How's Your Webcomic? #323

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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/ (surprisingly not a typo)

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

>DISCORD CHAT going on,
Ask for an invite in the thread.

>Wise words from John Cleese:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xPvvPTQaMI

>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

>Guide to promoting your comic:
http://miss-melee.tumblr.com/post/143483233951/

>Comics for makin' comics!
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9pf1nwwa92lbp/Comics_for_making_Comics

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Reposting this with a new panel for a new thread :). This is my new (and first) attempt at a web comic. Dystopian cyberpunk future ran by automated machines, psychotic devolved humans and hyper-intelligent animals who turn out to be a bunch of assholes and weirdos.

cyberworldweekly.wordpress.com

>>87211258
A portapoise?
>fish hat
PERRY the portapoise!?!

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The font I use for my webcomic stopped working in photoshop.Everytime I go to use "System" font, it gives me this message "something prevented the text engine from being initialized."

Anybody familiar with this problem? And if not, anyone know where I can get a copy of pre-programmed fonts? It would look really weird to change my font dialogue all of a sudden.

Also a WIP of something.

>>87211384
not to beat around the obvious, but when I googled that error, I got tons of results. you're not alone
when it comes to photoshop, I find it's best to just restart the program.. and in the case of the font it wouldnt be hard at all to reinstall in the fonts folder

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>>87211608 I feel dumb asking because it seems like such an obvious solution, and I looked everywhere for an answer or a font to replace it, but still having the issue. I can't delete it because I think it's essential to windows, and the word "system" brings everything I don't need when trying to find the font file to replace it or make a dummy copy.

I'm using a cracked version of CS3, so not sure if that's my problem also; it was working before, and I can still use "System" in MS_Paint just fine. Closing and opening the app again doesn't work.

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>>87211821
Also scanned

>>87211863
playin' him like a fiddle
>>87211858
the font is in your font file, silly. and if you can't find that, search your system for a font name like arial
>app
program

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Just uploaded the second strip of Wilfreda's Halloween Spooktacular. Miriam Wintercaster (Wilfreda's mother) challenges her daughter and Victor, an impatient little boy, to a Trick-o-Treating contest.

"Wilfreda the Wanna-Be Witch" is a little webcomic about a girl who claims to be a witch. This is the second strip of a Halloween story arc. Keep updated here: http://wilfredacomic.tumblr.com/

>>87212596
i love this goofy-ass humor. it feels so .. european

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zis a good design?

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>tfw you give up on a story and scrap all the writing

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This page is gonna take me a few days to complete.
http://www.taleofjaspergold.com/

>>87214865
damn, all them perfect wooden buildings.. that perspective..
how large is this paper?

>>87214888
Checked.
Also, its standard comic sized.
11X17

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>>87214888
goddamn

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>>87214888
I used to buy the canson brand that had the blue lines already printed on them, but it was almost $10 more than pic related. This is my current favorite type of paper for comics. The smooth finish is perfect. Your pencils glide along the surface like butter.

>>87215181
>tfw my original comic is 10 pounds of printer paper in a box somewhere. and the paper is really dirty and full of eraser shavings and my shed hair
I'm kind of glad to be digital now but the way you do things just seems classier somehow

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>>87215529
Aint nothing wrong with doing comics on printer paper. But that paper will take quite a beating after a while. I've seen a few artists who do their roughs/thumbnails on printer paper, then scan it and finish it off digitally.

>I'm kind of glad to be digital now but the way you do things just seems classier somehow

To each his own. I personally don't really like the "mechanical" way digital feels. I've tried drawing on tablets and ot wasn't for me. But good on ya m8.

Personally there is something romanticised about being a traditional artsit that I like and prefer. The smell of ink, the friction of your pencils on paper. The feeling of tearing out a blank board and setting up your page.

I plan to dabble more into digital territory once I have the space for a proper setup.

>>87215904
Also digital looks like smeared garbage

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>>87216020
Ehh. As I've said before, to each his own.

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>>87211863
>be at library
>hot girl in front of me
>she drops her book
>she bends down to pick it up
>turns around and looks at me
>"like what you see"
>people go "oooooh" then "shhhh" cause its the library
>palms are penne
>knees meat arms are heavy
>mom's spaghetti

>>87216686
Canon

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>>87211863
A rare detailed page. To be inked later.

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>>87214537
>tfw not good at writing

>>87215904
What size is that sheet, A3?

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Hello I'm back
This dialogue is bothering me and I don't know why or what to do to fix it.

>>87214004
The screaming mouth feels like it should be an opening. I'd either close the mouth or remove the spot black so that you can see the surface of the cauldron and it doesn't look like a hole.

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Wip

>>87218948
I think you may be over thinking things. the page looks good! although I am at a loss of context due to not having read any of the rest.

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>>87215904
Your stuff always looks soooo great and I love how it looks a lot. The kind of thing I picture myself striving for!
>>87219007
Seems to me it's going ok so far, the thing on my mind the most is how the panels break right on the edge of the paper...I guess it's not a huge issue though.

Anyway I'm posting 2 pages I just got about done with, I really had to break through the urge to stop because it didn't meet my own standards. I haven't drawn comics in so long and I'm not feeling as accomplished as I want to, but I want more pages to happen so I try to ignore it. This story is sort of about a washed up former cartoon who sort of wants to get his old, obscure show back together.

I like nibs, but they don't like me (or my paper, or something) so I resorted to faber castells and microns...It's just not hitting the spot though. In fact, I wish I could make lead a viable thing to work with, or a step further with lead + watercolor but now I'm ahead of myself. Ink is just starting to bother me, but it feels the most professional and 'right' thing to do, I don't know if I even could switch to something that would like better when scanned.

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>>87219109
2/2 "finished" pages

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>>87219007
Your guy's got a really bad case of side mouth and it's making his expressions look a lot more derpy than I think you want them to.
I took the liberty of moving his mouth so it's more centered under his nose and I think it looks a lot better.

How thoroughly are you constructing your heads? Having a center line to make sure your facial features line up would really help you I think.

Also, in your 3/4ths view, try leaving a little bit of space between the edge of the eye and the edge of the face, it helps to make things feel less flat.

