Easy Project for Affinity Designer Beginners!

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make a cute potted plant in Affinity Designer. We will use shape tools, child layers, the Shape Builder, and even some basic Pen Tool.

This project is super simple, so it's the perfect place to start for Affinity Designer beginners. Enjoy! :)

[kristilyons]

Ally, you are just the sweetest teacher, and I love that you take it slowly and describe each step you're taking. You also point out what can cause problems, and then how to fix them. I'm quite excited about Affinity 2, especially with you to help show me the way. :)

[redrubycorn]

great video for beginners! It teaches the basic tools you need and it's fun to follow along. I love it. It even managed to explain the shape builder really easily....

[andre_reichel]

Please more of this videos...best way to learn it!

[mizzysparrots]

Loved this tutorial. I’ve been using Serif products since they started back with DrawPlus and so i can see how amazing this shape builder is! I used to do all of this by hand! Thanks for the info, I learned the basics of the shape builder now from your video and I can’t wait to try new stuff

[marvinreinhart]

Just finished your Designer for Beginners course. After using Affinity Photo for sometime decided to try Designer. The course was excellent and I got a lot from. I have learned a lot from your courses. Thank you for creating great courses at reasonable prices.

[tammya]

Fantastic video! You are always so helpful and make it so easy to follow. Thank you thank you!

[lukewest]

Thank you! I love your Affinity Photo tutorials but its nice to get a Designer one too.

[TCakes]

You are a very good teacher. I needed to do some logo work in a pinch as a web dev, never having done graphic design work, and was able to complete the task using just your videos.

[mikerisner]

Oh, wow! The Shape Builder Tool is going to be invaluable to my workflow. Thanks for introducing it so well!

[IdahoSAM.]

That was a fun project. I am not a designer, but I did learn some fun tools. Thanks

[maruschk]

Thanks, a nice beginner's guide! Very happy with how mine turned out!

[azariahsfibrearts]

I really enjoy learning from you. I can't wait to do the course, I'm going to finish the photo course first though.

[comfortandjoy]

You gave me such a feeling of accomplishment, thank you!

[chrisefc]

Thankyou for this one. I don't have v2 yet so it was nice to see the Shape Builder tool in action. Thankyou, and best wishes to Ezra.

[mireidy]

Wow!!!!This video is fantastic, please make more like this.

[BneiAnusim]

Of course, knowing Illustrator helps but I'm new to AD and so far is VERY intuitive! Thanks.

[pixelfungaming]

A tip I learned when using shape builder tool is press delete or back button on keyboard or enter to combine shapes.

[ChrisB]

Great to have a Designer project - most useful and thanks Ally. :)

[eyewaves...]

Thank you Ally for a another great video...Have a super Christmans..

[georgetorres]

I like how you show every step. It makes it easy for me to follow.