Affinity Designer Basics: Children’s Book Cover Design & Illustrating Mockups - VIDEO Course

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In this class you will learn my tips and tricks for illustrating effective book cover designs and presenting them on a hand-drawn vector mockup. You will also solidify your knowledge of vector tools in Affinity Designer and get more proficient in general vector illustration.

Welcome to "Affinity Designer Basics: Children’s Book Cover Design & Illustrating Mockups - VIDEO Course", a course dedicated to artists and illustrators of all levels.

WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR

1. children's book illustrators: This course is for you if you'd like to build on your professional portfolio for babies and toddler board books. By adding book cover designs to your portfolio, you will be increasing your chances to score great illustration projects with editors.

2. beginner and intermediate artists looking to learn more about Affinity Designer: This class is perfect for you if you'd like to learn more about general vector illustration, get more proficient in using Affinity's drawing tools and speed up your creative process by learning to create mockups and save up mockups and backgrounds as assets and templates.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Affinity Designer software, any version, however I'm teaching my demo on the iPad version
• download my PDF workbook within the course sections so that you get access to my prompt list for your cover hero

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• most vector drawing tools in Affinity Designer: the pen tool, the pencil tool, the vector brush tool
• the corner tool
• the shape tool
• the rectangle tool and basic Boolean operations
• artistic text tool for titles and conversions to curves
• adding background texture together with blend modes
• creating semi-realistic book mockups with a Gaussian blur shadow
• working with pre-saved assets and utilizing Affinity templates

MEET THE TEACHER

Hi! I’m Weronika Salach, an illustrator, surface pattern designer & art teacher. I create vibrant work to fill your world with color, and I teach how to draw in Procreate and Affinity Designer. I'm a Top Teacher on Skillshare where I helped over 30,000 students take their digital illustration skills to the next level.

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FAQ 🤔

• What tools do I need?
  • Any version of Affinity Designer, desktop or iPad. I will be demonstrating on my iPad in Designer V2. There is one important difference between V1 and V2: the older V1 version doesn’t have the auto-close option for the Pencil Tool, so you will need to make sure to close your vector shapes manually.
• Is this course good for beginners?
  • I’d recommend this course for more intermediate Affinity Designer users who already know the interface. However, all my Affinity courses are very beginner-friendly and targeted at people who have little experience with Affinity software. They're also suitable for more experienced designers and illustrators who perhaps wish to transition from Adobe software into Serif tools (Designer, Photo, Publisher).
• What if I don't understand something?
  • If something just isn't clicking, just give it a rest and come back to it later if you're having trouble. Perhaps you would like to join our Facebook Affinity Designer and Fresco group? We share there our Affinity and Fresco work, answer questions and give each other feedback. You can also approach me on Skillshare or via email: hello@weronikasalach.com