This is the second in a short series of critiques that will focus on book-cover design.
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Two of the of the strengths of Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio is the ability to create page/strip templates and save image “material” to use again later.
But what if you use the software on two different computers — for example, one in your studio and another at home?
Relax. There’s an easy way to sync everything up.
• Go to your Documents folder.
• You’ll see a folder named “Smith Mirco“
• Make a copy of this on Dropbox, Google Drive, or some other back-up system.
• When you get to your other computer, drag this folder to the Documents folder of that second computer.
You will have all of the templates, materials, etc. from the first computer available to you on the second computer.
Now, whenever you add something to your library of materials, remember to drag that Smith Micro folder to the back-up and manually sync the other computer at your first possible convenience.
We’ve had a few site issues lately, and I wanted to keep you informed…
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Today’s Webcomics Confidential is a step-by-step tutorial on preparing images to be printed in CMYK/offset setting. We’ll talk about setting up a properly working “lineart” layer, setting a trap layer for a rich black, and more!
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It’s why you’re underachieving on Patreon. You think it’s about you and your dreams. You think it’s a tip jar. You think it’s about your personal journey. It’s not about any of that stuff. It’s all about the reader, and they want to know “what’s in it for me?” If you can’t answer that — satisfactorily — then you lose. People want stuff for their money. It’s that simple. But until you understand it — and apply it – you’re going nowhere fast.
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 This post has been submitted by Webcomics.com Member Tyler James, of ComixLaunch. I strongly recommend his post on keeping a 30-Day Patreon Launch Journal. |
“Patreon is not a tip jar. It’s a subscription service for exclusive content.”
That was one of several big takeaways from my recent ComixLaunch interview on the state of the webcomics business model with Brad Guigar.
During our conversation, Brad talked frankly about how figuring out Patreon and more importantly figuring out what his patrons actually wanted from him, was a key to keeping his business sustainable in the face of changing market forces.
Like many of you, I love hearing great ideas.
I love the explosion of possibilities gaining new knowledge sets off in my mind.
But I also know that knowledge alone is not power.
In this information age, ideas are selling for far less than a dime a dozen.
And good ideas have an expiration date.
The longer you put off taking action on a good idea, the more likely it is that you’ll never take action on that idea.
For the past couple of years, one of the things I’ve been trying to embrace is speed of implementation.
Ready, fire, aim.
In the past, my approach to putting things into action looked more like:
Ready… ready… ready… aim… nope, not ready… ready… ready…
Not good.
So, I took action on Brad’s strategy, and tried to see if I could apply it to my own creative business.
And what do you know… I got results.
Today, I want to present a simple strategy for growing your Patreon following in 30 days.
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Get out your calendar and start circling dates. It’s time to do a little webcomics planning.
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Backerkit has completely changed the way I fulfill Kickstarter rewards. That alone is worth an endorsement.
It costs 2% of the money you generated through your successful Kickstarter campaign (before Kickstarter’s cut). And then it takes 5% of each extra sale Backerkit generates.
For my most recent Kickstarter, that came to about $560.
I made that money back in the first 12 hours after launching Backerkit.
As of now, less than 24 hours later, that number has nearly doubled — about $970.
How did they do that? Glad you asked…
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Chances are, your writing falls flat for one very important reason — Editing. You either don’t want to edit — or you don’t know how. And good editing is waaaay more than catching spelling errors and correcting grammar. So today we’re going to talk about good editing practices.
But first — What is the biggest pitfall involved in hiring a business manager? Why is the history of creative professionals littered with people whose managers have taken advantage of them? And what is the John 8:1 of Webcomics Weekly??
It’s all on this barnstorming edition of Webcomics Confidential!
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What would you do if you had your own “Robert Khoo”? Would you do the To Do list he told you to do?
No you wouldn’t. You’re a fibber who fibs.
And I’ll tell you why…
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