The seed of self confidence is found internally and strengthened by external factors.
Never water a plant using polluted water.
It’ll die
Great advice from a great comic. :)
Thank you!!!!!! It sucks being down and out for so long (going on a month now) and I’m getting kind of stir crazy. :p I really appreciate the well wishes. :D
Surprisingly easy! This, coming from someone who is kindof hard-nosed about working traditionally (for myself!!), it’s super easy to pick up digital inking in Manga Studio. Granted, I’m not the best at it, but I’ve been able to use it quite successfully for a LOT of my client work these days.
I started out on EX 4 which was……an experience to learn, to say the least. But once you get used to the really extremely stupid UI design you realize that everything kinda “makes sense.” I recently upgraded to 5, and they completely overhauled the program (which is a pain, if you’re used to EX 4) AND all the brush engines. So I find that inking is actually easier, and feels a ton better in the latest version. A caveat is that EVERYTHING (and I do mean literally everything) is customizable—so be careful not to get stuck in ‘I want to tweak this hell.’ :p
Another thing I really like so far about 5, is that it’s a good mix of EX4, Paint Tool Sai (which I can’t use on a Mac, anyways), and a touch of Photoshop—it certainly doesn’t replace or come close to Photoshop by any means, but still….it’s pretty damn great to have it ‘all in one,’ if need be.
There’s a lot left out of 5 that will hopefully get put back in/changed in EX 5, so I’m hopeful there….
Also also!!!! Frenden makes some bada$$ brushes. Super helpful!
tl;dr Manga Studio is awesome and it’s easy to ink (once you get used to the program). XD
I know I don’t normally post gifs here, but this makes me happy. :)
(Source: myownsea)
So I can’t work in the field I’m super passionate about because I’m so scared of not being good enough. This fear paralyzes me and makes it extremely challenging to dry at all. I’m always trying to “just do it.” That doesn’t always work so well. Does anyone have any advice on how…
Remember how, when I posted that guide to spotting tangents, I said that lesson two would be coming in a few days? Well, that was last October. Sorry. I’ve been REALLY busy.
Anyway, here’s a second lesson, one on three-plane composition.If you’ve ever taken an…
A good read!!
Update: This has been updated for re-bloggable form
Hi Malcolm,
Thank you so much for the kind thought and words :) I can relate to how you feel. I unfortunately don’t plan on having any sort of “apprenticeship” set up for the near future, but here are some of my thoughts that may or may…
It’s always a (VERY rare) treat to be able to use analogue screen tones. Working on an illust for the lovely guys over at Starline Publishing. 🐟🐟🐟
The Golden Sky Stories Kickstater is now live!
Along with my business partner Mike, I’m publishing this uniquely heartwarming tabletop RPG from Japan. It’s been a long journey (with a good ways to go yet), but I’m so glad we’re finally going to be able to share this game with people!
(If you need me I’ll be over there totally freaking out.)
In other awesome Kickstarter news, some very dear friends of mine have launched Golden Sky Stories, a heartwarming tabletop rpg. This game is very fun and really cute, and that’s coming from someone who doesn’t play them at all (it was my first!!). And from what I know of what Ewen has told me at length about RPG’s in general, quite a change of pace.
Please check it out if you can (and let’s get it past 8000$ so we can all meet Sammy, the fish-henge I got to design! And pledge on the levels where you get pouches of ohajiki, because I made those too *lol*)
Working on some of my own stuff (ok, well this is fanart) as warm up before I get to paid work… #doodle #sketch #pencil #asoiaf
