Dispatches from the deep!
It has been while since I made the last piece. I found myself running out of inspiration and going to work without inspiration is quite oppressive. I decided to take a break and work more on my music compositions. I am happy to inform that I have made a lot of progress in that area.... Continue Reading →
I set myself a new challenge this week. I decided to make an entire piece with variations on the same color - purple. I allowed myself a slight incursion into pinkish territory but since color is a spectrum rather than a precise thing, I think I am in the right here 😛
This week, I worked on depicting a science fiction scene. I wanted to explore the concept of an observation deck on a Generation ship which has just arrived in a new solar system and is surveying an interesting phenomenon of auroras in outer space. I am not sure if the physics of this is legit... Continue Reading →
I was scrolling through Behance for inspiration and I found Gabriel Silveira's artwork. This aesthetic matches perfectly with my sensibilities and I got down to creating something similar in order to learn. I feel that I have been able to capture the central essence of the aesthetic but I am sure there are many improvements... Continue Reading →
This week, I chose to work on a simple landscape with a limited palette of colors - blue for the sky, golden yellow for the desert sand, and white for the moon. Here's the process: Step 1: Creating the terrain outline. In order to create these shapes (or curves as they are called in Affinity),... Continue Reading →
While browsing Reddit today, I found some really good pics of the Neowise comet on R/EarthPorn. This inspired me to work on a minimal landscape version of the comet flying over a lake. The piece makes heavy use of the gradient tool in Affinity Designer. Happy to say that I am getting comfortable with using... Continue Reading →
Came across an image this week which featured 3D spheres on pastel backgrounds. I was intrigued by the aesthetic and tried to replicate the style in a 2D format and yet keep it as hyper-realistic as possible . Learned quite a bit about texturing using the Noise function in Affinity Designer.
This week, I thought that I would learn more about how to use gradients in Affinity Designer and decided that a neon lit cityscape would be the best way to do it. I made a speed run of the whole creation process. You can watch it below. Hope you like it. https://youtu.be/IQTmoNvZRp4 Speed run of... Continue Reading →
I recently purchased Affinity Designer after doing some research. A lot of people on the internet think that it walks the line between a Pro and Beginner level tool quite well. As someone who dabbles in this as a hobby, I think paying monthly subscriptions is a horrible idea (looking at you, Adobe!). Affinity doesn't... Continue Reading →
I have been drawing this pattern on my notebooks since I was in school. I didn't really know that this pattern was an actual thing. It is called a Mystic rose. I came across a tutorial on Youtube which showed me how to go about constructing one in Inkscape. Inkscape is a free, open-source, cross-platform... Continue Reading →
After my initial foray into vector art with Gravit Designer, I decided to explore flat illustrations. The moon shining over the earth ended up being a simple idea that I could explore. The name of the piece is a reference to the Flat Earth conspiracy and the flat nature of the illustration.
This is my first vector artwork. I am familiar with vector art software because I have been using Figma to do UX/UI stuff at work. However, this is the first time I have applied my limited design knowledge to actually create something for pure aesthetic value. I used Gravit Designer which is a free web-based... Continue Reading →
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