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).

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.

Previously I’ve been teaching creating repeat patterns using the Live Pattern Preview Tool. This approach requires the use of the Transform Studio and manually shifting all the objects that are on the edges of your pattern tile.

From this moment on, I am abandoning this way of working and I’ll be creating all my patterns using my automated templates. To demonstrate how it works, I’ll be teaching you how to create beautiful diamond repeats. Normally building an error-free repeat with the old approach would give me a BIG headache - so I designed automated templates which allow you to create a pattern IN REAL time and building your seamless repeat as you draw.

The automation aspect refers to building the repeat, but of course you still have to do the drawing part. You’ll see though that the repeat comes from under your fingers in seconds! Bye bye X- and Y-axis calculations, I won’t miss you :)

This course covers only the diamond repeat. Please note, there will be also a new course about diamond repeats with SYMMETRY. This class serves as a warm-up into this new way of creating vector patterns.

Stay tuned via Instagram, Skillshare or my Newsletter to get notified about my upcoming automated HALF-DROP, SYMMETRY-DIAMONDS, SCALLOP and OGEE repeat patterns :)

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 group? We share there Affinity-related findings, answer questions and give each other feedback.

You can also approach me in the Skillshare "Discussions" section or via email: hello@weronikasalach.com.

Gumroad is an e-commerce platform that allows creators to sell products directly to their audience, which apparently has been on the market since 2011. It extremely popular with selling digital products, such as digital illustration brushes, but also online courses and tutorials.

After Skillshare changed their payment model in September 2022, I needed to diversify and start offering my courses outside of Skillshare. The main reason: my income on SK was reduced by half. You’ll be supporting me more by buying my video courses via Gumroad, where I will earn more than 2€ per student :)

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You will be able to stream my course videos just like on Skillshare with the same options for resizing the window or speeding up the audio. Some of my Gumroad courses will include exclusive Gumroad goodies and freebies.

All of my new online courses will always arrive in my Gumroad shop first. Skillshare may or may not follow with a 1-3 months delay to the platform. I reserve the right to publish some online tutorials exclusively on Gumroad.