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

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

@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.

Don't do work on spec or for hire. If you see those terms, run.

Do not give up all rights to your work. Sell first publication rights.

Require cover credit for the artwork.

Retain the copyright.

Good work demands good pay.

Pay the $100 for an initial meeting with an accountant. They will save you that much in taxes.

Being a bad artist is not anything I think Jake and company can comment on. That's an entirely personal taste issue.

Being a bad commercial illustrator is something they are qualified to comment on. 2 entirely different things.

graphic novels have been mainstream since the early 80's. you need something for the text but it may not need to be the final text design.

mount set text in the text area, letter it yourself. your pitch isnt with a completed novel, but the idea and content.

a publisher will decide about the lettering and coloring.

@sigross

I think the photographer should win. The artist ripped him off.

Get a copy of Will Eisner's books - Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative as well as Comics and Sequential Art.

Those are the Bible on graphic novels for story and art. Eisner invented the medium (and he was a great guy too!)

After that, start a graphic novel and do whatever else you need to in order to pay the bills.

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@robgale

A remarque is a notation of some sort made in the margins of a book. It may be a note about color, a note about the illustration, etc. They are usually production notes and removed prior to printing.

@Michael-Angelo-Go

Rasters are the reason it becomes pixelated. Vectors do not pixelate because they are plotted points.

@Griffin said in Website feedback:

@jimsz I didn’t use a template for my site but that’s a good point about it being a drag and drop sort of thing. I guess because of that each website is sort of limited in its uniqueness so it’s sort of hard not to copy other designs in that sense

those hosting sites are all template based and thats why there is a similarity in any sites

Actually you can 'own' the loom of a website to a certain degree but I wouldn't be concerned about your website being similar to the another. You're both using a drag and drop or point and click website builder and though customized it's still a general template they offer to everyone. Yours is wix and the other is square space they both build basically the same websites.