Adobe's acquisition of Allegorithmic means that the Substance tools are coming soon to a Creative Cloud near you. Allegorithmic says that they're honoring the current subscriptions and licenses so that's really good for current users. But we're still waiting on details of how exactly the integration will work. Will they still offer perpetual licenses?

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the move. I mean, this is great news for studios who are already subscribed to the cloud and Substance. This potentially consolidates their fees into one. I just don't know.

Anyway, here are my thoughts and a very primitive explanation of what Substance can do.

The only way I'll ever get to try one is if I buy one outright or have a friend who has one. This really sucks for digital artists. So I propose a sort of workshop/demo day where tablet companies bring their gear and we all get to try them out!

Frenden has some truly great reviews and brush sets on his website

http://frenden.com/

And his twitter is full of great arty insights and random Destiny bits

https://twitter.com/frenden

Draw Jam tutorial action for your face! This is basic layer stuff, so if you already know everything about layers, stay for the fun cutie monster drawing!

Adobe is raising the subscription prices for their Creative Cloud this year so I think it's time to take a look at the subscription model in general and how it affects us freelancers.

At the end of last year, I designed a team of Disney Princesses as Power Rangers calling them Regal Sentai Princess Rangers. I did all the princesses that appeared in Ralph Breaks the Internet along with Kida from Atlantis who always seems to get left out. So now it's time to design the villains!

Maleficent is up first. I think this is gonna be a multiple part series. This is just the sketching phase.

You can find my other Regal Sentai Princess Rangers over on my instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jamienoguchi/

It's time to talk turkey! Or whatever we had for Thanksgiving.

It takes us a while to get there, but we fix Old Country Buffet!

Little did I know that Brandon has a lot of opinions about the comics business!

Podcast! Can we improve Apple products? no. But we try anyway!

This week we talk all about Redneck Shit! Is it fun? Can we enjoy it without the stereotypical racism? Does anyone watch our podcast? Tune in to find out!