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I’m happy to answer, but I’m afraid it’s not too interesting.
Any cartoon-style inking you’ve seen is actually done in Manga Studio (or actual ink), and not Photoshop. Manga Studio often feels like half-finished software, especially compared to Photoshop, but its drawing tools are much better for cartooning (or at least mimicking dip pens and brushes).
My settings do not vary much from the default, but here’s a screenshot of what I use:
I have the buttons on the side of my Cintiq set up so that one of them alternates between black and transparent inks, and the other toggles the auto-correction to help smooth out large, clean arcs, which otherwise get a little wobbly.
Additionally, these settings will produce entirely different results based on the sensitivity settings in the Wacom preferences, and based on how much pressure you draw with.
So really, what works for me, might not work for you. It all depends on what kind of a line you’re trying to create, how you work, and how your hardware is calibrated. With any piece of software or art tool, experiment and find what works best for you. There is no right way.
I had considered enabling Disqus after switching to Tumblr, but have since found there’s a certain freedom in not having comments here.
The decision to remove comments changes the nature of a blog. Enabling comments is ostensibly the same thing as inviting comments. It can also be a barrier against posting something inconsequential or frivolous. And there’s value in frivolity. Without comments, a blog is more of a collection of thoughts and images, and no longer a venue in which the author is asking, “what do you think of this?”
It keeps the signal-to-noise ratio in check.
Derek Powazek sums it up nicely in his article, Your right to comment ends at my front door:
The choice is not really to have comments on or off. The choice is: What is the level of community interaction you want to foster on your site? What’s the purpose of the site, and is community interaction part of that purpose?
Not enough sites consider how comments affect both presentation and purpose. With Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and e-mail, I have plenty of outlets and opportunities for community interaction. But here, on my site, it’s kind of nice to have a quiet little corner to call my own — a place where I keep my stuff.
I consult my inner pudu.
