Affinity Designer Tutorial - Create Realistic Designs

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Create Realistic Designs - 3D, Bevel, Emboss

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Күн бұрын

Hello Designers and welcome to another Affinity Designer tutorial!
In this video I will show you how to create a realistic design whilst using a stock photo as a reference image. If you want to design along with me I will be doing it step by step. I will show you how to use different effects to create a sense of realism such as 3D, Bevel and Emboss and Gaussian Blur. I will be using the Pen tool to draw out the spoon and also the node tool to fine tune the nodes in the illustration. If you want to learn more about those tools check out my video in the link below.
I'll be showing you tips and tricks along the way with shortcuts that can be super useful.
If you enjoy my videos please give them a thumbs up and let me know the in the comment section. Subscribe and tap the notification bell to get notified of my new videos.
Cheers!
NOTE: I'm Using a MAC, so any shortcuts I mention may be different for WINDOWS USERS. See the below for the WINDOWS:
- Mac Command key = Windows Ctrl key
- Mac Shift key = Windows Shift key
- Mac Alt key = Windows Alt key
- Mac Ctrl key = Windows Right Mouse button
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions or want to show me how to do something better, leave a comment, and don't forget to click like and subscribe.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:27 Document setup
0:41 Getting the stock photo
2:19 Creating the plate
9:14 Creating the spoon shape
14:44 Making the spoon look realistic
21:30 Making spoon shadow
25:53 Creating the background
27:10 Important - Scale with Object
28:07 Creating the main shadow
32:03 Outro
#affinitydesigner #3d #illustration

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@uem9738 2 жыл бұрын

It's unbelievable how you turned a designer construction into a photo .Extremely accurat realization!!!!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hi UE M thanks for that. All about experimenting to get the most out of Affinity

@debbiegirard6702 2 жыл бұрын

Let me just say that as far as outstanding instructions, you are amazing! The pace, how you explain each step, (with written shortcuts!), and WHY you use each tool, well, this is a tremendous help to those of us who don’t use AD often enough to remember what tools to use. So THANK YOU so much-much appreciated! And keep making these tutorials. Please?

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice to read that, thank you so much. I will continue making them. Feel free to give me ideas lol!

@zepunsans3293 Жыл бұрын

You are a fantastic teacher!!!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you Zepun

@endertfilms 9 ай бұрын

Still enjoyed making this realistic image, works great both in AD1 and 2 :) 💪

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

Great to hear

@sigmitdies Жыл бұрын

I am following this tutorial on my ipad and its so easy to do! Thanks

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Ziggy, that's great to hear!

@behramcooper3691 2 жыл бұрын

Very well and systematically explained in a normal English accent that one can easily follow. No unnecessary and erratic mouse movements. I have seen many Affinity Designer tutoriuals. Some of them don't even bother to speak. They just play some wierd music in the background, move their mouse (with a really small white cursor) erratically and expect us to follow. Well, not at my age. My only request to you would be to get a screen recorder where the mouse is highlighted and it emits sort of light waves when clicked. That way, we seniors will be able to follow your tutorials better. I have suggested this to many KZfaqrs and some of them have implimented it and thanked me. I am now subscribed to you. I see that you don't have an interactive Facebook group where one can ask questions to the community and the guru (you) can step in every once in a while to give a final judgement. Best wishes from Australia.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Behram I appreciate your feedback. Yes I will look around for a screen recorder to highlight the mouse movements better. On occasion I do remember to increase the size of the curser but it's still not so visible. You are right I'm not active on Facebook. I don't really like the platforms pages so much but I've joined a lot of Affinity groups on there which is good. Thank you for your subscription and feel free to recommend ideas for new tutorials. Cheers

@pmarzoccojr 9 ай бұрын

Very Nice!!! Thank you for the video. Awesome Tutorial!!

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

No worries and thanks for watching

@surplusvalues Жыл бұрын

OK can't stop commenting on your vids but this is AMAZING. I feel like I just had a world of possibility opened up to me for creating my own assets!!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Ha I love the feedback so appreciate every comment! Just remember if you are using anything in that FX tab, don't forget to tick the 'scale with object' box. If you don't and you resize let's say the spoon, the gaussian blur for instance wont look right.

@immanueljo9770 Жыл бұрын

Very Helpful content. Cheers from India 😊

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching

@michaeljohn2029 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME !!! I dont seem to be getting notifications from you.... I just thought today, id not heard anything from you posting vids, so i came to your chanel and saw theres at least 2 videos i knew nothing about...

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael that's odd, maybe click off the notification Bell and click on it again. I'm glad you are back and hope you enjoy the new videos.

