@Mara-Price ah thank you so much, I'll check it out 🙂

I'm familiar with KDP as I have about 4 books on there. I just always have to play around with the trim sizes because mine don't match the norm usually. I was just hoping to save some trouble by getting it right the first time 🙂 I'm not concerned about the page numbers because I am self publishing. Thanks for your reply! I'll try my numbers and see if they work. Thanks again.

@smceccarelli Can I ask you please what solution you found as a workaround? I forgot I was supposed to start the file in rgb in procreate and convert later in photoshop to cmyk. And just imported the .psd cmyk file from my computer on procreate. It was only when my fiance asked about how colors exports on my computer that I checked. Now I have 60% of an illustration done in procreate with horrible colors when seen on my computer. It still exports the illustration as rgb, even though the original .psd file is cmyk. I would like to be able to use my work if possible, instead of starting all over again. Thank you for your help

I went to school with Maaike! She's got a lot of great information to share.

Ab-so-bloomin'-lutely! I mentally signed up for it the first time he mentioned it on the podcast. It's going to be an invaluable resource, and full of his scrummy illos too no doubt so yes, I am in the queue for it!

@carriecopadraws Thank you dear!

@Cory-Leick Gee, I hadn't thought about the Apple "conspiracy" aspect! Hmmm...I have loved Apple products for years, but lately they are slowly eroding my enthusiasm with these updates that break everything else.

And yes, I read the comments too! Very helpful!

@miranda-hoover - You're welcome! I got all of them as well (plus the iPad ones), and I'm enjoying them.

I did run into one problem when I tried to flip a selection. It kept flipping the whole image. Then I realized it just needs to be pasted onto a separate layer, so a few things will take getting used to, but at least I figured it out--with some help from the Affinity forum. 🙂

Congratulations! That's exciting!

@baileymvidler I have had to leave digital illustration after trying to learn it for 2 years because I kept getting ongoing migraines and even now going back to traditional I still easily get tension headaches so one solution I found that helps is taking Magnesium -drink mixture tastes like blueberries -helps reduce the pain/fuzziness. I have another neck/head issue but that can't be solved with the magnesium unfortunately.

Other than that, rest a lot, heat on my head/eyes, good sleep, blue blocker screen (sort of helps), and redirect your eyes to a none screen. But I get eye strain on every screen and in good light and poor -so I just have to pace myself -can be a pain.

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Oh I sure do have this problem. A few years ago I started an oil painting class. My instructor told me to go sit in a dark room and think about my goals. Once I took that seriousley it really helped. I left myself room to play and experiment, but if something didn't fit into my ultimate goal, I couldn't do it. Lee White also did a podcast or video on this subject, which was really helpful too. It was something like 7 steps to setting your goals.

@Lucky-Platt @demotlj We hear you loud and clear and totally agree! We are working on a number of things to address this (and have been for the past few years!). The more diversity the better!

Congratulations!!!

@Frost-Drive I've seen a few work, Ty Carter has one that does really well (but he's really well known). However, I think it works well to center it around a project. Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett are two good examples of this. Most of it for me will still be around a comic.

Hello, after seeing this discussion and the comics posted I wish to make (at least) a short comic, and this post is to keep myself accountable.

I think "not too many categories" is a good point but it's okay to maybe have two or three max. So if you want to do some looser ink drawings and also some more realistic animals, you can! But make sure you have enough consistent examples for each that they could be considered full portfolios for each style!

I understand having trouble narrowing down your style or the industry you want to be in and I've been struggling with that for a few years as well. I think you're on the right track, just keep going. The more work you do, the more your style(s) will show!

I'd also suggest making an effort to find other artists that you like or that are doing similar work to you, and then seeing what industries they work in and how your art could be applied. ☺

@idid my favorite picture book of all time is Mercer Mayer’s “East of the Sun West if the Moon”
I remember reading it and staring for hours on end at the illustrations. He hides things in his pictures for people who look closely. My sister and I realized that if we held a mirror up to the page, we could read the words carved into the steps on the north wind’s house. It was mesmerizing to me. That book made me want to be an illustrator.

Thank you @Kevin-Longueil - that’s great news. I’m pretty new to all this so I didn’t realise they posted up the discussion later. I feel a bit stupid now for asking the forum if anyone had seen my feedback 😂 Never mind, I’m over the moon to get a mini critique. Thanks for telling me about the critique arena being posted. Much appreciated.

I was writing a blog post about a recent treasure find, and thought I should share this awesome discovery here too:

I found the best place for getting some great reference photos...

The dump!

The dump is seriously a magical place filled with varied shapes and colours and bits!


I'm not a technically minded person. It's not in my reference vocabulary. Cute bunnies? Check. Wires and hard corners? Not so much.

But this place has so many cool shapes!
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Cheers,

Cayleen