HYW/How's Your Webcomic? #261

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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 'starlinemike' or 'scribblehatch' and they'll add you in.

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

>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/

>Fonts for your webcomic on Blambot:
http://www.blambot.com/

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

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>>82168680
I already show my designs on the oc thread.

Now, To show you guys. What do you think of the colors.

>>82168836
a nice kind of a ghostly palette

>>82168836
I feel like it could use something blueish or red-ish on the bottom half to tie it together.
Maybe some shoes over the baby-skin socks? It seems like that would tear easily on anything but soft grass.

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Do you have a favorite artstyle? Post it.

I hate everyone here ;_;

>>82169626
Not really.
I think art styles should be judged by how they serve the story they're trying to tell (like, what expressions can the faces make well, how does the presentation of space affect the feeling of place, does it let the comic update at a good pace), rather than any of their qualities being good or bad in and of themselves.

>>82169876
Eh, it's just internet bullshit.

>>82169626
every time I think I do, i look it up and realize ehhh i kinda like a modified version of it, or i like it combined with something else
but basically
>ocarina of time official art
>tenchi ova and first tv series
>sailormoon tv series
and some others i'm not thinking of. mix those fuckers up and i'm happy

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Repostan-

>>82169002
She did have that yellow fringe on her dress in the first chapter.
Speaking of, I was thinking it wouldn't make sense to completely copy any one of Rich and Gwyn's outfits for the link on my site since they actually change their clothes now and then in the comic, so how're these two? Probably make Gwyn's dress a little shorter.

>>82169270
Oh, that's neat. So that includes the pixies from chapter two and the fish guys of the current chapter, right?
What about supernatural critters from other parts of the world? Human sorcerors?

>>82170136
>tenchi
I never understood why people like that show.

>>82170161
I've been trying to think of whether there's any kind of inherent tribes to the fae in my setting. i'm not sure. it just seems like if all the myths have them, they should too. and maybe it'd have something to do with oberon and mab

also i have a great unseelie pun i have to use someday

>>82170286
incredibly chill, fun scifi fantasy mixture, and harem before harem was ruined by haremfags.
but i guess it's something you have to have watched afternoons in 2001 to really appreciate

i'm a retard with no talent please let me die

>>82170300
>inherent tribes
How d'you mean? Like, that seelie and unseelie are distinct types of creature?
Because I can think of at least one mythology, Norse, where the tribes were basically defined by politics rather than any inherent quality. Asa-god, Vana-god, and giant were basically the same kind of creature, just more or less civilized and more or less fond of humans.
IIRC the original Celtic stuff was similar.

>>82170600
Patience and diligence can make up for almost any lack of talent in art. If you want to die, at least make a comic about suicide first.

>>82170707
yeah it seems like it's typically a political issue, which means it should be more about your story than your rules

>>82169626
Craig mccrakens, or just the PPG style in general, I'm trying to get something akin to that

>>82170839
Really motherfucker

Medieval set comics should just die.
Overdone and overruns. Fuck European settings. America is so much cooler.

These threads should just be renamed to /HYS/-How's Your Shitposting general.

>>82171151
It's a good thing you said that anon

>>82170953
Why not a medieval comic set in America?

>>82171151
no they're fine

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>>82168927

Sorry for the late respond.

thanks! I going to to give her some dark red boots

>not a single comic in this thread
delete this

>>82171990
There wasn't really anything like a medieval period in America.
Still, pre-Columbian America is a neat setting for a fantasy adventure. Something based around the heroic hunter archetype rather than the knight errant, maybe?

Still, I don't really see where >>82170953
is coming from. There's like, three comics in these threads set in a medieval europe-ish setting, and they're all very different (and actually made by Eurofags, IIRC).

>>82172221
>named sunflower
>his huge floppy hair isn't yellow and framing his face like a sunflower.
I'm a little disappointed.

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>>82172296
There

>>82172320
>Still, I don't really see where >>82170953 is coming from.

It is entirely clear that he was shitposting.

Sorry for the late reply; had some stuff to do

>>82170161
>Speaking of, I was thinking it wouldn't make sense to completely copy any one of Rich and Gwyn's outfits for the link on my site since they actually change their clothes now and then in the comic, so how're these two?

I love 'em!
Thanks a lot dude; and yeah, each arc has one or even two different outfits for the duo; the ony thing that remain consistent are the color schemes.

>Oh, that's neat. So that includes the pixies from chapter two and the fish guys of the current chapter, right?
>What about supernatural critters from other parts of the world? Human sorcerors?

I have actually been thinking a lot about it lately as I'm getting close to writing the next arc; each arc is based on a different mythology, but there must be a common lore that unifies them for them to be able to co-exist in the same world (For example, tales of British Fairies or Scandinavian Trolls are quite similar; ergo I don't think it should be impossible for Gwyn to learn spells from other races)

Since I'm going down the line of "magic is a craft", I'm making so that in my setting it is usable by ANY race; BUT some might have more affinity for it than others. For example, a human witch can turn people into animals, a human druid can lift and place a standing stone... but humans don't have as much affinity for it, they need to spend years upon years studying and breaking it down to rituals and sacrifices in order to understand it's working whereas it'll come more naturally to fairies (who, being immortal, also have time to learn more spells) and even morose to, say, a Djinn

Fairies just tend to be rather weak in this setting because of iron; It can kill them permanently and their magic can't hurt someone wearing it, which is why most tribes focus on learning spells which allow them to escape from humans (kinda how large prehistoric animals evolved into smaller species able to better escape hunters)

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>>82172296
Well, you brought this on yourself.


Happy to hear any feedback/critique.

>>82172320
What about some kind of alternate history where America did have a medieval period somehow? So all the medieval tropes but mixed in with the setting of pre-Colombian America. Might be interesting

>>82172466
Beside Godfatherporn.com

No normie will understands Gelbooru.

>>82172466
this is funny. also kids will be constantly using it as a reference sheet.

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>>82172466
>log out
>clear browsing history
>chrome STILL does this with certain specific websites
i am ashamed of my lewdness

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Working on an animation

Anybody receive fanart yet? How much of it are lewds?

>>82172673
It's a pretty even split.

>>82172320
Actually now that I think about it, I guess if you made a comic about the vikings settlement in Greenland and Canada, that would count as medieval and American.
Probably not what shitpost-chan was thinking of, but hey.

>>82172405
Eh, doesn't hurt to be a little charitable.

>>82172466
That could be pretty cool, yeah.
Classic plains Indians would be a hard fit, but the empires of south and Central America would mesh pretty well with feudalism - add iron and horses or some other riding beast (oversized tapirs? deer?), and you could have knights, no problem.
Maybe the northern tribes could have a type of dog-sled knights, mounted archers like Samurai (polar bear knights are probably a bit overkill).

>>82172671
the basics are still shit, but I'm surprised you are even capable of putting this together. not bad.

