Q:Hi! Can I ask what software you use for your Dark Souls comics? It looks like PSP but the resolution is kind of blurry on your streams to get an accurate count but I like the strokes that it makes on it. Thank!

Anonymous

Hiya Anon! I’d be happy to answer your question:

In actuality my Dark Souls comics are illustrated by hand!

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[proof of said workmanship with three pages shown sitting on top of my keyboard & tablet!]

Here’s a closeup of the lower of the first page shown:
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[Where you can still see my pencil guide lines…]

The only time that I will illustrate with an art program for the comic is during ‘extra pages’ and to do the effects - plus other minor edits.

And to answer your other question, I primarily illustrate using Paint Tool Sai. I do have Painter 12 as well as Photoshop CS3 but I find that Sai, since it’s less ‘crazy’, just works better for the way I work. I do, however, still do art in Painter 12/CS3 but I need to tweak the settings so it doesn’t take me ten minutes just to save a 10Kx15K pixel canvas… [I work really, really big.]

Thanks! Anyone else got a question for me?

Trick Stars: Finally finished with the FFVII portion of Trick Stars Vol. II! Mwahahaha! FFX next!!! I also updated the previous sample image to something much… nicer to look at.[FYI: Trick Stars is a Final Fantasy Doujinshi Anthology I worked on in 2009. I do not plan on releasing it in it’s entirety online, but I will publish samples.]
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Trick Stars: Finally finished with the FFVII portion of Trick Stars Vol. II! Mwahahaha! FFX next!!! I also updated the previous sample image to something much… nicer to look at.
[FYI: Trick Stars is a Final Fantasy Doujinshi Anthology I worked on in 2009. I do not plan on releasing it in it’s entirety online, but I will publish samples.]