Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this Quick video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com I use symbols to place a design over the edge of a 3D box mockup
I make use of symbols to update the placement in the mockup while using individual scaling and skewing to create the illusion of the edge. Affinity Designer v1 has no perspective deformation tool but sometimes you can get away with scaling and skewing.
Most of the functionality shown in the video can be created with other software tools such as Adobe's Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Inkscape with minor alterations and different names for the tools used.
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’
In this Quick video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com I use symbols to place a design over the edge of a 3D box mockup
I make use of symbols to update the placement in the mockup while using individual scaling and skewing to create the illusion of the edge. Affinity Designer v1 has no perspective deformation tool but sometimes you can get away with scaling and skewing.
Most of the functionality shown in the video can be created with other software tools such as Adobe's Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Inkscape with minor alterations and different names for the tools used.
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’
![Affinity Designer Tutorial - Creating a Tree of Life for Cutting
In this video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com, I will show you how to create a cut-out design of a tree of life.
The design is created by using just circles, strokes with pressure curves, symbols, and compound groups. I start by creating a spiral [as Affinity Designer currently has no spiral tool].
The design of the tree uses basic shapes. Starting with the frame, I fill the design and then add decoration to it.
Compound tools are a great tool when working on cut files or exporting to SVG or EPS.
Here is the link to the earlier Inkscape video:
https://youtu.be/4sFxC0L2XhY
Most of the functionality shown in the video can be created with other software tools such as Adobes Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Inkscape with minor alterations and different names for the tools used.
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’ Affinity Designer Tutorial - Creating a Tree of Life for Cutting](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y40HbNPD9cM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Affinity Designer Tutorial - Creating and polishing simple shapes like a button
This video is all about different ways to polish, shade, and texture simple objects. I chose the humble button as an example. Its easy to create but can be changed into infinite designs.
There are many different ways to shade an object from flat colours and gradients to combined effects using bevel and 3D.
For more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials visit the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Get the Helpful Hints, the checker patterns or brushes I used in this video from my Gumroad page. They are FREE. Just enter a 0 [zero] in the price field.
https://2dgameartguru.gumroad.com Affinity Designer Tutorial - Creating and polishing simple shapes like a button](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YKZgjvmPPUY/mqdefault.jpg)

![Affinity Designer v.2 Tutorial - Shape Builder Tool - working with my Puzzle Grids
In this video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com, I am working with the new Affinity Designer v2 to show you the Shape Builder Tool in combination with another set of grids I created.
This time around they are more of a puzzle - finding the shape inside the lines and shapes and combine the areas to get the design right.
You can download the Affinity Designer v2 file with the 10 puzzle grids for FREE from my gumroad page:
https://2dgameartguru.gumroad.com/l/lduqt
I will show you how to use the grids to create simple as well as more complex shapes with the Shape Builder Tool.
I hope these designs make it easier to understand and play with the shape builder tool in Affinity Designer 2 - and will eventually enable you to design your own icons, logos, or patterns with it.
Enjoy!
Please let me know what you think. I had a lot of fun creating these and might make more [and more complex ones] if there is a demand for it.
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’ Affinity Designer v.2 Tutorial - Shape Builder Tool - working with my Puzzle Grids](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZCIvb2-vIJI/mqdefault.jpg)


![PixelOver - Review - A great Tool for Transforming High Resolution Art into awesome Pixel Art
I stumbled across this tool and was immediately in love with it. PixelOver is in its early stages [this video was recorded with the Alpha V0.6] but it shows great promise and was good fun so far.
The tool allows you to turn hires art and vector graphics into pixel art quickly and conveniently. It has a lot more to offer than I could cover in this [initial] quick review. Go and check it out on itch.io:
https://deakcor.itch.io/pixelover
For more Inkscape and Affinity Designer tutorials go to http://2dgameartguru.com. PixelOver - Review - A great Tool for Transforming High Resolution Art into awesome Pixel Art](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5ZC7xABqqg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Affinity Designer Timelapse - Game Art Creation - A lovely Skeleton - #short
A short video from 2Dgameartguru.com on creating a [lovely] skeleton in vectors.
In this video, I will show the quick and easy creation of a cartoony skeleton using mainly circles and the node tool for a speedy [15 minute] process in Affinity Designer.
Most of it can be created with other software tools such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Inkscape.
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials can be found on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
#short #vector #vectorart #gameart #gameassets #figure #vector #affinity #affinitydesigner #halloween #love #heart #skeleton #speed
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‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’ Affinity Designer Timelapse - Game Art Creation - A lovely Skeleton - #short](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_AO0ejHhGdU/mqdefault.jpg)


![Inkscape Video Tutorial - Using Bend
I missed the most obvious choice in the last Pattern along Path video. Heres take 2 with a more obvious path effect in Inkscape for the infinite loop. Bend might not be as versatile, but its quick, works on groups, and is easy to edit.
In this video, I want to show you how to use the path effect alongside the Shape Builder Tool to create a multicoloured infinite loop [and other tracks like it].
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com
and
Check out the Helpful Hints collection of step-by-step tutorials at
https://2dgameartguru.gumroad.com/l/spegq
[Grab it for FREE by entering a zero in the price field. :) ] Inkscape Video Tutorial - Using Bend](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_WCGrg2D2eg/mqdefault.jpg)