Soooooooo… There are a few new things going on here at La Casa de Madden. For starters, I changed my hair color again. I expect I'll be adding some streaks of dark purple, but right now my fluffy locks are the exact same shade as Easter grass. The reactions I got at Hubster's church were fun.
You may also notice that this week's comic is drawn a little differently. That's because I got a new Surface Pro computer. I love being able to draw right on the screen, and I'm getting used to Windows 8. Ever since I tore my ACL, I've been drawing the webcomic on the iPad, using Sketchclub, Adobe Ideas, InkPad and iDraw to get the job done. Needless to say, I've had to do a lot of experimentation. And I'll have to do some more. Today's comic was drawn using Manga Studio EX. I like the look, but I have to admit that Manga Studio is far more complex than it needs to be. So I may try next week to draw the comic using SketchBook Pro. Essentially, I'm looking for a way to sketch, ink, color and letter the comic all in the same program or app. I can do that in Manga Studio, but again, I find the program to be far too complex for my needs.
By the way, Girl Scout cookie season is finally over. I've spent most of the past week asleep. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my life back together now. We'll see.
Have a good week!
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You might check out some of the past UStreams from lartist-at-work. He does a lot of his stuff on Manga Studio. He draws Least I Could Do (http://leasticoulddo.com ) and Looking for Group (http://lfgcomic.com ) He does a lot of tips and tricks and such answering questions in his regular Friday night UStreams. He might be able to make things less complicated for you.
I just go to hang out with silly people and watch an awesome artist draw. Hee!
Ooooh, I’ll have to take a look at that. Thank you, Kes!