DotL Page Production

Lol it's relaxing isn't it?

Naziha Zahed

Ah, that's why the lines were feeling more "organic" I just could not quite place the why.

maninblack

That's great to hear

Mary Williams

The ability to get up and walk around and move where you work is something to be truly treasured. And, it looks fantastic!

Meg Syv

I'm a believer now. I still like doing my sketches digitally, but I want to move towards doing those traditionally as well.

Isa and Meg, the Namesake Team,

This is probably why i'll never switch. Inking traditionally is still faster and more fun in my book.

Meg Syv

Thank you, Alan! The fact that people don't notice is exactly why I'm switching!

Alan Evans

That's awesome to hear and I never would've guessed.

Shield Generator 7

It's interesting how things meant to make your life easier actually make it harder. In the case of Adobe products, I find it's a matter of poor usability. I don't know Photoshop, but I use Flash CS6 a lot, which can be very frustrating just because it decides to be a jerk and not do what it's supposed to.

Meg Syv

To some degree, it's really nice to surrender control back to the tools that you're using. Once you make that line, you're committed to it! My husband pointed out that there's something about that idea of commitment that makes you a better draftsman, too.

Yeah, it's amazing how annoying computers can make stuff. Especially when they manage to take the enjoyment out of the process. My workmate is about to give his system the .357 treatment, the last Photoshop upgrade found nimbocumuli within the cloud and it's been floods and lightning bolts since ever since. Just remember, Adobe is a 4 letter word with an addition, feel free to invoke it whenever you need a good imprecation. We will have to schedule downtime for software reload at a time when it's not really convenient.

Tom Ploeger

Good for you! I imagine that the haptic experience of real inking would make up for losing the advantages that come with digital, such as the undo button.…

Meg Syv

You said it! I'm really excited to keep pumping these things out, but also to potentially find them good homes with people who will really appreciate them. I really like the change so far!

Meg Syv

No, it takes way less time! The most time consuming part of it, I think, is the digital sketches that come before printing. After that, it feels like a breeze!

Jessica K

I kind of noticed the edges weren't antiseptic-digi-clean when you posted the inks with the mention, but it didn't seem like enough to guess on since there are some really convincing photoshop brushes out there. Some of those inks can also be nice high-level kickstarter rewards when it comes to book printing and you're drowning in stacks of archives and have no apartment space left like many other traditional ink comic artists I follow! ;D

Raye.Guns

How wonderful :D Does it take longer than digitally inking?