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hey HYW

I've posted this here a few times, and got some great advice on using value and solid black spaces to draw the eye. While I was at it I scanned some color pages I'm testing out, (pic related)

The comic is done in one long scrollable image so i cant post most of it, but check it out and tell me what I can improve! (please)

http://www.Napapiiricomic.com

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>>82172320

I really don't know how to draw it without it looking weird.

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>>82172739

>>82172648

>not browsing incognito with ghostery and scriptblock

step up senpai

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>>82172673
Got my first fanart that isn't from someone I met on 4chan. I am stupidly happy about it.

>>82172858
>taking a picture of your screen
is this picture on console?

>>82172533
I don't mind, surely, it's clear to anyone by the next panel that they're all porn sites.

>>82172673
I'm still a newbie so I'm looking at receiving my first fanart as a mark of achievement.
I'll try to get around to drawing some for my favourite comics from these threads, too.

>>82172878
No I was having issues saving the actual file from facebook which is how the person sent it to me. Don't know why but both my phone and computer hate taking things off facebook.

>>82172466
HITTING TOO CLOSE TO HOME!

>>82171990
Leif Erikson's adventures in America with fantasy elements of Native American vs Norse mythology? I'm down for that.
Seriously though, a fantasy comic based on the Incas would be the tits. Though the main reason I'd consider making webcomics my fulltime job would be do that I could have time to also make stories about less Euro-centric folklore. My major arcs are based on Celtic (past halfway through now), Norse, Magyar, and Islamic folklore

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>>82172673

This is my first fan-art from my NEW web-comic.

>I love posting it everywhere.

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>>82172673
Yes And without me asking them to do so. You know actual fanart instead of begging or trades. No.

>>82172422
>Fairies just tend to be rather weak in this setting because of iron;
Is that just in the British-type areas or is this all supernatural stuff everywhere?
It would seem kind of strange for things like djinns and trolls to be averse to iron, but on the other hand, it would make it easier to understand how they don't rule over humans everywhere.
If they have a common source, maybe the fairies of fantasy-Britain (or their grand progenitor) got themselves cursed to be weak to iron, way back in the mists of history.

>>82172673
20-something pieces so far. Surprisingly considering the main characters are cute girls (for a given value of cute) and how approximately 100% of the fanbase is from here, I haven't yet seen anything lewder than mildly explicit language.

>>82172466
>relative asks to use laptop to check e-mail
>have to type in the website myself to avoid awkwardness
I gotta download another browser.

>>82172962
Nitpick; Leif was newly converted to Christianity by the time he went to Vinland. He was actually heading to Greenland to found a church when he was blown off course. So you'd have Norse vs native American (Beothuk?) vs Christian fantasy elements.

You're all fat.

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>>82172858
That's adorable. people been sending many lewds lately. I'm not complaining. I'm just happy people like the characters as much as they do.

>>82172466
But you don't have to type google.com to look for something on google, you just type in the search bar that every single browser has

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>>82173376
can't argue with that

>>82172779
>>82172739

No feedback? Ok, I guess I'll try again next thread....

>>82173377
I bet your getting all the cute fanart. I've been meaning to draw Jasper again

>>82173042
For now in my mind, just British-type fairies.
Iron being an anti-magic element would explain why humans are the dominant race across the globe despite being no good at magic, which is why I considered it.
BUT, on the other hand, as I'll read about Scandinavian or Hungarian folklore I'm sure I'll find out how they "protected" themselves against their respective folklore creatures.
For a Hungarian (or general Eastern European) example, Vampires are magic undead creatures able of hypnosis and shapeshifting, BUT their weaknesses include sunlight, garlic, and not being able to enter a house unless invited; I don't need to add Iron to the list in order to explain why my version of "Fantasy Eastern Europe" isn't ruled by vampires. I'm sure Scandinavians had their own protections against elf or troll magic.

>>82172673
'bout a dozen or so with 1 lewd

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Question: how do you guys feel about using 3D software to set up background guides?

I'm not good with backgrounds in general, and I have a lot of problems when it comes to perspectives. While I know that the best answer to my problem is "practice, practice, practice!", I've found a solution by designing basic backgrounds on POV-Ray and then using the renders as guides for the final panel.

Do you think this is "cheating"? Do re-drawing the backgrounds using 3D guides count as "practicing"? I know they do count as practicing with my 3D software, though.

Pic very related. That's an example I've used on one of my webcomics.

Opinions?

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>>82173655
It's a real nice combination of cute and lewd. I save all pieces I find and receive. And I would love you forever if you did.

>>82173818
No, there's no such thing. At the end of the day, it's what matters at the end of your life.

If you need this to save time and come out iwth an amazing product, then do it. But how fast is this setup process? How long does it take to construct/render that background in 3D?

At some point I feel just learning composition yourself would be faster in the long run.

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Reposting yesterday's page in case anybody missed it. What do you guys think?

>>82173528
That's the point, the browser is going to autofill to those sites no matter what letter

>>82173818
The guy who drew Gantz basically used 3d models for all his backgrounds and several character poses. Whatever's quick man, it's not worse than taking a pose in front of a mirror and drawing from it (unless you trace)
>>82173950
Yes, I know. That's why I didn't say the entire page is retarded, just that one panel where he begins to write google

>>82172779
Top-down views don't give a lot of clarity, IMO - it's not an angle people are used to seeing things from, so it takes a while to decipher. It doesn't help that the field of view is super narrow, flattening everything. Like, how tall is that grey line across the stream? Is it a wall? A short fence? I honestly can't tell.
Flipping around the direction the character is going between panels can feel pretty jarring.
The perspective in the second panel is ambitious, but you've kinda messed it up - for a wide-angle lens effect like that, the trick is to use curved lines for any vanishing point that isn't straight ahead of the camera, but the trees aren't curving at all.

>>82173730
IIRC Trolls were mostly driven away by the sound of Christian church bells up here. Before Christianity, I think the idea was that trolls and giants wouldn't mess with people who were in Thor's good graces because he'd wreck their shit if they tried anything.

>>82173818
There' not really any such thing as cheating when it comes to art - only end results that look good and end results that look bad.

>>82173528
Maybe you're thinking of Google Chrome, because my version of Internet Explorer has no default search bar (I may have disabled/removed it years back though)?

>>82173818
I don't think it's cheating if it helps you make better art. And surely this is helping you practise perspective in a roundabout way?

>>82172397
it's weird how many different things this looks like at once. i know it's cassiopeia quinn

>>82173934
It's getting even more interesting. I just showed this to my friend who also liked it. I like how the plot keeps going forward all the time. Solid plot, solid characters, and the dialogue has improved in the second chapter. Not to mention the art.

>>82173730
If you haven't already, you can read The Witcher. It's basically a polish professional monster slayer who is hired because of his encyclopedic knowledge of monsters to slay them or run them off (silver is the anti-magic element there). The creatures mentioned in the books are all authentic middle age folklores, and some are extremely obscure like the endrega

>>82174394
>Internet Explorer
Found your problem
Anyway you should be able to search by writing directly what you want in the search bar, without even writing an adress, but maybe that's yet another function every other browser has but Microsoft didn't feel like including

>>82172466
HAhahahahahahaha. i have THOUGHT this before
just type it into the url bar directly, dude! wi-fi s-
>wife shitting

>>82172671
man i know that feel sarah

>>82174603
>search bar
I meant the adress bar

>>82172673
/trash/ was pretty generous

>>82173376
I'm not, I fucking hate eating.

