ColorLab for Affinity

The tools provided by Retrosupply are a celebration of human creativity, rather a submission to the oppression of an artificial oligarchy: A celebration of our delight in a texture, line, form and accident: Of our love for misprinted colour plates, little dots and scratches - an appreciation that defines our unique visual experience. There is something to be said for crafting the perfect line, or laying down a resonant combination of colour; something more satisfying than writing a prompt and pressing a button (and being deluded that you are being creative in doing so).

I think this is why we are all here - holding up our torches against the twilight of human creativity.

Oh yeah... Colorlab... It's great! It may seem intimidating at first, but it wont be long before you throw all those colour charts away and start working more intuitively. It will not be long before you can visualise a colour and then just know what mix of blue, red and yellow to put down. Then (if you can sacrifice authenticity) a whole world of creativity open up. You have the code, now you can break it - play around with different transparencies, different layer blending effects and filters for each colour layer.

Remember, every dot is a blow against creative atrophy!

This was my first (but not last) order and I was surprised by the quality of this package. I was expecting a few basic brushes, but this is a complete toolbox with brushes, swatches, and training included. There is an attention to detail to make these halftone brushes historically accurate which makes my art with them look great out of the box! Colorlab was the rare tool which I bought with specific goals in mind, but was such a pleasure to play with that it inspired me to create new products just to use it. 100 percent recommend and I will absolutely buy more of their products!

These brushes feel amazing and give incredibly authentic results. I’ve been playing around with them to get a feel for how they work, and I can already see myself using them for a ton of illustrations. The look you get is spot on and super easy to achieve—if I tried to get the same effect with other brushes or textures, it’d take way more time and effort. The print defect brushes are a game-changer. They add that extra layer of authenticity that really sells the vintage look, and that’s what makes this pack one of my favourites!

My background is repro-graphics and I worked for five years as a trainer within the industry.

This software works so well at simulating the printing process with dot shapes. It's easy to use and fun to experiment with. I recommend it!

Ive been obsessed with colourlab since i found it! Love the way it recreates the classic comic feel! The reference charts make it a breeze to work with!