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We get hundreds of questions a day in the comments of our videos, and while we do try to answer the ones that we think will be interesting and valuable for a majority of our followers, it is hard to feel that we're leaving so many people hanging.

So, we're introducing a new perk for our Patreon members: Members-only question threads. Ask a question and we'll respond with a video on Patreon with an answer, no matter what it is, be it writing, drawing, inking, lettering, coloring, layouts, etc.

First thread is here: www.patreon.com/posts/145850284

We only have one Patreon tier, and it's only 5 bucks a month. We're not trying to gouge anyone, just trying to give our more serious supporters a way to get more support. And a reminder that we don't do sponsored posts of any kind and rely 100% on the support of fans through memberships and merch sales, so if you would like to throw us 5 bucks a month, it genuinely makes a huge difference in our push to stay completely independent as creators.

And of course, we'll continue making content for free here on YouTube, including answering questions we receive here in the comments, just like we always have.

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To those who doubted if I really sent those emails back to the AI company, here's a photo of my actual email thread. The heart in the subject line really is the cherry on top. And yes, I did include that weird meta callout about demonstrating email exchanges in comic lettering.

If you'd like, you can check timestamps against when the second email was sent and when I uploaded the video about it, but I sent these before I made the video. Tbh, I was sort of hoping I'd get a response back in time to add to the final video, but they (aka their GPT bot) never wrote me.

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I knew it.

Source: www.psypost.org/a-mathematical-ceiling-limits-gene…

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Thank you so much to our community for helping me understand the nuances of this strip. One of my favorite things about our audience is how international it is. We have fans on every continent, and it’s super interesting to see the intersection between everyone’s interests.

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Incredible video. Wish I had the time and skill to make current-event commentary content at this level. Deserves more views.

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EDIT: SOLVED. Pinned comment on this post. Thank you to our community for finding a very recent update hidden in the settings!

Okay, YouTube is definitely upres-ing our shorts. I compared the version I exported to my hardrive with the version that currently plays on YouTube. It's subtle, but it's both smoothing lines and increasing the contrast/brightness. It's most noticeable on these punched-in shots of Lydia inking.

If anyone knows how to turn this off during the upload phase, let me know. As far as I can tell, I have no control over this.

In addition to AI-ifying our work, it damages some of the subtlety of the ink sitting on paper. Sometimes it's nice to show the subtle layering of ink when you work traditionally, so people can get a sense of how ink comes off different implements. I know that it's neurotic to care, but comic creators are a neurotic, detail-oriented bunch.

You might even say "well, I actually think they made it look better." And I'll just point out that, in an increasingly fake-looking internet, sometimes looking less polished is key to credibility.

Sigh. Not much we can do besides continue complaining and hope someone at YouTube gives us a toggle option.

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Just to let you behind the curtain for a sec, Bad Ink is—unbelievably—not my full time job. I work a day job in a pretty high-pressure industry, so sometimes life takes over and I can't get videos out as fast or as often as I'd like. I used to be able to sleep 3-4 hours a night to keep up, but I'm pushing 40 and need my old man sleep now. Anyway, all to say that it's been a bit since the last upload, but I'm cutting some stuff this weekend and hope to have the content up and running again soon.

I think it's good to be transparent about this, so aspiring comic creators don't think that they've "failed" if they aren't doing comics full time into adulthood. You'd be surprised how many of your favorite creative people are having to do other things in addition to art.

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It's our favorite time of year! So we decided to celebrate with something we almost never do! Merch store linked on our channel!

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Apparently the smoother inking style we showed recently still wasn't smooth enough for some people, so Lydia went full old school with this punk Nancy tribute. About as perfect as a human hand can make a line on vellum bristol board.

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As a prank I should make a short that sounds like one of those terrible, dragged-out AI scripts.

“Lydia discovered something amazing when she opened up this box of inking supplies. But what happened next shocked the inking world. She opened this box of inking supplies and discovered that she had an old-fashioned inking nib. Have you seen this before? It is so old most people don’t know what it is. But it used to be quite common. But what she did with it shocked the comic world. No one could believe the beauty of the drawing that came from the pen.”

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