Page 2, Version 2 Showing Two Facing Pages

This picture shows a Clip Studio Paint EX two-page spread (pages 2 and 3). With this view it’s easy to keep colors consistent from page to page (they’re not in this rough example). I can also see that I have to scale the figures down quite a bit so that the important action displays gracefully in the 8x8 square that will appear in the print version. About square pages … I really wish I had thought to use a rectangular format when I started this series, but for some reason I though square pages would be perfect for a children’s picture book! Well, the die has been cast. 8x8 is the horse I’m riding for the next four books. I’ll make the best of it.

Krita crashed several times today. It’s incredibly annoying! I love Krita’s brushes, but I hate Krita’s crashes. I don’t recall it crashing when I was working on Linux or Windows. Is it just the Mac version that’s wacky? A couple of crashes doesn’t sound too bad, but it’s enough for me to lose my patience. Krita has a lot of promising features and the brushes are already super duper. I’m rooting for its success.