@neilsaunders192 2 жыл бұрын

As always, great! Thanks for helping people to learn and understand techniques.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Neil!

@chrisefc3579 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Thankyou for this clear guide, it's a pleasure watching you work.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris, appreciate it.

@CharlesMercer 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thank you.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

No problem Charles

@HelloTechJi 4 ай бұрын

Jaw dropping stuff!!! Too good to be true 👍👍👍🙏

@ArtistWright 4 ай бұрын

You can do it too!

@kevinhouse7143 2 жыл бұрын

Nice result and easy to follow instruction. Thanks!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, thank you! it's nice to hear from you again.

@silvertongue3003 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit dude, amazing tutorial!! Coming from Photoshop on PC, I bought Affinity Designer for my IPad Pro and thought I’d just learn Affinity by clicking on all the buttons and trying everything out to figure out what everything does, I watched a tutorial or 2 on the program but nothing compares to what I learned in your 30minute video tutorial! Instant subscription!! Struggled with a few things because the layout of the program and it’s tools and features is in different places than it is on the Mac and PC, but your explanation was so clear and detailed that i eventually found everything after a bit of opening menus and searching. I’m so excited to go draw more plates now.. 🥹😙 I haven’t looked yet but I really hope you have more videos tutorials on the other features and tools in Affinity as well..

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Silvertongue, I'm glad my tutorial has helped you so much. Yes I have many Affinity Designer Tutorials and have been making them for 7 years so far. Thank you for subscribing. More to come!

@kristilyons8735 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your style, your pace, and your way of organizing the process. Just great--keep 'em coming.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kristl! I appreciate that

@tinyroomstherapy Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thank you - this is so helpful! Subscribed!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tiny Rooms!

@kdeuler 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Lots of techniques learned. Thx.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kurt!

@stephenwilson7865 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. A complex process explained simply with clear diction, well done. I shall be watching more of yours.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen, that's nice to hear thanks, please do go ahead and watch my other videos

@DamirRainerErne 2 жыл бұрын

So nice. Thank you!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Rainer

@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH Жыл бұрын

PERFECT tutorial!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ProjectCreativeStudio Жыл бұрын

this is sooo cool :) thanks for a good ideas :)

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@andrewturnerlasers9128 2 жыл бұрын

SLICKLY DONE! this is really fantastic and you go to so much effort with your detail. Your videos really are the best resource for Affinity!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andrew, i appreciate the feedback! Fantastic

@morpety Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial thank you.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@wulfrigjones9765 2 жыл бұрын

The best Designer tutorials bar none.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Wulfrig, thank you and Merry Christmas!

@agentbabs_yt 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, love your work :)

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hello again Agent, thanks

@SelcukOZMUMCU 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, awesome work! It has been so useful. And happy new year.

@ArtistWright 6 ай бұрын

Happy New Year to you and thanks for watching 🎊

@JohnAnderson-ju8fp 2 жыл бұрын

Great to watch one of your tuts again. Enjoyed it, thanks. Merry Xmas!!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! Merry Christmas

@deborahritchphotography Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, look out for a new tutorial coming tomorrow

@gharib1435 2 жыл бұрын

awesome explanation, learned a lot, thank you.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gharib!

@joninehritamusic 2 жыл бұрын

This may be the best and most useful tutorial on Affinity Designer I’ve seen. This newb thanks you!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joni, I appreciate your comment. Check out my other videos!

@DRLZEca 5 ай бұрын

I think its amazing people can do this in design/photo software. Im just gonna take the lazy route and learn some Blender

@ArtistWright 5 ай бұрын

I play with Blender occasionally, it's seriously amazing but a steep learning curve.

@tararowley2273 Жыл бұрын

this was great and I will practice this design. thanks

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tara

@selenitafm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, wonderful video

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in and leaving a comment!

@andyml1 11 ай бұрын

Really helpful tutorial and explained very clearly. Thanks so much 👍👍

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Mueleski 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@802OutdoorAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

For someone such as myself that is just starting out I find these videos very helpful. Thank you for going into such detail and explaining everything.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear, thank you!

@MarkAnthonyHenderson 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I must be learning when I am able to properly anticipate the same moves.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thats great to hear Anthony!

@richardgohyk8822 2 жыл бұрын

By and far this is one of the best tutorial on affinity designer creating realistic designs. Awesome tips and guides..

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard! I appreciate that. I just released a new tutorial if you are interested. All about the contour tool

@hanagaiser6384 2 жыл бұрын

It is an outstanding and clear instruction. I could follow and understood everything. Thank you very much sharing with us your tutorials. One of the best tutorials I found.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Hana, thanks for watching

@gregoryanderson2519 9 ай бұрын

Most useful affinity tutorial I've ever watched. On my third go around with it right now. Thanks!