>>82174555
Thanks! You'll be getting a lot more plot and stuff this issue and next, especially, so if you liked what you've seen so far, just wait!

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>>82174752
>implying you need to eat to get fat these days.

>>82174865
I got fat once and it was horrible, my family still calls me ''fattywatty''.

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>>82174752
Get out of here Pearl!

>>82168680

officially updated: http://fates.thecomicseries.com/

you already seen the page in the last thread, no need to post it again

>>82172397
wow, this looks great man!

>>82172466
legit laughed out loud at this! great page man!

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>>82173922
>>82174072
>>82174084
>>82174394
Thank you all for the replies. As for the time it takes, it really depends on what I am using the most. The example in the original pic (the karaoke stage) was used only once or twice, but another background (a kitchen with counters and oven) was used A LOT of times.

In this second case, it was way better to take a bit of time to design the basic shapes (mostly boxes) and then use the same background in different angles for different pages of the webcomic, so in the long run I'm saving a lot of time.

Take a look at the new pic. It's a quick compilation of the backgrounds I've made in 3D. I currently have a kitchen, a dining room, a bedroom, and a back alley (plus the karaoke stage) all ready in basic POV-Ray shapes, so I can use them quite fast, and they definitely helped me to speed up some panels, as well as keeping a proper perspective.

>>82172962
>Islamic folklore
well there was already that time when gwyn looked like a buraq because of the way she was sitting under that cloak

>>82175140
Aside from the panel on the upper right, you seem to have gotten away with it just fine. It clashes a little bit, but nothing too serious.

>>82173730
I hear the 'silver' thing a lot and i've heard a lot of shit saying 'perhaps that silver was just heavily impure and had iron in it'
I also reckon the further fae get from their source the more they mutate and their weaknesses change.

then again my vampires and werewolves are explicitly unmagical, just hybrids with kooky psychology

>>82173934
BUM bummmmm

>>82175140
i need to start doing this. my backgrounds are terribad
the thing is i still can't actually wrap my head around the backgrounds themselves.. unless i've actually been in them in a videogame and walked around taking it all in

>>82172718
>not bad.
No no. This is for when it's not bad.

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Trying to get a color scheme for this character. Any suggestions?

Have any bad drawing habits? Or nervous twitches?

I find I've been scratching my head a lot for no obvious reason.

>>82176725
I like the middle top one the best.

>>82174084
Yeah, "Christian Bells" tend to a popular one for MANY creatures from pagan folklore, and like >>82175437 mentions, silver I know is a popular one at least for some Eastern European monsters (in Celtic myth, Silver is a metal I feel is to an extent associated with fairies; the Kelpie has silver bridle that allows it to shapeshift to a humanoid and, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann had a silver hand). I've read that iron is also a weakness to some Scandinavian creatures as well.

The trickier ones to adapt into a unified fantasy world would be those like the Jötunn or Djinn for which the reason why they don't take over the Norse or Muslim world is directly because divine prevention; for those I'll have to think about the lore a bit more so that there's a reason why humans are still the Mustard Race.

>>82174603
Ha, for what it's worth I liked the games. Really I don't know MUCH of East European folklore; so that's the arc for which I'll probably find some of the weirdest stuff. Like, there's a Hungarian warewolf (I forget the name) that can revive as a Vampire if not killed in a proper manner

>>82175296
Man, /hyw/ will never let me forget about the pink Buraq, huh!?

>>82176756
i used to chew the FUCK out of pens.
generally drawing keeps me from doing that kinda shit though because i have something to occupy my hands. it's when i'm NOT drawing that i scratch constantly

>>82176725
yeah middle top is nice

>>82176756
I sometimes grind my teeth when drawing. Leaves my jaw very sore at times.

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>>82169626
I have way too many favorites, but the ones that stick out to me have to be Mogeko, kikiyama, and lolrust's art style, because I have a huge hard on for RPGmaker. Anything horror-based in general is a favorite of mine.
lol is the guy that made .flow, if you're curious, his deviantart's here:
http://lolrust.deviantart.com/

>>82177320
That's also super super bad for your teeth.

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Bumpin with Orphius

>>82178248
Woof.

Does anyone else here feel like their comic isn't growing as fast as it should? Mine is actually growing relatively quickly compared to other similar comics, for the amount of time mine has been around, but it still doesn't feel fast enough.

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>>82169626
Hilary Knight's artwork is as close as I can get to having a favorite right now

>>82169626
As a kid I really liked Quino's artstyle, nowadays I'm out of the loop on the whole ''style'' thing nor do I care much about artstyles unless I find something cool about them that I would want to copy

>>82177089
Well, for the jötunn, I don't think the ones that are on a divine scale of power have any real interest in taking over anything in the human world, or interacting with humans in any real fashion. They're more like natural disasters than anything else.
Like, if you run into the world serpent when you're out sailing, its wake might capsize your ship, but it's not like it's gonna come by your house and eat you - you're tiny and you don't taste all that good. They live in inhospitable places where humans don't go, and they like living there just fine, thank you very much. Lesser monsters like trolls and dragons/linnorms and the undead/draugr are super dangerous but can still be taken out by a sufficiently heroic warrior, like a Beowulf or Sigurd or Ragnar Lothbrok, so civilization could very well drive those into the fringes.

On the less antagonistic side, you've got the smaller spirits that are worth sacrificing to, like "vættir" local minor gods of the landscape, house gods like the nisse/tomte, the ancestral spirits of the family and the elves (all three of which might well be the same thing). Maybe keeping these guys happy with gifts/sacrifices is how you keep bad spirits from your doorstep?
I don't think pre-Christian Norse would've considered solving conflicts with these creatures in any way except getting back on their good side with sacrifices, but in the nineteenth century people apparently carved pentagrams called "elf crosses" into their houses and wore silver talismans with crosses on them around their necks to avoid elf curses. For something more viking-ish, I think rune staves placed under doors and runic inscriptions in doorframes might be more appropriate, or maybe something based on your Eight Gods.

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another dota2 one

>>82179558
There's something very low effort about this. All the way down to the way the gutters between panels get intercepted.

>>82180020
It's a videogame comic, of course it's low effort.

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>>82180020
i fixed the all the way down, where do we go from here?

>>82180268
I'd say look into making things that are farther away have thinner lines, and the same with the reverse.

Who here's gonna remember /hyw/ when they hit the big time and who's gonna pretend we never existed?

>>82180579
don't kid yourselves idiots, no one in here is going to make it

>>82180579
Define remember.

>>82180620

>Trying this hard to discourage people

Hahahah.

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>>82180398
Trying to be better about this. should I darken some more up front, or lessen in the back at this point?

