@DavidCousens Yes, but there are no comic-specific tools in Procreate. That's where Clip Studio may have a real advantage and is worth trying out. (I have a plan to eventually get a larger Cintiq-type device as well, so the fact that Clip Studio is on both PC/Mac and iPad is another plus.)

To be honest, the biggest hurdle may be getting/creating a brush that "feels" like my go-to inking brush in Procreate, which I have tweaked over time to be just like I want.

@Lucky-Platt Excellent! "See" you there!

@Frost-Drive These made me laugh - I think you've approached the "evil" older sister and baby in a new way... (At least I've never seen a water balloon used this way before.) I think 4 was a good choice - you've done a great job of capturing the moment just before the action. My one concern is the addition of the sharp pointy scissors - I think they look a little dangerous for a children's portfolio (her expression also seems very evil, if you were concerned about that). I really liked when the older sister was peering out from behind her fingers - it was funny and definitely mischievous (but not overly evil). It's really good - I can't wait to see how you finish it!

@Jane-Smith I know, it's low, terribly low...I did some more online research today and that seems to be a pretty common price range. I am not entirely surprised though...there are a lot of jobs who are extremely underpaid in Italy and 5 EUR/hour isn't the worst I've heard. Generally speaking, 10 EUR/hour (1600 EUR/month) is considered a pretty good salary for any job. I like your suggestion in any case, I don't know an agent that I can ask to, but I think I have a couple of people in my local network that could give me guidance on the topic.

Hi Mirkah!

Okay, so I tried following Lee's process, and when I save a brush as a "new brush preset" from my brushes panel, the brush shows up right beneath the brush I was using/modifying. In this case, I modified the "Hard Round" to "Pascal Campion" (inspired by this week's Jump into the Studio Session).

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When I go to Edit>Define Brush Preset, however, my brush ends up at the very bottom of my "Brushes" list, which in this case is "Splatter".

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Now, when I go back to my Pascal Campion brush and click "dual brush" so I can combine it with my "splatter" brush, it's really like finding a needle in a haystack. I noted my "splatter" brush size, like Lee suggested, which is 493, and it was in the middle of I don't even know how many brushes I have (way too many). If you double click on the icon, it'll show you the name of that brush (in my case, "splatter") and you can change the name from there too if you want. But that's a way you can double-check to make sure you have the right brush.

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I'm not sure if this was even helpful, hahaha. But let me know if you're still having trouble and I'll see if I can help! By the way, if you loved this class, Lee also has a great YT video on textures! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7DedDc7aU0

@NessIllustration Thank you so much for your answer 🙂 You wrote exactly what I was thinking.

@carolinebautista Thank you so much! It's indeed very important. Yes I did but before really working so it's a good idea to watch again, thanks!

@Lisa-Pickard you’re welcome!

@Lucelfo - No worries :-]

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@xin-li thanks 😊 I like digital collage and think it works really well. I look forward to seeing your magic. I think you’re right about the mix of tradition and digital - I think maybe starting in traditional and then final touches in digital could be good...just need to keep working on it to find something that works best!

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I *think I'm happy with this..or happier anyway!

@korilynneillo It's on the mainpage. It's a dropdown menu under "Publications" along the top. The first item. You have to be signed in to find it.

@PainterDraws Thank you!

@EllieRuffer I struggle with lighting and shadows a lot, I don't know why it's so hard. Anyway I took Lee's class that he mentions above and it helped a lot...I haven't done Will's yet though but I probably will now. Good luck 😉

I think adding a link could help people trace the image back to your website. I don't think a watermark would be the best idea as it obstructs the artwork. The only concern I have about a link at the bottom is that it is really easy to crop it out if a thief wanted to.

If you are planning on making a print or selling the image I think it would be a good idea to post it at a low resolution, so that people can see what it looks like, but can't steal it. People reposting free work without credit is rough, but I think it's at least comforting enough to know that they liked your work enough to repost it.

@PieterVanDerBeek Just caught a few minutes. These files worked for me - thanks very much!

Good question. Contradictory feedback can be at best confusing, and in some cases debilitating.
But it highlights why it is so important to know what kind of feedback you are looking for. And even more important to communicate that to your potential critiquer.

When someone (a student or peer) asks me "So, what do you think?" I always immediately ask "What are you trying to do?"

Maybe you just want to know if a hand is drawn anatomically correct. Maybe you want to know if you've stylized the hand in a way that is consistent with the rest of the figure. Maybe you want to know if the pose of hand looks "excited" or "relaxed"

My example above is of a fairly specific and limited drawing but you can imagine how much more complicated a critique becomes when you aren't just talking about a hand but of an entire scene, or even more so, an entire book.

If you know what you are trying to accomplish with a particular piece (be it mastery of a technical skill, the communication of a narrative or to elicit an emotion), and you communicate that to your mentor, or critique group, or peer you are now in the position to cherry-pick the feedback that reinforces that intent. Any feedback that contradicts your intent you can politely thank them for and then politely ignore.

There is a site called iapcbook.com i found it through a group on facebook. They have classes and can help with logistics. It might be the right place for your contact.