🔥 Design a Digital Watch in Affinity Designer (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

In today’s Affinity Designer tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a military-style digital wristwatch using only vector graphics. This step-by-step guide covers every part of the process — from the bold bezel to the digital display.
🔧 Along the way, you’ll pick up powerful tools and techniques like:
• Using the FX Panel for subtle 3D effects
• Mastering the Corner Tool, Gradient Tool, and Contour Tool
• Working with the Trapezoid Tool and Artistic Text Tool
• Layer shortcuts for moving objects up/down the stack
• Advanced Power Duplicate tricks (Command + J)
• Selecting multiple nodes with a drag box but drawing
• Creating and organising Groups
• Using Artboards for quick design iterations

💡 Whether you’re a beginner or sharpening your skills, this tutorial will help you get more out of Affinity Designer while building a detailed, clean vector illustration.
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Affinity Designer V2 (2.6.2) is used in this tutorial.

NOTE: I'm Using a MAC, so any shortcuts I mention may be different for WINDOWS USERS. See the below for the WINDOWS:

MAC = WINDOWS
Cmd = Ctrl
Option = ALT
Mac Ctrl = Windows Button & Right Mouse Button

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro
0:15 Document Setup: Ruler & Guides
2:13 Watch Bezel: 3D FX
4:36 Watch Crystal & LCD Screen: Contour Tool
8:17 Watch Buttons: Rotate & Duplicate
10:02 Watch Strap: Trapezoid Tool & Drawing a Node Selection
15:14 LCD Screen Digits: Artistic Text tool
19:23 Watch Bezel Text - FX Bevel / Emboss
22.32 Corner Tool on FX 3D Layer
23:19 Create a Background
25:13 Making Iterations Using Artboards. Night Mode.
28:00 Finished Watches - Side by Side




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