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Time to plug my Patreon! If you like what I do and want to support my work, you can become my patron and set up a small recurring donation every month in exchange for rewards like eBooks, prints, custom art, and behind-the-scenes looks at the comic!

Becoming a patron is not mandatory, and The Hues will always be free to read, but any help you’re able to give is much appreciated. :)

Loving how the new Hues chapter is coming out! I really like aesthetic change as well! What made you decide to change it up if I may ask?

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Couple reasons!

First, inking is a skill I’ve been ignoring for years and I’ve decided to improve it.  So what better way to do it than make it part of my regular routine?

Secondly, time.  I’m slowly introducing more simplified techniques into The Hues so that any given page will hopefully take me less time to make, and therefore I can get more pages done in advance.  As well as make time for myself to work on commissions and side projects. :)

Inking the comic helps because it takes care of a lot of readability issues in the figures, and it takes a lot of weight off me at the shading stage since I don’t have to spend as much time rendering the folds on clothing and such.

That’s a lot of technical stuff in there, but basically, trying to develop and expand my skills, and trying to save some time! :D  Thank you for the kind words!

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You can now support The Hues on Patreon!

Patreon is kind of like a Kickstarter for ongoing projects!  But instead of a single lump sum for a single reward (or reward package) you give a smaller amount on a regular basis.  (In this case, every month.)  Pledges are collected once a month and you can change or cancel your pledge at any time.  Each pledge comes with its own rewards, as well!

A pledge of at least $1.00 gets you access to a patron-only section where you can see behind-the-scenes art and works-in-progress.

The Hues will always be free to read online, and is not turning into a pay-to-read webcomic or anything of the sort.  Even if no one ever signs up to be a patron, I’ll still be posting the comic three times a week.  This is just one of many ways people can support my work!

Thank you so much for reading!  I hope you’ll click through to check out my Patreon page and consider becoming a patron! :D

Rebageling over here.

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SO.

I’ve been doing more inking practice lately, in preparation for changing the visual style of The Hues to incorporate inked linework.  Not a decision I came to lightly, but it’s going to help me work a lot faster, and inking is a skill I need to work on more, so here we are.

I bought Manga Studio 4 on sale awhile back, but I’ve been too intimidated to spend more than about a half hour at a time in there.  I decided to Really For Real ink something, so I started with this drawing of Lauren.  I started inking in MS, but wasn’t sure how I felt about how it was looking, so I went back to PS and inked it the way I usually do.

Theeeeeeennn I was getting ready to start arting earlier today and was about to start inking my comic when I decided to warm up by finishing the inks on Lauren in MS first.  I finished her up, and compared the two inking jobs, which kind of settled my decision.

Now, I think the Photoshop inking looks just fine.  The pressure sensitivity is a little lower, so the lines are a bit bolder, which is fine, but when I look at the MS inks, I think they just look a bit more nuanced and interesting.  So I decided I’ll be inking in Manga Studio for the foreseeable future.

Now that I’ve worked in MS for a couple hours, I’m a lot more comfortable with the tools, and I really love how the pen tool handles and responds to the pressure sensitivity.

It has been an interesting day.