>>87217923
Tfw you have dozens of good ideas storys worlds and characters but are a lazy shit

>>87211821
What kind of scanner you got, buddy? I used to use some 8 year old HP printer-scanner and pretty much gave up posting any scanned drawings online because of how much quality was lost

>>87220311
Not the person you're asking unfortunately, but I use a nearly decade-old HP device myself and the results I get with it are fine. Just how bad did your scans look?

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Finished this page!

Recently my buffer on West Tree ran out so now I need to update it as I finish each page.

That also means that I probably should put more time into it.

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>>87218948

10 out of fucking 10. Awesome work man, awesome work...

>>87220311
The scanner that came with my Epson 410 printer. I don't recommend the printer, though

>>87218948
why does everyone look like they're from The Timbertoes

really nice coloring btw

>>87217972
Just about.

>>87219109
Thanks man. I really like the design on that wolf.
>I like nibs, but they don't like me (or my paper, or something)
What type of paper are you using? If it's printer paper, your nibs will tear right through that if you're not careful.
There'a an artist that goes by the name boxxwrench and posts on a regular bases that "inks" his comic with pencils. Iirc, he uses a light table with the roughs underneath and the clean art on a seperate paper. You can always try that approach if inking feels wonky to you.

>>87218948
I love the colors on this. Excellent

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>>87219103
I guess I might be worrying pointlessly. No point delaying the page over it, anyway.

>>87222228
Because much like the Timbertoes family, humans in the Carrion Girls universe are made from wood.
(Nah but srsly I'd never heard of the Timbertoes before and that's a pretty funny coincidence.)
When I started out on the comic, I wasn't at all confident in making my faces look recognizable and consistent from page to page, especially if I wanted them to emote at the same time, so I figured I should make them cartoonish and simple (and the cartoonish features of the human characters might make the weirder supernatural stuff fit in better, too).
Personally I feel like the tetrahedral noses make it feel more like Tove Jansson though.

>>87221632
>>87222538
Thanks!

>>87217514
it pisses me off sometimes how nature almost never has interlocking teeth
>>87218948
dawww. yeah the dialogue's a little odd but I'm not sure what to do
>cauldronmouth
yeah I considered making it the opening of the cauldron but that wouldnt look very good. It's okay, it won't look like a hole in the final picture, I just put blacks in to separate the holes from the gem eyes. pay attention to those gem eyes

Just got my first drawing tablet in an attempt to start a comic I've had the idea for for a long time. What program does everyone use with theirs? I've been using paint.net, but I'm sure there are programs more suited for tablets specifically.

>>87222450
It's a long ass story I once documented, the mix of paper, nibs, ink, etc, to see what's wrong--I gave up when my nibs were catching in the paper on the same paper that it once was working fine on, consistently. It was vellum bristol stock--sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 8 1/2 x 11 is the paper size I'm resigned to work at just because it's convenient--it's my printer bed, I store my drawings in binders with sheet protectors, I just gotta work at that size for now. I think the lightbox method is neat, but I feel like I'm the type to just get it all out on paper on the get go after a few bullet points acting as my conceptual planning.

I was just introduced to Bernie Wrightson's work, mixing lead and markers appeals to me.

>>87223382
Paint Tool SAI is all you'll ever need really.

>>87223382
get clipstudio aka mangastudio. it's very cheap, very light on your computer's resources, and has fantastic drawing tools. only its coloring is a little lacking compared to photoshop, but you aren't MADE of money

>>87223616
>>87223635
Thanks, I'll fuck around a bit with those and see what suits my needs the best. Honestly, I'm very inexperienced, so something serious will probably have a bit more than I need just yet.

>>87223382
Clip Studio Paint/Manga Studio/Comic Studio has a lot of dedicated features for making comics

Paint Tool SAI is another popular program

Photoshop is the industry standard for digital painting, but is expensive

Free alternatives to Photoshop include Krita and GIMP (personally I prefer Krita)

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>>87223591
Well if you wish to continue working with ink, while still working on 8.5 x11 paper, might i suggest this: http://www.jetpens.com/Deleter-Comic-Paper-A4-Plain-135-kg-40-Sheets/pd/10498

I bought a pack of these on a whim while in japan, and this paper feels like it was meant for ink nibs. Unlike toothy vellum, this paper is smooth so your pen glides along without getting caught in it. It's the perfect thickness for ink, but lighter amd thinner than bristol. It's pretty damn cheap too.

>>87223591
Smooth is better than vellum surfaces for ink, and you'll likely find your nibs picking up less paper if you dilute your ink a bit. If your nibs are physically catching on the paper and scattering ink, that's a matter of technique - drawing the nib upwards is almost always a bad idea, and the only way to stop that entirely is to practice your form.

In general if you want to avoid that frustration completely, I'd suggest trying out a brush. Pentel brush pens are cheap and quite easy to work with, and require far less maintenance. You'll still need to keep your microns (or whatever) around to manage fine details or fixed-width lines, but they're dramatically more versatile than a quill at the cost of a marginally higher learning curve.

>>87223976
Oh I'm so glad you show me this, mainly for the size. I currently have 2 packs of their..."A" size I believe it is, which is just slightly bigger than what I want to work with, but I agree with it's ability to take ink from nibs, it's great! The printed guidelines freak me out a bit because I am 100% garbage with editing tools. But other than some bleedless (and expensive...) bristol, this brand has been great. If I think about inking again I'll get this size instead.
>>87224059
I do love brush inking and I credit it as the thing that got me over 'chicken scratch' since it's so based around unbroken lines. I forgot how much I loved it. I got some good brushes left over from when I inked a 20 page comic, but my skill level was worse so I guess I thought I was bad at them. It's something to consider again...that in conjunction with some hatching with microns, or nibs, is something to consider again.

>>87224105
They're certainly one way to cure the chicken scratch problem. I still do it when sketching, but it hasn't shown up in my pencils or inks in quite a while. If you've been working with nibs much I can't imagine you'd have a lot of trouble with a brush though, just keep in mind that the brush you're using can have a big impact on how your lines feel. There's a pretty legitimate chance that it could be the tool's fault if you feel you're exceptionally bad at it.

