Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, I use letters and three basic shapes [circles, rectangles, and teardrop shapes] to create an illustrated alphabet.
Using only simple shapes and five colours [set as Global Colours] you can create rich and interesting designs without the need for drawing, pen, or pencil tool skills. I used the letter D for this video and added a duckling and some waterlilies as decoration.
This video is part of a 'Weekly Beginner's challenge' on my Facebook group 'Affinity Designer - hands-on':
facebook.com/groups/323847269739786
The font used in the video is "Roboto Slap' from Google's font library:
fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Slab
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 video, I use letters and three basic shapes [circles, rectangles, and teardrop shapes] to create an illustrated alphabet.
Using only simple shapes and five colours [set as Global Colours] you can create rich and interesting designs without the need for drawing, pen, or pencil tool skills. I used the letter D for this video and added a duckling and some waterlilies as decoration.
This video is part of a 'Weekly Beginner's challenge' on my Facebook group 'Affinity Designer - hands-on':
facebook.com/groups/323847269739786
The font used in the video is "Roboto Slap' from Google's font library:
fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Slab
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’




![Inkscape Tutorial - Use Brush Patterns in your Designs
In this video tutorial, I will show you the use of vector shapes as brushes in Inkscape to add simple patterns to your illustrations.
I have been working on a brush set with basic lines and patterns for Affinity Designer. These brushes are basic vector lines with a tapered stroke which can be expanded to be a vector shape. I took these shapes into Inkscape to use them as horizontally tiling patterns along a path.
This video shows the way I create a simple design [a fishing boat] and use the Pattern along path effect to create the pattern on top.
You can download the Inkscape SVG file with the brush shapes here:
https://2dgameartguru.gumroad.com/l/habqz
For more info on creating patterns like this check out my blog posts:
https://2dgameartguru.com/creating_patterns-along-a-path-in-inkscape-part-1/
and
https://2dgameartguru.com/pattern-creation-along-a-path-in-inkscape-part-2/
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials including a whole set of tutorials on creating your own brushes on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’ Inkscape Tutorial - Use Brush Patterns in your Designs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/biyhxcgqs5A/mqdefault.jpg)
![Affinity Designer Tutorial - Create leaves using pressure curves
In this video tutorial, I will explain the process of creating leaf shapes using strokes and pressure curve adjustments.
I create a small plant with curved leaves by altering the pressure curve, width, and colouring of the strokes. Seeing strokes dont react to Boolean operations, I use the layer blend mode Erase as well as expanded copies of some leaves for added detail and shading.
The pressure curve is a powerful [and somewhat underrated] tool. I love playing with it due to its flexibility and the fact that those shapes can easily be converted to curves via expansion.
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 - Create leaves using pressure curves](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cVqjoESXovI/mqdefault.jpg)

![Affinity Designer Tutorial - Mockups - Quickly Create scalable Picture Frames
This is a quick video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru on creating dynamic picture frames for mockup photos.
This video explains how to create and adjust photo and picture frames of various types [plain, profiled, or textured] using Affinity Designer.
This can easily be created with other software tools such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Inkscape with minor alterations and different names for the tools used.
For more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials visit the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’ Affinity Designer Tutorial - Mockups - Quickly Create scalable Picture Frames](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8iBSfyJTo4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Affinity Designer Mini Tutorial - Consistent Gradients on Fills and Strokes
This mini video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com is about gradients across fills and strokes. Affinity Designer has two settings for the fill tool. The context is either fill or stroke.
It gets a little tricky when you want a consistent fill across both [filled shapes and strokes]. This video shows you how to use swatches to store the gradient information and apply it from fill to strokes as well as using helper shapes to align the gradients to match.
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 Mini Tutorial - Consistent Gradients on Fills and Strokes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dIdloUDJup8/mqdefault.jpg)

![Inkscape Timelapse - About Screen v1.3 entry
This is a quick timelapse of my 2nd entry to the Inkscape About Screen Contest [https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85a-long-journey].
I tried to showcase what can be done in Inkscape with simple shapes and without fancy drawing skills. Using only a limited set of tools to create a consistent yet rich look. The piece relies heavily on gradients, tapered, and power stroke path effects on simple lines and basic shapes [circles and rectangles were the starting point for most elements].
Organizing a design of this complexity was key. The improved layers and objects panel was a huge help in keeping the 2500+ objects that make this scene under control.
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’ Inkscape Timelapse - About Screen v1.3 entry](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e1k0XoI7b7M/mqdefault.jpg)