Olivio Sarikas

Affinity Designer: Floating Island Tutorial // Beginner Vector Design

Learn in this easy beginner Tutorial to create a floating Island from basic shapes. Based on a simple sketch you can unfold your creativity with this guide. Learn to create 3D looking shapes, snap them together and divide or combine them to create more complex shapes from them.

This playful design is a ideal starting point to get into Vector design. Use this as the base for building beaut...

Displacement Effect - AP File

Here is my File from the AP Tutorial

Affinity Photo: Displacement Effect - Tutorial

Learn how to put anything on a Wall in a realistic way. This tutorial covers merging it with the Wall, withering and adjusting the Ambient Atmosphere to look it is actually on the wall.

The original Affinity Photo Displacement Effect doesn't work as intended. But i will show you a easy workaround to make it still look realistic and nice

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2019-04-20 16:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Creative Chat - How to have great Ideas

Learn how to have great ideas and no longer fear an empty Canvas. In this video I will show you how to create a great Idea. Step by step you will learn different techniques to find ideas, develop them into something great and learn for achieved artist how to refine them. 

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Affinity Photo - LIVE Stream - 22. April!

Join our Live Stream on 22 April - 6PM UTC - Hit the reminder Button on Youtube. We do a Q&A, talk about Affinity Photo, and share insights on out upcoming Course for Photo Composition (Udemy + Skillshare).

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Affinity Photo - Blend Ranges Explained

Easy explanation of Blend Ranges. Learn what they do and how to apply them to your artworks to create interesting effects and get fast Results. 

We are going to look at Source Layer Ranges, Underlying Composition Ranges, Blend Gamma, Coverage Map and Linear / Curved Range Settings. 

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2019-04-16 16:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Easter Vector Design - AD File

Here is my Vector File - it's the one from the Preview at the start, not the one i create during the Tutorial, because it has some more things in it and also i liked the design better :)

Affinity Designer: Easter Card - Tutorial

Easy to follow Tutorial to create a nice Easter Card Design. I'm using simple shapes and some nice tricks to get the colors right. Smooth Shadows and Highlights that are adjustable per Egg. Interesting Colors that we "borrowed" from other Designers to get that nice color match.

Font used:  https://www....

Small Pack & 30% Discount code :)

Hello my Friends,

attached to this Post below is your Small Brush Pack for the 3$ Tier

And here is your 30% Discount Code: patron_discount

You can find the Pro Pack here: https://gum.co/UTHqY

Let me know if you get the Pack and of course I am here for you, if you need any help with the Source Files.  As a...

Your Brush Packs are here :) - For Affinity Photo

Hello my Friends,

the Brush Packs are finally here :) They come in 3 Version Small (7 Brushes), Medium (17 Brushes) and PRO (27 Brushes).

To celebrate the small Pack is Free for everyone, not just the 3$ Tier :)
https://gumroad.com/l/freebrushesvol1/freebrushes  

btw: Ignore the 1...

Affinity Photo - FREE 1 Hour Portrait Editing Course!

Jeremy created a 1 hour course on Portrait Editing and Compositing, that you can get for free today. He is a really great guy and will show you how to adjust a RAW file, correct the channels with curves, remove and replace the background and put some artistic touches on the photo.

Get the resource file to follow along with this Youtube video:
2019-04-10 19:35:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Vector Tricks - AP File

Here is my File with all the Layers :)

Remember to share  your creations over on Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/r/AffinityPhotoTuts/ 

Affinity Photo - 6 Vector Tricks - Tutorial

Learn 6 Ways to work with Vectors right inside Affinity Photo - no extra Software needed. 

Learn how to create a 

- 3D looking Cog Wheel with a textured Vector Design

- Web Button with a beveled 3D look

- Gradient over multiple Vector shapes

- Subtract a Vector Shape in Affinity Photo

- Create Pie Chart with true percentage angles

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Affinity Designer - The BIG Book Review. Should you buy it?

A full review of the Affinity Designer Workbook - Cover to Cover. I show you everything in the Book, so you know exactly what you get. 

We have a look at every chapter: Interface Tour, Core Skills, Illustration Projects, Design Projects, Inserts and more. There are a lot of interesting things to find in this book. How to use the Personas, Art Boards, design a cool Panther,...

Creative Chat: Our NEW Shooting - Behind the Scenes Special

Note: Because this is a special occasion I combined the BTS and Creative Chat videos into one.

