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 This is very exciting news I'm not sure if I'm good enough considering the competition and the prize, but I'm going to give it a go regardless.

Not sure how practical this would be given time and other demands... but would there be any chance for some kind of constructive feedback for those who don't make it? I appreciate this is a BIG ask, but it would be really useful to everyone.

Dredd head, modelled on Karl Urban but making my own adjustments. Just wanted to see if I could

Is the art comp still a thing? Or did it die? 

I've been practicing and got into digital painting recently... so I want an excuse to show off.

@James Newell that's brilliant! I love your style

"I work in the future"

That line made me laugh  Looks brilliant though! It'd be great to see something new from these two legends

Photoshop is probably the worst tool I ever used for web design.

Less Adobe the better for everyone I think. I'm still waiting for an alternative to Lightroom, which is still head and shoulders above the competition in terms of an all-in-one photography solution. Affinity Photo is a big step up from Photoshop for photography, but it's missing the asset management functionality that Lightroom has and the RAW processing capability isn't quite as good.

I'm noticing more companies and agencies move away from Adobe Products for Graphic and Web Design. Where I work currently we're using Sketch as a cheaper (and better) alternative to Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator for UI design.

I just saw an email from Affinity that their vector illustration software Affinity Designer will be coming to the iPad next year

I actually learned something from watching your speed paint videos pictsy awesome work and very inspiring!

Digital Painting is something I'm still getting to grips with slowly... if you have some spare groats I recommend the ctrlPaint website by Matt Kohr (although the free lessons are worthwhile too)
https://www.ctrlpaint.com/

So sad I lost a friend to substance abuse some years ago. He had a heart attack at 32, and I regret not doing more to help him but like your friend, he was a 'legend'.

It was a good wake up call for me. I'll drink very rarely now and I'm a regular 10km runner. It's still tragic but I try to take something positive away from it.

Look after yourselves and your loved ones folks!

This has been sold now. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest, and a big thank you to the lucky bidder. It'll be on it's way to you later today

Hi folks!

I'm selling my copy of the Complete Zenith, Special Edition by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. This is the limited edition that was published by Rebellion a few years back. I got no. 145 out of 1000.

I'm selling as part of a clear our and to fund a year of adventure travelling the world.

It's on EBay and I'm listing with a starting price of £90. I know this is expensive, but originally I paid £100 for it, and I've seen someone selling a copy for £600!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222725783697?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

It's in mint condition, I've read it once (the thrill power was too much for my poor circuits!). I'll also include a free gift for anyone who ends up buying this.

Get in touch with me directly regards any questions. I'm happy to ship to anywhere in the world. I use Royal Mail as I don't trust the cheaper couriers.
https://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

Cheers
Bren

I only started joining in with the Art comp because I felt like this would be a nice place to do so. Facebook can get a bit nasty and emotional sometimes, in general I find the people on this forum to be really nice I wouldn't feel as comfortable sharing my art to a wider audience on Facebook, I'm not the most confident artist but I've always felt comfortable with this forum.
The competition has inspired me to actively pursue some more serious art learning and push myself out of my comfort zone. The standard of entries is very high and it always pushes me to try harder. Even if I don't participate I'm definitely lurking, in a kind of good benevolent way.

Sometimes people have different opinions, accept it and move on. Not everyone will agree all the time. Sometimes people just get things wrong and make mistakes (I do this all the time!) There's nothing wrong with admitting to a mistake, even better if you learn something and come away a better person for it.
We're also very fortunate to have some professionals on this forum

I wouldn't use Adobe's tools for any artwork or design work, but for photography there's no real competitor to Lightroom right now. Affinity Photo has some great tools, but it isn't as good and the asset management tools are missing, which are essential for someone who can take more than 1000 photos in a week. There are a few alternatives available for desktops / laptops, but the quality just isn't there.
If I had an alternative that produced the same quality and had the same feature set I would jump ship in an instant. I've seen how Adobe manages these things for a whole bunch of stuff outside of the creative sphere as part of my day job, in addition to the shenanigans some of my colleagues have gone through with CreativeCloud. In general they use a lot of dark UX patterns and will stop supporting software at more or less a moments notice.

I guess a subscription for Manga Studio is to an artist what a subscription to Adobe Lightroom is to a photographer

I'm thinking of attempting living with purely an iPad Pro for everything for a year, including work, while travelling. The latest MBP actually looks alright to me, but given an iPad can do pretty much everything I need it to (not quite the same as want it to, but getting there) I don't think it's worth the expense.

I love Manga Studio, the rulers and the behaviour of the brushes make it an amazing tool for drawing in general, let alone comics!

£9 a month is pretty steep though. I'm not against subscriptions, (I'm getting used to the idea), but £9 a month is significant considering the price of procreate.
As a photographer, Adobe Lightroom Mobile have done something similar, a desktop tool on the iPad Pro for £9 a month, or alternatively you can pay an annual fee of around £90. I'm much more comfortable paying an annual fee, slightly cheaper and I know I don't have to worry about the bank balance on a monthly basis. I'm speaking as someone who is transitioning from a regular income to being self-sufficient travelling the world for a year however, so I probably don't speak for everyone.

I'll be keeping an eye on this however, out of all the drawing tools I've tried I'd say Manga Studio is the most feature rich. It produces some very nice lines, although I think Procreate is fast catching up with it's Brush Smoothing technology.

One thing I've been thinking about recently is how relevant or needed a desktop workflow is these days... other than having a larger screen, how much longer will we actually need a supporting desktop workflow? I think my IPad is getting very close to replacing my laptop completely.