Digital Art

Once upon a time I took a class in photography on Udemy and really enjoyed that. Photos need to be edited but photoshop was far too expensive and I'm not a big fan of subscribtion models. I tried GIMP but couldn't get the hang of it, then Canva, which I'm still using, and eventually found Affinity Photo. I fell in love! A few more Udemy classes and a sale on the Affinity homepage later, I owned the entire Affinity suite.

I've been experimenting ever since. Layering pictures over each other or my paintings (as you can see in the header and the thumbnail) are some of my favourite ways to create a new image. I've also dabbled in pixel art and drew the picture below as part of a class.

This is a recurring passion which I fully intend to use for book covers, mugs, logos, websites and any other future projects.

swirls shine through the branches of a tree; the overall colours are different shades of blue and silver

I practiced:

layout and composition
making digital "thank you" notes
thinking outside the box (I made the bubble brushes on the right by photographing unwashed tea cups)
following my instincts
allowing myself to make stuff that isn't "perfect"

a flying saucer in space, it's shooting a beam at a planet

I learned:

Affinity designer, photo and publisher
practice makes better
logo design
branding
colour theory
typography and that fonts are awesome!
how to use layering effects, blend pictures together, crop, make my own brushes... and sooo much more