Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com I will show you how to create complex-looking designs with simple base shapes.
This video explains how to break apart a design into its core elements and assemble something complex using compound shapes. Affinity Designer doesn't have a shape builder like Adobe's Illustrator. It has compound shapes though, that allow you to create complex shapes while keeping the components separate and editable - unlike Boolean operations. This is an easy and versatile way to create complex designs. The number 8 in this sample is made up of nothing more than 3 different-sized circles - and a bunch of duplicates of those.
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 video tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com I will show you how to create complex-looking designs with simple base shapes.
This video explains how to break apart a design into its core elements and assemble something complex using compound shapes. Affinity Designer doesn't have a shape builder like Adobe's Illustrator. It has compound shapes though, that allow you to create complex shapes while keeping the components separate and editable - unlike Boolean operations. This is an easy and versatile way to create complex designs. The number 8 in this sample is made up of nothing more than 3 different-sized circles - and a bunch of duplicates of those.
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’
![Inkscape Tutorial - Animate in Spine - Caveman Game Character idle and walk cycle [part 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qI3YBAs3iVY/mqdefault.jpg "Inkscape Tutorial - Animate in Spine - Caveman Game Character idle and walk cycle [part 3]
This tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com continues the redesign of the caveman game character from the two earlier videos.
The video shows how to arrange and export the parts in Inkscape and take them into the animation tool. In Spine, I set the key pose, add the bones and create a simple idle and walk animation.
[Spine can be found here: http://esotericsoftware.com/ ]
The same can be done in similar software to Spine. Spriter or Dragon Bones come to mind [skeletal-based animation and editors are also implemented in some game engines].
See more Inkscape and Affinity Designer tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
Music from Audio Library Plus https://www.audiolibrary.plus/
‘Santana’ by ‘Ason ID’")
