Affinity Designer - Floating Island Tutorial - Beginner Vector Design

Discover how to create a charming floating island using basic vector shapes in this beginner-friendly tutorial. Starting with a simple sketch, unleash your creativity by learning to craft 3D-like shapes, snap them together, and manipulate them through division and combination to form more intricate designs. Perfect for those new to vector design, this playful project serves as an excellent foundation for building imaginative worlds and fun biomes using vector graphics. Master techniques such as crafting planes, adding colors, creating curves, designing lakes and waterfalls, incorporating trees and mountains, applying snow caps, and generating bubbles. Explore essential skills like grouping layers, combining vector shapes, utilizing vector and pixel masks, and arranging objects to bring your floating island to life.

Intro
Sketch
Plane
Colors
Curve
Lake
Waterfall
Trees
Mountain
Snow Cap
Bubbles
Group Layers
Combining Vector Shapes
Vector Mask
Pixel Mask
Arrangement
Mountain Background
Sun Background
Arrange Objects