There’s a new feature in the latest Clip Studio update, and it’s a deceptively simple feature you’ll find yourself using often!
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If you’ve spent any time drawing digitally, you’ve probably felt the agony of inking on your sketch layer. It can be disastrous — and it’s a real pain to fix. So, let’s talk about setting up a drawing system that makes it all but impossible to do in the first place. Here’s a step-by-step guide…
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Originally, a halftone screen was the only way a newspaper or magazine could print an image with a continuous tone — like a photograph. A halftone converts grey tones into little black dots. Unless you’re looking very closely, your eye reads these dots as shades of grey. Manga has made halftone screens cool again. However, navigating halftone screens requires a fair amount of printing savvy.
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If you pay estimated income taxes on a quarterly schedule, The deadline for your fourth-quarter payment is approaching. Q4 payments are due on Jan. 15, 2024. According to IRS.gov, “If a payment is mailed, the date of the U.S. postmark is the date of payment. If the due date for an estimated tax payment falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the payment will be on time if you make it on the next day that isn’t a Saturday, Sunday or holiday.”
You may also pay online, pay by phone, or use the IRS2GO app.
Veteran cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar make some predictions and discuss their goals for the new year.
2024 Predictions
2024 Goals
Offering commissions can be a great way to add an income stream to your business. It can also be an effective Patreon reward. However, managing expectations and communicating clearly with clients and backers can be a delicate dance. Here’s how to get off on the right foot.
Since 2013, I’ve been advocating that independent comic artists quit exhibiting at comic cons. That’s nearly ten years. And since that very first post, the pushback has been the same: “Sure, we’re not making a profit, but we go for the networking.” Except, for many of these people, networking is unimportant. And I can prove it.
Last year, I made a number of bold predictions for 2023. I nailed a few and failed a few others. As we head into the new year, I’m going back to my crystal ball. And I see some pretty troubling portents for social media and Patreon.
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I’ve been posting a lot about my concerns about social media in 2024. But I’d like to hear what’s on your mind. As we head into the new year, which issue factors prominently for you?
Is it AI art/writing? Is it merchandising? Is it running an effective Kickstarter campaign? Or it it closer to home — writing better, drawing better, lettering better, etc?
Please hit the comments below and let me know what you’d most like to see me writing about in the coming year. I’d love to hear from you — and it will help me plan topics to write about in the months ahead!
After Elon Musk took over Twitter, he instituted a number of changes that effectively killed the platform. Users exited, engagement deadened, and overall returns for creators declined drastically. This left many of us who had relied on Twitter for publishing and promotion in a quandary: Restart somewhere else or try to salvage our existing base. We eagerly lept from BlueSky Threads to Mastodon — each time hoping to rebuild. And, one by one, many of us faced the hard reality: Growth is slow on each of these new platforms. We’re going to need to do both — rebuild elsewhere while we try to salvage what’s left of Twitter. In May, I came up with a plan to do that. In November, I revised that plan. Today, I’ll share the results.
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