I decided to keep the vines and oversized leaves really bold and simplified to help keep the main focus of the image on the jaguar.ĭesign decisions like these are very personal and subjective though, so you could quite easily go into much further detail throughout the other sections of the design if you wanted to steer away from making your image too bold and simplistic.Īt this stage I felt like the illustration was finished so I saved my design to my relevant Dropbox folder so I could easily access the file from any location or from a different device. To do this I simply clicked the Document Setup button on the toolbar at the top of the screen and entered in the new values (for my landscape version I’ve gone to 850 x 450). This meant I could still export the finished image as a square like before, but I would also end up with a much wider option filled with more leaves and vines in case I wanted to use it as banner on a website or print out a non-square version at a later date. Looking at the image on a bigger screen I thought it would be beneficial to make it more of a landscape shape instead of the original square format I had before. Now I’ve gained access to the file, the first thing I wanted to do is make sure I was happy with the document size and configuration. Saving to iCloud or Dropbox can be quite handy, as when using the desktop app with the relevant sync settings enabled you can simply grab the files you need directly from your desktop without having to transfer them separately! Next you can rename your file and select where it will end up.Ĭhoosing On My iPad is the easiest option as this simply drops the file into the Files app on your iPad and then once saved allows to you share the file via numerous methods such as Air Drop, Mail or Dropbox. The easiest way to access your iPad file is firstly to click on the Save a Copy button on the Document tab at the top of the screen. This is largely to ensure you don’t accidentally save over or delete any of your original files and also enables you to go back and make further edits to your originals too. I like to split my layers up as much as possible when working in the Pixel Persona as it lets me divide up my illustration much more and gives me plenty of flexibility later on in the design too.īy default Affinity Designer will separate your files within the app and the files you save externally or As a Copy. Now the fun really starts! For my design I wanted to have the jaguar sitting in the middle of a busy jungle design so I started to roughly mock-up where some of the key elements might go on a new layer.

I chose to use the Natural Pencil 2B brush option as I find it has a really fluid feel when I want to roughly sketch out my ideas. I did this by selecting the Pixel Persona on the top of the screen, choosing the Brush Tool on the left hand side and then I selected an appropriate brush preset from the Brushes Studio to the right of the document window.

This really saved time and helped me work out my composition and placement before I’d spent too long on the design. I assume since all my original email addresses are already part of the master domain, I wouldn't have to add those, just any new name+domain I want to add and since I'm doing this within my settings, it should just all work.To start off I wanted to roughly mock-up how the image was going to look before I arrived at work.

Are they asking to enter my email (plus mac.com and me.com) or just the new one with the new domain? To me the ladder would be a new email address. You can create new email addresses after you’ve finished setting up your domain with iCloud Mail.' The confusing part is the last sentence. You’ll be asked to verify these during setup. They say to ' Add all of the email addresses that you currently use with this domain. Now it wants me to create the email name for each family member, if I want to. Going through the initial configuration, I select add the family plan iCloud domain. I have the 2TB iCloud storage plan so I already have an iCloud+ plan meaning I don't pay extra for these new services.

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