About

GreySky is a webcomic series created by Yabo "Yalyn" Vinkindo.

The webcomics are created with Free/Open Source software in Linux OS and is published in CC BY-SA 4.0.

The first comic was published around June 1st 2014.

It was put on haitus on May 31st 2018.

Around August 2024, webcomic project is slowly coming back from the dead.

For futher updates, go to https://mastodon.art/@Yalyn

OS: Linux Mint (Have tried others but I still keep coming back to this as my tablet and other devices will continue to work out-of-the-box.)

Software: GIMP and Krita (Have used MyPaint for my older works. Also have used Focuswriter and Tiddlywiki for writing but now I'm back to pen & paper/typewriter.)

PC: Steam Deck and a "Mid-range" PC is 3700x,RX580,32GB RAM,2TB Storage (Previous is i5-4690k,GTX960 [2GB VRAM],16GB RAM,512GB Storage)

Mouse & Keyboard: Planck skeleton kit, NovelKeys slik red switches with o-rings, and a Logi Ergo M575.

Tablet PCs: I no longer use them as these laptop batteries are dead but the two I've used are HP Elitebook 2730p and Lenovo Thinkpad 220xTablet.

Graphic Tablets: I have 10 plus of them, right now I'm sticking with Wacom CTL-6100WL for comfort reasons. (My very first graphic tablet is non-wacom.)

Tablet: Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite, un-rooted, F-droid installed along with Krita.

Writing: 1 dollar Composition Book with a faux-leather sleeve, Parker Jotters with Quink-flow blue and black ink.

Sketching/Drawing: Canson Mix Media 9"x12", Bic 0.5 mechanical pencil.

EDC: Light Phone 2, Casio F91-W, Mini Composition Book, Ultra thin wallets that sometimes can hold mini-pen (Pokka) and lipblam (Thread).

Books I Recommend Reading: Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, both written by Cal Newport.

If you are bored, you can take a look at my really old sketchbooks from a decade ago: