h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Mala,
I had a question for you. When you and Dmitri do your Anachy Gordon comic, what sort of drawing program do you like to use?

Oh, hi, Thorn. Not seen you around in a while!

And thanks for the reminder that I must get back to drawing them...

I draw them the old-fashioned way, using a pencil and paper to sketch them out, then ink them on butterpaper with a dip pen and india ink. Colouring (and touch-ups) are done in Photoshop; I use a tablet now, but did them with a mouse before

Oh okay, cool.
Yeah I've been more active on marvel.com and deviantArt than h2g2 lately.

I respect the pen and ink.
Myself I can't do india ink worth a
Something about not quite enough hand-eye to avoid making a mess.
>.<

Good to hear from you.

I usually only make a mess when the cat is "helping"

Naughty kitty?
Mine tried to help me with pruning yesterday. pulled down some dead twigs from the other plant that were kind of dangling.

That's halfway helpful, at least...

Lili is lurking on top of the wardrobe waiting for me to walk by

Ninjacats.

Indeed.

That new bbci ID makes me a little uneasy. Means we can't disappear for whole years at a time only to come back later and still keep our accounts, anymore.

So I'd gathered, because you're posting that in every thread

I got the hang of it. I hoped if I talked about it in other threads people who haven't used their accounts in ages might notice just on browsing the site. Also, I never got any sort of memo about it. found out by going on and noticing the sign in button was white and blue now and didn't match the rest of the skin/theme I'd chosen to browse in.

Reading the announcements helps

Subscribed to them now and all.

It didn't really change anything but the logo. I don't see why everyone is making such a fuss.

I think maybe it's the part about needing to post once at least every 6 months or being unable to log into their old account(s) or something to that effect.

And there's bunches of barely active people who only pop on once or twice a year, so some of them may be in for a bit of a nasty shock at first on trying to sign in again.

I can understand the reasoning behind that. It takes up lots of server space to keep all those abandoned accounts active.

That's true.