Hey what do you guys think of /ic/

>>87224511
This.

Before i made the switch to microns and brush pens, my lines were shaky and scratchy due to using nibs and a sable brush. Personally I found the more "convenient" tools gave me better control. So it may well be your tools you use. You gotta find what you're more comfortable with. I've seen artists on youtbe make awesome pieces of art with a bamboo stick and inkwell. Even a famous artist draw a figure with a milky way bar. Whatever works for you.

>>87224839
Ignore them when they tell you you suck.
Listen when they tell you how to do better.

/las/ is nice.

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>>87224839
Good place for resources. I love their book threads, sketchbook threads, and their comic threads arent nad either.

Definetely helps you get out of your comfort zone, and grow a spine as am artist.

Hey is this a good idea for a premise or is it shit?

3 19 year olds, all get some form of psychokinesis, with one being neutral,one over time wanting to do good with his new abilities and one who wants to lash out at the world with their new abilities.

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>>87224960
>neutrals

>>87224960
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_(film)

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>>87209882
Can't sleep so I guess I'll post a WIP.
This is a transition page that is added later to link between different scenes. Chronologically some of the later pages are actually the earliest pages, I work backward a lot of times and also start inserting stuff in the middle as well. This page came before the ones I posted last time.

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In today's comic, the flashback story comes to a conclusion.

http://zyxcity.tumblr.com/

>>87225777
so leapy. i love leapy action

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WIP of the next page!

>>87225777
Lucky seven.
Looking fucking awesome

>>87226314
I was wondering what his deal was. square-ass bastard.

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Here's my roughs for my next comic. sneak peak I guess :/

how y'all tonight?

>>87225777
not bad!

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>>87227778
Looks really cute! I'd like to see this inked.

Doin my best to survive the work day so I can keep working on my page. Doodled a mouse.

>>87228136
very tom/jerry style-esque.

Thanks for the kind words. It's been weird doing this weekly comic as some days I feel more focused to do it and I think it shows, where as other times I fuck it up bad. I release it regards less though haha

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Working on an ongoing webcomic series called No Play. Dont wanna spoil the concept because I dont want people taking my ideas.

Stupid, I know...

First page here. Been busy with work and girlfriend being pregnant to update as often as I try to.

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>>87228830
Page 2 preview.

>>87228830
>girlfriend being pregnant
>starting a heavy story oriented comic
RIP

>>87228830
You keep using " instead of ' unless your font is weird.

>>87228855
no one else?

>REEEEEEEEEE

>>87228860
Yeah I tried importing the font closest to the ones that they use in comics but for some reason it doesn't have ' and just has " and it frustrates me.

You guys know of good site to get real comic book font?

>>87228859
Eh I don't think it'll be as bad. Not like we go out to places all the time. We always enjoy just hanging out at home more than anything. W're both chill people.

>>87229005
Blambot has a ton of free (and pay) fonts for use in comics, created by a professional letterer.

>>87229005
Blam-bot for sure. Trash cinema has kinda become my trademark font to use for shit...

>>87229047
>Blambot
Thank you so much! I couldn't stand the other sites and what they offered for comic font.

>>87229005
>W're both chill people.
Heard that countless times. Remember this conversation.

>>87229238
Of course. But I mean she has her fun crazy side, but we're inseparable. The exact same values and aspirations. She was ok with me pursuing storyboarding, but I got myself a really good stable job so I'm just freelancing on the side and trying to do this comic too.

Will have several pages done so I can be ahead and publish on a set schedule for a while.

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>>87228855
Action page preview.

>>87229567
huh....pretty good, very dynaminc

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pencils of the roughs I posted earlier. I think this is my favourite...though it's a little mean to Baph-Chan...

>>87229795
>that's fucking wrong fgt!

>>87230400
took me a moment... when the comic's done if you use it as a reaction pic I won't complain

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New Kevin page

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>>87231588
Don't do this. Books don't do it, comics don't do it.

It looks sloppy. Overall pretty good though how ever it looks kinda rushed. focus on your ink work.

>>87231588
Sorry, don't mean to sound harsh. just tired.

>>87231588
shit i'd think a blobb would see him as a mate

>>87231588
a puyo!
Not to quibble, but if Kevin is a real weeaboo, wouldn't he know his bonsai from his banzai? is that his mistake or yours?

>>87231871
>Books don't do it, comics don't do it.
That's a new one for me. I spent some useless semesters studying typography / typesetting and at least over here in Germany we use the shit out of syllabication in books. I can change it, though.
As for the colors, I still have a long way to go. It looks sloppy because I'm still very bad at it, but I actually spent a lot of time on this page. I'll try to fix a few things before I release the page on friday and hope it gets better.

>>87231898
No problem, I post it here so you people can point that shit out.

>>87232020
That's my weird racism coming through. At first I thought "He's a total weeb, he should know that stuff", but then I thought, "He's American, he'd probably screw up the pronunciation". Like "yaoi" becomes "yawee" for some reason.

>>87232204
I've heard that from other foreign webcomickers. apparently only we stopped doing it.

>>87232204
Oh shit you're really nice. Sorry I'm just cranky and didn't articulate better. Don't fix this one. Just keep going and you should see improvement. Never go back and add to a finished piece.

>>87231940
That actually made me laugh. Pretty great idea.

>>87232377
>Never go back and add to a finished piece.
typos and coloring errors are okay though

>>87232020
On a funny side-note, at first I wanted him to say "ICHI BANZAI", as a reference to South Park, but then I thought that might be a little bit too weird.

i just got an idea for a webcomic could someone help me flesh it out?

>>87232947
or just slightly too obscure. I've religiously watched the animutastic southpark episodes and that one doesn't ring any bells
although OWATTA BEIKOKU (NIHON ICHI HAJIMARU) is engraved into me forever
also that kitte kitte chulip thing, which I think is a reference to summat else. they kept doing that one

>>87233015
I meant this thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdbORXEmbnk

But yeah, both would be too obscure.

>>87233123
oh, ichi bung sao. that shit was hilairs. I feel like it had to be a reference

>>87232204
>at least over here in Germany we use the shit out of syllabication in books
Probably has to do with your love of compound words. When a language has relatively common words like Siebentausendzweihundertvierundfünfzig or Unabhaengigkeitserklaerungen, it becomes much harder to keep everything neatly arranged.