>>82180579
fuck i send people here now, i'm sure as fuck going to send people here if i'm famous and theyre actually asking for my expert advice

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>>82172739
It hasn't really reached that far in the story for me to judge it.

I kinda like the detailing on the characters and the shading on them aren't bad.

But your backgrounds are an obvious issue. They're kinda distracting in how much you have in terms of shots but yet so little in terms of detail and weight variation.

This page is a good example -- save for the shrubs (barely) everything looks flat and lacks the depth to indicate that this taking place in a three-dimensional environment. I'm also not really big on that night haze effect -- I'm guessing you're drawing an aurora in the sky but it gets a bit confusing with how flat the backgrounds are, especially with the moon also there.

It's not necessarily a bad thing to have minimal backgrounds in a comic depending on its genre but you're obviously aiming for a fantasy/post-apocalyptic themed one, and that's a genre where people are going to want to know what this fantastic world looks like. It's why so many fantasy-themed videogames and books have official artbooks. Your mediocre backgrounds are going to be obviously noticeable in this genre, especially since you've put so much detail and shading on the characters themselves.


Your text quality is also a big issue. I'm not sure what you're doing to make it show so many artifacts but it makes reminds me of reading manga scans online,which isn't a good thing in this context. I don't know much about text and speech bubbles but I'm sure one of the thread's comic creators can tell you about that -- EtMotL is one I can remember saying something specific about that.

Hope that helps in some way.

>>82180620
Well, a number of us aren't going to make it, like that boring "surf or die" one, or the one with the lol so random socially awkward girl, or dewd's comic, or the maximum edge one where cute anime girl shenanigans turn into horrific bloodshed for no reason.

>>82176756
apart from foot tapping and maybe craning my neck a bit not much

>>82175534
Well, you can always take screenshots of those videogames in the moment when you see an interesting background, and then try to practice trace it on your own drawings.

>>82181160
but then my comic would be made entirely of corridors and valleys surrounded by cliffs...

>>82180894
aside from dewd's i have no idea which ones you're referring to

>>82181611
He's just bein a shitter. We get a lot of those.

>>82181611
>surf or die
i think the mc of this one is "kiki" but i forget the name
>so random socially awkward girl
>>82172466
>maximum edge
i forget the name but its drawn by "rainbow flyer"

you would know these things if you lurked moar

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Whats the opinion on comics without any form of speech aka: speech/thought bubbles?

Also posting current work.

>>82183446
They can work, but only if done appropriately and with a certain amount of artistic skill behind them.

>>82183446
i usually get bored, but when i'm in the right mood they are VERY nice

http://imgur.com/a/UHtmR

>>82183233
OH so you're a faggot from the discord.

>>82180894
> cute anime girl with bloodshed

You better not be dissing my waifu, Mimi.

>>82183863
I'm sorry, was that bad form? Should I email you the list instead?

>>82184602
Confirmed?

>>82184614
Put your trip back on.

>>82184636
Wrong for about the 20th fucking time.

>>82184691
Blame the discord, fuckwax.

>>82184727
just everyone stop, including you, no matter who you are or how right you might be

>>82180669
He's right.

>>82185103
I think more of the problem is people's idea of "making it." Rare few do. Even the ones that do well.

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>>82175007

started on a new page of FATES!

this is the calm before the storm!

>>82185233
>calm before the storm!
i cant wait

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>>82185233

by which i mean something like pic is about to happen on the very next page and keep happening for the next 10 pages or so! :3

>>82185390
you joke and doubt me but its going to be epic as fuck son!

There is enough success out there for everyone and it's just a matter of time that this networking medium gets better but if you rest on your laurels you're dust.

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Oh man, time for some real shit, giving you guys the ol' Bones, Scribs and Dewd combo!

Hah, just kidding, Here's the next finished page!

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>>82185760
>it's just a matter of time
How long has your comic been around? 2 years? If it was going to be successful your stats would be better than this by now, right? Just how much longer is it going to take?

>>82186053
If anyone thinks it's as simple as a chart like this, they're looney.

>>82186142
i'd post too but i'm busy trying to kill yggdralith zero. if anyone would invite me..
in between, linearting this comic. it should be funny.

>>82186142
nuoh my god

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>>82185233

bump, fixed a few things, added a lot more background, might add a little more and some word balloons and some cell shading and its done! ^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ciHf6epRQ&list=PLNG6W5u-IolaaD1OA_Cv_khKbM5NxrGvE&index=11

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>>82186142
>>82186340
>>82186432
>>82186555

even though yall added me in your little meme i still legit laughed at this shit, well played anons!

>>82186565
God damn, Red dead was probably my favorite game ever. So many nights spent held up in that giant fort with a thousand dollar bounty.

>>82186142
How long until people start posting polandballs and rage comics?

>>82172779
You need to work on how to "direct" your panels, dude. I mean, first panel we get this ugly top down view of a scene, which I thought was supposed to be a stablishing shot, but this is page 2, right? What is the intention of this shot, was it supposed to look cool?
But ok, the information we get from it is that our hero is walking somewhere to the right, he is going "forward".
Then on the second panel he is going to the left, going back to where he came from. I mean, I don't think that was your intention, but that's what happens when you break the 180º rule (google this shit).

I'd suggest you be more economic with your panels. You took an entire page with two gigantic panels of a guy walking to god knows where, and it added nothing to the story. Also look into how people direct movie shots, it's basically the same principles of composing a panel and chosing what to focus on, what to show on panel and what to skip. What some videos from Every frame a painting and Now you see it on youtube. Also read Making comics and Understanding comics from Scott McCloud.
Annnnd also your drawings are kinda bad, but I guess that is more of a work for /ic/.

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Does anybody want lewd art of their comic characters?

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>>82186142
>>82186340
>>82186432
>>82186555

these threads are goin to shit

>>82168680
I'm new to this board, and I am a little curious, have any of you guys actually started following a webcomic of a fellow artist who came here to plug his site? If you have, maybe post your favorites?

>>82187217
Ennui GO! is already lewd, but it can always be lewder.

>>82187323

I'm following Miss Melee for the ass shots.

>>82187217
Is that an offer?

>>82187323
I started following Sisters and It Hurts!!! as a result of them being posted on /co/.

>>82187323
No. Although there was one person I followed before they posted here.

>>82187323
I like Bug Quest, and I only went there cuz the guy made some snake porn, so it does kinda work I guess.

>>82187352

Noted.

>>82187376

Maybe. We've been doing some work for other comics. All offers are considered but none is guaranteed. If anything it lets me know who wants porn of their comic.

>>82187323
in fact, aside from Demon (which btw is going to go offline soon so read it while you can. it's worth it) nearly all the recent comics i've gotten into have been from here

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>>82187217

i have so many original female characters for you to choose from!

>>82187217
I'm actually quite happy with what I already have now for some reason I feel like if I ask for more it will feel less genuine

>>82187323
Yeah, I followed this one dude. It wasn't great, but it was kinda fun. He hasn't posted in a couple months, though.

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>>82187217
Go for it.
Its a robot tho, just so you know.

