Strange-Mikhal [2019-05-01 00:16:21 +0000 UTC]

Hello!!! Love the Art!!! Just wanted to say I looked at your "perspective Ruler Vid" and it helped a lot!!!

Hopefully my first Web comic page will go up soon ^_^

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Lockon5500 [2016-06-22 03:09:07 +0000 UTC]

posting this during your Stream since going digital this is the only thing I've finished(it's not really that good)> lockon5500.deviantart.com/art/…

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TrinityCodex [2016-01-10 17:41:09 +0000 UTC]

Hey! I really enjoy your live scribbles and I wondered if you could review and critique the webcomic im working on. Its about robots and time travel

you can find it here trinitycodex.wix.com/trinity

Thanks in advance. 

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RicardoCabrera [2015-07-04 15:20:03 +0000 UTC]

Dude, thanks for those incredible videos. I saw a lot of them and let me tell you those are great. I'm a comic book artist too , but is great see how others artist are working and how they can improve their skills. thanks again for sharing.

Regards

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Webslinger0513 [2015-01-03 00:48:41 +0000 UTC]

Hiya Jonathan, just wanted to give you a shout-out to say how inspirational your videos are!
I discovered them about 2 months ago, and have been watching them while I sketch out my own comic. It's really great to hear people that are in the industry talk about it cause some of us have no one in our 'real' lives that have anything to do with comics (or any kind of art, for that matter). So a big thanks for doing the YouTube stuff!

I'm currently trying to get into the comic field myself, and appreciate all the tips and techniques you share. You mentioned that you had no idea that people would be interested in real-time vids of you working. I wanted to let you know that the real-time vids are what I look for for two reasons: 1) they show your technique in a way that is easily decipherable to anyone, that is, anyone can see HOW you are doing your artwork as you do it, and that builds up into explaining WHY as the video progresses. Most of that gets lost when you show a sped up version. 2) The longer videos are great to listen to while we are sketching out our own stuff. When spending hour after hour sketching, the time passes so much smoother and more productive when there's someone talking about something similar to what we are working on.

And I'll end this with a quick question: Is there a way to get an alert or something like that when you are going to have a live stream? I'd love to be able to post comments to you and the other watchers as you work! 

Thanks for reading and sketch like there's no tomorrow!

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Vulpesvulpes89 [2014-11-02 16:05:49 +0000 UTC]

Hi Jonathan, I'm a beginning comic artist/hobbyist. I've been watching your art videos and looking at your art for about two years now. they've helped me improve so much and take into account important things that I never would have considered otherwise. Thank you so much. I was wondering if you review beginners work in order to give them pointers? I admire you so much and would be honored to have you even glance at my work.

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SquirrelHsieh [2014-08-26 01:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your WATCH

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MrDaaark [2014-08-23 00:36:49 +0000 UTC]

Hey Jon, I was just watching your cover  inks video, and I noticed you were having trouble with the 'halos' around your fills again.

When you use your drawing tool, such as the pen, you have an option for anti-aliasing, and it's represented by a few icons that show you the fallof from your pen color.

The more anti-aliasing you add, the more intermedite shades you have.

When you use the fill tool on anti-aliased lines, it will stop on the edge of that intermediate shade because it's a new color. You can get around this in a few ways.

1) If you are inking in high resolution (300 dpi or more) and you will only have black lines on your ink layer, you can set the expression color of that layer to MONOCHROME. This is one bit per pixel, and all pixels can either be black or not. So this problem won't exist as you won't have intermediate shades to deal with in the first place.(Of course the downside is not having those other shades to smooth out your lines!)

2) Increase the COLOR MARGIN settings on your fill tool so that it will accept those intermediate shades while filling in. The settings is what percentage of the color range it will consider the same.

3) Use the AREA SCALING setting. This setting is the amount of pixels you want to fill over what it would have filled anyways. So if your halo is 5 pixels wide, then setting your area scaling to 5 or 6 will compensate for it. Because you told it to extend your fill by 5 or 6 pixels on every side.

IF you are using the MAGIC WAND to select an area to fill, the same ideas also apply.

COLOR MARGIN will be a percentage of the color range to consider the same when the selection is being made.

AREA SCALING will add that many pixels to your selection automatically. A setting of 2 will make your selection 2 pixels wider on all sides.

And some things to watch out for:

You will usually want to turn anti-aliasing off on your wand and fill tool, unless you want to end up with a 'halo' from the line edge, and a 'halo' from the egde of the fill. Always turn if off when flatting.

Your area scaling setting will change all the time depending on the thickness of the area being filled. There isn't a good catch all value.You will usually end up tweaking your area scaling and color margin a lot on a case by case basis. It's not that bad, and is always quicker than drawing over the 'halo'.

