How's Your Webcomic? #222

>draw a character celebrating the holidays

Oh yeah, I have to get on that. So busy with everything else.

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>>78270688
Scrub Authors GOODIE Bag

Here’s a short list of sites that any new webcomic artist or writer will find handy:

>*-Struggling to find that perfect FONT? Create your own using this link;
http://www.myscriptfont.com/

>*-Don’t forget to brush up on that ANATOMY:
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
http://www.quickposes.com/pages/timed

>*-What’s a list without some reference STOCK IMAGES?
People: http://senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/
Scenery: http://www.shutterstock.com/

>*-Here's a big fat compilation of CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCE:
http://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh/

>*-Finally, here are some links to get a rough WEBSITE started up:
Easy to use tumblr webcomic theme: https://www.tumblr.com/theme/39018
Do’s and Don’ts for starting a site: http://pastebin.com/kNR2W5mV

>*-Here’s the contact sheet if anyone wants to put information down, like their site and webcomic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwfOSHXfrgvcf--PkPz9jXL6p5RqIsrYvXYwgQpgT3k/edit#

>*-We also got a SKYPE CHAT room going on,
To join the chat, seek out 'scribblehatch' or 'starlinemike' and they'll add you in.

Wise words from John Cleese:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qby0ed4aVpo [Embed]

Invisible Ink:
http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_1.pdf
http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_2.pdf
http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_3.pdf

Paper Wings
http://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035030/http://paperwingspodcast.com/

(NEW!) Fonts for your webcomic on Blambot:
http://www.blambot.com/

>>78270751
I'd love to add some additional ressources, but 4chan won't let me post them, since they consider it to be 'spam'

>>78270751
>>78270808

Well, at least this should be added to writing ressources:

http://www.cienciasecognicao.org/rotas/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Robert-McKee-Story.pdf

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Heyo /co/
Hot from the oven, Will Draw for Food!

>>78270927
this one's new? it feels familiar

>>78270957
Yep, just made it.

>>78270927
Go back to your shill thread, Jimmy.

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Finished this at 3am. The blank area is supposed to have my information so I removed it to post it here.

>>78271169
Looking great!

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>>78270688

>>78271230
No. Scribble. Just let it be. No one's talking about bones anyway. Hell, he's barely in the threads. We should just forget bones. This is not helping.

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>>78271169
I messed with it for fun to see how more desaturated/tinted colors would look (and make the black kitty's ear read a little better against the hat.)

>>78271169
>>78271448

Like the first one better. Colors are more vibrant!

>>78271448
Haha I usually make things more desaturated like this and get complaints. It is the look I prefer to be honest.

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Another redesign for another reboot.

>>78271606
I have to agree with >>78271483 actually. The vibrant colors really bring out the emotions being presented in the picture. But its your work, so whatever you're happiest with.

>>78271632
I've sent in the original already (its going to be printed) so I'd leave it as it is anyway. I tend to lean towards desaturated colors because bright colors give me a headache but I figured I'd try it anyway.

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Look what came in the mail too!

>>78271610
Do you have a 360 of her? She's really well designed.

>>78271448
I can't decide! I like vibrant colors better but there's something sweet and retro about these faded colors

>>78271610
good design as usual. every reboot of yours is good. shame you can't decide..
i assume her arms are being held at a depth-angle right? so if they were at her sides they would reach down where they should

>>78271765
Thanks. I'm going to do a multi-angle sketches
>>78271815
It's CIA power stance.

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>>78271792
>>78271727
I think it looks nice either way - the art kinda reminded me of this sort of art, which has that faded "vintage" thing going on.

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>>78271941
It's based off a poster in my room that is "vintage". I'm not sure if it's a legit advertisement for a vet or if it's just made to look like one. 3 of the cats look like mine so I thought it suited me.

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>>78271815
>>78271610
Fixed. I did a bad job at imply foreshortening.

>>78271762
Fun little fact by the way, my writer and I refer to this character as Chardonnay now thanks to you guys, even though on the record, she's a nameless girl.

>>78271326
Quit doing this. Every thread you want to burn to the ground, chasing shadows.

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Fourth character, a guy for a change. I'm kinda sad about it but I can't draw girls only can I.

David's calm and cool (if not somewhat cold) demeanor make him not stand out much despite his considerable posture. He's pretty serious about everything he does; it just happened that he didn't have much luck with magic potential, so he's more of a stand-in coach than a fighter.

The one problem I have with David is how do I make him interesting, his mullet aside. I know more or less what role he'll be playing, but I'm not sure if I'll manage to make him more than just an extra and a useful plot device. I'll have to tackle it when I start writing a detailed script, during Christmas most likely.

He's supposed to be pretty muscular. Not a bodybuilder, but a guy for whom you need only one look to tell he's working out. I'm having a lot of trouble with his hair, I still didn't figure out how to keep his current haircut while making it look less cartoony. Pictured with Keira (posted yesterday), total of 14 inches height difference.

>>78273900
sweet mullet. he totally looks like a guy, and a handsome one.. if slightly piggyfaced, but only slightly. You should practice bigger more robust noses with stronger nosebridges on other guys. But this guy? we all knew a guy that looked like this guy.
btw nice under-chin shot on the girl holy shit. you're the only person i know that's better at that shot than a profile shot.
it's okay if you dont have a character idea yet, you're just drawing people. you'll think up ideas later. like "ha what if someone was the kinda guy who tells jokes poorly" or something.
you seem to be doing a fine job with the hair.. and the ears for that matter, so i don't see what the problem is. it doesn't look cartoony (imo not exaggerated enough. i mean hair can do anything)
as for muscles he looks merely mediumbeefy. you cuold try enlarging and widening the shoulders a bit

>>78273900
he looks pretty young for a 48 year old

not saying it's impossible for 40+ year olds to look young but is that what you're going for?

>>78274168
Hes 18 anon. Not the artist but thats not a 4

>>78274192
oh damn, I didn't even realize

my bad.

>>78274218
I thought the same at first
weird 1s man

>>78274235
IT'S MY STYLE AND I FEEL HURT BY YOUR CRITIQUE
but really, do they look like 4s? I'll keep that in mind for the future, thanks.

>>78274107
>btw nice under-chin shot on the girl holy shit. you're the only person i know that's better at that shot than a profile shot.
It's not like I know how to draw it, it's just that for once I used a reference instead of trying to guess.

>>78274392
all it needs is a little horizontal line to complete it
well shit references have rarely helped me draw underchins. especially stylized

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>>78274439
I got this from google. It's hard to come by multiple extreme angles of the same person, so using models, either real or 3D graphics, helps.

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22 outta 30

>>78274526
that doesnt help much if your character doesn't have a protruding and sloping brow and protruding lips though

>>78274599
jebus, that isn't palfriendly at all!
hell of a cheekbone he has there on whichever side of his face is facing less forward

>>78274599
Is the whole thing available somewhere to read?

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I dedicated my book to you guys by the way.

>>78274789
http://poodledooples.com/tagged/lmlaa/chrono/

>>78274832
That's beautiful man. Congrats!

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>>78274832
>Bauhaus font
aAaAaAaA! That's a fine-lookin fur trout, Land o' Lakes!

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panel of a WIP page.

where could they be going??

>>78275148
This guy dedicates a book to guys like you and the first thing you do is shit on him.

