Annuil I certainly didn't imagine that was what the scene was about, but they have this nice character-foil dynamic going on from the start. It was possible to infer a lot about their personalities without speaking a single word of Russian, good job!
I'm happy you liked the sketches! About the CSP, I'm not sure yet it's worth it. I have yet to delve more deeply into layout features, but so far...
Pros- I like the pen pressure and stabilization features. Super useful since I use an old Wacom Bamboo the majority of the time, and it's even keeping it from freaking out as it has been doing in PS since I did a fresh windows reinstall
- The standard brushes are nice
- You can mark layers as different types (draft, etc), though it's not always that useful
- The concept of comic panels as... uh... clipping layer bases that are actually folders (?!) is interesting
- Spline Rulers
I just wish there was a way to rasterize them so they can be used to swiftly draft stuff
- It comes with auto-saving backups enabled out of the box, and I can attest they work as intended
- Runs infinitely lighter than PS in my PC build
- Can save layered PSDs with a few expected caveats
- I kinda like the balloons though they have some annoying limitations
Cons / missing features- It has a version dedicated to creating comics yet it can't All Caps text.
- I'd love to see connected text boxes like in indesign so you can freely navigate and shuffle big chunks of text to different boxes
- It doesn't seem like it's possible to edit the outlines or erase parts of balloons, which is weird and makes for a terrible workflow
- Not much freedom with the balloon and panel line styles either, defeating part of the reason you'd stick to a different type of layer in first place
moredhel The title is "before bananas look like this they taste horrible".
Plu-eeese. Pretty art notwithstanding, everyone knows bananas are better when they go fully black so you can turn them into cakes.
catbirds Oooh I like the style of your hands! You've got a nice curve x straight lines rhythm going on there and the thing about wings isn't that weird:
1. Feathers are similar to fingers in profile. You have the straight back, the curve created by the digits on the opposite side, and also tapering going on.
2. Bones aren't centered in fingers in the same way the spine of feathers aren't.
3. Feathers are fingers.
This drawing is beautiful, you're right to be proud of it! The shadows, the flow, the impressive patience! :'D
Mirasol Yay, I helped!
I like your sketches! For finding a comic-style, I read a few comics that use a quite complicated artstyle (by that I mean not very clean and stylized) and seem to have found a nice balance. I don´t know about how time-consuming these were to draw, but if it helps you decide on something: Scurry, Glacias
(they´re also both very good. Scurry is a post-apocalyptic comic through the point of view of the surviving animals, Glacias a fantasy-comic about basically not Vikings-involving "how to train your dragon".)
And is still helping! Thanks for the references, I didn't know either comic. I love how cinematic Scurry looks in special, although the mere thought of painstakingly painting all this fur makes me shudder.
These sketches were fast to draw, I spent more time testing the tools than actually drawing. I managed a page spread and few other bits in a day, nothing super elaborate but enough to show it's doable. The plan is to do more ~8 pages to settle into the style then give the initial pages another pass because they'll surely deviate in style and confidence from whatever I ultimately pick. Bonus points for creating a buffer to last a month.