Matt Searston

Product expert

12 posts

Matt is our Affinity Designer Product Expert and spends most of his work life split between both the Affinity desktop and iPad Designer apps. In his spare time he can often be found screen printing pictures of skulls, playing drums in a funk covers band, or knee deep in music production software trying to sound like Kaytranada. See Matt’s work on instagram @mattsearston.

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How to use Symbols in Affinity Designer 2

Symbols are a game-changer when it comes to creating repeatable elements in Affinity Designer 2. Let’s take a closer look at this incredible feature and the many ways it can be used…

News & Updates

Infinite Pulp by True Grit—now available on the Affinity Store

We're over the moon to announce that we are now stocking some incredible content packs by True Grit Texture Supply on the Affinity Store.

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Stipple Studio by True Grit Texture Supply available now

Get the sublime stipple goodness of the Stipple Studio brushes, new to the Affinity Store and created by the inimitable True Grit Texture Supply.

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Get The Rusty Nib by True Grit from the Affinity Store

Brand new to our Affinity Store are some delicious True Grit Texture Supply content packs, including The Rusty Nib.

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How to turn a hand-drawn sketch into a digital illustration in Affinity Designer

Learn how to transform a hand-drawn sketch into a digital illustration for screen printing in a few simple steps.

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How to create textures from scratch and use them in Affinity

Learn how to create your own textures from scratch and use them within a design in Affinity Designer or Photo.

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How to create neon lettering in Affinity Designer

In this article, we are going to look at how you can produce your own neon typographic design using a combination of layer effects, blend modes and a few simple tweaks.

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How to use Symbols in Affinity Designer

An overview of using Symbols in Affinity Designer with examples of different use-cases to inspire your designs.

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5 things you should know about Affinity Designer 1.8

There are some incredibly useful updates packed into the new Affinity Designer 1.8 release. Let's run through the top 5 features...

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Multi strokes, fills and thrills

How to make the most of the Appearance Panel with multi strokes, multi fills and more!

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How to work seamlessly across iPad and desktop using Affinity Designer

In this article product expert Matt Searston shows us how to create an illustration from start to finish, while seamlessly switching between Affinity Designer on iPad and desktop.

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Jump into Affinity Designer

New to Affinity Designer? To help you find your way around the app and get to grips with everything it has to offer we’ve put together a handy beginner's guide.