I'm trying to do a Advent calendar of sorts. All through the month of December, I'm going to draw a super hero or villian a day. I'm doing this to force myself to learn Manga Studio and my Nostromo Razer keypad. If I learn to use these tools better, I can learn to work more efficiently and faster, and that means I can do more things.
I'm also taking suggestions for who to draw. So tweet me suggestions, or hit me up on Facebook. Use the hashtag #tzadvent.
Drawing number one is Bizarro, Superman's imperfect duplicate. Pencils and inks were done in Manga Studio, and tones in Photoshop. I've set up a few commands on my Nostromo now. I can activate the magic wand, do an expanded fill so that the tone area fills in underneath the black layer, deselect things, and do contracted fills. Some of the commands are Photoshop standard, some of them are my Actions.Ideally, I'll rarely have to reach for a keyboard or put down the pen, I'll be able to do my most common drawing and coloring actions with my left hand and keep drawing with my right. The hard part is going to be picking the right combinations, and learning them until they become part of my muscle memory. Instead of assigning all the commands I think I need to the Nostromo, I'm assigning them one at a time as I need them. I figure this will help me make sure I make the ones I use the most the most accessible.