That said, I feel like there's definitely room for all of "adventurers" on the bottom line and it would look much neater that way.

>>87233517
Yeah, there was more than enough room, I just separated it to make the third line a bit longer and because it looked better to me. No big deal, really.

>>87232967
Go ahead

>>87232967
POST IT Friend.

>>87232967
post it or your mother dies in her sleep tonight

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First attempt at a 4-panel today. Looks like a bunch more good stuff has been posted in here :)

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>>87236547
>Da Killer Domino!

I love how coherent this is

How do I overcome the fear of digging up cringeworthy things I've done online in the past?

It's paralysed me from doing anything outside imageboards.

>>87236886
Delete everything. Then make a pen name. And change your style. Possibly your name too. Also, plastic surgery might help. If all else fails you can convert to buddism and kill yourself, in the hopes of coming back to life as a different person and restart your life. Just pray you grow up to be anything else besides a comic book artist.

>>87236886
what a little pussy

>>87236886
in all seriousness, just use a different name
and look at other creators and how they've handled it. not everyone handles it well, but 9 out of 10 do. if you act like it's no big deal, the masses of sheep will too

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>>87219588
now im all paranoid about mouth placement. I changed them a little but I think its mostly a stylistic thing. like, thats just my style man.

>>87237653
I feel like I just wanna get a few cents in here
You're gonna get a lot of shit for your style, but it's important you know that your style is fine, and the mistakes you're making are real mistakes. You can learn to fix them without changing the style, and studying better-drawn anime will help with that tremendously.
mouth placement is a bit tough, but there is a right way. there's a right way to do sidemouth.. You have to try to think of the head in 3d, and where the mouth would go. Right now you have it sunken into the face as if this guy has a huge overbite, even though the shape of his head doesn't show that. When mouths are asymmetrical, it should be representing a raised mouth corner. a sarcastic smile, a sneer, something like that.
and when you do sidemouth in profile (the only time it makes sense), you don't draw a line leading to the front of the face like you've done in panel 3.
Another thing is you're leaving really inconsistent cranium space, you're not drawing a crotch line, you're treating the hair like a 2d cutout, and there's a few other little things like that.. but I've seen a hundred artists with those issues, and they clear up over time with practice.
stick to your guns, just.. keep those guns tuned up and oiled so you fire straight. You're going to need to, in order to defend yourself against people who go ballistic whenever they see anime influence

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>>87228956
i notice anon.
>>87229567
also them dynamics

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a little idea i had. while working on it, i feel like it's shittier on paper than in my head, but ill try to force myself to finish it anyway.

>>87238456
Alwyas liked this art style. Tighten it up a little, toss in a few vegetables, and you've got a soup goin!
fuck leaves and raking forever

>>87238336
Haha! Love it!

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I hope this is a good place to ask this question, but I'm really thinking of applying to a comic company as an illustrator next year, would you guys recommend jumping right into the big leagues and applying to DC/Marvel, or should I aim for something smaller, like Dark Horse/Vertigo?

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Had to split this one up again. I think this is okay for an ending but I'll try to hurry up the next bit, because shit is about to start flowing downhill like shit flowing downhill

>>87239542
Your stuff is gorgeous, anon.

I feel like your style is well suited to Dark Horse/Vertigo, but if you'd prefer to work at Marvel or the main DC studios you might as well aim high first.

>>87239542
Apply anywhere and everywhere. Unless you have a specific goal in mind like wanting to draw a Batman book someday, or a Spider-Man one.

Also, if you plan on applying somewhere, make sure you know what you are applying for. They will ask you what it is you wanna do for their company.

Pencils? Inker? Letterer? Colorist? And have a portfolio that adheres to the job you are aiming for.

I had the chance to meet someone who is good friends with editors from Aspen and Image, and he told me the one thing editors and portfolio reviewers hate most is people who walk in not knowing what they wanna bring to the table.

>>87239813
huh. you'd think they'd have an opening and just see whether you fit that area or not, and/or be happy if you had the versatility to potentially cover several areas

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Managed to ink up two more panels before bed.

>>87239846
>What's wrong?
>That last panel just (sniff) made me realize I'll never be in a simply-drawn newspaper comic strip like my Papa always wanted for me.

>>87239744
>>87239813
Thank you both, your valuable advice and nice words are exactly what I needed to motivate me, I'm a complete novice so this really helps

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>tfw you upload a new comic and the next morning viewcount is still 0

>>87239845
Well the thing is, unless you are good friends with an editor or friends with a friend of an editor, you're nobody to them. So you kinda have to "earn" their belief that you can deliver what they are looking for. If you know someone in the know, they may throw in a good word for you. This is the part where networking is important.

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>>87239870
I know the road I chose is a rocky ass path. and I love it.

>>87239895
how active are you in social media?

>>87240042
He's just feels-poster. Pay no real mind to him. Half the stuff he posts is probably made up or exaggerated.

>>87239892
Not a problem. Wishing you the best anon. Just remember to go in with a focused goal in mind, and prove your name is worth getting printed on that paper.

>>87240023
good shit man
though his eyes are a little high in the overjoyed one.. i guess he doesn't get into that mood very often being a gruffy cowboy. I need to do expression sheets like this more often.
>>87239914
That much is true, I know. It just seems odd to me that they'd want YOU telling them what YOU want to do for them, when they're the ones in charge, as opposed to you saying "I can do four things, which of those are you hiring for?" like when you apply for most jobs, you know ahead of time what they're looking for.

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>>87240059
regardless of motive, I always tend to see the positive side on people and lend a hand if needed. besides, I've got nothing to loose either way. thank you for the advice though.

>>87239895
being active on social media and networking is critical to having your content be discovered by people on the internet. keep a schedule and post about things that relate to your work so that people build interest.

by the way, if I were to share mine, would you guys be interested to read more about Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, the occasional post about blind people and Videogame development? (I work as dev on the side)

>>87240242
yes, kind of, not really, and yes, in that order.
I'm still happy to be a grump about social media, but the kind of people on it would only being trouble down upon me.

