Affinity for Beginners Part 2: Create Your Own PNG Design Using Clipart

Welcome back to the Affinity for Beginners series!

In the first tutorial, we covered how to set up Affinity, install fonts, work with text, create stitch effects, and use path brushes. Now it’s time to put those skills into action and create your own PNG design.

Affinity for Beginners: Create your own PNG files

In this beginner friendly tutorial, I show you how to take clipart and combine it with text to create your own PNG design that’s ready for Etsy, print on demand, or digital downloads.

If you’ve been wondering how to actually start building designs inside Affinity, this is where everything starts coming together.

Watch the full tutorial below to follow along step by step.

Step 1: Importing Clipart into Affinity

The first step is bringing your design elements into Affinity.

In this section, I show you how to:

• Import PNG clipart
• Organize your design workspace
• Position elements on your canvas
• Prepare your artwork for editing

This is one of the most common tasks you’ll perform when creating PNG and POD designs.

Step 2: Resizing, Rotating & Flipping Clipart

Once your clipart is imported, it’s time to start arranging your design.

In the tutorial, you’ll learn how to:

• Resize clipart without distortion
• Rotate elements for better composition
• Flip graphics horizontally and vertically
• Create balanced layouts using simple adjustments

These small changes can completely transform the look of your design.

Step 3: Removing Unwanted Parts of Clipart

Sometimes clipart isn’t exactly what you need right out of the box.

That’s why I show you how to:

• Erase unwanted portions of clipart
• Clean up design elements
• Customize graphics to fit your project
• Create a more polished final layout

This simple technique gives you much more flexibility when working with purchased or AI generated graphics.

Step 4: Combining Clipart with Text

Next, we use the text skills from the previous tutorial to start building a complete design.

In this section, we work with:

• Fonts
• Text placement
• Color changes
• Kerning and spacing
• Stroke effects and decorative elements

This is where your design really starts to take shape.

Step 5: Creating a Finished Design

Finally, we bring everything together.

You’ll see how to:

• Arrange text and graphics into a cohesive layout
• Balance your composition
• Create a design that feels polished and professional
• Build a PNG design ready for Etsy or POD

By the end of the tutorial, you’ll have a much better understanding of how to actually create finished designs inside Affinity.

Why This Matters

Many beginners learn individual tools but struggle with putting everything together.

The goal of this tutorial is to bridge that gap and show you how:

Clipart + Text + Basic Editing = Finished Design

Once you understand this process, you’ll be able to create endless variations for different niches and trends.

Final Thoughts

You don’t need advanced skills to start creating great designs.

In fact, most PNG and POD graphics are built using the same core techniques you’ll learn in this tutorial:

• Importing graphics
• Adjusting layout
• Editing elements
• Combining text and clipart

Master these basics and you’ll be well on your way to creating your own designs from scratch. If you missed the first tutorial, you can catch it here!