Great question! Acrylic paints and inks are different - paints are thicker while the inks are thinner (they flow more readily) so that they can work with tools that would otherwise get clogged using paints (like an airbrush for example - some acrylic inks are compatible with airbrushes). Hope this helps! 😃

Thank you very much Javier! I really appreciate it!

Hi Ben thank you for your message - you'll get all of the freebies via email and you can download a bundle file in the blue box at the bottom of the first email. Hope this helps! 😃 If you run into any issues, please feel free to send me an email via the website, happy to help 😃

@@BlackletterFoundry I HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM YOU EXCEPT THE EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Thank you very much for your comment, Judy! It's really helpful to know that you'd find the the follow-up on keping it updated helpful! Really appreciate your feedback 😃

I know what you mean, Anna! I was definitely disappointed with the latest releases, especially with the decision to only make the new Pencil Pro compatible with new devices. And good for you - it's fantastic that you're backing up everything! I though about including backups of the brushes and swatches but really wanted to emphasis the importance of backing up the art. I'm planning to include more info in the follow up video. Thanks so much again for your comment! Sounds like you're doing awesome at keeping up with your backups! 😃

Thanks so much for your comment, Cristin and I'm so so sorry to hear that you lost everything when the app updated!! I really do feel there should be some alternative built in of the procreate art database so we have some recourse if there's a problem with the app. This could have easily happened to me too - I almost never even think about it when the app updates (and most of the time they update automatically these days which is even riskier!). Thank you so much for sharing with your community - I really hope to encourage everyone to keep their art safe as they really do become precious treasures 😃 And yes - I totally agree! A little patience goes a looong way with this - I know it's not the most fun process but a little patience now can save a ton of heartache later. And so happy that you found the PSD tip helpful, too! Yeah, I have some of those "troublemaker" files that I can't even backup anymore and PSD is the only format that still keeps the layers (also there are other apps that can open the file format - I think Affinity can open PSDs). Technically I think tiff files can also support layers but when I tested it out I just got a flattened file. Thanks so much again for your comment and, again - so, so sorry to hear that you lost your work because of an app update! Hope you've got all of your newest work safe and sound!

My iPad died during an update. And I hadn’t backed up all my art. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten back into Procreate much since then, but thanks to your video, I backed it all up. Thanks, Tamer.

I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your work, Barbara!! It really feels like there should be a built-in backup system so that if you delete the app or it stops working for some reason, we don't lose everything. And wow - it took an entire week to download?!? That is so crazy - it's definitely why I got more and more uneasy while I was researching and will keep advocating having separate backups that we can access much more easily. Relying on a backup of the entire device to get our art back is really rough. Thanks so much for the feedback and I'll plan for an follow up and keeping the backup updated (including brushes 😃). (Also wonderful to hear your husband is also a ChemE! 😃)

Thanks for your kind feedback and awesome comment, Susan! Really, really great point about also backing up the brushes! 👍 I was going to include backing up brushes in this one but I really wanted to emphasize the importance backing up art. It's a great point, though, that we put work into modifying and customizing brushes and it can be super useful to back those up as well. Thanks so much for sharing - I'll definitely remember this for a follow-up video! 😃

Thanks so much for sharing, Melinda! I think the challenge is that the actual machine that used to make the paper is no longer in operation so, based on my understanding, there's no way that they can make the old version. They're reliant on the new machinery and processes (and the ownership company has also changed, I believe from Tomoegawa to Sanzen), so it's unfortunate that it seems this paper can't be made any longer.

Absolutely my pleasure, Chris! I'm so happy that you found this helpful!

Thank you sooooo much for your kind comment - it really means a lot!! 😃 I'm so excited to hear that you're going to give this a try - you can totally do it!! It's such a fun style and you can do so much with it - I'm sure you'll have a ton of fun 😃 I have several tutorials here (and more coming) so hopefully they're helpful and feel free to reach out with any questions 😃 Thanks again have lots of "calligrafun" jumping into the wonderful world of blackletter 😃

Thanks so much for your kind comment! I really appreciate it and am so happy that you're finding the videos helpful 😃 Lots more on the way and, again, can't thank you enough for the kind support!

Thanks so much for you kind feedback!! I really appreciate it and I'm so happy you found this helpful! 😃

I know what you mean - this one really hurt to make. I was so excited to finally have the newest version of the paper that I'd been hearing about, and my heart sank when I saw how much it bled while recording the video. My understanding is that it might be tough to make this again since I believe the ownership has changed and the machine/process that made the original paper is not in service. I'm always on the lookout for alternatives, though, and have been really enjoying Canson Marker paper for blackletter calligraphy fun. I'm still on the hunt for a new favorite notebook for fountain pen fun, though...

There's no bringing back old TR.

Great question! That was quite an adventure - I had the idea and figured out how to do it in After Effects 😃

Thanks very much for the great suggestions!

I like the cartridge inks that come with the pens - just keep in mind that they aren't lightfast. Other alternatives include fountain pen inks or watercolor inks which also work well with these pens 😃

Thanks so much for your kind feedback! I can finally confirm that the rotate option does now work in Procreate. The new Apple Pencil Pro features are support as of version 5.3.10 😃

Thank you!

I haven't tried that paper yet - I'll have to look it up! It it would be awesome if it's like the original paper! Thanks very much for sharing this, Ben 👍

It's not.

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it and hope you have lots of fun trying this out! 😃

Aaaannd THAT’S why we proofread our comments, eh kids? Web version of YT won’t let me edit or delete my word fumble. So it’s like I gave myself a tattoo that says “Iidiot”.

😃 So cool that you worked out a similar process in parallel! And no worries about typos I thnk we all undrstant that it's tough wrking wth these appps sometimes! 😉 I follow MMA too - I'm sure your portrait was awesome! 👍

Thank you for the kind comment - I'm so happy to hear that you found this helpful!

Hi Graham, thanks so much for the kind words and feedback! Great suggestions 😃 I'll definitely add those topics to my list for the future 😃 In the meantime if it helps, I actually worked on a lot of circle designs on live streams a couple of years ago - you should be able to find those in a separate tab on my channel page called "Live" - that majority of those are me working on circle designs and answering questions from the chat 😃 I hope that helps in the interim and thanks again for your kind comment! 😃

Thank you so much for your kind words and absolutely my pleasure! I'm so happy you found this interesting and would love to hear what you think if you give it a try 😃

Hi Ted! Great to hear from you and thank you so much!

Thanks very the very kind comment, I definitely hope to encourage everyone to try out this wonderful art! 😃