PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

Fix faces with a fantastic flourish

Asurreal portrait effect like this may look complicated, but it’s not as tricky to as you might think. By using a combo of layer skills and effects in Affinity Photo we can transform our portrait into a series of abstract swirls, building up the effect with more layers. We’ve supplied a set of flourish designs to use on your own portraits to give them a similar striking look – see left for the download link.

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