Absolutely deplorable. Where do you think we are?

>>78275202
Didn't look like he dedicated the book specifically to /hyw/ to me. Call me when someone has the balls to do that.

>>78275249
Screencap this.

>>78275202
I was just making funnyjokes at his choice of font..
here's a boxcutter. open up a new box of hugs. we have a warehouse full of em. I made sure to order extra because dammit those are great

>>78275202
He keeps publishing his books but he never listens to our advice like some kind of Dobson.

He should be grateful to us instead of just saying "it's my editor's style."

>>78275446
Bruh... What advice?
I have never once ask for advice here. I go to /ic/ and Batman threads for that stuff.

>>78275499
See?! He doesn't even ask! Just like the Mexicans!

>>78275295
No, just do it or whatever. I don't care.

>>78274881
>>78274599
I'm having a hard time telling what are genders of the characters. The fat guy is a guy, that one other who's been appearing the least is a guy too, but the other two look a whole lot like ugly girls. The cheek tumors you draw don't help either.

The story is such that I don't know where you're taking this. The insecurity, the band, the road trip, I get it, but the pace and focus are weird at times. It all feels like some kind of a dream, I can't imagine the fat guy hitting the road, I can't image him going with the weirdo that his self-proclaimed best friend is, I can't imagine them having a band. It's strange but maybe it will work out in the end. Link the whole thing again when you finish it all, please.

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>>78270688

coloring this now, once this chapter of FATES is done im merging it with TRUE SAGA

so the FATES webcomic host site and its main mega website will be deleted and all content added to TRUE SAGA webcomic host site and mega website

oh shit and each one has its own sub reddit to, will also merge those together as well!

PASTEBIN OF ALL 6 FATES & TRUE SAGA SITES THAT WILL MERGE INTO JUST 2 MEGA WEBSITES: http://pastebin.com/PV0LjJfH

will also merge folders on deviant art, having over 4 separate projects is ridiculous and unnecessary, especially when DEMON JUICE and HAIR AND SOLE both take place in the same world and instead of having FATES take place on NIBIRUS moon i can just add the continent to NIBIRU and problem solved!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DfYLar2QGI

>>78271230
do you have a crush on me or something?

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>>78275727

also looks really good with out my rough freestyle lines

i only draw it so rough and wild to add to the wild west atmosphere

>>78275249
Would you *really* indirectly dedicate your book to Bones?

>>78275824
No, but I would directly dedicate it to Dewd.

>>78275824
Well it's not like you'd ever have to worry about him seeing it.

>>78275906
Same!

>>>/aco/243950

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>>78275727
>>78275770

Fairune will become the new main character of the newly merged project I will probably rename into FATES SAGA

or FATES TRUE SAGA, i havent decided on what the new name will be but all the main characters of TRUE SAGA will become side characters and the main plot of TRUE SAGA will become a subplot that will evolve into the main plot of the merged fused together stories!

why make FAIRUNE the main character of the currently two separate projects?? Because blonde hair cowgirls are fucking awesome!!!!! its the being born and raised in Texas U-S-fucking-A i guess, lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plvBR02wDs&list=PLCw_TYpZAYiMdLFpvtZcRFrtxZBaabx1I&index=1

>>78276097
>>78275770
>>78275727
Retarded and gay

>>78276210
oi
>>78271230

>>78276210

pls

how about a nice old fashioned game of "post a song from your wc's soundtrack."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5Io4Acx4o

>>78276456
What if people want to post their MC's favorite song instead?

>>78276476
That's good too.

Then we can guess.

>>78276217
Faggotty and mentally feeble

>>78276238
Please murder you in your sleep?

>>78276513
OK, this is my MC's favorite song. Guess my comic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5gAkna3jI

I'll give you a hint: I posted an update last week but have not yet posted one this week.

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>>78276551

you first friend, but before you off yourself mind telling me why your so mad and butthurt and gay for me?

>>78276476
Mimi would probably like Baby Metal or Lady Baby. Both hit that mix of kawaii with some edge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zWwd8n2JVI

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>>78276668

hey this reminds me did you know there is a mainstream manga in japan about magical old men? Its a really weird and out of know where spin on the magical girl genre

>>78276862
I am so glad to know this exists now. Thank you.

Theres also an old dude in Japan popular for wear highschool girls uniforms because he thinks its cute.

>>78276896
You replied to him!!!

>>78276896
I spent the day fixing my resume so I can get a real job and my head hurts and I'm tired. Sorry.

>>78277036
>>78276994
OH GOD DAMMIT

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/hyw/?

more like /bones/ general am i right?

>>78276456
I've already posted it a few times.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42uC8xEODsQ
>>78276476
oh but that's interesting. I wonder.. actually that's telling, your characters probably aren't as fleshed out as they should be if your answer is just 'stuff i like'

>>78277136
>your characters probably aren't as fleshed out as they should be if your answer is just 'stuff i like'
Not necessarily. As long as the song fits the character, or is something that the character would be inclined to like, it fits. If it so happens to be something the author also likes, then so be it. Obviously, there are very unfitting songs for various types of characters.

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Woohoo! Someone send me an ask on Tumblr that wasn't a friend of mine in real life!!

I feel important now (NOT)

Anyway, working on the next strip, and as always thankful for your insight

>>78276476
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxzBvqY5PP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_R9fId_Rqo

>>78277136
Alternatively it could be like a song that describes them well if they were self-aware. Or a song that just fits the character's "theme."

>>78276476
Ooooh I dig this one because I already have them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8

Guess this one and I'll post the rest of the cast songs too.

>>78276476
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk

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Sometimes I wonder if I'm spreading myself too thin between all my projects. Here's some work I'm doing on the Great Adventures of Twich.

how many average views per update do you get?

>>78277184
teehee
>>78277364
>>78277175
Hmm.. yeah you have me thinking
Kaen would be into like, folk music.. peter paul and mary shit.. and a little classical but not the heavy stuff
Mizu almost certainly rocks out to Initial D type metal while practicing swordery
Robin has no concept of genre and listens to anything upbeat. She has no idea there is anything else to Lola
Sasha probably goes to chill thumping 80s headbangery concerts played by goblins. kinda Big Pig style
Kimchi sticks with super melodic videogame soundtracks and TMBG stuff
Hel likes the more punk rock I imagine. Lords of Acid..
Fenrir likes vocaloid but will listen to whatever
Ribbon secretly loves Aqua
so basically just 'shit i like'

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Almost done.

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>>78276456
>>78276476
>>78276513

main characters from each of my original projects:

Demon Juice, from my DEMON JUICE project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6fyhZ0G5E
*Why? -savior of man kind, sort of like jesus, but son of lucifer instead of son of god, sort of like the opposite of jesus and way less preachy, he fights bad guys instead of talk and preach and give in to bad guys

Fairune, from my FATES and TRUE SAGA project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nVgFoeDmc&list=PLxyhX3Eo87NciNS2687KkVt0FqpSercsn
*why? -gun on her hip and out for revenge in the wild west wasteland


Bianca, from my HAIR AND SOLE project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_JFaiV_HU
*Why? shes a sexy witch, duh!

Ride Girl, from my NFW adults only webcomic that hasn't officially launched yet but 2 pages and a bunch of concept art is already online of it!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnMH6AGjuz0
*Why? -its porn, it doesn't need a plot or a story or a good character *now cluck like a chicken!!!!