Avoid using STRONG anti-aliasing on your pens. The color margin to fill these properly gets to be close to 99 percent, at which point you end up often accidentally filling your whole page! Weak works best.

And last, but certainly not least--

Hidden under the FIGURE->Direct Draw (U) menu is the LASSO FILL tool, which is a giant time saver. It lets you draw out a shape and then immediately fills it when you lift your stylus (or unclick your mouse). This is much quicker then using WAND then FILL, and you always get exactly what you think you will.

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woohooligan [2014-08-13 19:01:48 +0000 UTC]

Hi John! Just found you via a youtube video about the 3D modeling tool in Manga Studio. Enjoying your work. Do you get out to cons in Detroit or elsewhere in the Midwest?

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delaronde [2014-07-04 22:54:50 +0000 UTC]

Hey Jonathan,

Great work bro! Keep up the amazing work. Love your youtube Channel!

Where you at in Canada? I'm near Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Cheers mate!

Johny C.

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grapenutz21 [2014-04-10 23:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Hey Jon, its Artist mike jay (aka Michael Pohlman on Facebook). Keep up the good work. You and Will have been a motivator for my own work!

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Danny-Cruz [2014-04-03 23:29:45 +0000 UTC]

great gallery dude! you've been leveling up i see lol

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IgorWolski [2014-01-04 23:37:10 +0000 UTC]

hey, thanks for watching, you've got some awesome ink work here (:

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WhytManga [2013-10-02 19:53:48 +0000 UTC]

thanx for the watch, your work is amazing man... watched ya back!

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KayPikeFashion [2013-06-21 18:45:23 +0000 UTC]

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s0rd3z [2013-06-01 19:26:07 +0000 UTC]

I recently got back into drawing after years of hiatus. Wanted to get a Wacom tablet and go digital. Searching the web for tut's on digital inking and sketching I found your site and YouTube channel

Your videos have helped me a TON, andI just wanted to say thanks for that.

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dejesusadefuye [2013-05-29 20:31:41 +0000 UTC]

Bravo to you SIr
deviantART muro drawing

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WilsonGuillaume [2013-04-29 16:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Love learning from you man you help me out a lot

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RyanLFacey [2013-04-22 13:02:44 +0000 UTC]

Glad your back my man.. Looking forward to this week

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randomacity [2013-04-10 05:14:15 +0000 UTC]

just found your work dude! Sick stuff you got goin on

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BenPereira82 [2013-04-07 01:33:18 +0000 UTC]

Love your work man. Love the videos too. Helps out a lot!

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joseneves [2013-03-28 10:54:32 +0000 UTC]

cool stuff!!

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Kuplays [2013-03-25 15:14:40 +0000 UTC]

awesome drawings, Johnatan! Love your videos on youtube too! Peace

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AncientThunderStudio [2013-03-13 02:56:49 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work brother! Really inspiring, thank you for that! Much success to you!

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Uncle-Bang [2013-03-02 18:45:57 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work man! Your inks are stunning. I'll be watching

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3878decode [2013-02-18 23:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Jonathan amazing video tutorials... and as a professional what's the artistical difference between Marvel and DC. is there a certain detail that defines them? or is it simply the characters? thanks for the amazing videos

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Judietta [2013-02-07 17:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Found your deviant art page by your youtube videos. Absolutely amazing videos!

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BunsenBunnies [2013-02-06 20:01:40 +0000 UTC]

Hi, Found you Via your Video reviews on the Cintiq 12 excellent review and Excellent artwork. Thanks

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soullsurfer [2013-01-26 14:51:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch [link] much apreciated, Enjoy !!!

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Mulv [2013-01-16 04:02:43 +0000 UTC]

Appreciate the fav, Jon Boy!

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BrianFajardo [2013-01-10 17:06:26 +0000 UTC]

amazing gallery.

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NateNarutoLover [2012-12-16 16:09:25 +0000 UTC]

Hey jon do you work with cartoon block?

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NICK-XMG [2012-12-09 11:16:05 +0000 UTC]

hey if you have the time can you take a look at my art work and till me what you think of it
i have seen you vid on youtube and i just what to know what you think.
[link]

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Zknight007 [2012-12-08 20:58:40 +0000 UTC]

amazing work you have

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AlivanArt [2012-11-30 06:52:15 +0000 UTC]

hey just wanted to say i listen to your entire youtube podcast in one sitting while drawing, i love it, love your hardwork and work ethic. Your topics are things i wonder about and perfect for comic artist... i will keep watching! big fan!

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NateNarutoLover [2012-11-22 13:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Hey Jonathan-rector do you mind if i use some of your TMNT pictures as colour key for a little while.?

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ItsTalegas [2012-11-17 03:00:50 +0000 UTC]

Can I ask, do you accept commissions or not taking them at the moment? Have sent a note and still would love to send a commision.

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