The Affinity Designer Vector Persona, the Affinity Designer Pixel Persona, creating plaid trim strips, the rectangle tool, the pencil tool, inking techniques, layering, vectorizing a raster image, expanding a strokes, the “Add” Boolean Operation, creating color schemes, glitches in the AD2 color palette, pattern arrangement, adjusting motifs, the path tool, the node too, the Adjustments Studio, the move tool, shapes, color swatches and sampling colors, Affinity Designer Asset Studio, Affinity Designer Transform Studio, Affinity Designer pattern design, Affinity Designer Color Studio, texture bitmap fills, and much more..
• You will get the bonus of….