Thunder Punch Daily 150 – What Tools Should You Use?
For the 150th episode I break format and answer an email rather than come in with a formulated essay on comic-making. But I think there’s an essay in there somewhere as I give a report on what tools I use to make comics as of September 2013.
Links mentioned:
- Manga Studio
- Ray Frenden’s Manga Studio brushes
- CAG 46 with Stephen McCranie – Manga Studio demo
- The bpelt flatting plugins
- My video demo of inking with a crow quill
- CPTN SRSLY and the Super Master Sentinels
- Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire
- Cap’n Cat: Former Shark Hunter
- The big He-Man and the Masters of the Universe piece
- Captain Falbo and the Bird Troopers – Digital Pencils|Brush Pen Inks|Video of the coloring process
- Little Guardians
- Dresden Codak
- LayerPaint (Android app)
- Papyrus (Android app)
If you decide to purchase some of the pens I mentioned, you can use these referral links to support TPD:
- Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
- Pentel Color Brush
- Speedball #102 Pen Point 12-Box
- Crow Quill Dip Pen Holder, #102
- Higgins Black Magic Waterproof Ink, Black, 1 oz Bottle
Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Voiceover by Tara Platt
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