How to draw in Affinity for iPad: Sketch to Illustration

Download the lesson file to follow along: https://affin.link/ipad-lesson-draw Turn a hand-drawn sketch into a finished illustration in Affinity for iPad, using your Apple pencil. Sketch with a huge range of brushes in Sketch studio. Then in Vector Studio build editable vector line work, add colour and switch to Pixel Studio to add texture - all in one file. In this official Affinity by Canva tutorial, Ben uses an illustration by Nora Toth to show you how to: Sketch naturally with pixel brushes and Apple Pencil Organise your artwork using artboards and layers Create editable vector line work with the Pencil and Node Tools Add colour, detail, and texture using Vector Flood Fill Tools, Path Brushes and Pixel Brushes This is lesson 1 of 4 in our Affinity Essentials for iPad playlist. Watch all lessons here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGIdkURrY0SM Affinity is available for iPad, Mac and Windows. Download Affinity for iPad: https://www.affinity.studio/ipad-app Chapters: 00:00 Turning a sketch into an illustration on iPad 00:53 Opening the lesson file 01:14 Selecting a brush style with the Paint Brush Tool 01:40 Customise the brush with colour, size and opacity 02:08 Layers in Affinity iPad 02:30 Adding a new layer to sketch on 02:49 Sketching the rough shape 03:57 Creating vector line work with the Pencil Tool 04:24 Tidying up layers to go from sketch to vector 05:25 Find and customise the Pencil Tool 06:08 Select Close Near to automatically join nodes 06:56 Fixing curves with the Node Tool 07:46 Adding colour with the Vector Flood Fill Tool 09:04 Adding texture with Path Brushes 10:11 Using the Stroke Width Tool 10:42 Adding texture with the Brush Tool in Pixel Studio 11:41 Saving and exporting your artwork