>>82187307
these threads BEEN shit, buddy

>>82187323
I also follow Sisters and It Hurts!! because of 4chan. I also had fanart in the second It Hurts!! book.

>>82187704
yeah i cant bring myself to ASK
nor am i sure what i'd do with it.. on my site..

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Considering doing a Dark Souls3 arc for the comic. I think it could be fun showing the kid as a character playing through the game with the cat ghost.

But I also think this is just an excuse for me to buy the game not work. Thoughts? Anyone have the game?

>>82187217
Not from you I don't.

>>82188155
it really doesnt have enough unique to it.. just kinda fight monsters a lot. and i certainly dont think you have to buy it to depict it

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>>82188155
If you buy that game, you will never work on your comic.
Games are simply too addictive

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>>82186565

all shaded up and ready for word balloons

>>82186764
mine to! i got platinum trophy status for it on my ps3 (have a ps4 now!)

>>82188784

damn missed a few spots on panel 4

>>82188275
>>82188443
you guys are right. i almost fucked myself . my mind almost tricked me into thinking it was a great idea.

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>>82188784
>>82188814

see how drastically different it looks with just a tiny bit of shading?

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Finally finished up page one of my new comic. Took me way longer than it should've, but at least the effort shows
Critiques are welcome, specially towards the linework. It's the first time I've used my inking tool to this extent, so it looks a bit wonky
Hope you guys can find enjoyment in all the pages to come
hope I didn't fuck up the tripcode

>>82188879
that said, sometimes games can be a great inspiration

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www.wondercomics.org/hot010

Been meaning to post this. 10th issue of my shitty little webcomic. I'd be really grateful if you could read it and tell me what you think.

If you need background on anything, the current arc starts at #7, or you can just ask.

it's been 3 years
i'm no further ahead.
yet for some reason i refuse to concede
the project is dead.

>>82189496
it's not shitty at all. it looks professional quality
it just also looks completely boring.. i'm afraid it just isnt my kinda thing.

>>82189203
Kinda neat. I like the texture. Your gutters are huge though. It's a waste of page retail.

>>82189203
the style looks pretty good, don't forget about the shading on the bottom of the fence

>>82189566
Oh, no, the art's fantastic, much better than anything I could do.

Unfortunately, I'm the writer.

I also just realized the first page is probably a poor choice to represent the comic. Don't worry guys, it's capeshit.

Ah crap, turns out i DO need your help.* i'm one design short
what kind of villain would Riven disguise herself as for infiltrating their ranks? Using mostly/just clothing items
She needs to hide her distinguishing features.. but maybe she could make good use of her tail. i feel like a ninja or some kind of heavily shrouded/cloaked wizard would suit her.. maybe just a spooky skull mask and a cloak?
Something with a pun name/theme would be even better

*Yesterday I thought I needed one for Sasha, then I thought of one.

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>>82190014
the fuck, how did i not attach an image

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>>82188784

and its done, i hope yall like it, more pages here if your interested or whatever: http://fates.thecomicseries.com/

ok, back to netflix and video games, peace!

cya, wouldn't wanna be ya! :P

>>82189245
now u got my mind racing again

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Here's this week's Wilfreda comic. I've shown the WIP of these panels in a previous thread.

Background info: Wilfreda (the girl in black) was selling "magical lemonade" at school, which supposedly can give you special powers. Victor (the boy on the right, on the first panel) is extremely skeptical on the whole deal.

>>82187323
Yeah, there's 2-3 I actually ended up following pretty regularly. It's actually not a bad way to get some initial viewership.

I actually tend to think it's funnier when the disguise is so bad everyone the whole readership can tell who it is but the villains somehow can't

>>82191411
talkin' to me? I have a little of that in mind, it's going to be a whole mixed bag of them. this plot is actually worked out pretty decently for once
but 'the inexplicably purple princess' isn't much of a villain persona.. hopefully i'll think of something in bed, i usually do.

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>when your comic is so shit you want to delete it and yourself along with it

>>82191846
i'll never understand this kinda attitude but it sure is common

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My current comic, Boneheaded, is getting pretty close to the end. boneheadedcomic.tumblr.com

Comic about gay superheroes featuring old public domain characters from the 30s and 40s, may or may not be as "tumblr-y" as it sounds.

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I'm doing an MSPA. Is this sort of animation too much or reaching beyond my grasp to use for transition frames?

>>82192870
Probably too much effort animation-wise on something like just walking to the doorway. It'll take you forever to make at that rate.

>>82192919
These actually take about a minute to make using the photoshop cheating I've got. Time or effort isn't gonna be an issue here, I'm just wanting to know if it looks clumsy.

>>82192870
How do you make these?

>>82192966
Photoshop's got some solid animation tools. It'd be hell to make a guide for it though.

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right now i am wondering how teen girl squad member #1 should respond to this insult

>>82172466
nice, that's why you type the url into notepad and copy and paste it, like a real oddball

>>82185871
aaa "vhat zhe hell" a classic... good one man

>>82187857
a sexy robot

>>82190014
give her a motorcycle and call her riven rider, like kamen rider and riven from league of legends original splash art where it looked like she was riding an invisible motorcycle, put together, along with my uncle phil (im not will) who is a biker (he's a nice guy though), that would be a convincing disguise

>>82191846
i know what you mean man you just have to look at the bright of sides, like today i was feeling like that, but then i went mcdonalds and i felt a lot better,... you know the highs and lows man, everytihng comes and go e and a bunch of other cileches yeah, watch that movie click it is a good one for reminding you about the important thing that is not skipping through the important things, like sex and they ripped the premise of that film off from the goosebumps episode "Click" they didnt even change the goddam name nice going adamn, if you ever feel down you should watch goosebumps instead of click, i changed my mind, watch the episode where the kid gets permanently covered in bugs, hope that helps

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>>82193069
>then i went mcdonalds and i felt a lot better
what did u get

>>82193115
nigga got a happy meal

>>82193115
secret

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>>82192919
>>82192953

Okay, I exaggerated, these take abouuuut ten minutes. Still, though, non-issue for effort/time.

>>82193159
fag

>>82193191
if its only that long then its fine
visually it looks pretty great, theres enough pause before it loops, but to this one specifically he kind of jumps at the end of his cycle
youll wanna look out for errors like that, they can easily mess everything up

>>82192866
Hey I just finished reading through your book. I really like it and think it's pretty damn good. Looking forward to reading the conclusion.

Your action scenes are a little clunky but your bodies are excellent and I really like your colours. I hope all goes well.

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>>82193300
Rad, thanks for feedback. I'll keep eyes out for errors like that. It was actually a tiny error with me adding the little bit of snapback on the animation; is it better when it ends like this?

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>>82193339
Wow actually never mind, it still looks bad. I figured out what the problem was and fixed it here.

>>82193363
lemme guess. frames done in PS, saved as PNG and then imported into After Effects. where the rest of the thing is stitched together. rite?

>>82193701
Nah, it's all photoshop.

