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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.

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

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

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Texture Pain brush: http://bit.ly/2IdHqAs

Raster (bitmap brushes)

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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