Create A Carved Wood Mockup with Affinity Designer

• February 13, 2024
• Nick Saporito
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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 objects, or whatever else (as long as it’s a vector path.)

To accomplish this we’ll be utilizing clipping masks, adjustment layers, and most importantly, QuickFX.

First, start off with a blank wood texture image and then place the logo/drawing/text you’d like to carve into it:

Then, with some design magic, we’ll be able to make it look as if it’s been carved into the wood:

This requires a series of steps that utilize various features, but this is the first lesson I’ve done that shines a light on the QuickFX panel and just how useful it can be.

As a vector design tool and a photo editor, Affinity Designer is the perfect application for this sort of task. Check out the video tutorial at the top of the page for a more complete walkthrough of the process.

Asset Downloads

You can download a copy of the wood image via Pixabay using the link below:

You can also download a copy of the Affinity Designer file with the effect already applied here: carved-wood-template.zip

Leave a comment to let me know what you think. As always, thanks for watching!

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