Designing a dot-to-dot Illustration of a Unicorn in Affinity Designer

Affinity Designer Video Tutorial

I’ll present you take a sketch of a unicorn and switch it right into a dot-to-dot illustration. This video tutorial was requested within the youtube channel’s feedback. I did related illustrations for my grandkids earlier than –  I had an excuse to do one other unicorn illustration for my weekly letter to my granddaughter.

I used Affinity Designer’s Pixel Persona for the sketch. Usually, I neglect in regards to the sketch half and work straight in vectors. Luckily, this time I remembered. It helps to have a information for the vector strains. I labored with the mouse and the pen-tool. It permits me to create cleaner strains with fewer nodes. The pencil device and my graphic pill enable extra move within the strains however even with the stabilizer on create much more nodes. Either choice works and it’s merely a matter of non-public desire.

I hope you favored this video. Despite the quite particular activity, it may need given you an thought of method the inking course of in Affinity Designer. Taking a sketch and cleansing it up right into a vector illustration might be daunting but additionally a whole lot of enjoyable.

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