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>>87217514
Done

>>87240242
>being active on social media and networking is critical to having your content be discovered by people on the internet
Is it just me who sees a catch-22 here? I feel it would be egotistical to make oneself a "proper" account (i.e. dedicated one for the comic, not personal, though a personal account is still a bit egotistical in the current year it's only a baseline) before they had a good number of readers. It just kind of feels like getting ahead of yourself.

Maybe it's just that weird awkward feeling I get browsing empty Twitter pages with zero retweets and authors who insistently either CAPITALIZE their comic's title, or add a trademark/copyright symbol to the end of the game. Like a bizarre feeling of "Well yeah, you put in effort" but also "Why are you pretending this is a big thing. It isn't."

I thought I had a clever way to tie this into a rant on how social media sucks and Tumblr has a horrible user-interface and image-resizing is the dumbest thing ever, but apparently I don't so I'll just tape that onto the end in the least professional and most fisherman-like way possible.

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>>87240191
Thanks. It was mostly just to play around and find a new way to draw the same characters.

>>87240360
what is it about pen lines? so nostalgic

>>87240714
>I feel it would be egotistical to make oneself a "proper" account (i.e. dedicated one for the comic, not personal, though a personal account is still a bit egotistical in the current year it's only a baseline)

I don't think so. I think your personality will come through whether through the writing or just naturally after you get comfortable with your audience - assuming you get one. I guess I point to the Tumblr artist "Witness the Absurd".

Anyway, Tumblr is really bad for compressing images.

new webcomic idea: "suck dick champ"
it's about a dude named suck dick and he's a champ

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Currently working on official character cards for this story I'm working on.

>>87236386
>>87235246
>>87235950
sorry, bros, i was sueor stoned and fell asleep, basically its a webcomic with a stardust the superwizard style character called the nasty woman. shes fifth dimensional or somesuch and doesnt always look human. i was thinking a basic design, long nose, black dress, black hat with a purple feather.

>>87242290
What kind of impression are we supposed to be getting from this one? What kind of person are we supposed to see at first glance? I'm having a hard time commenting on it since I have no context.

Speaking just from basic principles of design, though, I feel like he has way too many areas of high detail. Except for his thighs and abdomen, his entire body is just covered with lines. Aside from being hell to draw page after page after page, there's nothing to draw the reader's focus.

I recommend removing details from areas where they're not strictly necessary - for instance, how does the ribbing on his vambraces help his design? Wouldn't it be fine if they were just an unmarked surface? Does he really need fingerless gloves with cutouts at the back of the hand, or would it still work fine if he just had a pair of gauntlets?

Following from that, his entire color scheme is pretty dang close to grey. Try adding a splash of color somewhere - maybe the insignia on his shoulder could be a much more vibrant blue, or his hood could have an orange trim or something.

More specific points:

>age: 24
His face makes him look way older than that. Try to see if you can't draw him with less lines.

The hilt on his knife is really short compared to the size of his hands. (and why in the world is there a pouch on the sheath? What would he carry in that pouch?)

Why does he have such an elaborate harness for a sword on his back when he could just wear it on his belt like the other sword?

The tip of his belt coming down right between his legs like that is going to catch you a lot of dick jokes. Try moving it over to the side a bit.

>resposible
Typos aren't really important unless you're putting this up on a cast page or something, but I figured I should point it out.

>>87243882
>peaking just from basic principles of design, though, I feel like he has way too many areas of high detail. Except for his thighs and abdomen, his entire body is just covered with lines. Aside from being hell to draw page after page after page, there's nothing to draw the reader's focus.
I don't see this as an issue. Higher amount of detail is a good thing to me.

>how does the ribbing on his vambraces help his design? Wouldn't it be fine if they were just an unmarked surface?
It doesn't hurt. It would, but I think it's fine this way as well.

>Does he really need fingerless gloves with cutouts at the back of the hand, or would it still work fine if he just had a pair of gauntlets?
Again. I don't see how the change would be that much of a difference.

>His face makes him look way older than that. Try to see if you can't draw him with less lines. The hilt on his knife is really short compared to the size of his hands.
I'll fix these issues. I resized his hands at one point, and forgot to fix the knife as well.

>(and why in the world is there a pouch on the sheath? What would he carry in that pouch?)
A sharpening stone for the knife. The pouch should be bigger though.

>Why does he have such an elaborate harness for a sword on his back when he could just wear it on his belt like the other sword?
It's a bigger sword.

>The tip of his belt coming down right between his legs like that is going to catch you a lot of dick jokes. Try moving it over to the side a bit.
Not really concerned about that. It's a medieval style belt.

>Typos aren't really important unless you're putting this up on a cast page or something, but I figured I should point it out.
Didn't even notice that, thanks.

Thanks for the input. I don't agree with some of it, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

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>>87243882
I agree with this; sometimes, there's plenty more to say about a character by showing him in a characteristic instance than any data you could write in a card, and this comes from an idiot who did plenty of character cards before.
As for the design, I'll give it a Frank/10

As for my own stuff, I've been revisiting the designs of the OMEGA Project cast, to have something a bit more homogeneous than the ones before, plus some overhauls here and there. Their combat suits are for the most part the same, but still, I'll draw them later with the same pose they have in here.

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A new page for Wilfreda's Super Spooktacular Halloween Special is up. It's a Trick-o-Treat challenge between Wilfreda and Victor.

I'm updating this story arc daily at http://wilfredacomic.tumblr.com/

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>>87244153
>Higher amount of detail is a good thing to me.
Well there's no arguing about taste, but there are practical reasons to keep things simple when you can. If you spend 20 lines on something rather than 5, you need to spend commensurately more time and effort on it, especially when it's a comic character that you need to draw the same way again and again at all sorts of distances while avoiding all sorts of tangents.
If those 15 extra lines aren't making the end result better somehow (like that emblem on his shoulder, which tells the reader something about the character), it's just making things harder and more tedious for yourself for no benefit.

>It's a bigger sword.
Bigger than his other sword, yeah, but it looks like he could still easily wear it on his belt. So why doesn't he?

