Debut isn’t bad. It doesn’t have the perspective ruler, but it has some other perspective tools in it and they aren’t bad. I’m not sure I’m quite ready for digital penciling, though. It’s a little scary. I manipulate my pencils now in Photoshop (moving, resizing, you name it) but I’m not comfortable sketching in it yet. I feel I wind up being off model for some reason I can’t quite figure. The new newness, maybe?!

I hadn’t realized you’d been drawing that way for so long, though. You really can’t tell and I think that says a lot about how much your stuff flows with it. Damn nice.

I do like the inking tools in Manga Studio. That’s what caught my eye first and foremost. The brushes are far more intuitive then anything I’ve seen in Photoshop. And I’m going to come around to sketching with it, too. Just down the road.

I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t use the ‘Pro’ versions fancy functions any where near as much as some, but I like the ability to move, shift, flop, trace, and re-size my pencils as I go. It was a pretty common thing for me to trace off a drawing onto another sheet of paper, then re-trace it back onto the board in a different position because I wanted it shifted a centimeter or two. And the perspective tools are pretty cool too, though I think they’re only in the Pro version.

My suggestion is to pick a project, maybe a short story, and force yourself to do it in MS from beginning to completion. Even if you only pick away at it in your spare time, you’ll start to get a feel for it.

If you have any specific questions feel free to shoot me an email. I owe you one. I’ve had some major problems with my Bell email address and only got your email a few weeks ago along with over a thousand others at the same time. I’m reeeeeally behind on my replies.

How are you finding Manga Studio (pretty sure that’s what you’re doing this in). I bought MS Debut a few weeks back, but I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it. It certainly seems to be working for you, though!