I've been fighting moving over to some digital creation with part of the problem not being able to get used to the slick iPad pro cover and the Apple Pencil basically sliding over the screen.

I've tried a number of screen protectors but they were all just as slick.

After a number of months I finally found a screen protector that has a little bit of tooth to it, not quite pencil on paper feel but pretty close.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016B12TSW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For $10 (2-pack) it may be worth a try for anyone that does not like the slick drawing surface.

Also, for a project that size a kill fee would not be unheard of.

Buy a copy of the society of Illustrators Pricing Guidelines. That will give you pointers on what limitations are on the pricing (number of proofs, changes requested, ownership of original artwork, rights purchased, etc).

Here is a link for the book

https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Guild-Graphic/e/B07MFZLN9N?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1559575607&sr=1-1

First Day of School

@Matt-Soson Why hide that you are looking for free work? That should have been spelled out in the original post. What's next, telling artists their work for you would make great portfolio pieces?

Artists deserve to be paid for their work and if "donations" are being asked for it should be spelled out and upfront otherwise it is disingenuous at best.

Since none were available commercially I created a set of Prismacolor pencil swatch color libraries for Procreate on iPad.

These are based on pencil rubbings of each color and converted to RGB. Unfortunately, there is no way to label the specific swatch with the pencil #.

There were a number of colors that simply do not exist in the RGB color gamut and are therefore unable to be reproduce. In total there are 137 pencil colors (I believe. I might be off a couple).

If you have a need for these you can download them from here

Download Here

I’ll keep the link active for as long as I can.

Comics normally have upper case letters and rarely have much of a slant to them and if they do it is often used for emphasis (along with bolding the text).

For your comic there is nothing tying the lettering to the image, thats where word balloons come in. Lettering/balloons are part of the overall design process and can add to the panel or detract.

Are these comics inked/lettered by hand? If so, there is a great old-school tool called an ames lettering guide. (Ames Letttering Guide on Amazon ), they are 5 or 6 dollars.

For how to use it Here

Will Eisner has some great books on comics and sequential art that are the "Bible". They are worth the price.

@George-Broussard

Why? If someone wants to promote their brand, there is nothing wrong with that. If Inktober can't be used commercially than there is little choice than to do something new. As for using both hashtags, why promote a competitors brand?

Just like Jake trademarking Inktober, it's not personal it's just business. Anything successful will spawn copy cats.

Put the website up - having a low number of pieces initially is of benefit. It allows you to build the website the way you wish right from the start without having to juggle dozens of image files. Content and image management done incorrectly can be overwhelming.

Get the foundation of what you want in a website correct from the start will save you hours of work later one.

Don't forget when pricing it all depends on what rights the client is acquiring and how the art will be used.

Who owns the original artwork?

Kill fee?

First rights or all rights?

Copyright?

Publication?

Changes/client alterations?

It's not just about the time and skill involved but also about future monetization as well.

@doha said in iPad question.:

Huh, I didn't know that about procreate. That does exactly encourage me to buy an iPad pro. I guess I'll look at the Surface Pro.

Are you sure you are talking the iPad 2? The iPad 2 is 7 years old (in March). If you are indeed talking about the iPad (from 2011) you will be hard pressed to find any computer 7 years old that will run the current version or OS released this year.

To answer your question - the Apple Pencil will not work with an iPad 2. The Apple Pencil will only wok with the iPad Pro series.

For older iPads there are numerous stylus available. Jot Pro & Intuos were 2 that I tried and they were OK. ( https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/ipad/best-stylus-for-ipad-ipad-pro-or-ipad-mini-3586503/ )

As for Procreate - all software eventually will no longer be updated for older devices. Processing, Ram, security, requirements are only backward compatible for a certain amount of time. However, if you have software that is doing what you want on a platform that operates well for you - you do not need to update. That's true for Mac OS, Windows, ios, etc.

You can contact them with a standard C&D letter. Since the domain is registered in Morocco with the owner details hidden through a company in Arizona, you may not get very far.

The actual site is hosted by Cloudflare.com, you may want to also send them a C&D as they actually host the copyrighted work.

Is the work actually registered? For the most part there is little you can do.

Comics normally have upper case letters and rarely have much of a slant to them and if they do it is often used for emphasis (along with bolding the text).

For your comic there is nothing tying the lettering to the image, thats where word balloons come in. Lettering/balloons are part of the overall design process and can add to the panel or detract.

Are these comics inked/lettered by hand? If so, there is a great old-school tool called an ames lettering guide. (Ames Letttering Guide on Amazon ), they are 5 or 6 dollars.

For how to use it Here

Will Eisner has some great books on comics and sequential art that are the "Bible". They are worth the price.

@CukiArtist yes approach it as greyscale and them go to duotones

@CukiArtist

Creating a quality duotone takes a lot of practice and experience. Experiment with the duotone curves or using a different color blue.

The purpose of a duotone (or tritone, quadtone) is to add to the tonal range of an image that would otherwise be greyscale (or single color).

I don't see many greyscale or single/2 color books being printed any longer.

What you're doing does not look like a duotone.

A duotone is two spot color inks being used in an image. It is much less expensive that full process printing when printed traditionally. If it is being digitally there is little is any price difference due to digital converting all to 4c-process.

In photoshop you select menu Image >>> Duotone. In the duotone window you then choose the colors and curves you want.

why not buy LisaClark.art?

The online site https://canva.com is an online layout program (free option available) that does a decent job. Unless you have a need for a real program like InDesign, it may be the best way to proceed.

@Matthew-Oberdier said in Question for everyone:

@jimsz What other kinds of illustration jobs are you interested in?

Magazine, licensing, advertising. All of those are available in the childrens market.

What are some things you wish you had known when you first started your subscription/free-trial with SVSLearn?

I was a subscriber, and will be again when money loosens up. What I didn't realize when I first signed up is this site is aimed only at book illustrators. That's one reason why I dropped my subscription. There is MUCH more illustration work out there (even for the childrens market). But unless you are "Children's Book Illustrator" this really isn't the site for you.

I have never had an assignment where I didnt receive a spec sheet. this should have been covered long before you are working on the finishes.

Ask the publisher. If it holds you up for a few days then you'll just need to spend some late nights getting the work done on time.