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Drawing the FireFox logo in Inkscape
How To Draw The Firefox Logo In Inkscape 🔥🦊
How To Draw The Firefox Logo In Inkscape 🔥🦊 1024 640 Nick Saporito

Today’s tutorial is an exercise in using Inkscape as a tool for tracing, drawing and simulating gradients. Follow step-by-step as I demonstrate how to draw the Firefox logo using nothing but ellipses and the Pen Tool. When drawing with vectors, I’ve found that it’s always helpful to try to visualize the simple shapes within a…

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Design YouTube Thumbnails In Affinity Photo
Design YouTube Thumbnails In Affinity Photo
Design YouTube Thumbnails In Affinity Photo 1024 640 Nick Saporito

You don’t need a Photoshop subscription to make glowing thumbnail designs that entice users to click on your videos. In this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to do so in Affinity Photo. The key to nailing this look is knowing which Adjustment Layers and Quick FX to use, and in this lesson I go…

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Working with gradients in Inkscape
The Definitive Guide To Working With Gradients In Inkscape
The Definitive Guide To Working With Gradients In Inkscape 1024 640 Nick Saporito

Gradients are transitions between various colors, and they’re an essential part of graphic design and digital art in general. In this tutorial we’ll be going over everything you need to know to make gradients in Inkscape; including linear, radial, mesh, and conical gradients. In short, there’s two different tools we’ll be working with to make…

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New Features In Affinity Designer 🗞️ Welcome To Version 2.4!
New Features In Affinity Designer 🗞️ Welcome To Version 2.4! 1024 640 Nick Saporito

Earlier today Serif released version 2.4 of Affinity Designer and with it comes some new features and tools. The biggest new addition is the Layer States menu, which allows you to toggle the visibility of multiple layers based on parameters of your choosing. Some other new features include… The ability to export DXF and DWG…

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Repeating an object along a path in Affinity Designer
How To Repeat Objects Along A Path In Affinity Designer
How To Repeat Objects Along A Path In Affinity Designer 1024 683 Nick Saporito

In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can take a single object and repeat it along a path in Affinity Designer. This can be useful in creating fun patterns and decorative borders. To accomplish this, we’ll need to create an object to repeat and then make it into a Textured Image Brush. Once made…

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Elegant logo design made with Inkscape
Create An Elegant Logo Design in Inkscape + Free Template
Create An Elegant Logo Design in Inkscape + Free Template 1024 640 Nick Saporito

Learn how to use Spiro Paths in Inkscape to create these decorative ornaments that can be made into elegant logo and monogram designs. The secret to making these paths look fluid and natural is knowing which mode to use for the Pen Tool (I have an in-depth lesson on the Pen Tool here.) The Spiro…

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Create A Carved Wood Mockup with Affinity Designer
Create A Carved Wood Mockup with Affinity Designer 1024 602 Nick Saporito

In this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to use Affinity Designer to take any vector object and make it look like it’s been carved into a piece of wood. This can be an excellent way to depict the versatility of a logo design. It also works with simple illustrations, such as logos, icons, text…

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Realistic Wildlife Silhouettes 🦝 More Free Vectors 🦌
Realistic Wildlife Silhouettes 🦝 More Free Vectors 🦌 800 470 Nick Saporito

This post contains a free download for a collection of 40 realistic wildlife silhouettes. The designs include various types of animals commonly found in nature. They pair nicely with the nature-themed designs I’ve sent out over the past couple of weeks. Use them to create logos, badges, emblems, and various types of vector illustrations: They…

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Free Templates 🌳 Nature Silhouettes Vector Pack 🌳
Free Templates 🌳 Nature Silhouettes Vector Pack 🌳 800 470 Nick Saporito

This post includes a download link for 24 free vector tree silhouettes that you can add to your toolbox and use to craft logos, badges, and various types of illustrations. The silhouettes can be edited in any vector-based application, including Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity Designer. You can edit the nodes, change the fill and stroke…

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Logos By Nick Is Once Again Accepting Clients
Logos By Nick Is Once Again Accepting Clients 800 470 Nick Saporito

Greetings and Happy New Year! 2024 marks a pivot in how I do business, so I wanted to share a brief update. A couple of years ago I stopped taking on freelance work so I could focus full-time on content creation. At the time I had many projects and ideas I wanted to explore, but…

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