Ordered Manga Studio 5 and played around real quick. It’s not that I can’t do the same quality sketch in Photoshop. Manga Studio just has everything set up nicely for hardcore illustrators like myself. But the most coveted thing about Manga Studios is that pen. Still having to learn it, though. I ordered it before, but that was when I had Windows XP and the shit crashed. So just a warning, from what I noticed so far, is that you need a powerful PC, mulit-core because Manga Studio seems kinda clunky. But once you see the quality of art you can get, maybe it will be worth it.

I’m falling in love with Manga Studio. The line quality is really authentic. The halftone pattern tool is so intuitive. The text balloon is as simple as 2 strokes. Holy shit. Manga Studio is an comic illustrator’s dream come true.

I can sketch, but I can’t ink. Most of this is going to be practice inking.