meow or never

Lyra, my beloved cat of 13 years, passed away this year on Father's Day. She's been by my side through very difficult times and was my little rock of steady and unrelenting love. I struggled a lot drawing this, and struggled a lot posting it, but I know I would've wanted to read a comic like this that validated my grief for her when I lost her.

BZZZAP! what's that? it's tone blaster, an auto action set for clip studio paint that adds a cool screentone dot overlay to your line art with one click!

the effect is completely non-destructive and can be undone or adjusted as needed. there are even options for different frequencies so you can choose how big or small you want the dots to be:

i've used this effect a lot in my own art and saved a lot of time with the action set so i thought it'd be worth sharing with everyone :)

some tips for best results:

change your drawing color to match the line art color before using the action! you can also try a lighter tint if your line art is black or another very dark color

use a brush with some transparency in its texture - this lends the dot effect extra visual interest

high frequencies (small dots) are a good option for light or thin lines since the effect will be more visible that way

you can use it on more than just line art - just make sure everything on the layer is the same or similar colors since the overlay can only be one color at a time

But when it comes to dazai's pat, he had a special sensor.