Have a sneak peak from the set of our latest Shoot. We shot two scenes in a Restaurant that will become a very elaborate Course for Udemy + Skillshare AND also become a time-laps video here on the channel. 

In the video I talk about the creative process, what I learned, how fun the pr...

Affinity Designer VS Affinity Photo - What's the difference?

Find out which is for you. Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer both have their purpose. Here is a basic intro on what they are best at. Understand the difference between Vector and Pixel. Learn how to work with Art-boards and become more efficient as a designer. 

Paper Sizes: https://papersizes.io/a/

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What it is and how it works :)

Great news! We now have our very own Sub-Reddit, where you can ask questions, share your creations and connect with other amazing people. And it's totally free :)

Join our Reddit Community:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AffinityPhotoTuts/

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2019-03-29 16:04:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Amazing Stars - AP File

Here is my File for you to work with. Enjoy :)

Affinity Photo: Amazing Stars

Learn how to create a star filled sky in easy steps. In this tutorial I show you how to fill any night sky with stars and make them look dreamy and awesome. We are going to learn how to mask & group the layers. Use Blend Modes Hard Light, Soft light and Screen to our advantage. We look at the Blur Layer Effect as a fast and easy way to make images dreamy. 

Let's get started :) 2019-03-27 18:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Eye Color Change - AP File

Here is my File with the Adjustments :)

Affinity Photo - Eye Color Change, Realistic Look -

Learn how to change the eye color in a realistic way in Affinity Photo. The human eye is as complex as it is beautiful. That makes it a little hard to change the color the right way. But it's all made easy if you know how. Let's find out.

The Iris of the eye has multiple colors, often 3 or more that mix beautifully and make the eye so interesting and alive. So, when changing the color, we...

Affinity Photo - Fashion Photographer - How is the Life? Interview

How is the Life of a Fashion Photographer? Find out in this Interview. Live Shots from the Scene. See what a real Fashion shooting looks like. Interview with the Photographer on how that Life is.

What are her favorite tools? When to buy Pro Gear? Is it Glamorous? Where do you get your first Gigs? How many photos does a professional Photographer take? And how is the shots to selection Rati...

#### New Rewards coming :)

Hello My Friends, starting April I will add new rewards to your Tiers, giving you more Value for the same amount of Money :) I will start putting up cool Rewards like:

• Brush Packs
• Macro Packs
• Prefab Packs
• Color Packs
• LUT Packs

These will be included from the 3$ Tier upwards and higher Tiers get bigger Packs. Also the Packs will be sold...

Warm Light Burst - AP File

Hello My Friends, here is my AP File for this tutorial :)

Affinity Photo - Warm Light Burst - Tutorial

Learn to create a nice, warm Atmosphere in any photo. I will show you how to build a creamy, warm Sun light flow for a perfect summer atmosphere in your photos. For this I use one of my favorite tricks: Ellipse and Rectangle shapes are very flexible light sources. 

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Affinity Photo - LUTs Explained - Color grading for Photos - Tutorial

LUTs Explained - Learn how to use Lookup Tables to easily color grade or style your photos. 

In this video i show you how to import LUTs, save them as a Preset and even create your own LUTs presets from scratch. This will give you a lot of easy options to apply styles to your photos, build consistency for your art and even create your own looks.

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2019-03-14 16:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post

New Tutorial comes Tomorrow!

Sorry guys, i was so busy working at my projects that i totally forgot about the time. I will record the new Tutorial tomorrow and of course you get the one on Saturday too. So it will still be 2 Tutorials :)

Affinity Photo WORK BOOK - Review / Should you buy it?

Cover to Cover Review of everything in the Book. Get my honest opinion with all the good and bad things about this Book. Spoiler Alter: There are some things I don't like about it. ;)

We look at all the Chapters: Interface Tour, Core Skills, Enthusiast Projects, Commercial Projects and Creative Effects and Techniques. Great stuff like Focus Stacking, Night shots, Portrait editing, Panoram...

8 Photo Myths - You need to know

8 Photography Myths and what's really behind them. Do you need a Pro Camera? Is Talent important to become a Photographer? How much Megapixel does a good photo need? Should you always print in CMYK? Are Photos from a Professional Camera always better? Is it possible to shoot photos in low light without a Tripod? Can you do it in Post? 

Lost of questions, easy answers. Let's get rid o...

What This Photo Doesn't Show

Beautiful analysis of by John Green of this photo by August Sander. Worth watching to understand both photography and art better. Sometimes the biggest stories are in the smallest things.