Portrait, Revised

Yesterday, I shared my first class attempt at creating a self-portrait in Affinity Designer.

I learned how to use my ink dropper and color palettes to find just the right colors to blend together. It’s not perfect, but I’ve really improved my face and chin, got the hair color better, and fixed the shadows.

It’s quite an improvement from this:

For the background, I learned to add textures with filters:

I still have much  to learn, but — don’t we all? Thanks to Laci Jordan’s class at Skillshare.