I Began Experimenting with Boolean Functions in Affinity Photo While Making "Chocolate Art"

I got shocked that Adobe Photoshop had that stupid subscription model. I settled for Affinity Photo and tested it for some time, all before I decided, "It's good enough to buy." During the trial period, I realized I got too dependent on the shapes provided by Adobe Photoshop--way back when I used it in college and on an old PC. Now, it's time to look back at some of my older art. 

This was my first attempt. I decided to use  reverse inner effect for Bevel/Emboss. The effects weren't so good. I decided to Google how to make a heart frame and found out that I could use the Boolean functions. Yes, this doesn't look so good and it's mediocre at best. I bet it doesn't look tasty at all! 

Using the Boolean functions, I could create a heart frame like the pre-existing shape used in Adobe Photoshop. Did Adobe Photoshop spoil me rotten with the huge amount of pre-existing shapes back when I was in college? Well, I'd dare say yes. I finally worked around and realized I could create several borders. Even better, many of these shapes are created into curves. I could easily work on them, unlike Adobe Photoshop! 

After several more tries, I was able to create this box of chocolates using Affinity Photo. So far, I'm proud to say that despite Affinity Photo lacking the animation panel (and I have to really find a good animation GIF maker), I've done beter with Affinity Photo over Adobe Photoshop. 

After several experiments with boolean functions, I ended up creating this too cute to eat chocolate bear. I added a shadow effect. The chocolate bear's body was a result of combining several shapes into one. It's a trial and error process.

This chocolate bunny is also another experimentation of shapes to curves. This one though contains less boolean operations in making this rabbit.