Whew! That was a tough week! My old computer finally gave up the ghost last Sunday so I was forced into using my much newer ‘Windows 10’ machine-which still refuses to recognise my scanner despite many attempts at a wide variety of fixes. Also I can no longer use the ancient version of Photoshop I have (Photoshop 5?) as it won’t work on my new machine.
I managed to draw out 2 pages in the two days or so when I was updating my newer computer and trying to get the scanner to play ball and ended up installing Clip Studio Paint and the drivers for the scanner on my brother’s laptop so I could scan in the art on his machine (which is also Windows 10-scanner works fine on his computer though. My new computer is a butt). I transferred the files over to my new machine for colouring.
I also installed ‘Clip Studio Paint on my computer as I’d heard a lot of good things about it and didn’t want to sell a kidney so that I could keep using Photoshop. It’s been slow going as I’ve been learning how to make everything work but I managed to figure out how to do things eventually and have been getting quicker at it over the last couple of days.
I think in the long run this will be a good thing-This softeware seems far better than my ancient copy of photoshop. The brushes are great 🙂 So-This new page is the first to be coloured in Clip Studio Paint (vs Photoshop 5). I did my best to keep things consistent, though some of the settings are different on the new software so some of this required estimation and guesswork.
I also splashed out (in part to hopefully speed up production of pages, in part out of desperation at the lack of a working scanner) and got an art tablet-the sort that lets you draw on the screen. Not top of the range, but it should be a step up from my Bamboo 🙂 I’m HOPING to even draw the line art for the pages with this once I’ve practiced with it a bit (still pencils and paper at the moment). Once I get okay at using the softeware and the tablet I may even do some art streams 🙂
So-a tough time getting this page done on time and lots of big changes but I think it’ll be changes for the better in the long run 🙂
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sorry to here about your old computer and new computer problems, i hope things are working out better by now than when you posted this seems the newer a computer the more bugs come with it (and windows) thank you for your hard work and amazing comics! you rock!
(now onto the comic)
first off with both zeen and rath all i can think about him doing to them is… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywB9huSiPOI
and i love how no one is coming to there aid (on the + side his hands are full on the – side he now has hostages who dubble as brass knuckles that prob squeak {see video above} also love how he wasted the bit o-magic he had for a chrisma boosting spell he knows the readers need for stat boob…err… boosts 😛
Lol good vid 🙂 Computer problems are getting there. I’m colouring a page on my new tablet-It’s very strange but I think I need to give it a chance-as I only started using it yesterday and before that I used the other sort of tablet (not drawing on the screen) for 15 years-so this way may take some getting used to 🙂
I’m planning on attempting to draw a panel for the next page on the computer later on today. If it’s too sucky then I’ll go back to pen and ink until my ability to use this new gadget improves a bit.
Don’t worry about Rath and Zeen-They’ll be getting some support all too soon ;D
good luck and may the Computer ever be in your favor! https://m.popkey.co/196455/kvXq8.gif
Now kith https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/77/b4/e977b47926378513432cd2894d985b35.png