>>82193363
yeah this is much better, maybe also have the camera not halt at the same time as he stops walking; seems mechanical. maybe have the camera slow down to a halt just a tiny bit after

also my friend says where he ends up bugs her because of the tangent he has with the things behind him, maybe stop him more center?

>>82193756
good lord....

>>82193771
It keeps the filesize down.

>>82193757
Gotcha, I'll try that. As for placement, this was just a movement demo, I can move him wherever, but I'll keep it in mind for future placements, thanks!

>>82172466
That's a good one!

>>82172779
You're pretty brave for choosing that perspective in the second panel, but you fucked it up. Look it up on the net to see how it should be done. Also I like the traditional coloring, but your colors lack any depth and are in general too bright and vivid, if that's the right word.

>>82178248
This is a bit too low quality for my liking.

>>82183446
It can work well, see Derelict, at least the part when it was still good.

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>>82169626
this basically

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>>82174084
>>82187101
>>82194217

Hey, >>82172779 here again, Thanks for the input! I know my art is a bit lacking in many areas, I'm a sculptor/welder/draftsman by trade, drawing is just a side hobby of mine and Ive always wanted to give comic art a try... But! I took some of your suggestions and critiques and made some adjustments. I'm planning on having someone who actually knows how to deal with colors in photoshop (my wife iirc) to help make the colors a bit more appeasing to the eye (These are also my first attempt at watercolors so their shitty-ness is partially expected). I changed around some panel work and made more of the pages into the continuous scroll format I was using on some pages. Like >>82187101 said, my panels are big without much information, and clicking next is a waste if there not much information page-by-page. Does this flow any better?

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>>82194663

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>>82194663
>>82194695

And all three of these scroll images are on the same page now, so its just a scroll-through story broken by the one wide action shot, and continuing with the last three pages melded into another scroll.

>>82192437
Pretty sure it's that guy who posts in almost every thread roleplaying as a depressed webcomic author. You know, the guy who never, ever posts his comic when asked after making one of those depressed "my comic is terrible and I should just stop" posts.

>>82186155
My comic's been around for less than half as long as yours has and my views are way way higher, over 50 times higher. Clearly you're doing something wrong.

>>82195185
post your comic

not that anon, obviously, but how do you advertise your stuff? how do you get more readers?

These threads are starting to remind me of high school. All this silly silly drama and unnecessary hate. I've never taken anything personally in these threads nor am I on some crazy mission of making people's life miserable. Come on, people.

>>82195185
Yes, I haven't been updating (AT ALL) or trying to advertise (AT ALL), and all I've been focusing on is improving my art and expanding my following by drawing fanart, without ever linking them to my comic. Even when I was updating, it was never a typical update format. Y'know, beats? Never been ideal for a constant flux of viewers to have a story meant to be read in batches. All these things will certainly hurt your daily traffic.

But so long as you tell me your numbers, you should also drop a name of some kind. Like this guy said. >>82195283 Don't just tell us your dad works at Nintendo, tell us his name.

And yeah this guy isn't even wrong.
>>82197112
Do I know you? I have a feeling I do.

>>82197156
Well if you're doing all this stuff that's not getting you attention, why not try to fix that? It's okay if you don't want pageviews, but if you do then you just outlined several causes for your low readership that you can address.

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>>82197324
Ahem.
> and all I've been focusing on is improving my art and expanding my following by drawing fanart,
And it's been working, I should mention.

My low readership is none of anyone's business. They have access to my project wonderful numbers, but I never made a personal promise that those numbers meant anything.

The plan is not simple. Everyone, literally everyone, has to figure out something different to make it work. But there's no finite number of people who can make it work.

Only an asshole would argue with that last part.

>>82197406
Hey, like I said, it's okay if you don't care about that. I'm just saying you've got plenty of options if it does.

>>82197440
>if it does
*if you do

>>82197406
Have you tried doing more traditional page layouts? Your art is really awesome but there is no worse way to use the graphic medium than the straight down method (besides Diaz paneling or that wordswordwords guy)

>>82197406
If you want to improve your art, why not try brushing up on your anatomy or drawing things that are way out of your comfort zone? That Zelda comic looks about the same as your normal stuff.

>>82197493
>but there is no worse way to use the graphic medium than the straight down method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsIyphGp0Vc

>>82197505
Be more specific.

>>82180740
hey! where do you get those screen tones?

Is it a bad sign if I have to spend many hours to try and find my antagonist's motivation?
I have a broad idea about the world, half a handful of plot points, but...no motivation for those happening.
This might even be contradictory. It's very frustrating.

>>82189203
where are you getting your textures from?

>>82197741
Story first. This is the only correct order, you can do it backwards but it will result in an inferior work.

When you create a story first, you have something to build the world on. Every element down to the tiniest detail can reflect the theme you've chosen and results in a cohesive aesthetic. It's not a totally strict order since introducing stuff simultaneously increases the clarity and complexity of your story, but seriousy start with the story.

>>82197741
>Is it a bad sign if I have to spend many hours to try and find my antagonist's motivation?
Well, it doesn't have to be a reasonable one, but you should definitely work at it until your antagonist has a motivation that explains his actions.

>>82197505
Hey you, be more specific.

Babump.

>>82197910
>>82197954
Thank you. I was asking more along the lines if it should come easier, meaning if maybe I need to reevaluate my thought process. I have been dismissing a lot of things, mostly because "logically, this wouldn't work". I understand that human imperfection needs to be applied, of course.

>>82199270
Well, it's hard to say because I don't know the specifics of your problem, but generally, it will probably get easier to narrow down the motivations of your characters the more practice you get coming up with stories.

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A bit more progress - feedback appreciated

There will probably be another two panels below showing her re-grab her gun and shoot back.

>>82198035
not them but your poses are stiff, especially in movement

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Just updated Jasper. This second chapter, along with this flashback is coming to a close.

>>82199820
like your panel lines, feels more organic
vary your lineweights to bring out the focal point and seperate things
the paneling is weird, the guys almost walking past her but then notices and shoots as she dodges? he doesnt really turn so it looks like the tree and her just teleported in front of him and he started shooting

>>82199865
Be more specific.

Does anyone know any webcomic reviewers who accept submissions?

>>82200470
second this

maybe el santo from the webcomic overlook at the site hes one now, he used to

>>82194578
You have One Piece twice

>>82200470
I don't know if he technically takes submissions, but I know the Webcomic Relief on Youtube once reviewed Bones' comic just because he kept pestering him.

>>82200634
Maybe it influences them twice as much?

>>82200352
your proportions are a but off, like in the 2nd panel if medli straightened up, her hands would just about touch her knees
also her leg looks drawn in 3/4 veiw when it should be 2/4

your perspective is lacking and makes them look like theyll keel over, like in panels 4 and 5

your coloring makes the distances seem closer than they are

and the clothes dont follow the movements like in panel 10, her tunis would be flowing back because shes running forward, itd be pulled along with her body

stuff like that

>>82200635
wasnt he going to do it anyway but did it sooner to get him off his back?

>>82200635
have a link?