>>78278269
>Ride Girl, from my NSFW adults only webcomic*

>>78277998
I have 23 followers and they all receive the update on their dashboard, whether they look at it or not.

I also get about 8 views a day directly from people I assume aren't following, but still check in manually.

Updates or not, it doesn't seem to matter.

>>78278269

shit wrong video for ride girl, i meant to post this video with the actual remixed song in it using that audio from that weird ass scene in bible black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN00wjfoRiQ

>>78276456
This would probably be something you hear if Sarah or Leafy ever got in a big battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvug9_xljlY
>>78276476
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJuXCiiBSs
This is probably Annabeth's favorite song.

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More developments.

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Another preview panel.

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>>78275727

solids done, the jabberwalky will have white fur i have to pain on, its not black or dark gray

just need to shade it and add word balloons and its done yall!

The primary demographic of my comic is not the English speaking reader. I have been asked to release my comic in English, so I will. I know many English speaking readers from USA, EU, and Australia have issues with the way certain characters are portrayed. Say my character is in her 20s. Her story, her personality, obviously she is an adult. However, she has a petite build. When I see characters like this wearing revaling clothing, I often see many readers from the previously mentioned states attacking the artists for drawing an adult who may not have a typically "Adult" body in adult clothing. I also have a character who in my country is of age of consent, however I believe 18 is the adult age in many Western countries. She also wears adult clothing. The clothing I draw is not pornographic. It fashionable, I think. However, I think many of the characters Western readers attack are also fashionable, so I am worried. It would not be difficult for me to edit the clothing upon releasing the comic in English. My question is, should I censor my comic? Is this something I should even be considering? To translate a whole comic into my second language is a lot of time and work. I would love to do this if it would make people happy, but if I was to be attacked, I do not think I would like to release my comic in English any more. Sorry for my length in post.

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>>78279616

paint on*

>>78279673
Before I can give any advice, I need to see your comic, and those characters, so I can make a judgment call.

>>78279673
You're likely to be attacked about it regardless of what countries you release it in, if it gains any popularity.

You're better off releasing it to as many places as possible and just keeping a thick skin.

>>78279232
i like her little horn
>>78279346
looks like it's from a music video

>>78279673
Much of the Western world, particularly that of the American variety live in a part of the world that is geographically isolated from most of the rest of the world, save for its neighbors Canada and Mexico.
With that in mind, Americans often times consider that their paradigm, or the way they see the world, is the only way there is to see the world. Unlike in most European countries where they have spent centuries adjusting to eachother's cultures.

With that little anthropology lesson out of the way, keep in mind that your art is your own expression. Your expression can reflect your cultural values, that is not to say that you and your work are synonymous with your culture, but rather, are often seen as more acceptable.

At the end of the day, don't let yourself be censored by anyone. The moment you do that, is the moment you no longer create for yourself, but for others.

Your English is good by the way, I hope my English came through clearly.

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>>78279887
Thanks!
Here's her character concept sketch so you can see her in full.

>>78279673
dude don't worry, the only people who get upset about protecting underage pixels are the kind who you can easily browbeat into 'respect muh foreign culture'
mexicomics always do whatever they want, because they were raised on old anime that didnt give a fuck. censorship is wrong

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>>78279616
>>78279683

woops, forgot the rabbit girls ears, her name is Butterbee btw

>>78279786
Are you really going to make a judgment call on CLOTHING? are we muslims now?

>>78279911
America not being part of the hivemind actually helps us on this one. though america led the idiotic fight on banning photos of real childrens, europe and canada and australia and even japan are a lot worse about the even more moronic issue of drawings.

>>78280325
There have been a few cases where someone was convicted for loli shit. America's still just as dumb as the rest of the world, don't you worry.

>>78280353
only because they found other stuff
basically drawings have become sort of like guns, where having-it isn't a crime, but it can enhance another crime by its presence, or make a warrant easier to get.

>>78280325
>america led the idiotic fight on banning photos of real childrens,
Tell me you did not just say that banning child porn is idiotic.

>>78280716
I didn't. you inferred that

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here's a little christmas joy /hyw/

>>78280766
cute as fuck. are you a regular? i like your art.

>>78280716
I think he's suggesting the banning of non-pornographic photos of children is idiotic.

>>78280836
But America didn't do that. It's idiotic to think they did.

>>78280863
pretty much only america did that, starting in the late 80s, until a few years ago when everyone started doing it
>>78280836
like 90 percent that
and 10 percent like, banning an -image- of a crime is kinda retarded. We don't do that for any other crimes. If anything use the image to bust the people doing it. Bust the guy in front of the camera, not behind it. if there is no guy, then there's probably nothing illegal going on.
it's like busting drug users instead of dealers, or johns instead of prostitutes.. or prostitutes instead of johns. or whatever.
Or like France making it illegal to film happy slapping. legislators only do shit like this because it's easier than actually making a difference, and they can take credit for 'fighting crime'

>>78280790
nah i sometimes pop in and ask a non-specific question or two, i'm still a bad amateur who doesn't finish many comics. thanks btw

>>78280922
>pretty much only america did that
Cite your sources.

>>78280941
no. this is an unpleasant conversation anyway. go look it up yourself. if you find contrary evidence, then sleep warm in your bed knowing you were right and that anon was an idiot. meanwhile i'll know i've read what i've read, and be a lot happier if i didnt get into a pointless-ass debate with some pissant

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belongingtonobody.tumblr.com

>>78281085
classic space cops, showing up when it's too late, only to bust the good guy. just like in school.
heh, I like that gesture slowly shifting. I assume they don't actually, like, hack into your video system and demand you put your hands up.. it was just reflex right?
also neat the police lights in space are different.. though they don't quite seem consistent, but it's hard to tell with all that gas. Or do they cycle like one of those things you get from spencer's?

>>78281161
They've got a line of sight on him through the cockpit glass so he's not leaving anything to chance.

I figure any sort of emergency signal in an interplanetary sort of society would involve flashing lights across the entire spectrum, into the infrared and ultraviolet, given all the sorts of different types of eyes.

>>78281287
oh that makes sense. especially if people are using visuals a lot and not a standardized form of scanning.
I reckon if our cops started using different colors of lights we'd still understand 'flashing lights = pull over'

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Bump with another preview panel, Jack and Annabeth's first interaction.

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>>78279616

changed my mind, im leaving it black because shadowpaw is an awesome name for it!

its pretty much done now, but if i do decide to shade it you can find it and all the other pages here: http://fates.thecomicseries.com/

that is... until i merge it to TRUE SAGA....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL-h41b1ADQ

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Phew, inks are done, just have to throw in the dialogue now.

>>78282294
BOOB!?!?!?!?

>>78274599

Calling it now. Ends in sex.

>>78282294
I hope you keep all the old comics up somewhere just as an archive.

>>78283537
yeah but WHICH sex?
haha nah jk. just making fun of >>78275655

>>78283553
Oh yeah dude, these remake pages are book exclusive.

>>78282368
looks cool, whats it about?

>>78283671
i wouldn't go that far

>>78284332
Sorry anon, gotta make that dolla some how.

Don't worry, they don't affect the canon too much, the only thing that's added is a little bit of Jack, Annabeth, and Leafy backstory.

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>>78284558
>he's serious

>>78285552

Talk to yourself.
Watch a movie
Think about a crappy joke.

>>78285694
>Any tips for how to make my dialogue and speech bubbles less crap?

I am giving you tips.

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>a day's delay for a commission I had to do
>another day's delay because several original inanimate objects that had to be designed and put in proper perspective
>another day's delay because complicated monsters
>a few hours delay because suddenly I got it in my head that it would be a good idea to sunset-tint most of this comic.. and wouldn't let myself lazy-out on making the characters tinted too..
>Maybe half a day delay because it's longer than usual
that leaves me at least one day of lateness I can't account for, and I must apologize. to me I guess, since nobody else cares about my schedule.
this page doesn't even matter, it was just something I adlibbed because I can't think of how to set up the next thing.

>>78285552
good for you. get back on that horse
>dialogue
I assume Bones should be capitalized. Otherwise it works fine
>speech bubbles
firstly you need more room around the words, especially bottom center panel. secondly I don't see the point in messy smudges around dialogue balloons that I guess are absent in singing balloons.. but maybe that's a thing. Like making capitalizing singing balloons is. but the music note is covering up part of the lyrics, you don't want that.
You also don't really want a progression of lyrics to be moving up and to the right.. though I realize you didn't wanna cover that lovely chandelier. It's not really bad, just not quite right.
if someone is interrupting someone, it's better and more fun to have their balloon actually overlap the one they're interrupting. try it!
text size is fine.. though it's a very.. how do you say, deferential font. Everyone looks extremely gentle when they use it. like an e-mail from gramma.

I have some other suggestions on your art though. I mean obviously it's kinda loose and I'm sure you're still working on it, and I can overlook stuff like the direction of the wrppings being inconsistent , but the characters seem to have a lot of lines on them that do nothing, and the first panel is almost all nearly the same (quite dark) shade of gray, which is sad because you drew in all this cool interesting shit we should be getting a good look at. I'd say up the contrast, use lighter grays

>>78285552
Woah, holy artifacts. Anon, are you saving in the right image quality? That was a rhetorical question. I need you to start saving in the right format. You're putting all of this effort into a page, it's a shame to see it with all of these artifacts.

As for the speech bubbles, either up the size of the bubble or down the size of the font. The font the song is in looks great. I'd recommend using that font instead of your current one, but that's a purely artistic choice. Right now the biggest problem is the size of the font and the bubbles are not proportional.

>>78285787
It made me laugh at least. I liked it.

>>78285915
>artifacts
so THAT'S what I was seeing. I knew something was off about this, it looked like a mirage or something. I haven't seen someone save such a low quality JPG in years
I mean you have to set the quality of a jpg LOW AS FUCK to get those kinds of artifacts on a grayscale image.
>different font
isnt that the same font but in caps?

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>>78285999
Sonny I've been making digital immidges for nigh on FIFTEEN YEARS and I've never seen JPG artifacts like that appear just from resizing a pic-a-ture. You must be usin' some kinda chinese knockoff image progrum.


no seriously I can't believe you have a cintiq. that is amazing. but does it not have some kind of calibration so you can make it the same as a normal monitor?
also btw in the process of telling myself
>don't tell that guy it makes you mad that he sucks so badly at art and the cintiq should go to someone more deserving. that's mean. don't say shit like that, that's not even true. you used to suck too you know, 15 years ago.
I noticed the candle on the table has rrl bad perspective, so just one more thing to fix. Start with the plane of the table as your guide (not that it's perfect but whatever fuckit) and make the circle match that plane. then make another circle of the same orientation, smaller, below it for the bottom. then do your lovely crisscrossies so they match, that should be doable.

I need name help. I have two potential first names: one would be the name, the other would be a held title. There's Fay'd (pronounced Fai-eed, with the 'd' sound being very soft) and Rah've (pronounced Rah-hay). Last name is Alfercion (pronounced Al-Fay-cei-on). So which sounds better: Fay'd Alfercion or Rah've Alfercion

>>78286110
hoo boy
anon can you maybe explain your name selection process? and the fundamentals of the orthography your fictional language uses? and why you made it that way? I feel like we would get to the root of the issue by you answering that

>>78286281
The main problem with that is I'm essentially working backwards. The sounds just hit me and now I have to retroactively have them make sense. So in short, there is no orthography at the moment.

>>78286324
This being said, the idea that hit me with Fay'd is that it's an ancient name that has become a general term, kind of like Benedict Arnold, but not negative like that. Closest English word I can equate it to is judge, but it also implies balance and correcting past mistakes. So that would probably be the given title. Sorry I didn't remember that at first; none of this is written down and details come in and out.

>>78276097
Bones, this is actually a pretty nice image! Why not use this style more often? I think it's the best of all your work I've seen so far.

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>>78278221

Done.

What do you guys think? It is better?

i like sucking dicks

big fat ones

>>78286482
I don't know why so many of you in here spend so much time on your web comics, and refuse to spend 30 minutes looking up basic color theory. It's not even a complicated process, and choosing bad hues makes your comic look like a little kid's work.

>>78286732

So, I need to work on my color theory.

Okay. Practicing on my color for my doodles.

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>>78286800
Not the anon you're replying to, but good on you for actually caring. This is an informative, yet simple chart. When it comes to this sort of stuff, I'd recommend searching on Pinterest since you get everything at once plus the little badge of approval (someone actually uploading it on Pinterest) that Google won't give you.

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>>78285656
>>78285732
>>78285907
>>78285915
>>78286077

what happened here and why was my name mentioned?

>>78286455
wow thanks, i dont think its that good at all, maybe its just the wanted poster texture that makes it look good? it was just a quick sketch

here it is without the poster texture, i dont think the anatomy is right and i didnt draw the gun or gun holster right

>>78286702
this is not me, guess i will use a trip until it becomes a big deal that im using a trip again

im straight by the way

you should of posted this with your comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTN6Du3MCgI

then people would of believed your me, lol

>>78286880
>Searching on google.

Are you stupid or a terrible artist?

>>78286901

never mind, i can ever roll a good trip code, if this one isnt cool im not going to use a trip

Post your biggest plot twist that you haven't revealed without using your name, or the name of your work/characters/locations.

>>78288288
The good guys were evil all along

inb4 same for everybody else

>>78288351
This better not be Kiwi Day

>MC knew the truth he's been looking for long before the story begins.

>>78288288
The bad guys were good all along.

Inb4 not everyone else

>>78288288
Everyone had reasonable circumstances and there is no good or evil.

>>78288288
At the climax, all the previous adventures turn out to have been orchestrated by the final bad guy to give the hero a chance to convince him that he doesn't have to destroy the world.

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>>78288938

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Today is a new page, and the final fight scene page of this issue. What do you guys think?

>>78289236
Saw this on the front page.
Don't know what this is, but looks neat. Nice flow of action, though the neck of the person getting hit looks broken in the first panel.

>>78270688
Thanks for the links, OP. I'm a shit artist but I want to git gud. Later today I can't wait to try it

>>78289236
Looks good. Grandma looks implausibly young for a veteran of decades though, unless she is immortal or something.

>>78289248
Thanks! You can check out my website at http://miss-melee.com.

>>78289275
She's 35, and started when she was 14, so while it's not a whole lot of decades, it is decades plural.

>>78288288
The main character is actually a clone and has been going through various clones throughout the story.

The original is still alive, and is the reason why the clones are being made.

The main characters learn that they will never be able to defeat the final boss, and that he will always be in there hearts.

Hey guys. I was just wondering if Turcom tablets are any good for comic making (especially the TS-6580), since my Wacom got stolen and I have a really tight budget at the moment. Any opinions?

>>78284197
Sorry for the delayed reply, anon.
The story is a comedic space odyssey, so think of something along the lines of Space Dandy. It follows the misadventures of a space bounty hunter named Twich.

>>78288288
Here's a couple of mine, for different stories.

Throughout the whole story, the good guys think they're doing the right thing. But, it turns out they were being manipulated by the "good forces" they were helping. The bad guys were trying to prevent them from doing something that could potentially enslave or exterminate the human race.

One of the main characters has to kill the younger companion of the group at the end.

>>78290393
I forgot to write the other one. That's all one twist for one story.

>>78288288
Mcs mother was dead before the story even started and he didn't know.

>>78288288
they were only pretending

>>78270688
>Draw a /hyw/ related character celebrating the holidays
Working on it.

>>78288938
>>78288942

Cute boy. No homo.

>>78289236

Very nice! Where yo stats?! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

>>78272725
Don't say stupid, pretentious bullshit when someone calls you out. Especially when it's this hypocritical.

>>78275655
They're all guys. Luke's just a beautiful guy.

I agree with you on the pacing - this is the first time I've done anything remotely long form. I'm not sure if I have the chops to wrap it up as nicely as I'd like to, but I'm gonna try.

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>>78291431
This month shows the effects of my advertising discontinuation. My advertising was a trickle for the first week or so, and after that it's been totally stopped.

I'm comparing this month's performance so far to September, when the comic officially launched and there was zero advertising, to more or less show the net increase in readers after my advertising campaign finished. I'll probably do some more advertising after issue 2 is finished.

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>>78288942
Slightly late gaaaaah

>>78291431
He seems to provoke this reaction a lot.

>>78291878

Looking good. Definitely up from the beginning but that's to be expected.

What do you advertise through? I would recommend Project Wonderful. I'm doing a cheap bidding campaign where it autobids 1 cent and for 3 dollars over the course of 1 week I've gotten 138 views. That's pretty good considering the limitations of where I can advertise. When I was really splurging I was raking in hundreds of views a day. Had to stop that and I'm okay with the way it is.

Also, maybe think about posting the old pages on Comic Fury and have a link to your site on each page and mention it. That's tapping into another market.

I've also been reading about doing so on reddit. And I post announcements on tumblr and tag my stuff.

I'll be posting mine in a bit.

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>>78292167

Feminine boys. Although he's not like the anime ones where he'd pass for a girl.

Ah those last two panels are perfect. Love reactions to jarring things spoken as if normal.

>>78291878
What is your comic?

>>78292181
I've been using PW but I can't afford any big sites like you. I found some sites that in terms of hits to cost are extremely good values, though. I didn't do much advertising on one in particular that looks to be very good for an advertiser, but I will use it a lot in my next campaign.

>>78292268
It's >>78289236

My comic is still very new (the first issue isn't even over yet) so I don't expect anything spectacular anytime in the near future, and I'm pretty comfortable with the increase in readership my meager advertising budget granted me this time around.

>>78292272

I only spent the amount of money I spent because of my job's Christmas bonus. The campaigns are nice and I admit that I have spent too much time looking at the rate of money I make from my ads as well as how many clicks I get from advertising as well as the cost per click that is also shown. I refresh my account overview every 10 - 15 minutes.

Right now I'm exploring free methods of advertisement. I did a bit of SEO but that stuff is tedious and boring so I'll have to come back to that later.

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Alright stats time! As always, from top to bottom:

>main site
>deviants
>super sexy

So, this looks bad at first glance but those massive spikes are when I advertised out the ass. Then things died down as I lessened advertising. The last two weeks are me without spending more than 50 cents on advertising a day. Also my artist for Deviants normally posts a link on update days on her facebook page. However she's forgotten a couple times. Last week was one of them.

But that's okay because the turnout was good. And the /ss/ interest grows each week. Shame because I'm cancelling Super Sexy but relaunching it as something else. It's for the best.

But my stuff is getting reblogged on tumblr. There's still growth and the decline is mostly because I'm not spending any actual money promoting the comic.

/blog

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>>78288288

YOU HAD AWAKEN THE TRUE KING!

>>78288288
The villain who had been sabotaging the hero's success the whole time is actually the hero's mother, who failed to fulfil her duty as a hero in her youth and is really bitter and also just an all-around bad parent. Also main character goes to Hell and has to fight the devil.

>>78288288
She's worse under the surface than the enemy, it'll take a long time to come out; but people are starting to notice and her capacity for cruel pragmatism is everything the enemy thought it had in itself.

One of her best friends is the reason why two people were killed. That best friend never felt remorse for the action. That bestie hasn't felt like a good person in a decade. It was for survival. Sometimes people get hurt.

>>78288288
One character is suicidal and dangerous to himself and others. It all ends in tragedy.

>>78288288

He was born a girl.

>>78288288
The heroes had found what they were looking for halfway through the story, they just hadn't realized it.

>>78288288
The entire story is an allegory for the creation of the universe

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I started to notice that most of the twists got do with the villain controlling the hero or the hero is the villian.

>>78288288
Several written stories that will probably never be drawn:
-X was actually evil and it was all according to their plan.
-X lost the dance battle but Y wins the next one because their signature song hinted at throughout the story is played.
-The assassin was a time traveler sent to fix the future destroyed by a main character's actions.
-Everything was set to loop because aliens are coming to fuck shit up, X was really a bad guy, knowing this Y loops everything again.
-X was the anti-christ.

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>>78293900
>>78294021

Wow, I never thought people would reply to the plot twist thingie, I'm truly surprised.

None indicated to come from a slice of life kinda thing.

>>78286324
then my first suggestion is that you start spelling them so they look like they sound

>>78288288

Man is the monster.

>>78286901
That still looks pretty good, though. Some of the lines might be a little too blurred, but I think what's really working for you here are the varied line weights and the color variance in the lines, rather than having them all pitch black and the same thickness. I like the shading as well.

Perhaps try reducing the smudge a little and doing an entire page in this style? It could turn out pretty nice.

I'd also suggest switching fonts in your dialogue. Something simpler, more streamlined would be a strong choice.

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I couldn't post before because I got banned for posting lewd.

>>78228763

well, you just said art. Anyway, this is one of my better efforts for backgrounds, I already posted it in one of those threads I think.

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>>78294912

and this is my most recent effort.

>>78294912
>>78294987

Looking good, man, what references are you using for the ruined city?

>>78286732
You should never look at someone's art and say "this person is not doing (exercise) or following (rule)"
instead it's best to say "it would help your art if you did/brushed up on"

>>78295377
>what references are you using for the ruined city?

I just google post apocalyptic. Then again sometimes I find pictures of abandoned places like detroid or chernobyl

>>78295377
>what references are you using for the ruined city?
Detroit

>>78288707
I actually think they're too goodygood now. In the old days they were scouring the land for hookers and booze. I guess now that I'm not a teenager I just don't find that as amusing. or maybe because most of the cast is girls

>>78289336
that's kinda what i figured. i was like 'whoa, decades? she must have started at spider-man age'

>>78288288

there is actually a cure.

>>78289989
not familiar with turcom but I just did a little googling and the reviews are awful
the consensus seems to be if you're not going to get a wacom, stick with monoprice and its alternate names (huion, uc-logic, etc)

>>78292167
hahaha their reactions.. as if their stories were any different. i love this.

>>78292840
maybe i don't understand as well, but if you spend advertising, get views, then stop and the views stop, that means people were visiting your site from the ad (which i didn't know people actually did) but not staying on as readers

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I think I'm getting better at this animation thing.

Look how happy he looks with his present.

>>78296592
NINTENDO SIXTY FOUUUUR

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>Looking through archive
>See Will Draw for Food thread

Wha...Whaaaaa?

>232 replies

Whaaaaaa?
Where was I for this!?

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>>78297160
Keep on being yourself and become a successful artist.

>>78297160
i heard I had a thread on /v/ once, but that was before it was archived..

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>>78297339
You're gonna make me cry, anon.

>>78297370
On your comic?

>>78297396
yeah. cant imagine why, probably a particularly good videogame gag i'd done once

>>78297512
Thats awesome! Good on ya!

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Here's a WIP!

Things are getting sad again.

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Finished this page!
>>78297753
Looking good Dewd!

>>78298135
Thanks, You too bruh.

>>78298217
Oh by the way Dewd, my apologies for being so late in replying about the NDA and contracts and such, my CEO and PR guy have been neck deep in finals, so its been hard to get in touch with them.

>>78292167
I like the top panel a lot.

>>78298282
It's ok man, at least were making it happen!

I'm really excited!

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>>78298282
>>78298372

What a convo.

>>78297753
angel's reaction is positively priceless

>>78298135
>XNAUS GALAXY
bless you

>>78298562
Is it a reference to something? My writer is the one coming up with the story for Great Adventures of Twich

WHAT DOES IT MEAN, ANON? TELL ME, I WANT TO BE IN ON THE JOKE!

today's zukahnaut makes me wonder how i would handle a scene of someone singing karaoke.. the word bubble goes further than the little display word thing. you kinda have to pick a precise millisecond of time

>>78292253
Cheers!
You've probably already seen it, but we did have him in drag for a Patreon extra.

>>78296196
Aloysius's was the most metal death.

>>78298331
Thank you! We spent a while figuring out what to put in his bedroom.

>>78298545
Well, it's suppossed to be more serious. But hey, whatever tickles your funny bone.

>>78298599
I just tried sounding it out and it sounded like a dog sneeze

>>78298676
Oooh, I understand now.

>>78298651
well that's what i mean. it's usually an off the wall comedy so when serious things bring her to genuine tears it's just.. a rare and perfect moment.

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>>78298135
The art looks pretty consistent and I like the details. However, pay attention to paneling. Panels 1 and 4 are now the largest, while they're not as important as the other panels. Panel 3 is what interests the reader the most and panel 4 compliments this info. "Where we are, what's this setting?" Panel 5 tells us that something big is happening, so it could be larger.

You made panel 1 the biggest, but the readers area just gonna skim over it since there's not much going on in there compared to panel 2. Panel 4 shows us the MC, that she's worried and that she's in cuffs. This info can be conveyed with smaller panel. You're showing off her body, yet there's not much to see as we already know her and she's not making any specific pose.

Keep rethinking and playing around with the panels. But I must say, this looks pretty promising.

>>78299367
Thank you my friend. I appreciate the feedback.

>>78299367
that's actually a good reworking there

>>78288288
MC never actually lost her memories.

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>>78299367
I should probably mention however, that the reason the piece isn't filling out all the page is because its being created for print.
If you take a look at my work space here, the area outside of that blue line is called the "gutter," which is the part of the paper which is likely to be omitted during the printing process. The size of panel one may be throwing you off because it is so large compared to the rest of the panels, but that is solely for the purpose of setting up the establishing shot and eliminating the borders set by a panel so that the reader can feel immersed in the world being presented.
True, there isn't a lot of stuff there, but I feel that it does accomplish the purpose of telling us that the scene has changed from the previous one, and that we are on a different planet.

>>78300363
i've never understood why they can't just print things exactly as they are. why do they need 'extra' space? it's not as if the printing process is unpredictable and you have to leave that space 'just in case' right? surely not in this day and age.. it's precise.

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>>78300530
In printing, the space where the two pages come together into the binding crease together. In fact, there is a certain point in the paper that completely disappears because the pages are bound together.

The Crease is where the page is completely unseen
The Margin is the space between the content and the crease. There is often times space between them for aesthetic purposes.

Despite our technological advances, printing machines are not psychic and don't know where we want the page to stop and where we want it to end, to a printer, its all just black and white information. (Literally)

Hope this helps.

>>78300733
yeah the crease i get, but surely that only requires one side of each page to have space left. The rest could run right up to the edge without problem
i guess you'd wanna do it on both sides of every page just so you didn't have to redo the files when you add one page, you never know if page 1 is going to be an inny or an outty til it's done I suppose... but it shouldnt need entire margins

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This is a good exercise and we going to rip our characters out of their story and let other artists remake them. Like...

>Post their design
>Post their origins
>Post their personality.

>>78300867
Thats true, but often times in the business theres so much need for edits and revisions, adding and omitting different pages, so on and so forth. Keeping both sides makes the whole process much easier in the long run. Go grab one of your mangas (Don't lie, you have at least one) Notice how the page on the inside seem to have little to no margin, while the outside has more.
Not all of course, some manga artists go into painstaking foresight and detail to expand on the outside of the page. Japanese artists are crazy awesome like that.

Share what music you listen to while working. (Assuming you listen to music while working)

>>78301142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4

>>78301142
Hamilton ;_;

>>78301044
telephone game with vague descriptions? that could be fun if we were all strangers.

>>78301090
i suppose. but it seems to me like it'd be very easy to simply say 'print at 90 percent' and it automatically scales

>>78301450
i think it could still work if we're vague enough

I have an actual story with characters, plot, and an already-built world. However, I cannot draw for shit. Would anyone be interested in doing a project together? I've been considering doing some editing and self-publishing it as a book but I wonder if artists would be interested.

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>>78301450
It is pretty easy, Give your character vague descriptions of them and let other artists do their version of the character.

It is pretty much like stan lee version of the dc universe.

>>78301545
once in a while we do get artists looking for writing partners.
we used to get lots of writers looking for artists but since they naturally had no luck they rarely try that anymore

>>78301545
Email me, we'll talk.

[email protected]

>>78299161
Oh, why thank you. I was worried that it wasn't gonna fit.

>>78301545
Need synopsis if you want to get anyone's interest.

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>>78286901

After much self debate and with a heavy heart its time i delete TRUE SAGA and merge it with FATES. The tittle of FATES will not change and TRUE SAGA may be used as a chapter tittle in the near future as a nice easter egg for anyone online who will remember it used to be its own comic.

So with that being said all finished chapters will be integrated into the FATES story, all artwork, fan art and everything else on the TRUE SAGA blog/website will be transferred over to the FATES website.

All I need to do is remake the chapter covers and can start the re-upload process...

Here is the merged map of the newly combined world maps from each story.

*I made this in sketchbook pro, animated in flash cs5

**ive been working on TRUE SAGA since i was a kid in elementary school, i will still be working on it and with all the characters ive made up and had my whole life to draw and use in random story archs and adventures... BUT IT WONT BE CALLED TRUE SAGA

i looked at the stats on both comic fury and there min hib site and FATES got more popular than TRUE SAGA did, plus even though i came up with it first, SAGA is already a comic and FATES as far as i know isnt used in any comic title, so this is the best option i decided...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd8QcO7Z-8E

>>78294818
i will give it a try when i can, thanks for the advice man

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>>78300530
>it's not as if the printing process is unpredictable and you have to leave that space 'just in case' right?

Paper can shift over the course of printing many copies, so what would have been printed neatly up to the edge can end up having a gap.

In >>78300733, panel one is bleeding over the edge (full bleed). The blue marks in the corners indicate the trim (where the page will be cut) and the bleed (what will get cut off). Inside the blue box is the live area, which is safe. Anything close to the trim lines risks getting cut off.

The "Warksin" caption will need to be moved closer in to the live area, or it's going to disappear into the crease and/or be trimmed.

>>78302242
That is awesome information, thanks my man. You saved me a lot of paper, haha.

>>78301142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsBkTics7Jk
This song always gets my blood rushing like no other, it's really the best song.

>>78302242
surely nobody is re-scanning existing prints.. surely..

>>78301142
I switch the music from time to time. Lately, I've been into Electro-Swing, hearing this mix among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6-TWRn0k4I

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>>78302041

>ther main hub sites*

heres a crystal clear version, left was the continent pheonixgia on nibirus moon called tahtuu, but now its just a continent on planet nibiru in the west nibiruin sea. It originally had 12 countries each with there own flag but as you see here i ditched the floating crystal ball banners i made for TRUE SAGA and just spread out the 12 countries over the entire planet of Nibiru...

On the right was the content hornscar said to once be a single continent be made into separate ones when the warrior god broke the dragon gods horn off with a hammer in an epic fight in the heavens, hurling the dragons horn to nibiru and shattering the continent into several pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZtRmx1Dyk

***Oh and hey once i start re-uploading all the deleted content of TRUE SAGA off the internet and re-uploading them to the FATES website i expect a ton of traffic, does anyone know how to quickly get atleast one measly ad run on there site for potential ad revenue????

>>78302354
For things like remastered editions of old comics (like the Fantagraphics Complete Peanuts collections), they have to make new files sourced from original artwork where possible, or the highest quality printed material they can find.

Anyone working with the intention of having their work printed should take into account live areas, margins, trims and bleeds.

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>>78301142
>>78302393
Mah man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwWT43Eb3IM

>>78301142
Final Fantasy soundtracks. If not that than creepypastas.

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Do you guys think hand written text fits better for this panel?

>>78302573
yeah no fucking shit what i'm saying is why are printers still acting like new work is going to need to be scanned as if it was extremely OLD work

>>78302772
yes

No love, no regrets,

We all die like we are in a burning...stance?

>>78302876
>>>/a/

>>78302876
I think you mean we're all in a burning Nissan Stanza

I debated asking this here for a while but I'm gonna get the most honest answer and the fastest answer here so what the hell

I'm one of two brown dudes writing a webcomic that, because of its location and themes just made sense to give a mostly black and brown cast. We hadn't thought much about it until recently, when my co-writer expressed concern that producing a webcomic with a mostly black main cast will mean most readers will write us off as a "black webcomic" (or worse, a "pandering" "SJW" webcomic) which will severely limit our demographics. He says we should probably change the main character from a black chick to a white chick for the sake of marketing to a wider audience.

Is this a legitimate concern or just us being paranoid about internet culture stuff. Are there enough people who would give a shit if an action comic starred a white chick instead of a black chick to actually make a difference in viewership?

>>78303112
putting a single black guy in for no reason is SJW pandering,
having an entire cast of them is just a setting.

putting in a token white chick for the main character and leaving the rest of the comic as detroit is basically the worst of both worlds. don't do that. just show it right away so it's not surprising the kind of guy that might stroll down a street in nairobi wondering what's with all the minorities

>>78303177
er, and in case the unsaid was unduly left out
'a setting' is a good thing
and 'show it right away' means show the setting is pretty melanin-heavy right away. in some establishing shot

>>78301545
>>78301982

All right, synopsis it is.

The story takes place in a fictitious realm where there is no royal line. Rather, the different noble families vote for one family to be the central authority until the Regent dies and another one is voted among the nobles. Typically, this goes to the strongest family. An inheritance problem arises when the heir-apparent of the major family dies and rival families no longer want to back the major family - and the major family no longer wants to compromise with its former allies, as well.

Because titles pass by male lineage and the alliance fell apart, the backup heir-apparent (who had essentially abdicated to the previous heir-apparent) is forced to marry a bastard half-sibling who had been kept in hiding all of her life. The first "act" serves to introduce all of the major characters, establish the relationship between the couple, and provide information on the realm itself - e.g. society, religion, politics, and so forth. Politics and court intrigue also occur, as well as military buildup when a civil war is anticipated.

The rest of the chapters get more interesting by delving into the fluctuating relationships between the heir and his wife, as well as the civil war that follows. I have way more content than just that, but I'd rather not share it at the moment. It's a low fantasy setting and there is some magic, but it's sparing, considered hogwash by almost everyone, and doesn't even play a part until later on in the story.

The male protagonist is a PTSD-ridden militarist and the female protagonist is a tortured victim of circumstance, and the relationship is really toxic.

The world building is something that I've been slowly chipping away at for three years.

>>78303240
sounds pretty boring as-is, but obviously you wouldnt be writing a story about whateverocracy (i'm sure there's a word for very limited elections like that) if you didnt know a lot about it and were able to make it interesting, so i'm sure you'll do fine

>>78303112
I feel in this day and age a black protagonist is something that you needn't worry too much about so long as you don't make the fact that he's black a predominant characteristic.
Assuming you're American, African American comic readers are not uncommon. What is your story about? Are the themes something that are common and relatable issue for urban youth? If so, then your demographics may likely be urban youth. (That is not to say that all urban youths are black, but they do make up the majority.)

I feel if you handle the story writing and plot the right way, it can be enjoyed by all demographics. I'd say shoot for something like Boondocks, or even better, surpass it.

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>>78303091

I like talking to you guys.

You want help me write a small poetry?

>>78303272
i dont think you can accurately say most urbans are black or most blacks are urban,
what you CAN say is that places with a black majority are usually urban
>>78303287
yes

>>78303263

The form of government isn't mainly what the story is about. It's the politics, warfare, and the relationship between the two main characters.

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>>78302603
Gimme those five!

>>78303112
You're being paranoid, man. This sounds like it'll be fine. Nobody calls Vibe a "pandering SJW comic" and the cast is primarily black. Especially if you've got more of an urban location and it makes sense to have more black and brown people. Go for it.

>>78300363
I'm >>78299367 and I just filled the extra space out of a rush. I could've preserved the original layout and maybe I should've for clarity. However, my point about the size comparisons between panels remain. Panels 2, 3 and 5 could use being larger and that space could be shaved off from panels 1 and 4.

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>>78303112
I'm a dedicated /pol/lack, but that shit doesn't bother me.

Aaron McGruder almost always uses exclusively black casts, yet I love Boondocks and Black Jesus. It's better that a black guy make a comic about black guys than a black guy bitch at a white guy to make one, which to me is probably one of the most annoying things SJWs do. Frankly I think that kind of paranoia instilled in you comes from the leftarded desire of SJW-types to have house niggers dependent on their "love and support" given that a white person that doesn't want to read about black people also isn't going to waste time bitching about it either.

As to your consideration about changing the character's race if anything you'd get more flak from /pol/ for having a white chick surrounded by black characters given that it's become so prevalent in popular media nowadays.

Either way do whatever the fuck you want and don't apologize for it. I have more respect for people that go full Trump than for people that constantly and consistently worry about how things are received by others.

>>78303387
right but those DERIVE from the form of determining government, right? because the arisocracy does the electing, all the toxic atmosphere of politics is crammed into a lot fewer people with a lot of power to fuck with each other

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>>78303317

This is pretty simple.

Make a simple poetry about the "Beast king". Make him scary and horrible! But, keep it very simple and easy.

>>78303112
>>78303417

I'm also a /pol/ack and having a black character in your fiction is only a problem if it's obviously a token black guy, or pandering to the SJWs. If you want to have a black guy, just try your best not to come of as "hurr durr look at have a brown person!"

Aaron McGruder is actually loved by /pol/ because he's not a fucking idiot and he calls it like he sees it. If you want to include themes of racial tension in the United States, just be realistic about it and don't make it one huge sob story.

Whatever the fuck you do, DO NOT bow to SJWs or anyone trying to tell you what to do. It's your project, your IP, and ultimately something that YOU control. Just don't remember to be morally gray because that's how reality really is.

Unless it's just a black chick as a character. Then just roll with it, bro.

>>78303490

In a way I would say that you're correct, but the story delves more into the relationships than political theory or descriptions. I probably just sound dry there because backdrop. A more accurate tl;dr would be that it's about a forced noble marriage and the war that ensues because of it.

>>78303538

Just remember to be morally gray* fucking I need to lay off the sauce

>>78303533
i thought we were going to HELP, not write it for you
i'm not very good at poet-ing on my own but i'm great at coming up with verse that fits with existing unfinished verse..

>>78303605

It is okay.

I am just asking.

>>78301142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16aVlzBOro

All this talk about urban youth and black characters makes me realize just how "white" I talk.

I find that even when people are anonymous, we can kind of tell who is who based on how their posts are written.

For instance, I always address whoever I'm talking to with a noun or some other noun (anon, my friend, my good man), and they always sound prim and professional. Like a sleazy businessman. =u=

>>78303719
psst. races don't have a way of talking, education-levels do. people think theyre being nice by praising bad english, but they're actually being racist.

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>>78303112
culture is dead, or something. Look at Ron Wimberly if you want to see that good work trumps critics.
When we can all produce whatever we truly want to see and not be locked in mental agony is when we will smash the system of critical failure.

>>78303765
Yes, you're right. Dialect is not a thing.

>>78303719
You can't really tell what race a person is by the way they post. Only whether they're racist or not.

>>78303112
It's a legitimate concern that a large proportion of the comic reading audience is white and racist.

It's not legitimate to change your story to appeal to those fuckers.

>>78303796
it's just not a racial thing. it's an upbringing thing

>>78303803
I meant more along the lines of individual people in the threads. Not the general race of a person. Sorry for the confusion.

>>78303719
i always thought we were using retro properterms ironically.. because they sound hilarious, old bean

>>78303953
Why thank you my good man. [fedora tipping monitors at maximum]

Honestly, I didnt always talk/ type like this. I feel like it's something I've grown into. Most likely because its a way of speaking I've developed to impress old people. In New Jersey, where I live, or at least around the Shore area, most of the arts and culture societies are run by people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. I tend to manipulate the way I speak to make who I'm speaking with more comfortable, and old people like that retrospeak. I guess it makes them think back to figures of responsible positions back in their days of yore.


Or I could be totally overanalyzing this, who knows.
Top of the mornin' pip pip cheerio and all that. Jive turkeys.

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I feel Dewd passed me his forgetfulness flu, dammit.

>>78304410
lol why did you delete the previous post but not repost the words in that post
anyway you should say 'how good she was'

also holy shit

>>78304532
Oh, I messed that up, I'll fix it when I colour it, thanks.

I forgot to repost the first one, my bad. Thanks for your input, m8

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Finished this page!


>>78304410
It's ok man, it happens.

>>78304591
Being Sarah is painful

>>78304680
Being anyone is painful.

Except the plant girl, RoseMarry, She gets to have fun with her tentacles, Uu Fuu Fuu~

>>78288288

The dad was behind everything.

>>78304867

>>78293900

>>78305100

the dad isn't a hero or a villain.

*spooky music in the distance*

>>78304867
Dad raped the daughter.

Oh wait, that was already revealed.

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Man, I'm on a roll tonight.

But I think I'm gonna finishe this page tomorrow.

For the rest of the night, I'll do the flash.

>>78303719
Oh, how weird. I can't tell any of you fuckers apart.

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>>78296497

My numbers are higher from before I started advertising. But as time goes on I'm advertising less and that's for the decline. But there's plenty of indications that my views are going up. And as for the drop in Deviants this week from the past is that my artist forgot to post on FB which is the reason for the usual boost but it's still fairly good.

So this is what I'm getting without the boosts, which is significantly higher than before advertising. I've compared the pre-ads stats, they're nonexistent. It's still early but I assure you things are looking good. I just have to be patient since I'm not throwing money at advertising this.

Also my Hentai Saturday was a big hit this week, better turnout and the announcement posts on tumblr are getting reblogged. I also need to tap the Spanish speaking market since that's what most of my artist's FB followers are. She even told me they can't read it but look at it for the nudity and sex.

>>78301142

Silence or Monstercat. It's hard listening to much when you're planning out porn.

>>78302242

I'm using that template now.

>>78302772

I still think your digital art is inferior to your traditional art and that you should think about switching for your comic.

>>78303417

Every time I see Trump I think of that episode of JLU where Question is confronting Luthor about his presidential race.

>Can you imagine how much power I'd have to give up?

>>78304410
>Whoops forgot the page!

>>78306312
I would switch, but I can do so much more with digital art, and it's alot more easy to get on the internet.

I'll do it every few chapters, like I did with Chapter 11.

What's the best English to Spanish translator? I'll have my artist translate the pages but I might want to have translations for my posts and I'm just thinking about it now.

Or do I just use the babel stuff and just be ready for Spanglish.

>>78306367

Then I would say cut down your line thickness and shadows. Way too thick and too much black.

>Want to create a webcomic about a middle aged man who suffers from depression, yet gets the proper help from a little girl who acts as his therapist
>Ask around for opinions
>Some of my friends thinks it's best that the little girl is replaced with either a little boy or a grown man
>I want to keep the little girl
>Suddenly "....You like little girls, don't you"

NO I DON'T, I just think it's an adorable idea to do and nothing more, yet what do you guys think? I've been trying to get this idea off the ground but I've been busy as hell lately