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>>87245554
This is the sword pretty much. It should probably be a tiny bit longer to be honest. But, it's thicker and wider than the standard long sword on his belt. It's a lot heavier too, so it's easier to carry over the shoulder.

And as for the lines. I honestly don't see the problem. I don't consider this to be an extremely high detailed drawing or design. It's really not a difficult design for me to draw.

I hate story-based webcomics that only post a page at a time (aka most of them). That's so detrimental to the storytelling aspect of it, it slows the pacing down artificially and makes for a terrible reading experience.

I'm going to post my webcomic a full chapter at a time every 2-3 weeks if it kills me.

>>87246113
How much work are you putting into the art of the story?

>>87245554
>So why doesn't he?
I agree that the level of detail on this character is uneven and the design shoyld be reworked, but this is actually better as-is.

He COULD wear it on his waist, but it would be far more cumbersome and impractical. He would be unable to squat on level ground, or if the hilt was higher up it would get in the way while running and be difficult to grab.

>>87246113
Many artists have lives outside their comic work. I live on my own, and work 40 hours a week. If I had the time to upload more than once a week, I would.

Bimonthly chapters would be my ideal schedule.

Can I get some help? I'm working on a webcomic about a cat and dog detective. I'm nervous that if go the obvious 'cat's the tsundere brains, dog's the dumb but lovable muscle' route, that makes it too cliche, but I'm nervous going the opposite route just to subvert that for its own sake is even worse. Right now they both have homes and owners, but I also had another idea of making the cat a solo act, a stray that helps other strays and wild animals and calls on the dog for help when he needs muscle. But then with this, the stray cat character is even more cliche.

Or am I overthinking things and just stick with my original idea?

>>87247160
Just make good characters and stop worrying about cliches. If you're upset that your characters seem too standard, maybe that just means your characters aren't interesting.

>>87245970
> It's a lot heavier too, so it's easier to carry over the shoulder
What makes you think it's easier to carry a heavy thing on your shoulders, where it has to be supported by all the muscles of the spine in addition to the legs, than on your hips where only the legs are affected?

>It's really not a difficult design for me to draw.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but it kind of looks like it is. All your details are slightly skewed in their proportions - his bracers have their ridges and straps in different arrangements, the circles on his belt are all different sizes, the proportions of his gloves are all wonky. That's not going to get easier when you have to draw him doing things on the page.

>>87246308
>He would be unable to squat on level ground
What makes you say that? His scabbard would touch the ground, yeah, but why would that be a problem?

>>87247303
Because if he moves while crouching, the scabbard drags.

That's bad.

It's more practical to have it on the back, where there are no issues, than on his hips where there are several minor issues.

>>87247242
Thanks and no, I'm very confident in the characters themselves, I just always second guess myself so I was starting to think I needed to be more unique for its own sake instead of letting everything stand on its own.

>>87247303
>Bullet coming at you
>Duck quickly
>Sword hits ground, either fucking with your momentum or just making the panel look shitty and weird.

Swords tend to not go much below the kneecaps in fiction, because it usually looks like shit and makes things harder to draw.

>>87247382
>That's bad.
Why?

>on the back, where there are no issues,
Going off-topic a bit here because practicality isn't really an issue for a comic character, but here's a short list of real-life problems with wearing a sword on your back
>You basically can't draw your sword from its scabbard if the blade is longer than your arm. You'll have to take it off and then draw it.
>the loose end bumps against your back constantly
>if you tie it down at the swinging end so it doesn't bump against your back constantly, you cannot bend over
>you can't sit on chairs
>you can't sit on the ground if your sword is at all long
>hilt catches on things like low branches

>>87247160
Honestly, a story where the dog and cat are more or less equals - say, it's a relatively small dog and a really big cat, and they're different kinds of smart - would be pretty fun. That said, don't worry too much about avoiding cliche so long as it's not the centre of why your story is good.

>>87247303
>What makes you think it's easier to carry a heavy thing on your shoulders, where it has to be supported by all the muscles of the spine in addition to the legs, than on your hips where only the legs are affected?
Besides the reasons others have already pointed out, it looks better on his back anyways. It's not like he draws it from his back. When he uses it, he pulls a strap loose and lets it off of his shoulder.

>bracers have their ridges and straps in different arrangements, the circles on his belt are all different sizes, the proportions of his gloves are all wonky
These are all pretty pedantic nitpicks. I never said my drawing was perfect. But the slight inconsistencies shouldn't be a reason that I should make the design simplistic.

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Welp, I still need to colour this, but I need to hit the sack rn. Will try to colour it tomorrow, but I liked the small changes I did, even though I still has to fix stuff here and there.
One step at a time.

>>87247445
I don't think you've given this a lot of thought. There are countless ways to avoid the "problem" you're describing. Here's a few.

>character puts one hand on the scabbard to control it
>character draws his sword and drops his scabbard before the fight
>character sidesteps instead of ducking
>scabbard hits the ground and it affects the outcome of the fight
>scabbard slides along the ground as the character matrixes/limbos the bullet, throwing up dust

>>87247960
>it looks better on his back anyways.
In what way?

>>87248361
In the way that there isn't a big great sword hanging on his hip.

This is a matter of opinion anyways.

>>87247960
I'm with you on the sword staying on the back, but your design has issues with consistency in detail. Like, it feels half Jim Lee (minus extraneous lines and endless hatching) and half Steve Lieber.

Whether it's more or less detailed is your preference, but I'd recommend either smoothing things out or embellishing things like musculature and texture. Right now it reads a bit funny because the face and pads draw more attention than the rest of the body.

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Finally sprung for a tablet.

Woo woo! Expect it soon I guess.

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>>87248619
"Witch", you say?

>>87248361
I think you missed an important detail in what I said.

>makes things harder to draw

I didn't say you couldn't fix it; I said it's a bitch. Finding an aeshetically pleasing pose that works with a sword that drops that low is a consistent timesink with no real benefit.

Like, what's wrong with a sword on the back? Plenty of great character designs have that. I'd understand if you were trying to say there's a specific reason it doesn't work here, but it sounds more like you just personally dislike it.

