Digital Illustration: Textured Vector Florals in Affinity Designer V2

What You Will Learn?

• Do you love that you can quickly create floral shapes with Affinity Designer, but sometimes want something a little less perfect... less "vectory"? Do you wish you could add a more hand drawn feel to your vector florals, while still benefitting from Designer's built in shapes? Or, perhaps you'd like to create your own, unique floral assets for your illustrations, surface patterns and graphic design projects...What if I told you that you could create beautiful vector flower, leaf and even vase shapes, using the built in shapes and tools in Affinity Designer, and still give them an organic, textural, uniquely you feel?.
• Want to know how? Welcome to class!.
• Hey everyone!.
• I'm Tracey, an artist, surface pattern designer and Top Teacher here on Skillshare. .
• If I say, I love working with vectors for their infinite scalability, and that you can change their color and size with a single click, but sometimes they're a bit too, "vectory." You know what I mean, right?.
• Don't get me wrong. Flat vectors play an important part in many of my designs, and I love that I can create fun florals in Designer in less time than it takes to say Sasquatch. Sometimes, though, especially when I'm creating illustrations, I want something a little more organic, something more textural... something a little less, "vectory.".
• In this intermediate level class, I'm going to show you how you can efficiently and effectively create floral shapes in Designer and add beautiful, organic texture to them, giving them a more illustrative feel..
• We'll start by taking a look at what I call the, "Creative Helpers." The tools that help you create and organize your shapes. We'll look at....
• Next, we'll get down to creating our shapes, and I'll show you two of my favorite ways to create flower, leaf and vase shapes in Designer. We'll explore....
• In part three of the class, we'll bring our florals to life with texture and dimension. I'll show you....
• Throughout the class, we'll create several flower, vase and leaf shapes and, when you're done, you'll be able to go on to create your own, beautiful vector florals quickly, and efficiently, without losing that fun, hand drawn, organic feel. .
• Plus, everything you learn in this class can be applied to any vector shapes you create in Affinity Designer!.
• When you take this class, you will receive:.
• While this class is beginner friendly, it is intended for intermediate users of Affinity Designer. While I will walk you, step by step, through each process, it is recommended that you have familiarity with Designer's interface and where tools are located..
• This class is for anyone who wants to take deeper dives in to the various tools that will allow you to create beautiful vector floral, leaf and vase shapes, with a hand drawn feel..
• I will be teaching the class in V2 of the desktop version of the app, however iPad users are welcome, as I will be noting any differences between how the desktop and iPad versions perform the steps I show you. (Please note, many of the tools I will be showing are only available in V2 of the application.).
• Hi there! I'm Tracey. I'm an illustrator, designer, and  photographer located in the Chicagoland area. You can find more information about me, and my work in my full profile. (find the link above) I've been a full time artist for over a decade, after leaving the corporate world behind in 2011. In addition to teaching, I am a full time creator who sells my work on my own site, as well as print on demand sites like Spoonflower, Society6, Etsy and more. .
• I've been using Affinity products for the last several years and love to learn as much as I can about the tools so I can not only use them the way they were intended to work but make them work for me; and I love sharing that knowledge with my students! I've had the privilege of being spotlighted by Serif, the company who created the app, twice as a go to teacher for their apps. You can find links to the spotlight articles on my profile page..
• If you have any questions about the class, or would like feedback on your project, please feel free to let me know in the Discussion section of class, or by emailing me at hello@traceycapone.com..
• I look forward to seeing you in class!.
• Music Credit: "The Calling," by Balloon Planet on artlist.io.