At Campfire, we use Affinity Designer and Affinity Designer over Illustrator and Photoshop.
This is due to a number of reasons such as price, how they deal with clipping masks, gradients and grain, Primitives, The Ability to use photoshop style effects and tools within Designer (there version of illustrator) with the use of Adjustment layers and Persons, Brushes and much much more. (I can go in more details about this design in a separate post)
Tho, for now, let’s talk about some of my favourite and most use recourses to use with Both Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo.
Note: Some of these recourses are paid and free. None of this content is sponsored. The resources listed below we use at campfire.
1: Brushes
A list of some of the main brushes I use within Affinity Designer and Photo, this list is a mix of Raster brushes (the ones you find within Photoshop) and some vector Busters.
Tip: If you’re moving from Photoshop to Affinity most if not all brushes from Photoshop will work in Both Designer and Photo.
Vector

Marker Brushes: http://bit.ly/2JX9njo

Comic Book: http://bit.ly/2ESDioJ

Texture Pain brush: http://bit.ly/2IdHqAs
Raster (bitmap brushes)

Frankentoon - Texturizer Pro 1.6: http://bit.ly/2WuyW2c (also have some vector brushes)

Frankentoon - Nomad 2 Brush Pack: http://bit.ly/2MpvbGj (also have some vector brushes)

Frankentoon - Concept Master Vol.1: Nature: http://bit.ly/2WGlbN5 (also have some vector brushes)

Comic Basic set: http://bit.ly/2KpsD8y

Blend Brushes: http://bit.ly/2IwSAkj

Daub brushes: http://bit.ly/2WuGYYV
2: Icons
After some pre-made icons for your next project to save time, such as social media icons or other. Then check the below links for some great sites.
Tip: If you find your self commonly using some icons over and over again, such as social media icons, create assets out of them in Affinity so you can easily access them in any project. You can learn how to create assets here: http://bit.ly/316iVxS

Flaticon: http://bit.ly/2QPdY7V

Iconfinder: http://bit.ly/2XmpcDn

Icons8: http://bit.ly/2XqTYLj

The Noun Project: http://bit.ly/2K01863

Graphic Burger: http://bit.ly/2QM9EGH
3: Free vector recourses
Outside of icons, there are some other vector assets you can use, here are some links to some vector assets site.

Uplabs: http://bit.ly/2Wc3S28

Free Vector: http://bit.ly/2Wp4ExB

Graphic Burger: http://bit.ly/2QM9EGH

Vecteezy: http://bit.ly/2WiQSI9

Freepik: http://bit.ly/2Wnmj8R
4: Stock Photos
When it comes to images you may not have the time or budget to take custom images for the project so here are some sites to download some stock photos.

Pexels: http://bit.ly/2WqGtig

Pixabay: http://bit.ly/2Wp4IgP

Unsplash http://bit.ly/2WnjVPF
5: Mockups
Show off your designs in style with a mockup, this helps to showcase to a client, or to show your work on your portfolio. Here are some great sites to download mockups.
Tip: With use in Designer and Photo most mockups will not work off that bat since most of them use Photoshop smart objects so some tweaking will be needed.

Mockupword: http://bit.ly/2WnmwsF

GraphicFuel: http://bit.ly/2Wnnd5f

Unblast: http://bit.ly/2WpL2cO

Pixeden: http://bit.ly/2Wp8oz3

Creative Market: http://bit.ly/2WluUZI
6: Effects and overlays
To help add some magic to your design, effects and image overlay effects such as lens flares and dust and help give a pop to your image.

Lens flare: http://bit.ly/2Wpyke3

Dust & Dirt: http://bit.ly/2Wc77Xm

Dust & Dirt 2: http://bit.ly/2Wc7bGA

Halftone: http://bit.ly/2WexKuD

VHS Effect: http://bit.ly/2WhxF9q

Wood & Link: http://bit.ly/2WenLFC
7: Fonts
Sick of your computers default fonts, let’s change that with some custom fonts.

Font Squirrel: http://bit.ly/2WlSXYx

My Font: http://bit.ly/2WrvGnZ

Font Fabric: http://bit.ly/2WpiJeB

Creative Market: http://bit.ly/2WpiJv7

Font Shop: http://bit.ly/2WoQ3lF

Graphiccriver: http://bit.ly/2WmvJla
8: Colour
Suck at picking colours well check out these colour recourses and swatches to help you pick the perfect colour.

Mega Swatch Pack: http://bit.ly/2WpLaZQ

Colour template creator: http://bit.ly/2Wb6z3P
Gradients 1 (works together with the above link): http://bit.ly/2WbqIa9

Colours: http://bit.ly/2WeXAi9

Colour Hunt: http://bit.ly/2Wb6zAR

Adobe Color: https://adobe.ly/2WbqY97
9: Books:
Sometimes reading a good book can help, here are some amazing books about both Affinity Designer and Photo.

Affinity Photo Workbook: http://bit.ly/2Wbr2FT

Affinity Designer Workbook: http://bit.ly/2WuEk5r

The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking: https://amzn.to/2WmIHiA

The Brand Gap: https://amzn.to/2WebaSX


Creative Strategy and the Business of Design: https://amzn.to/2WoQX1Q

Art of the Book: https://amzn.to/2WoQZ9Y

Graphic Design Visionaries: https://amzn.to/2Wp95IF

Jost Hochuli: Detail In Typography: https://amzn.to/2WneEaP
10: Online videos
Or maybe books are not your thing, so here are some online videos to help you learn.

Franken Toon TV: http://bit.ly/2WlkSrw

The Futur: http://bit.ly/2WmIOL2
The Futur Academy : http://bit.ly/2Wp7mTD

Learn Affinity Photo (Desktop): http://bit.ly/2FuL60f

Learn Affinity Photo (iPad): http://bit.ly/2WuCrFS

Learn Affinity Designer (Desktop): http://bit.ly/2L9sKFP

Learn Affinity Designer (iPad): http://bit.ly/2WnfqEL
11: Other free stuff:

Advanced Illustration Vol.2 for Affinity Designer: http://bit.ly/2WnfvZ5

Toonlab: http://bit.ly/2Wf83tR

iOS icon assets: http://bit.ly/2Wl9Anf

Bjango App Icon Templates: http://bit.ly/2Wp9oDj

Drafttable: http://bit.ly/2Aq5ieQ
I hope you got some great Affinity recourses out of this post. Have I missed any you love? Let us know over on twitter @madebycampfire
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be talking about how to marketing your business and position it in the market.
Till then I hope you all have a great day.