>>87217923
>tfw practically ready to start, planned, designed, ect but too anxious
>tfw not confident i can do it so i dont
JUST

>>87229795
this style is fucking great

>>87248972
I think 90 percent of people are in the same boat. The business world even has a term for it: want-repreneur. I'm working on getting my drawing skills up before I can really do anything that isn't shit. What's hanging you up?

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Finished this page!

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>>87249060
its cool to know im not alone in this

>whats hanging you up?
lots if worries
>what if i cant stay consistant with schedule?
>what if i dont even get past the first panel?(interactive so i need inputs)
>what if no ones even interested?
>what theres something im not ready for and dont know it yet?
>shouldnt i grind more?
ect.

>>87249117
Why is his skin color so dead looking?

>>87248520
>In the way that there isn't a big great sword hanging on his hip.
...There is, though. There's one right there of nearly the exact same size as the one on his back.

>>87248862
>no real benefit
>can incorporate the scabbard in fight scenes, giving you more options
>can have the hero dramatically throw his scabbard away to show that this fight is do or die
>relaxed-but dramatic posing with one hand on the sword's hilt
>can imply a character's unfamiliarity with wearing a sword by having them bump things with the scabbard
Also, I don't find it to be an added time sink. It's no different from a cape or a dress. You're always going to have to tailor your dramatic fightan poses to what the character is wearing.

>Like, what's wrong with a sword on the back?
It's a pointless break with reality, for starters. You're asking your audience to suspend their disbelief further than they have to. It's like how when you put a horse in your comic, you usually give them four legs and one head - unless there's a reason for a character not to wear their sword on their hip (in or out of universe), they wear it on their hip.

For example, I like Guts' hook-and-chain dealie, where the Dragon Slayer is so damn big it clearly wouldn't work if you tried to wear it like a regular sword. It emphasises the character of the sword, which in turn emphasizes Guts' character.
I'm also okay with it in video games, where it avoids having scabbards clip through characters' legs, and lets players see what weapon they have equipped more easily when viewing the character from behind.

>>87244162
It's weird seeing apps used in a comic that's so retro

>>87249639
A long sword and a great sword aren't the same thing. You're not taking thickness, width, or weight into consideration.

>>87247160
what if the dog has more down to earth intelligence so he's not completely dumb

>>87249299
>interactive
that justifies a lot of your stage fright, my good anon. why not do a practice quest here on 4ch'n, just with scribbledoodles, just to get a feel for taking commands? and another simple non-interactive one just to see how long panels take you, to get into the groove, etc. make it a prologue to your interactive comic if you want

>>87249639
>It's a pointless break with reality, for starters.
it's already a Buster Sword. That ship has sailed
honestly, I can't imagine wearing a sword that wide on your hip. it would swing around and injure people or yourself. your back is the only sensible way to carry something that heavy. If you ahd it at your hip you'd have to have it secured with multiple belts so it stayed perfectly rigid, which would make it impossible to crouch or sit. there's a reason real lfie swords were held on the back, if not drawn from the back, once they reached an appropriate size.

>>87249702
I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
Are you trying to imply that either of the swords in >>87245970 are supposed to be longswords or great swords?

>>87250184
The blade is as wide as his fucking head.
It's a thick ass sword.

>>87249639
>Pointless break from reality
Motherfucker, we are talking about comic books. The most famous swordsman in the medium has swords IN HIS KNUCKLES.

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>>87250056
>it's already a Buster Sword.
Uh, no it isn't.
The buster sword has a blade the size of a man. The one Albern's got looks like a double-size gladius which would weigh around 8 pounds if it's to scale. Not a practical sword design, but you could still easily carry it around in your belt.

>>87250295
So's pic related, you'd still wear it in your belt if you had to wear it somewhere.

>>87249415
Because he's not human.

>>87251632
oh fuck, is he half building block?

>>87249973
that sounds like a great idea
how about a super short one here?

>>87252795
As long as super short is under 10 panels, I think that would be okay, but if you're doing the interactive practice, that needs its own thread because all the replies will be numerous

>>87252995
yeah i dont think it warrents its own thread, but i dont want to take up too much space here either

>>87253158
we have a /qst/ board for just that kind of thing

>>87253404
didnt think it even warrented one there but i guess ill give it a go
thanks fampai

>>87253519
okay make sure to link it here so we can participate

>>87249117
make him fuck two girls at once with his nose and chin.

>>87249849
That's something. The cat's got his detective skills, but he's mostly an indoor cat while the dog's owner brings her hiking and hunting all the time, so she's much more wilderness savvy. That also plays into the fact that I was going to have a stray as a love interest, adding street smarts to the trio.

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Sharing a friends choose your adventure comic which updates daily based on readers submissions.

http://www.acidflowers.com/

>>87254040
Maybe someday.

Or maybe I'll just request that in a drawthread lol

>>87254759
>male cat
>female dog
Why in the world were you worrying about being seen as cliche? I can't think of any other dog-cat duos like that.

>>87255629
especially not with the girl as the dumb one. i've never seen that. fuck, the girl having more street smarts might be really interesting. maybe she's actually had puppies, and he's neutered.

>>87255245
bookmarked. cute and good.

>>87255629
>>87255688
Huh. I guess I didn't think of that part as strange since they're loosely based on stories we used to make up for my own pets. And thanks for all the ideas, that's a lot to work with for now. Hopefully I'll have some panels in the next few weeks depending on if my drawings keep improving or plateau out.

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>>87255368

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I've been thinking about starting a webcomic but pretty unsure of how it'd turn out
also i drew pic related today

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>>87209882
this is my comic, i showed up two weeks ago and got some tips about panel flow, so far is doing better in facebook by virtue of my friends and family whereas is not getting a lot of traction on tumblr mostly because im not sure how to promote it
(1/5)

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>>87259200
(2/5)

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>>87259230
(3/5)

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>>87259254

>>87259288
and that is it, this is the page, i upload every monday, wednesday and friday.

disregarding-reality.tumblr.com

any tips? and criticism?

>>87259317
It's neat.
Took me a few tries to understand the last one and I'm still not sure what anima's supposed to be or reference.
'fraid I don't have any practical advice or criticism (this kind of stuff is really out of my field) except that it's really weirding me out that you don't capitalize your I's.

