{"id":21200,"date":"2016-10-18T01:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21200"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:23:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:23:25","slug":"mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical Menace in Affinity Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mechanical Menace\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/30279785852\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8547\/30279785852_fea29ca883.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mechanical Menace\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Here&#8217;s another doodle similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/14\/i-count-on-affinity-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Count<\/em><\/a> which I cooked up over the course of a couple of early mornings using the vector art program extraordinaire <em><a href=\"https:\/\/affinity.serif.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Affinity Designer<\/a>. <\/em>I cobbled together the <em>Mechanical Menace<\/em> with a number of the program&#8217;s shape tools along with gradients and transparencies. This was a lot of fun, and I think I may squeeze out a few more of these before Halloween.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/screenshot_2016-10-18\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21206\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/screenshot_2016-10-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screenshot_2016-10-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"screenshot_2016-10-18\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenShot_2016-10-18.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ADDENDUM<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I can&#8217;t leave well enough alone&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/mechanical_menace-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21209 noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/mechanical_menace-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mechanical_menace-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mechanical_menace-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mechanical_Menace-4.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>I had to see what one more layer with a bit of a glow around the eyes would do. All right, I&#8217;m really done. Time to move on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another doodle similar to The Count which I cooked up over the course of a couple of early mornings using the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. I cobbled together the Mechanical Menace with a number of the program&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82,7,16,318],"tags":[3981,3465,3982,27,43,3661,5,23,178,1034,3660],"class_list":["post-21200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween","category-illustration","category-sketch","category-technique","tag-affinitydesigner","tag-affinity-designer","tag-automaton","tag-digital-illustration","tag-humor","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-monster","tag-robot","tag-vector","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5vW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42704,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/03\/19\/tuesday-digital-doodle-automaton-powers-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":21200,"position":0},"title":"Tuesday Digital Doodle \u2022 Automaton Powers On","author":"Joe","date":"March 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This is another vector doodle I did in Affinity Designer. 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There has been a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Illustration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ONE-EYED-ROBOT-preview.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ONE-EYED-ROBOT-preview.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ONE-EYED-ROBOT-preview.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21182,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/14\/i-count-on-affinity-designer\/","url_meta":{"origin":21200,"position":2},"title":"I COUNT on Affinity Designer","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a little Halloween doodle that I cooked up in my favorite vector art program Affinity Designer. Being that my son's school bus pickup time is just before dawn, I thought it appropriate to work on this icon of The Count! A couple of mornings before sunrise fiddling with shapes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Count in Affinity Designer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25898,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/14\/the-witch\/","url_meta":{"origin":21200,"position":3},"title":"The Witch","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Another vector Halloween Head created in Affinity Designer.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vector Witch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21259,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/28\/affinity-designer-after-midnight\/","url_meta":{"origin":21200,"position":4},"title":"Affinity Designer After Midnight","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son's early morning bus. I was trying to do something different, but I wound up with another vampire. This one is based on Lon Chaney's iconic monster. from the silent classic London After Midnight.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"London after Midnight","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5593\/29978168554_051b0c6de3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":46169,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/he-lurks-beneath-the-paris-opera\/","url_meta":{"origin":21200,"position":5},"title":"He Lurks Beneath The Paris Opera","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"As we plunge DEEP into the heart of the Halloween season, I couldn\u2019t resist reviving my vector rendition of The Phantom of the Opera with a chilling encore. This iconic figure, shrouded in mystery and menace, deserves a fresh twist to haunt your imagination. 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