In podcast 2 when the host used 30 as being “older”, the balance of the podcast lost credibility and interest to me. I’ve not really listened since.

Good art is good art, the age does not matter and I am sure few art directors would even know the age (or care) of the artist.

The issues facing “older” artists is not much different than a younger or young artist. Other than talent/ability, I think all artists face the biggest issue of time. If you are a working professional artist drawing and creating are a part of your work day but for the rest of us it simply is shoehorned in when and where we can.

Like most here I work full time +, have family matters to attend to and have a second volunteer job 5 nights a week. It’s touch to fit time for artwork.

@squirrelsize said in Your suggestions, please, for switch to real digital:

I have the 10.5 256 GB because I wanted to carry it around in my backpack and pull it out and draw when hanging out at coffee shops or at a friends house. But if you are planning on doing most of your work in your studio or at home, I would go with the 12.9. Also another thing when considering what size to purchase, the 12.9 doesn't take video in HD like the smaller Ipad Pros, not sure why.

Sure the 12.9 iPad Pro takes HD video. 720p hd @ 30 FPS, 1080p hd @ 30 or 60 FPS, 4K video @ 30 FPS. These specs are right from Apples website.

@maureen said in Your suggestions, please, for switch to real digital:

Thank you all for the great info. So I won't get a Cintiq but will get an iPad. Now I just have to decide which iPad -- the Pro, regular, 12.9, 9.7, 10.5, and how many GBs of memory.

Remember the regular iPad does to support pressure sensitivity.

Also, Apple will be announcing new iPads this week (most likely) so the current iPads should be on sale at Best Buy, Amazon, etc. the Apple refurb store has iPad Pros with $80+ off.

@maureen

I bought this screen protector after trying others. It has a little bit of tooth to it where many others are very smooth.

https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Armor-Anti-Glare-Anti-Fingerprint-Protector/dp/B016B12TSW

As for size, I bought the 12.9 inch iPad Pro

You would NOT need a data plan with your iPad, you can connect via WiFi anywhere.

I tried a bamboo, a digital tablet and I returned both as I was not happy or comfortable with them. Once I tried an iPad Pro along with procreate - for me at least - it was a winning combination. The hardest thing with the iPad Pro was finding a screen protector with a little bit of tooth to create some resistance for the pencil.

If you go with an iPad, look at the refurb products on apples page as you can save hundreds of dollars on a brand new device and still have the full warranty.

Apple may be releasing new iPads on Wednesday so there may also be great sales at Target, Best Buy, etc.

For me, #5 by far

@laurel-aylesworth said in Character Design - Feedback Welcome:

@smceccarelli 3 and 5 capture all those things for me, for sure.

You want to work larger than you need. You can always scale your work down you can’t however scale up since you lose quality.

DPI is dots per inch and is a printing term for the number of physical dots per square inch when printing. PPI is pixels per inch and describes the resolution of an electronic image or square pixels in a square inch of an image.

That may not be an easy answer. My understanding is that Copyright law does not protect the font design. It does protect the coding used to create that font design. That’s why there are so many knock-off fonts that look like the expensive ones from Adobe, etc.

Also, fonts come with a use license that may be different depending on what you are buying and from whom.

If in doubt, contact the manufacturer or creator of the font and ask them directly.

Have you performed a printhead alignment and/or cleaning?

If the issue continues call Canon directly.

A couple of hints - if yo don't have a local backup system in place simply upgrade dropbox to 1tb plan and keep all your working/active files in the dropbox folder. The update is continuous. For $10/mo it is the best insurance you can have.

as for your old computer, even it is no longer powers up, you can pull the HD or SD drop it in a housing and access it as an external drive.