Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY 2022

[Miriam]

@von_nimmermehr I love the layered textures & colors! Your avatar is cute & sweet. I'm wondering, "Is she surprised, impressed, or does she like to sing?"

[Miriam]

@chrisaakins said in Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY 2022:

I am trying to imagine how you could turn this into a vector and yeah I don't think that's possible. Way too much texture.

You should be able to do it in a program called Affinity Designer (which is similar to Adobe Illustrator). https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/
With Designer, you can create vector shapes, and apply raster textures or brushes.

"Switch between full featured vector and raster workspaces ... Add raster brush texture to your illustrations, ... mask and add grain to your crisp vectors"

I can't remember for sure (since I have both), but you might need to get Affinity Photo as well as Affinity Designer in order to use the raster features in Designer.

I was very excited when I saw that you can work with vector & raster in the same program. I'm just a beginner with this, but you can check out their website for examples.
At the website above, scroll down to "Vector or raster, you decide" & you can toggle the raster effects on & off to see the difference on a vector illustration.
Here's a short demo video that shows how you can paint raster images, or apply a raster texture to a vector shape in Designer: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/designer/desktop/video/338830412/

Affinity can export as (save as) all the major file types, including .psd — I haven't personally tried sending a .psd file to someone who uses Photoshop, so I can't vouch for it, but I really like the Affinity programs (and they are much less expensive than Adobe Photoshop, et alia!).

[Miriam]

@braydin-hawlette Wow, this cover is great!
Is this a book you're writing, or an example of a cover illustration?

[Miriam]

@lizardillo I agree with Heather. You did an amazing job!

[burvantill]

@lizardillo Looks really great!

[kylebeaudette]

[Asyas_illos]

@kylebeaudette love these! How long does one take you to do? Love the Beetlejuice and Harry potter

[kylebeaudette]

@asyas_illos thanks! About 30 minutes, sometimes 5 minutes for easier ones.

[Asyas_illos]

@kylebeaudette now nice! Its all good old fashioned watercolor and ink?

[kylebeaudette]

@asyas_illos yep, on Canson mixed media paper

[lizardillo]

@burvantill @Miriam thank you

[braden H]

Workin' awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay