Getting started: your studio and profile
Welcome to FoundryInk. Before you publish a single page, there are two small things to set up: your profile (who you are) and your studio (where your work lives). This walk-through gets both done, start to finish.
1The Home screen
When you sign in you land on Home, your dashboard. It shows three things: your profile card on the left, a heatmap of your activity, and a list of every studio you belong to. Everything you make is one click from here.
2Set up your profile
Your profile is what readers and collaborators see. On your Home profile card, add an avatar (click it, or drag an image on), then add your name. When you are ready to go public, open the public profile editor and fill in the parts that make you findable:
- Username gives you a public page at your own address. FoundryInk suggests one from your name.
- Tagline is your one-liner, like "Comic artist and worldbuilder".
- Specialties are your skills, comma separated, so the right collaborators find you.
- Bio and social links round out the picture.
Press Save profile and your public page is live.
Open your studio
A studio is your publishing house: where every comic, book, and series is kept. You get a personal studio automatically, and you can open as many named studios as you like. There are two ways to make one.
Open the studio switcher dropdown and choose New studio. Give it a name, that is the only thing required, and you are dropped straight into your new studio's workspace. Done.
Press Create (the + in the header) to open a guided wizard that chains the three things creators usually make together: a studio, then a project (a series), then an asset (an issue). Every step has Back, Skip, and Next, so you can set up everything at once or stop after the studio.
4Style it, then choose who sees it
Inside your studio, owners and admins can set a banner (a wide cover image), an avatar, and edit the name inline. When you are ready for the world, flip the discovery toggle from Unlisted to Listed in discovery: listed studios get a public page and show up when readers browse. Unlisted keeps everything private while you build. The Public page button opens exactly what visitors will see.
5The studio tabs
Your studio is a row of tabs. You do not need them all today, but here are the ones you will use most: Projects (your series and where you start new work), Audience (fans, subscribers, and your public page hero), Revenue and Tips (what you earn), Members (who else can help run the studio), and Settings (name, avatar, listing). Look through them at your own pace.
Your first-day checklist
Tick these off and your foundation is done. Each has a link straight to the spot in the app. Your progress is saved on this device.
Quick questions
Your personal studio is a real studio, you can publish from it right away. Open a named studio when you want a separate brand, a team, or a shopfront with its own page.
Yes. Names and most profile fields are editable any time from Settings and the profile editor. Your username is your public address, so change it thoughtfully.
Listed studios appear in public discovery and get a public page readers can find. Unlisted studios stay private and hidden from browsing, ideal while you are still setting up.
Only members with an owner or admin role. You can invite collaborators and set their roles from the Members tab.
You are set up!
The foundation is done: a profile that represents you and a studio to publish from. What happens next is up to you, because FoundryInk makes more than comics.
So, what do you want to make first?