After a trip to Sicily, where I saw some stunning ancient Roman mosaics, it occurred to me that there was no tool which allowed Affinity users to draw their own mosaic designs. So, I set about making this complete mosaic tile tool kit – it contains everything you need to create your own realistic looking fauxsaics.
In this pack I’ve captured the irregular, chipped edges of the original Roman source material (c. 4th century AD) allowing you to create stunning designs and illustrations with a sense of antiquity. However, the pack isn’t just for adding a vintage look – as you’ll see from the screen-shots you can use the Affinity Designer brushes, patterns and textures to bring a unique twist to contemporary designs too.
Software Compatibility: This product works with Affinity (Including the latest version). The featured Path Brushes (Previously named Vector Brushes) work in the Vector Studio. It will also work with Affinity Designer 2.
Get The Mosaic Maker for Illustrator and The Mosaic Maker for Procreate.
To test the pack I studied real mosaics and put the Affinity brushes through their paces by re-creating a real Roman design – the bear image screen-shot.
Don’t worry if you’re new to Affinity Brushes, I’ve included full instructions and created this handy Mosaic Tutorial Video.
Check out our Affinity tutorials page to see our other learning resources.
The pack contains all of these fantastic components:
- The Path Brushes
A variety of mosaic tile Affinity Path (vector) brushes, all sourced from genuine 1600+ year old material. A grout brush is also included – perfect for adding a rough, undulating edges to vector shapes. For use in Affinity’s Vector Studio.
- The Pattern Styles
6 authentic mosaic repeat patterns – perfect for backgrounds or for flooding areas with tiles quickly. Supplied as One-click Affinity Designer styles.
- The Border Path Brushes
Add authentic-looking borders to your mosaics. 6 Different designs supplied, each made using multiple vector brushes – simply layer them up. For use in Affinity’s Vector Studio.
- The Seamless Overlay Textures
2 Stone textures and 2 grunge overlay textures – use these to flood areas quickly and add age and authenticity to your designs. The featured Affinity Designer textures are seamless, so you can fill any sized area. Supplied as One-click Affinity styles.
- A quick reference PDF guide
This will help you quickly find the right brushes and styles for the task in hand and get the most out of this brush, pattern and texture pack.
- Example file
The Skull image has been supplied for you to backwards engineer. Supplied as an Affinity file.
- Instructions
A very thorough guide on how to load, apply and then adjust this brush, style and texture tool kit is included.
This product is covered by The Artifex Forge Tools License.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars based on 10 customer reviews.
You have the option of drawing the paths first and then setting the line style, while for other works you can use the vector brush straight away because it's the better option there.
For my “Mythology” works, the “Mosaic Maker” is my first choice! But it's also something completely new for other creative works, which inspires immediately and is really easy to master.
Thank you, Jeremy!