>>82200024
Yeah I'm wondering how to indicate that he notices just a sliver of her dress poking out from her cover to the side of him and from that, swings himself around to shoot.

>>82200878
Maybe? My point was, he'll probably give it a look if you send it to him at least.

>>82200949
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRCbPqEaCU

>>82200847
>your
Alright but I'm not him. Crits just tend to be wildly nonspecific and brief.

>>82197513
You might as well just make it a slideshow mate. Paneling informs the story, it allows you to show time in a way that only graphic art can do. It's excellent for action, and just for pure artistry. You're drawing a children's style picture book that uses speech bubbles instead of having prose written at the bottom of the page. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying that many people prefer the other way.
You are an extremely talented artist though, I love your creatures and scenery so much!

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>>82177461
This is exactly me too, YN is my all time favorite.

I'd love to see your comic, if you don't mind.

>>82201211
>your
is probably the only thing i got right from writing on the bus senpai

>>82201108
have him in a more side view, have a focus panel on the silver and then one for the silver reflecting light to his mask/eye then a panel of him turning sharply to shoot?
or something like that

>>82201178
on that note are there already too many webcomic reviewers?
which is better, video or written reviews?
i maybe wanna try it

>>82187323
I follow Outer City Limits, Miss Melee, The Green Knight, BCDE, bad adjectives, Will Draw for Food all because I read about them/saw pages in this thread. There are others that look interesting to me, I just need to make time to binge-read them (I hate reading story-driven webcomics a page a week, I prefer to read a huge chunk all at once)

>>82187217
I think my characters are the sort of people you'd rather not see lewd.

>>82180579
Simple positive comments from random anons have made a huge impact on my motivation, possibly because I have no self-esteem, so in the unlikely event I ever make it big I hope I don't forget what a difference this place made to me.
Also sifting through endless bickering and shitposts to find the useful discussion. I'll never forget that.

>>82201436
>You're drawing a children's style picture book that uses speech bubbles instead of having prose written at the bottom of the page
Wouldn't go that far. Most children's books have the prose describe what's happening in the image - Scribs lets the images do a lot of the storytelling.

Curious to hear how you feel about comic strips with regular paneling, btw.

>>82201590
I don't read webcomic reviews for the most part, but I doubt it's a market that can really get easily saturated. There's a billion undeservedly unknown webcomics out there, and I imagine a lot of people would be interested in somebody sorting the wheat from the chaff.

>>82200470
Sisters guy has been doing it
>>82199990
fuuuck

>>82201211
or in other cases, wildly inaccurate
or sometimes using general terms and sounding pedantic, like a pretentious old coot at an art gallery trying to look smart

still, gotta listen to every bit of it

>>82201760
Comic strips using regular paneling generally have the advantage of being able to use beat panels and manipulate time in an effective way, I'm actually curious to see how that would look in the downward style, I've never seen it.

>>82201178
nice and funny guy

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>>82202040
>I'm actually curious to see how that would look in the downward style, I've never seen it.
Really?
There's tons of Japanese examples.

So what do you guys usually listen to/watch to give you inspiration for your stories?

>>82202126
i've always thought this looks awful most of the time, but here it's clever since the stories play off each other. so it depends on the execution.

>>82202378
>It's mediocre until it's done well
Revolutionary idea.

>>82202423
it's rarely done well then. most of the time it's just two unrelated stories and it looks awful.

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>>82202450
ok

>>82202450
Western strips do the exact same thing though.
I've got a bunch of newspaper strip collections where they're just one strip above the next. Why would the strips need to be related?

>>82197537
>>82198035
If you really want to experiment and improve your art, it would stand to reason that you'd exit your comfort zone, try new styles and techniques, and brush up on your understanding of anatomy (especially in Scribble's case, his understanding of the human body could use work).

Different styles of shading and coloring, experimenting with new methods of conveying lighting, playing around with color coordination, messing with line thickness, trying new body types, finding new poses, playing with camera angles and trying to understand new textures, maybe even giving a shot at another artist's style. There's plenty to do that's more productive for refining your art than drawing characters in your same old style with the same color pallet and methods doing the same kinds of things.

Like, Ruto and Medli look like all of Scribble's other girls. Their basic designs are already pretty far from his style, and trying to find a middle ground could be a cool experiment. If he wants to draw things like this just to improve his skills, there's better ways to go about it than drawing Chaos in Hyrule.

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>>82203941
What do you think about this piece specifically.

>>82204091
His neck seems overly long, his ear looks too large for his head size, if he's hiding from foes who have done that to him there should maybe be more of them in the background, and his shield seems like it should be rotated 90 degrees so that when he's using it in a shield function with his arm across his chest the top is pointing to the ground.

>>82204237
>the top
The tip*

>>82204091
There's nothing WRONG with it. It's a decent, if not terribly interesting, picture of a Final Fantasy character with a pretty nice background.

I just think that if you're trying to improve yourself you'd be better off branching out and being experimental.

>>82204091
Use your colors better.
If you're going to make all of the background a blur of similar greens, you want to keep your color usage on foreground objects similarly understated. Ramza (that's Ramza right?) here is so many colors that be doesn't feel like he belongs in the same picture.

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I am legit ashamed of how long its been since I touched this thing. That said, I finished page 5.

http://thearm.thecomicseries.com/comics/5

>>82204270
See this is where you've confused me. How is that right there not branching out and experimental?

Am I just not doing it enough? Tell me what you think would be an adequate distance. Examples.

>>82204415
>Use your colors better.
https://youtu.be/Nv-FcxlEMaw?t=10s

>>82204429
AW YIS YOUR BACK.

>>82204440
How is it different?
That's a legitimate question.

It looks like you drew someone else's character design in your normal style with your standard proportions and construction leaning up against a tree. The coloring and construction seem the same as in your comic, so what's so different?

Again, you don't NEED to be different, it's just more LIKELY to help you if you do. Think of it like how Dewd always practices by drawing his own stuff or stuff in his "style", right? He has a harder time improving because he just does variations on what he knows instead of opening himself up to make new mistakes and possibly learn in the process.

>>82204507
You'd have a point if I didn't explain how you can improve your color usage immediately after.

Like goddamn.

>>82204429
I don't even recognize you. How long have you been gone?

>>82197156
>Even when I was updating, it was never a typical update format. Y'know, beats?
That's a really terrible way to read comics. It also doesn't help that your comic is boring.

>>82204091
Not that anon. I think your weakness is composition and control of value. You seem to be too concerned with actually nailing the figure so it happens that you forget the rest.

Say, why choose that camera for this kind of scene? There is nothing happening on the left side, so once you go there you lose interest. You could've chosen a lower horizon and a more dramatic pose, and made better use of value so that the figure in the background would be more relevant an menacing. You could've drawn the main character crouching and the background figure standing at a taller point in the background, and leaves and branches pointing downwards onto the character to raise the tension.

>>82204091
>Rounded hatching to define forms on the figure.
Neato. Love that shit wherever I see it.

