One day, this is going to happen to me. It just has to. In addition to reading my stories aloud to catch mistakes, I also record most of them for the Heat Flash Erotica Podcast (which is a free weekly audio show I do that you can download to your MP3 player or listen to on your computer, and if you’re not listening you should be!). Most days I only write or record when the kids are in school or in bed. When they’re home and awake, I’m so busy taking care of them, I don’t have time to do anything else. But mark my words, one of these days they’re gonna walk in on me while I’m working…
You may have noticed that this cartoon is done “old style,” which is to say I did it on the computer using Manga Studio 4. I still love MS4, and much prefer the way the cartoons look when I do them on the computer, but the fact is, it takes too long to do the cartoons this way. This particular cartoon was penciled back in April, and then inked yesterday morning. Had I done this by hand, it would have taken me an hour at most to do the inking and then the cartoon would be finished. In Manga Studio 4, the inking takes longer, plus there are extra steps I do to add the tones and text balloons, which is part of what makes the digital cartoons so pretty. What to do? Continue drawing by hand, but draw better! It’ll come with practice. Meanwhile, I’ll just use Manga Studio for other projects, since I’d really like to do some Manga style artwork, and this is the best program I’ve got for inking.
Anyway, here is this week’s cartoon, and I hope you enjoyed it 😉
My kids try to read over my shoulder as I type.
Yep, that's the way kids are.
};D I hope they're not too scandalized by my comedic efforts, Margaret!