Category: fx

• Habitat lamp light

  

  I have a lovely old lamp from Habitat back in the 1990s that emits a wonderful orange light. I decided to have a go at reproducing the feel of it at night when only lamps are lighting the room. Panel door The door was constructed from a single rectangle and trapezia straight on; a perspective…

  jaelliott24

  16/05/2024

  Backgrounds, fx, Layer blend modes, Vectors

  affinity designer, home-decor, interior-design, lamp, lamps, lighting, vector art

• Analysis of soap bubble images

  

  The more I learn, the more I realise success is about getting the analysis right. What I mean is, the wrong approach will fail because it rapidly becomes too hard to do, whereas the right approach can succeed only through structure and a disciplined deployment of the right tools. As a beginner, one does not…

  jaelliott24

  23/03/2023

  fx, Hyperrealistic, Layer blend modes, Vectors

  affinity designer, bubbles, portrait, reflections, vector art

• Footprints in sand

  

  Been trying to make a passably-realistic design of footprints in sand. Can a decent image be made using standard effects (fx) without having to resort to custom vectors and blends. I think the answer is ‘yes’ and here’s how. Most of the techniques in this article I have learned over the last year or so…

  jaelliott24

  21/02/2023

  fx, Vectors

  affinity designer, fx, vector art