Working on the Storyboard

I’m seeking an efficient work flow. I have a ton of pages to create and I don’t want to get bogged down, as I did with the first book Yet, as much as I yearn for speed, finding the way to produce a lot of successful pages has been as elusive as tracking down the Holy Grail. Just as I think I’ve found The Way, I realize that I’m dealing with a mirage that vanishes when I try to grasp it. I’ve tried the iPad, traditional media (which I love), and Photoshop. But I haven’t clicked with them.

Yesterday I put away my Wacom tablet and took my Huion 22 inch pen display out of mothballs. Working with the tablet is good, but I’m slow. I wanted to see if I can work more efficiently with a pen display. The answer is Yes. Today I worked with the pen display and Clip Studio Paint and was able to work smoothly for hours generating pages with the proper bleed lines (a critical time saving feature). I’m using the Pro version of CPS (Clip Studio Paint). Creating one image at a time creates a directory full of files. I’m considering the CPS Ex version — it generate and organize all of the pages the entire book and export all of the images as a PDF, much like InDesign. Clip Studio Paint has awesome features for generating comics and surpasses Photoshop and Procreate in that respect. Looks good.

Bettina is a new character. She’s friendly, loyal, strong, and cheerful, and she’s on her way to Mexico, too.