Enjoy Friday’s toon a few hours ahead of schedule. :)
I’ll be at MegaCon, in Orlando FL this Saturday, hanging out at the Nightgig Studios booth in the afternoon.
Look me up if you’re there!
-Krishna
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I’m really bad with names – especially after I’ve recently been introduced to someone. Can you relate? What are some tricks you use to remember people’s names?
-Krishna
I’ve confirmed my ticket for Webcomics Weekend in Eastwork, MA for March 21st – 22nd. I’m excited about the trip, and hope that I get the opportunity to meet a few readers while I’m up there.
Coming up this weekend is MegaCON – held in Orlando FL. I’ve confirmed my plans. I’ll be at the Nightgig Studios booth on Saturday afternoon. I’m planning to drive up Saturday morning and take in the show. Nightgig Studios will be selling the Nightgig Sampler #4 exclusively at the show, which collects works from several artists, including myself. You can purchase the “MINT” condition version of the Sampler anytime, but the “weather-beaten / grunge” cover variant will be available only through the convention.
The NG Sampler will include a few pages of PC Weenies and UNcubed comics – marking the first time both comics have seen print in a comic book format.
I hope to get a chance to finally meet readers who enjoy the strips. Hope to see a few of you there!
-Krishna
P.S. I’ll be inking and coloring the sketches you see above. Coming soon to a blog post nearest you! :)
Have you ever blown an interview on purpose? I guess most of us are just too nervous to do it, but deep down – I think we all wish we could just really say what’s on our minds.
-Krishna
Photoshop seems to be the de facto application for many cartoonists. I use it extensively as part of my workflow as well. But did you know that Adobe Bridge (bundled with Photoshop) is every bit as useful as Photoshop?
In this article I’ll explain how I use Bridge and why it may be useful to you.
Adobe Bridge at its bare essence, is a very powerful image viewer and organizer. It works across the board among all Adobe apps (hence the name “Bridge”). At a glance you can use Bridge to view a series of images, rename a series of images, add meta tags to further describe an image, rank images, rotate images, or even run automation scripts on a folder’s worth of images.
You can further assign ‘Favorites’, for frequently accessed folders. I have Favorites set up for my comic strips, textures, and other digital artwork. There are four main viewing modes: Essentials, Filmstrip, Metadata, and Output.
Essentials shows thumbnail representations of all the images you have in a particular folder. You can sort your images by Metadata (perhaps maybe to find all the comics you have created on the subject of Twitter *ahem*.
I like the Filmstrip mode as it lets you focus on one image, while having a strip of images underneath that you can cycle through (see screenshot above). Output mode is useful when preparing image files for PDF or generating a Web Gallery. If you select more than one image, they appear side by side. This is great for comparing images to one another.
One of the most powerful features of Bridge is its Image Processor. ( Tools > Photoshop > Image Processor ). You can take a folder of PSD files and batch process them to JPEGs at the click of a button. This is something you could certainly script as a Photoshop Action, but I’m glad it’s built-in to Bridge.
Another useful feature in Bridge is the ability to label your images. You can assign categories like ‘To do’, ‘Approved’, ‘Review’, etc. This is quite useful for work in progress, or when having to pick out specific images from a collection.
I find Bridge to be an indispensable tool. If you haven’t tried it yet, maybe you will too?
Do you use Adobe Bridge? Have a favorite Bridge tip? Share ‘em in the comments below!
-Krishna
Check out this cool bit o’ PCW fan art I received this evening from Amy Letts. It was a really neat surprise to start the weekend off. She captured Bob and Grampa quite nicely here. Be sure to visit her website, Epic Fail, which updates every week. Thanks so much, Amy!
-Krishna