>Largely unidirectional hatching in the bg, and some random crosshatching in the near tree and shield.
Using a different system on your fg and bg isn't wrong, but this is something to keep tinkering with I think. Crosshatching on the shield is rounded to show form, which is nice.

>Sometimes hatching in black, sometimes hatching in color to show texture (as in the hair) or in color for no specific discernible reason (as on the tree).
Same as before. It's not strictly wrong, but I get the feeling you're working out what you want to do here. I don't want to discourage that, but maybe don't stop here.

>Composition of the drawing sets the fg figure up as the focal point, framing him at the top and bottom with canopy and grass, uncluttering the space behind him with a simple tree trunk.
Good. Yes. This is good.

>Value scheme and hatching on the trunk undoes a lot of what the composition had going for it.
The dappling is a cool thing to try your hand at. So, you know, keep trying and you'll probably get somewhere cool eventually. But the drawing set you up to put your highest contrast at the focal point of your scene in a pretty natural way and that didn't end up happening in the colors. Maybe consider soft rather than hatched edges for your dappled lighting?

>Light yellowy linework on the leather.
Neato. Could probably be pulled through a little farther. The arrow, for example, might benefit from the same thing.

>Worm's-eye-view.
Thrilled you tried it, but it's not terribly consistent. Pushing the same worm's eye view on the tree(s) might help to emphasize the figure.

Not the guy you asked, FWIW.

>>82204794
I agree that his method of making arbitrary, non-story-beat chunks that scroll vertically is a bad idea. The comic's composition doesn't play off the verticality and the "beats" let the story drag on due to an illusion of progress.

>your comic is boring.
That's just mean.

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>>82204091
His ear's too low and too far back on his head, his arms are too long and make him look monkey-ish, and the perspective on the crossbow prod is off.

>>82204237
In defense of the shield, there were a few eastern European dueling shields that were held like that - I can't find any examples of historical ones, but I know they exist.

>>82204415
In addition to what this guy said, I feel like it's kind of a bad idea to have the areas of high contrast in the bg instead of on the focal points like the characters' face or even silhouetting the guy in the background.

>>82204718
I recognize him. He's been gone for over a year, I'd think.

>>82204600
It is good to be back.

>>82204718
More than a year. Was going through some shit. Said shit is (almost) over I think.

>>82205016
You responded to it. Don't you know better by now?

Where have you been?

>>82205047
Prepare for more prince fanart because he is my favorite.

>>82205070
Excellent.

>>82205053
Stop being a baby.
Despite the rudeness at the end it's a perfectly valid point. Your first chapter is hundreds of pages long but not terribly engaging and extremely slow. The format enables problematic writing practices.

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>>82204091
>his ear looks too large for his head size,
>>82204657
>It looks like you drew someone else's character design in your normal style with your standard proportions
>>82205034
>His ear's too low and too far back on his head, his arms are too long and make him look monkey-ish,

I'm just sayin.

Not that my anatomy can't use work, but that the "muh style" argument is often a valid one. It gets no respect at all when someone says it, and it's like the art critic's filibuster to shit on someone for it.

>>82205016
It doesn't matter, Scribblehatch has consistently shown that he doesn't really want to improve anything, he just wants people to talk to him and talk about him. Notice how he never responds to things that aren't about him or directed at him? Even when he brings up new topics of discussion it feels greasy, like he's only doing it to get replies, and not because he legitimately wants to stimulate constructive discussion in /hyw/.

I'm not helping, but there's no helping anything when he's around. Shouldn't >>82204091 be in a Batman thread or on /ic/ anyway?

>>82205147
>Your
Hey look at this asshole.
>problematic
HEY LOOK AT THIS ASSHOLE.

>>82205178
what's holding you back is thinking you're hot shit. drop the attitude and you'll get somewhere

>>82205185
You stop being a baby too.

>>82205178
Please note that this is not the same as what you drew. It's okay to experiment and emulate, but the other anon's pointed out that your attempt has failed to make the side ear appealing.

>>82205278
>You stop being a baby too.
Quit responding to him, dumdum.

Christ on a subway sandwich.

>>82205204
Jesus Christ, sorry, Scribblehatch's (gag me, you transparent chode, you're the only person who responds like this) and "problem-causing". Sorry that I used a word you don't like, guess the entire post is invalid now, right?

>>82205178
It was obvious you were setting up for this mu style, but how does that help you? How does drawing a wildly disproportionate character when your own anatomy is shoddy, benefit you? You can draw fan art that isn't copying proportions, but rather content.

All of the other points are still valid but you chose to ignore it all and wait to post the reference pic we were all waiting for.

>>82205323
Look at him go!

>>82205204
>Ignore criticism because le SJW word
Look at this asshole.

At this point I'm more annoyed by the people responding to Scribblehatch than Scribblehatch himself.

>>82205361
People are actually bothering to give you polite criticism for once, can't you bother to restrain yourself instead of proving this is all pointless?

>>82205398
You mean the people picking a fight.

>>82205178
That guy's got his ear higher up, farther forward, and shorter arms than your version. I don't know if you messed up the perspective or if you just didn't look at it right.

>>82205398
For what they're saying, or for responding?

>>82201760
doubt it's a market that can really get easily saturated. There's a billion undeservedly unknown webcomics out there, and I imagine a lot of people would be interested in somebody sorting the wheat from the chaff.
thats good to hear, ill prob have to make a new thread to hear what the community prefers

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>>82190414

new sketch of Fairune

>>82205178
>Not that my anatomy can't use work, but that the "muh style" argument is often a valid one.
Valid to whom? To people in /hyw/? To people who read your comic? To people who commission you?

Don't you understand that stirring shit and begging for attention here is a waste of your potential and ultimately damaging to you? You're not doing yourself any favor by convincing yourself that all the criticism you receive here is nonsense.

You are just a drop in an ocean of average artists. This isn't mean, it's just the truth. If getting a dedicated shitpost thread every now and then on /hyw/ is your idea of success, you're on the good path. Otherwise you better take a step back and look at your own work in a more critical and humble way, and roll up your sleeves so that you can eventually face the competition.

>>82205585
Y'know I don't think I said anything that bad.

Calm down.

>>82201984
i usually try to keep my crits short and sweet but i can expand like earlier if yall want more
i also want to try redlining more often

>>82205585
>>82205621
Not that guy but care to answer his question? About who the style argument is valid to.

>>82205642
Go ahead, we'll critique your criticism if it's shit.

>>82201590
Video can go sour really easily. A shitty voice, shitty mic, poor or no editing, footage of some dude talking into a mic, and so on are all probably dealbreakers for this. Also personally I'd be into one that talks nitty gritty paneling and storytelling shit, and the ability to skip back and forth might become valuable there.

In any case, knowing your shit or having a specific approach that doesn't totally boil down to personal taste would be nice. I mean, I don't know what everybody else would read or watch but that's what I go for.

>>82205555
Thumbs.

>>82205656
To anyone who has done something on purpose, and gotten critted like it wasn't.

>>82205711
If your stylistic choices are indistinguishable from fucking up, you should probably choose something else.