Drawing the Chocolate Hills, Using Affinity Designer

When it comes to making bigger illustrations, I'd pick Affinity Designer. The vector crop tool doesn't allow me to take away unwanted spaces from the canvas! I decided to draw this artwork of the Chocolate Hills from Bohol. 

The first sketch is when the Chocolate Hills are at their greenest. However, it doesn't explain why the hills are called as such. 

I decided to color the hills brown. That's why I tend to keep an AFDESIGN file version. The coconut trees here are copied from my previous work. I could change the colors easier. 

I used EZGIF to create the effect. I used the crossfades function so I didn't have to draw more frames.