Inkscape vs Affinity Designer

Just as I was getting used to the excellent Free vector graphics program Inkscape, I found a vector program within my price range which imported eps and ai files, something I have been wanting for a little while: Affinity Designer. I'm relatively new to vector graphics packages and I would find it hard to choose, at the moment, which program is better. On the one hand Inkscape is totally free and has enough functionality to do what I mainly want the package to do, but on the other hand for under £50 I can have a Affinity Designer which also has the functionality, plus is able to handle ai and eps files, and has a few other nice little features which make its use quicker than Inkscape. Having said all that, I am now in the process of learning Affinity Designer whilst carrying on with learning to draw cartoons. Here is my first result from Affinity Designer; recreating Charming Friends from 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart.

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People and Pets cartoon recreated in Inkscape

And yet another cartoon recreated in Inkscape from the guide on page 14 or Christopher Hart's 25 Quick Cartoon Characters. There is something about the dog in this cartoon that is just adorable.

Cartoon Me

My cartoon avatar. Not sure it looks much like me, but "Hey ho!"

Fashion Plate cartoon recreated in Inkscape

And I'm back to the book 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart, with this fashionista being recreated from the guide on page 13. As usual, I used Inkscape vector graphics program.

Sticky (stickman) post

Oh the joy of doing something really simple... The fantastic thing about stickmen is that they are simple to draw, are easy to put in the position you want them, and are a great starting point for filling out into a fully fledged cartoon.

Dog Characters

Just the beginning of working on some dog characters. Not sure how well this is going to work out yet.

Annoyed Lady cartoon recreated in Inkscape

The annoyed lady is another cartoon recreated in Inkscape from the book 25 quick cartoon characters by Christopher Hart. She can be found on page 12 of the book.

Dog Ends cartoon

Well, I suppose practise makes perfect. I hope so anyhow, and will continue practising, both with drawing cartoons and in using Inkscape.

Inkscape Sheep Trial cartoon

Not so much a sheepdog trial, rather a trial of me drawing cartoon sheep in Inkscape.

Cartooning Books

These are some good cartooning books I have in my collection. Clicking on a book will take you to its description on Amazon.