Getting back into traditional art. I currently enjoy doodling with markers then drawing over top them.

When I first started Sticks & Stones I was looking for a different approach to creating comics so I kept my script looser so I could be flexible. I wanted a sequential work that I could approach at a leisure. I did really like the opportunity to mull over the comic and iron out wrinkles as well as respond to member input. Chances are my next comic will come out at a faster pace and won’t have the cool opportunities to respond to fan feedback. Hopefully one day i’ll figure out how to capture that organic process at a quicker pace.

Hardblush is back online! As of 7:40AM Eastern Time, we’ve resolved the issue, and now will be taking precautions to resolve what caused the servers to fill up as soon as possible. I appreciate everyones patience while this issue was fixed. Be sure to look for a new comic by Peritian, we’ll have two images posted today.

Thanks again, guys!

**HardBlush is experiencing some technical difficulties server-side.**

I am currently working to resolve the site’s downtime, sorting through a few options, and may be shortening the Login session to be approximately a month or less long.

Sit tight, and we’ll have the website up as soon as possible! Thanks for your patience, guys

–Edit–

It’s now been one day since the downtime began. Still working hard to bring the site online. I believe I’ve resolved the issue, simply need to work with my hosting company now.

Again, thanks for the patience. We’ll have new pieces posted as soon as the site’s back online. Keep an eye out!

I’m asked a lot about inking even though I’m very digital about it all mostly for reasons of stabilization.

Lets get these out of the way. Paint Tool Sai. I make my own inkers. Right Click on brushes to make your own. Smoothing at 6-10 when sketching between S-2 and S-4 when inking.

Onta’s #1 Rule to Line Art

Make sure every line you draw serves more then one purpose.

If you draw random lines in hair are you simply trying to say “hair is hairy” or are those lines describing the shape of the hair, the fall of the hair, its texture, the shape of the skull underneath, how wet or dry the hair is and etc.

When you draw lines in a shirt are you simply drawing lins to say “This shirt has fold” or are you trying to explain the texture of the shirt, how thick it is, how tight it is on the body, the shape of the body underneath and etc…

When you draw an arm and you draw lines for the muscles are you simply stating “Arm has muscles” instead of stating the silhouettes, the cast shadow, if he has tight athletic muscles or big fat strong man muscles, the body fat ratio.

If you lines serve only one or two roles and none other, chances are it doesn’t need to be there. When people ask me for feedback on line art I usually just erase a butt load of lines and thicken foundation lines.

Everyone knows muscles are muscley, hair is hairy and shirts are foldy, you can explain that with silhouettes alone, the lines you draw inside or choose not to draw is where art becomes truly unique.

With the help of Fritter I think we have much longer lasting password sessions for the login and the members. Huzzah!