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Gregory!

@BarbTodd 9 ай бұрын

Fabulous tutorial!

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@magentaangel5531 Жыл бұрын

As a beginner I was blown away, thank you.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@koshisunuwarrai 2 жыл бұрын

This is Awesome.👍‍😃 I haven't played around 3D effects much. but after watching this, I will. Thanks for sharing. 👍‍😁

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah go for it and experiment

@docsledge8716 2 жыл бұрын

What a great Channel! Thank you for your brilliant Videos. Cheers from Kiel Germany! Stay safe and have a Merry Chistmas.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Doc! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment and checking out the channel too!

@nd1158 2 жыл бұрын

Really good tutorial and well presented, I have learned so much from your videos, thank you so much

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure thanks for watching

@znaigardz9876 Жыл бұрын

Believe in yourself, our determination is sotNice tutorialng that never lets us down

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@mikelount9145 2 жыл бұрын

Well this is the best tutorial ive seen. Didnt realise AFFINITY could do this THANK YOU xx

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Cool feature isn't it!

@rogwhi 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you do this is mesmerizing! Merry Christmas, old chap!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Roger, what a nice thing to read, Merry Christmas!

@djskate9183 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, just bought the Affinity suite recently and as a complete beginner your excellent teaching makes me feel like a pro already. 😁 Thank you.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Thank you

@garyspeed8961 Жыл бұрын

really nice and clear tutorial... subscribed

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary

@guillermoortiz7928 2 жыл бұрын

guau. impresionante. por eso amo mas a affinity designer. gracias.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias, aprecio eso

@andrew.schaeffer4032 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's so cool! It's cool to see what's possible with affinity designer

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew

@yubidubi 2 жыл бұрын

Great and AWESOME video

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Big Wanda 🤙

@IyaOmitadeIfatoosin 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. You have organized this material well AND I love the way you label and organize your layers panel. I have just started doing that as leaving it as "curves and ellipses" just drives me crazy. I am so glad to have these tutorials as I am new to this software and some things do not seem very intuitive to me. Please keep up the good work.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Iya! I appreciate the feedback

@MOHAMEDHASSAN-fk9jv 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic 👍👍👍

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it Mo

@syamilalfatih2967 2 жыл бұрын

Wow you'ee amazing

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Timespider 2 жыл бұрын

Really good. Been using AD for years & like watching all sorts of tutorials, you find different ways to do things, I did in this tute also. Keep them coming & thanks for posting.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Team Spider

@jnwoseh 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful content bud, keep up the great work 👍 learnt a truck load 😀

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and i'm glad to hear it James

@aram5642 4 ай бұрын

Rad useful!

@ArtistWright 4 ай бұрын

No worries

@rycoryco2888 2 жыл бұрын

"tis the season!" Absolutely the "Wright" gift I need to create my current project. Much appreciation for your sharp, professional observations & tutorials. Best wishes for a creative, prosperous new year.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Ryco! Merry Christmas. Always a please to read your comments and I'm glad it's useful to you. Have a happy new year!

@elonanamor6420 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video with lots of information. I thought your pen tool video explained a lot but this one WOW. Keep showing us what we can do because I can't find learning from anywhere that is clearer and as complete as yours. Thank you again for sharing.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elona, I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such great feedback. Thank you!

@DanCasciano 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video. Relearned use of several techniques. I like your style because it isn’t slow motion but also not high speed. Also, explanation of tool and techniques easily understandable. Thanks.

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan, I appreciate that. Yes I try to make it easy enough for everyone to follow along with me so I slow the pace down a bit.

@my3sneezes 2 жыл бұрын

This was FANTASTIC!! I enjoyed this so much and learned several tips. So glad i came across your channel. It’s hard to find content creator who do Affinity Designer and I am looking forward to going through all your videos

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! I hope you enjoy my other tutorials.

@kelfern8226 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. My design went wayhire during the spoon tracing. I need to do better in perfecting that. After that, it was downhill for him. Thanks for your video it was helpful. I will keep trying.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Keep trying, watch my pen tool tutorial if you want to perfect that.

@suryanshsingh8290 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial …

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@Eljulitus Жыл бұрын

Wow! I just learned how to use Affinity Designer! Been playing around with Affinity Photo for years now, and handling it pretty well not at least thanks to lots of tutorials on KZfaq. But I must say.. Man, this is _the best_ tutorial I have come across so far. And that says quite a lot! Thanks you so much!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that!

