I am self taught and am always eager to discover and invent new techniques to create realistic artworks of horses, cats, dogs, and people (so far). I grew up with horses and for some reason, when I was 16 years old, I felt the need to pick up a pencil and start drawing them - a new passion was then born. Pencil drawings were my first love when it comes to artwork. Please contact me if interested in commissioning a drawing. I am motivated to prevent any damage whatsoever to my artwork during shipping. It’s then bubble wrapped and placed in a suitable cardboard box and padded using packing paper to prevent movement. Backed using over size rigid coroplast and attached securely with corner protectors. Carefully wrapped in water and smudge resistant glassine paper. Finished using professional quality matte final fixative to prevent smudges and finger prints.įrame is not included. Created using Staedtler graphite pencils on bright white Canson recycled, acid free bristol board to prevent yellowing. Combine that with blurring and different blend modes (‘Multiply’ to darken and ‘Screen’ or ‘Ovelay’ for highlights) and you have the main tools for this tutorial.Original graphite pencil drawing 'Affinity' by artist Chelsea Noyon (myself). It’s very versatile when it comes to rim lights, folds, or odd strands of hair. I use the pressure profile to turn the ends of a stroke thin. Another favorite of mine is the pressure-adjusted stroke.

If you are unsure about the clipping or clipping groups, have a closer look at the topic. I love to keep things inside shapes – to group them, to restrict them, and yet be able to easily adjust them. Probably the most used function in these ‘polishing’ tutorials will be the clipping of elements. For now, I want to start with the very first tutorial about circles and show you how adding smooth shading can take your designs to another level. I reworked the stone age man and the dinosaur and will post tutorials of the process later.

It’s already been a while since I did some tests with characters and designs from my old tutorials. This tutorial will show the process of applying smooth shading and detail in Affinity Designer while revisiting some of the old tutorials I wrote.

Applying smooth shading and detail Affinity Designer Tutorial

Drawing on affinity photo