O Captain My Captain (Artfight OC) & mini CSP review (sort of) (Patreon)

After eyeing it for a long, long time I decided to test out Clip Studio Paint EX. I've had my eyes on it due to the multiple comic page options.

I absolutely love Procreate, but there are some functions like this that sound like it would make things a lot lot smoother.

My conclusion after one day of trying to understand the program in itself and one day of drawing is: it's so so SOOOO slow. Oh my god is it slow. Not necessarily because of the lag (which is horrendous when using very large brushes - could be my iPad which is a bit older though) but because I hape to actively click/check and uncheck so many times, which I didn't have to do in Procreate.

A lot is probably just the steep learning curve and I assume it'll get better once I also understand customization better (which supposedly is a big plus for CSP). But goddammit, I feel like I'm only clicking around and not drawing as much - like it's interrupting the drawing process and creative flow because I have to click on all these buttons. It feels just so clunky.

Frustration from the above aside, it was still fun and interesting in the end. I only ended up doodling an OC for artfight for a friend, but I definitely want to test out more and see how it could be something for me in the long run. But I don't see myself giving up Procreate in the near future.

Hope you're all having a great week so far! I might stick to irregular posts this month still, especially with Artfight and testing out CSP.