@DigitalDiego 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching it so simply and effectively, I finally made something look decent! lol

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

I'm. Happy to hear that Diego

@jackichaigne3976 2 жыл бұрын

En visionnant vos vidéos, nous devenons des illustrateurs en herbe, merci vraiment de vos démonstrations, très, très ludique

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por mirar, estoy feliz de que esté ayudando a la comunidad de diseño.

@rogerlobo1746 2 жыл бұрын

just amazing man ! trying to start designing now and im really a noob in this, thank you so much for sparing your time for the lesson .

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm glad you like it. Stay tuned new tutorial coming soon

@rogerlobo1746 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright ill be here

@robertevans8635 2 жыл бұрын

Truly excellent... as ever. I think it's the calm detailed 'englishness' that hits the mark for me

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert that's a big compliment, cheers 🥂

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

HI Robert I've just released a new tutorial on the contour tool if you are interested

@KamleshMakwanaKrsnakesavdas 2 жыл бұрын

That's Wonderful Way Of Explaining I Have Ever Came Across. Thank You So Much From The Bottom Of My Heart. You Have Surely Managed To Convert A Simple Designer Software Into A Realistic Photograph. Hats Off To You. I Will Definitely See Your Other Videos As Well To Upgrade Myself. Keep Making It Will Be Really Helpful For Us. Hare Krishna And Namaste From INDIA🙏

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for watching, I love reading the comments so I appreciate that you took the time to watch and comment. Great to know where you are watching too! Take care and keep designing

@bradnelson3595 Жыл бұрын

I ran through this tutorial and ended up with a reasonable facsimile. It's somewhat complicated but you (unlike so many others) had a pacing that included all of the steps (no quick cuts or muddling over some detail) so I could always check my progress against yours.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Brad, I appreciate you spending time to leave me feedback. I'm happy to hear its helping. One thing that reaaaly annoys me when I watch tutorials (currently I'm learning blender) is when they skip over an important step and I can't go further because of it. I'm mindful of this when making my tutorials

@bradnelson3595 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright Ditto, AW. Note to those viewing at home: Take the time to label the layers as ArtistWright does. It takes time, but (because he does it first), it's a way not only to stay organized but it is the needed structure to be able to follow along. You can see what layers he has, what is above or below what, what is selected, etc., and then can duplicate the same techniques. Note to self: My Photoshop documents tend to be a big mess of thrown-together, unnamed layers, but I am learning. :) Old dogs, and all that.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Cheers Brad! Naming layers is a big one!

@torinux4980 2 жыл бұрын

You needed a dark brown shadow color (closest possible to black)to make that plate look like the real deal. Other than that, this was a great tutorial

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Torinux, appreciate the feedback

@TonysMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I am Tony of Tony's Music I like your Affinity Designer tutorial pretty good! I do some too as I like to share things I find out, I have subscribed to your channel and wish you a merry Christmas!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony I appreciate it!

@galib1992ict Жыл бұрын

Can't believe I could do this in vector. I am imagining how unstable my system would be if tried in Illustrator.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

It's a cool feature, thanks

@LadyKoper 3 ай бұрын

Hi! Absolutely awesome video, thank you so much! I have a problem working on this on iPad, do you perhaps know if the same features are available there and I just can't find them, or they're only there in the desktop version? Thanks to anyone who tries to help :')

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for that. I don't own an iPad but I know that you can do it all so it's in there somewhere. Sorry I can't be of more help. If someone here knows can you help our fellow designer out?

@kathywalters3811 11 ай бұрын

I am enjoying the video but not able to fully follow along, maybe since I have Affinity Designer 2. When I drag the wood image to the circle, it won't let me go to the right and the result is different. Any tips for how this is different in AD2? Thanks!

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Ah so in Affinity V2 just drag it onto that layer, no need to drag to the right.

@kathywalters3811 11 ай бұрын

@@ArtistWright it drags it onto the layer but I can lo longer see the wood pattern.

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

The wood pattern is most likely hiding underneath another layer. Pay attention to the layers panel, click the drop down arrow on the layer you dragged the wood pattern into. It's in there

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Ah yes it might have been in there but off to the side, you can always find it in the layers panel,click on it and you should see the bounding box.

@rodbowkett2376 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this illuminating tutorial! Only one minor criticism - you pronounce gaussian incorrectly (named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss).

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rod, and thanks for flagging my pronunciation I appreciate it

@rodbowkett2376 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright Just watching your pen tool epic - absolutely definitive work!

@ArtistWright 2 жыл бұрын

@@rodbowkett2376 thank you so much