Siouxsie (again…)

A quick one done tonight – this time a high-key image.

As per usual, drawn in Affinity Designer on iPad based on a photo (photographer unknown at this time, please let me know if you know).

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Drifter.
The more I think of it, probably a visualisation of flow state.
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Four

The album from 1982 that opens with Rosanna and closes with Africa from a fantastic band – especially in the earlier days (IMHO).

Drawn using Affinity Designer on iPad.

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Ich habe für das Haus meiner #Dune Kampagne versucht das Wappen zu gestalten und mich dabei dem Look von denen aus 'Houses of the Landsraad' anzunähren.
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This is my city. Sergels Torg is generally considered THE centre of Stockholm.

To the left, one of the the entrances to the subway, station T-Centralen. The exit leads out to the plaza with it’s iconic triangle pattern. The tallest building is one of five pretty much identical buildings placed like dominoes in a line behind this one. The offices of the company I work for is located in the next one behind this.

The tall monument is largely made of glass and it can be lit up as needed. The base around it is a shallow pool of water with an array of decorative fountains. (It was empty when I took the reference photo.)

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Sergels Torg

Vector drawing of Sergels Torg, generally considered the centre of Stockholm.

To the left, one of the the entrances to the subway, station T-Centralen. The exit leads out to the plaza with it’s iconic triangle pattern. The tallest building is one of five pretty much identical buildings placed like dominoes in a line behind this one. The offices of the company I work for is located in the next one behind this.

The tall monument is largely made of glass and it can be lit up as needed. The base around it is a shallow pool of water with an array of decorative fountains.

Based on a panoramic photo I took from the awsome library, Kulturbiblioteket, level 2 inside Kulturhuset.

Below is a closer view at the far corner. Always tricky to determine the “right” amount of detailing to put in…

Ur & Penn is a chain selling watches and jewlerey. They have been running this campaign for probably 30 years now – with clearance sales, going-out-of-business sales, and always “up to 70% off”. It has become a running joke at this point.

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Tutorial Video - Manual Tracing with the Pen Tool
This video shows you how to easily trace a photo with the Pen Tool to create a simple lineart illustration.

https://youtu.be/ASWXn_qR2SE

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My first stab at Hornet #warrior #princess in #2D vector format, #freehand #notracing, #AffinityDesigner, proportions scaled for #cosplay, from the as yet to be released #HollowKnight: #Silksong game by #TeamCherry.
https://hollowknight.fandom.com/wiki/Hornet

@erikcats @mxfraud I have a somewhat similar project I abandoned somewhere I want to get back to. Mine was making stat blocks for #heavygearblitz but it’s still layout. I feel like these would be relatively quick.

Another option would be that many design apps, possibly including #affinitydesigner can do what we called a Mail Merge in the old days, so you could have it take data from a spreadsheet and build cards for you. An Affinity expert. Ight be able to advise on this though.

I had fun coming up with alien designs for my social media groups for Inkscape and Affinity Designer.

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It's pretty cool seeing my design on an exhibition of works that took part in the competition. #design #GraphicDesign #AffinityDesigner

I made a short video to celebrate the start of Pride month.

This is the animated version of the Queen-cover to "A Day At The Races" from 1976, with some additions and surprises.

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A big "Thank YOU" to all the people who posted their questions about using Affinity Designer on various forums over the years. I had to quickly throw together a poster and was able to find good answers to ALL of my questions.

The poster turned out well (I hope!) and I now feel at home using Designer. One does not have to pay Adobe a regular fee, you purchase Affinity and can even update for free: https://affinity.serif.com/

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This turned out to be one of the most complex designs I have drawn in a long time. Happy about how it turned out, and also, got an idea for an animated version…

Also the first Queen album I bought back in 1976.

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Somebody To Love

This album sits between A Night At The Opera (1975) with bangers like “You’re My Best Friend” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” and News of the World (1977) with the classic “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”.

On A Day At The Races (1976) we got the super-hits “Somebody To Love” and “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy”. Talk about being on a roll… It was also the first Queen record I bought.

This turned out to be one of the most complex designs I have done since ELO’s “Out of the Blue” cover. So many small details. Now, let’s see if I can realise this idea I have for animating it, as all the creatures are now individual layers / objects…

Update: animated version here.

Drawn in Affinity Designer, back and forth between iPad and Mac.

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