Ryan Cecil

Ryan Cecil

@ryancecil.bsky.social

Cartoonist and designer. My new zine Shorts Folio #1 is available now at screentone.tv! IG: Instagram.com/ryancecil Portfolio: ryancecilsmith.com

307 Followers 140 Following 415 Posts Joined Nov 2024
16 hours ago

I’m meeting some students on Friday. I love doing this. Pray I’m not an awful blowhard!!!

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16 hours ago
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I bought a new desk lamp, under $20 on Amazon, and I love it. I almost bought a more expensive light and I’m glad I didn’t. This is perfect for me.

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18 hours ago

doing insane shit with screentone

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1 day ago

I always love how you draw! This is fun to see!!

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1 day ago
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1 day ago

Thanks for listening to my TED talk... it's late I'm tired.

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1 day ago

I guess I could just keep the scans - scan 1.jpg, scan 2.jpg, etc - in the same folder. And let that be that. But the annoying part is if I have to make some small edits later, I have to re-transform and align the scans. So that's why I collect them in a PSD, align them there, and pull from there.

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1 day ago

I can easily go back to this file to grab the original and duplicate it into my working file, and I shouldn't have to reposition it again. And all of the files have the same margins in the PSD document so they should be easy to batch edit later. Haven't gotten to that part yet honestly.

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1 day ago

The new thing I'm doing is to collect all my scans into one PSD file with a layer for each one. So yes this file becomes quite big. BUT it is only saved once. I also take care to position my comic pages, get them all lined up at right angles properly, in this file. So that...

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1 day ago

I have a new way to organize my files. I used to keep a (high res) scan at the bottom layer of my Photoshop files. As I version up, I always keep that layer - and it's actually really big! Like 150MB in a CMYK A4 file. However I don't want to lose the ability to edit based on placement, so...

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1 day ago
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4/5 and 5/5! Whoops I forgot I split this into two

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1 day ago
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3/4

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1 day ago
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2/4 on J. Press

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1 day ago

Would have been interesting if you shared what he said before this. “That’s why I’m not a neoconservative” is how this clip starts and I’d like to know what he thinks…

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2 days ago

I need to lock my computer because my toddler comes in and bangs on the keyboard and changes the names of my files...!!

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2 days ago

Interesting! Yesss that sounds like it would work for this! I’ll look into this

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2 days ago

Wow! This does seem to match with how your work looks. I like how you do clever things with overlays. I didn’t know you could hotkey those toggles!

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2 days ago

Who else does a lot of switching on and off "Contiguous" and "All Layers" when they're inking/coloring??? It's because I'm trying to keep my black fill layer separate from my line layer. But then sometimes I have to draw or fill the line layer. Tricky sometimes... but it's working! #photoshop #comix

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2 days ago

LOL I remember this part! I think it was all in a footnote? And ultimately people turn off the avatars and never use video again I think…. Sounds kinda nice!

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3 days ago
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Diamond is dead, but Domino is alive and well, and sending out *only* good comics to stores around the USA and around the world. Are you a retailer? Do your customers like good/perfect comics? Then visit
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3 days ago

What a thread. What a hearing. Thanks for your reporting.

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1 week ago
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1/4 - read the rest here: putthison.com/64565-2/

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1 week ago
Preview
Style & Fashion Drawings: The New J. Press

I wrote about the new J. Press for Put This On: putthison.com/64565-2/

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1 week ago

I am applying for a job. I uploaded my resume. Now the website autofilled my resume into a very long series of forms (where they ask about what's on my resume). But it did it wrong so I'm copy and pasting and reformatting all the sections. Thanks computer. I do hope I get the job.

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1 week ago

Same, in every arena.

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1 week ago

It would be cool if my toddler obeyed me at all times

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1 week ago
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Tachikawa spoon nib, chrome plated.

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1 week ago
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Took talk! I’m inking today AMA

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1 week ago
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IN MOTION

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