Chore Day, Jan 16, with Feng Zhu Brush

Today was a simple chore day. There was only vacuuming and laundry on my TODO list. Next week I’ll be pruning trees, and vacuuming, and doing laundry. I like the groove I’m in.

I’ve been thinking about my work flow a lot. I want to simplify it. Should I do everything in Clip Studio Paint EX, or should I just go directly to InDesign and Photoshop, the eventual destination of all of my work? I’ll decide in the coming months.

Last year Youtube was buzzing with artists who were outraged that Adobe would raise the monthly rental of Photoshop from $10 to $20. They were going to switch to Krita, or Gimp, or Affinity Photo, or some other software. I bought Affinity Photo to interview it as a replacement and all I got was a profound appreciation for the many virtues of Photoshop. Many programs have some features that may be slicker than those in PS, but the fact is that PS is good enough at more things than all of the competition combined. It works.