Sketch to Vector in Affinity: Hand-Drawn Illustration (Wolf Badge)
1.6万 次观看 · 2026-02-02
品牌与 Logo
This is part one of my Sketch to Vector videos, where I show you how I take a hand-drawn sketch and turn it into clean, editable vector artwork in Affinity.
Using a wolf badge from the Affinity rebrand project, I walk through my loose, practical approach to illustration... importing sketches, lowering opacity, drawing with the pen tool, and building shapes in a way that keeps things feeling human and intentional.
Use the timestamps below to jump to specific parts of the walkthrough:
00:00 — Intro + why I always start with sketches
00:33 — Sketch to Vector series overview
01:12 — The Affinity ethos badges + the wolf illustration
01:42 — Choosing the wolf sketch (and why it worked)
02:22 — Photographing sketches and importing into Affinity
02:53 — Lowering opacity and locking the sketch layer
03:29 — Switching into Vector tools and setting stroke weight
04:16 — Building the outer shape first
05:23 — Drawing loosely with the pen tool
06:01 — Managing curves, nodes, and resets
07:09 — Speeding up the process (what matters vs what doesn’t)
07:47 — Creating fill shapes before details
08:34 — Why this isn’t the “perfect” way — it’s just my way
10:00 — Using white shapes and Boolean thinking
10:49 — Final vector result: the wolf badge
11:10 — Wrap-up + sketch to vector to real world
If you're interested in learning more about my visual identity design process, be sure to check out the MBJ Brand Designers Bundle. It includes four powerhouse MBJ courses to help you design standout logos, build full brand identities, create custom typography, and animate logos to help your clients (and you) stand out:
https://themadebyjames.com/courses/the-brand-designers-bundle/
Thanks for being here my friend.
MBJ
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#affinitydesigner #sketchtovector #graphicdesigner #visualidentitydesign #brandidentitydesign #vectordesign #logodesigner #graphicdesigndaily #pentool #branddesign #affinitytutorial
Using a wolf badge from the Affinity rebrand project, I walk through my loose, practical approach to illustration... importing sketches, lowering opacity, drawing with the pen tool, and building shapes in a way that keeps things feeling human and intentional.
Use the timestamps below to jump to specific parts of the walkthrough:
00:00 — Intro + why I always start with sketches
00:33 — Sketch to Vector series overview
01:12 — The Affinity ethos badges + the wolf illustration
01:42 — Choosing the wolf sketch (and why it worked)
02:22 — Photographing sketches and importing into Affinity
02:53 — Lowering opacity and locking the sketch layer
03:29 — Switching into Vector tools and setting stroke weight
04:16 — Building the outer shape first
05:23 — Drawing loosely with the pen tool
06:01 — Managing curves, nodes, and resets
07:09 — Speeding up the process (what matters vs what doesn’t)
07:47 — Creating fill shapes before details
08:34 — Why this isn’t the “perfect” way — it’s just my way
10:00 — Using white shapes and Boolean thinking
10:49 — Final vector result: the wolf badge
11:10 — Wrap-up + sketch to vector to real world
If you're interested in learning more about my visual identity design process, be sure to check out the MBJ Brand Designers Bundle. It includes four powerhouse MBJ courses to help you design standout logos, build full brand identities, create custom typography, and animate logos to help your clients (and you) stand out:
https://themadebyjames.com/courses/the-brand-designers-bundle/
Thanks for being here my friend.
MBJ
____
#affinitydesigner #sketchtovector #graphicdesigner #visualidentitydesign #brandidentitydesign #vectordesign #logodesigner #graphicdesigndaily #pentool #branddesign #affinitytutorial