Skip to main content

River to Mountain Views: the "MS Paint" Style (Thicker Outlines) vs. Thinner Outlines

I may have dropped MS Paint, but as said, some people might want to have the "MS Paint style" despite being happy with Affinity's more forgiving canvas. Some people may want to do MS Paint-style art with vector shapes and the like. 


My first experiment (with outlines as thin as five pixels) creates the MS Paint effect. I may have done this on purpose to show kids, "Hey kids, you can do MS Paint style work without the unforgiving canvas!" 

On the other hand, I thought of this using the two-pixel outline. It has a more dignified pattern. This thinner one has a more illustrator vibe. 

Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Remembering the Time I Learned Affinity Photo to Draw Simpler Food Art (Cheese and Bread)

I have good reasons to ditch Adobe Photoshop, even before I installed it. I was still able to use it without the subscription fee, on an old PC. I was spoiled by too many customized shapes on Adobe Photoshop. However, Affinity Photo actually got me to realize that using Boolean operations can be good. I got the curves I wanted. I was initially hesitant to use Affinity Designer, which I also learned to use.  I would like to share my super low beginnings with these art... I remember when I didn't see the frames that Photoshop had. I started to experiment with creating frames using the subtract function. Converting shapes into curves was the beginning of my new casual art. I started drawing these around last year. One can see the evidence of my art at its juvenile state. The reason why I didn't go for Affinity Designer too soon was this--it was because I wanted to crop off unwanted areas for the final product .  
Read more

Indian Vegetarian Food Art

When it comes to Indian food, I usually go for vegetarian options. I drew these Indian vegetarian artworks both last year and this year.  Vegetable chilla Indian curry rice Soya meat masala Samosas aka empanadas Mushroom masala Vegetable dosa Kachumber salad version 1 Kachumber salad version 2 Vegetable biryani version 1 Vegetable biryan version 2 Chole bhatura
Read more

My Creepy House on a Hill Drawing

I drew this art the other day. I thought about honing my skills as a casual artist. Here's my latest art. I just had a thought about this MS Paint-style art (but better) with Affinity by Canva. The trees were obviously duplicated and stretched. So far, I hope I can get more people to try and become casual digital artists. 
Read more