Just discovered that CSP has 2 different eyedroppers: The normal eyedropper, AND ONE THAT WILL AUTO SELECT THE COLOR ON THAT LAYER!! 🤯 No more hiding effect layers to get to the color I need!

Someone on Tumblr is translating the Witch Hat Atelier Reproduction Selection book into English which has comments by Kamome Shirahama on her process and worldbuilding! There's a reprint in Japanese you can preorder too to support the book creators. letopridet.tumblr.com?source=share

Gandalf Hat Atelier

LetoPridet | Golwenaur Melanolwe A team of slow but hardworking translators / working on WHA-artbook...

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How many thousands of people are gonna get charged $70 a month because they didn't read to the third paragraph of this fucking email

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS. ❤️ Stephen Colbert is the perfect person to help bring this to life. I always giggle whenever he geeks out about LOTR during his talkshow with guests. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Stephen Colbert Co-Writing New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

The film will come after 'Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum,' which is currently in development from director Andy Serkis.

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My other piece for the Knights of Guinevere show, up now at Gallery Nucleus! 💙

We're almost out of time to tell the House of Representative to #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget! If you haven't taken action, now's the moment: email or call your House Rep TODAY: ala.org/showup

The replies to this thread shed a light on the reality of making comics. Creators I know either have a support system (partner, family), work A LOT, or have access to health care. I worked a day job, ate dinner, then worked on my GN until 4am for months followed by 16 hour weekends. It's not easy.

Johanna T 👻 🧙@johannamation.bsky.social · 5mo ago

People who make comics (or other freelance art work) as their fulltime job: how do you do it? How do you make it work, esp financially? People who make comics on the side while having a fulltime day-job: how do you do it without overworking and/or burning out?

When my graphic novel is done, I'm excited to make my first manga zine and experiment with screen tones. I always had an affinity to limited color palettes, so it will be nice to go back to my roots and learn more about a medium I grew up reading. 🌳

We raised over $200k to help communities affected by ICE in Minnesota! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who donated or have supported in other ways! 💛✊️

The auction ends at 11.45pm TONIGHT - please get your bids in for anything you're interested in! Auction is currently raising $154,000, amazing!!! Let's get it higher before it closes! #kidlit #publishing #auction

Charlene Chua@charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m donating a portfolio or picture book manuscript/dummy review to this auction to benefit folks in Minnesota! You can bid here: tinyurl.com/476wtx8n #kidlit #books

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this RIDICULOUSLY USEFUL set of HEELS reference by @GRIZandNORM!#HeelsOfTheDay #gamedev #animationdev #CHARACTERDESIGN #characters #heels

Hi, everyone! My graphic novel or picture book critique auction is now live along with so many other great items from other creators such as AMAs, books, art, and more. 🎉 This auction helps communities in Minnesota get back on their feet. If you can't donate, please spread the word for support. ❤️

Brigitta Blair@brigittablair.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I donated a graphic novel or picture book critique to help raise support in Minnesota. For graphic novels, happy to take a look at your sample pages, manuscript, or pitch package to provide feedback. For picture books, happy to look at dummies. ✨️ www.32auctions.com/organization...

I donated a graphic novel or picture book critique to help raise support in Minnesota. For graphic novels, happy to take a look at your sample pages, manuscript, or pitch package to provide feedback. For picture books, happy to look at dummies. ✨️ www.32auctions.com/organization...

Graphic novel or picture book critique

Auction item 'Graphic novel or picture book critique' hosted online at 32auctions.

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You know you're in the coloring stage of comics when you take photos of scenes you like the color palette for wherever you go. 🎨

Thankful for horror movies so I can use them as reference for a rainy night car scene 💙

One of the most important things you can do for a project is take breaks. It resets your brain so you can come back to it from a fresh perspective.

Breaking out the Clip Studio Tabmate 2 for some quick coloring 🎨

PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔 This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art

Portfolio Tips for Illustrators by Nala J. Wu

Portfolio tips for Illustrators Written by Nala J. Wu (@naladraws) | they/them As an art director (AD) and longtime professional illustrator— I’ve probably looked at nearly a thousand art portfolios. ...

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A friendly reminder that you can set reference layers to multiple layers, folders, and layers/folders simultaneously in Clip Studio Paint!

For my books, I map out every day on a calendar that a scene takes place. Never did I think that choosing a year that has Valentine's on the weekend would complicate my timeline. 🤦‍♀️

"Treat your body with the care you treat your artwork." Haven't been able to get this out of my head since hearing it. Time to put those words into action ❤️

It's been a year full of highs and lows. A lot of reasons I haven't been posting as much can be found in here, along with graphic novel updates. Happy New Year, everyone! ❤️

2025: Losing My Creative Spark & Achieving a Childhood Dream

What started as a year for creative projects, warped into rebuilding my life after a layoff.

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Learning more French so I can read French comics. 🇫🇷

Made myself a little color palette picker for my graphic novel! 🎨 At first, I used CSP's built-in color palette, but I found this method much faster. Plus, it automatically converts my tool into a color picker when I tap inside the sub view!

If you're printing a comic with color, make sure to work in CMYK mode! I made the mistake of coloring in RGB and soon discovered some of the colors I used looked dull when converted for printing. Clip Studio now allows you to preview your work and color wheel in CMYK mode. It's so handy! 🎨

Just remembered one of my former students asking me: Him: "Are you a tomboy?" Me: "Yup!" Him: "Wooooaaaah, cool."

247 inked pages of my graphic novel done! 🎊 Now, off to do a Substack recap and on to colors.

Less than 20 inked pages of my graphic novel left!! So excited to start color ❤️ Still in disbelief that I drew over 220 pages.

Highly recommend this book for any artist that wants to create comics/manga! It's called "All Faces" and includes 24,908 faces from One Piece panels. It's a great study tool to see character faces at different scales or as inspiration for expressions.

Epic the Musical has helped me get through the final stretch of inks! It's so gooood. 💙