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>>87259317
fuck, forgot image

>>87259506
anima literally means soul in latin, and sounds similar to anime, is common for artists to be frustrated by plebs and normies asking "is that anime?" when they see their drawings.

as for the lack of capitalization is because english is not my first language

>>87258485
it's based on a dream we all had!

>>87259288
I don't quite get this one
but in general i love this comic and I've had it bookmarked since you last showed up
you have more than these 5 comics, I know that

>>87259512
looking forward to edits where it just says what do you call this plan? AMERICA/ENGLAND/etc

>>87259589
Ohhh I see. I've heard of animus/anima before but.. between the AE, the weirdly-written a at the end of anima, the fact that Anima is capitalized and nothing else, and the fact that all four of these people look really important but I can't tell who they're meant to be... it just feels like there's a lot more going on than I can figure out.

>>87259612
im only posting the five most recent that i havent post yet, i dont want to post the same comics over and over

unless you want me to in which case ill be more than glad

>>87259612
see here >>87259589

>>87259732
they are god and the devil, maybe i should make it more obvious next time they show up

>>87259756
no it's just that posting /5 makes it sound like these are the only ones. it would have been less confusing if you'd said "these are the most recent five!"
>>87259589
but I DO draw anime. people used to annoyingly say "is that pokémon?"

>>87259798
>people used to annoyingly say "is that pokémon?"
exactly

> it would have been less confusing if you'd said "these are the most recent five!"

ok, ill keep it in mind for the next time

>>87259791
I feel like your comic has a type of humor where it would actually fit if God and Lucifer wore name tags.

>>87259791
no, you know what?: the problem is I was having trouble telling who was talking, each time.. now i see the angel has become the devil, now the dots are connected. it all makes sense.
similar problems with who's talking in this one >>87259512 i'm pretty sure i'm going retarded

>>87259947
>>87259904
>God and Lucifer wore name tags
i think ill steal that, that's golden

> the problem is I was having trouble telling who was talking
you're not going retarded i have a tendency to cram speech bubbles in panels without planning ahead how they would fit and end up either not drawing them at all or overlapping them in confusing ways, gotta work on that

is taptasitc a good place to post webcomics?

>>87260955
no

>>87259200
rly makes u think...

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This me comic. It's basically about a typical "chosen one" hero kid that gets abruptly teleported back to earth and now he has to get past the fact that he's never going to return to his beloved jrpg fantasy world.

Kinda want to go in a slice of life direction with the end goal of this guy accepting reality and moving on.

What do you guys think? Im trying to get back into drawing comics and I just kind of went with the flow for the idea of the comic.
(1/3)

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>>87262399
(2/3)

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>>87262427
(3/3)

>>87262399
neat idea. it will be important to establish he came from earth in the first place of course. very cool. something I feel like I should have come up with upon finishing Astyanax.

>>87259230
>>87259254
>>87259288
I like these, any more?

>>87262985
yeah i wasnt sure whether to do his origin story on how he got to the other world while he's talking to the girl or to add like an exposition page before properly starting the whole comic-

>>87263504
yeah there's a lot of ways you can do that. i'm jelly you thought of such a great idea but i don't envy your decision..

>>87262399
>>87262427
>>87262459
So The Devil is a Part-Timer without the devil part?

>>87262399
>>87262427
>>87262459
reminds me of this comic http://english.bouletcorp.com/2014/09/05/kingdom-lost/

>>87263373
i have a website where i upload every monday, wednesday and friday
disregarding-reality.tumblr.com

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>>87240360
Continued...

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>>87264166

>>87263848
Pretty good, how's the readerbase so far?

>>87264201
so far i have seven followers, i dont know how many people actually check the comic .
on facebook it has more reach because friends and family help it spread it, i just started a month ago and have barely 22 strips so i'll see what happens a year from now

i'll have to think ways to promote it or make it reach more people

>>87264193
Anywhere I can follow this? I really like it

>>87264193
cute as FUCK
>>87264275
I check it!
>>87263822
top goddamn quality. does this guy do other comics too? his site isnt reacting for me properly. That was a hell of a great story.. short, meaningful, and some nice mild twists.

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WIP of the next page!

>>87264350
Thanks!

I've just been posting it to my doodle blog
http://charnelhome.tumblr.com/tagged/greg-and-goldie

>>87264428
the yella's a little hard to read.
panels 8 and 9 made me crack up. panels 11 and 12 fell pretty flat though

>>87265030
Eh, it's more for establishing how naive they all are.

But yeah, I'll try to fix up that yellow a bit.

>>87265488
yeah their content is fine, it's the writing that needs polishing up. i bet you can punch it up

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In today's comic, Remy lets all the info he heard sink in for a bit.

http://zyxcity.tumblr.com/

>>87248619
>>87248648
Witches are cool!

>>87266675
Pink hair, huh? That's a surprise.

>>87262399
>>87262427
>>87262459

Looks pretty cool, can't wait to see what's next!

>>87264275
Feels like you should have more. Quality stuff

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finished this

>>87266675
Not everyday you can say your dad was a dictator.

>>87267173
I can relate so hard...

>>87267173
fuck my shit i have to do that again this weekend, and I just goddamn did it

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Redoing the bats chasing them, how's it look? I'm afraid it doesn't really look like they're chasing them, but maybe I'm overthinking it.

>>87269106
this is definitely an improvement
ow!

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irongate.thecomicseries.com updated Monday, take a look if you'd like

>>87269192
ooh the orthodox crucifix, you don't see that one every day

>>87269192
very gross and gory, not my cup of tea

>>87264193
Is cute, will follow.

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yesterdays page , not sure what I'm gonna do today

>>87228830
Your fire is a little formless and lacks a sense of being in the space, I'd recommend the book elemental magic: the art of special effects animation. Even if you're not thinking of animation it's got some great tips about how to handle drawing stuff like fire and water.

Also I'd really recommend using thicker lines or doing your drawing and inking on paper. Structurally your drawings are mostly pretty good (hands could use some attention still) but your sketchy lines are doing a real disservice to the forms you're building.

>>87214865
This looks really nice but you could have pushed the perspective in that first shot a little more and really given us the sense that we're looking down on the scene. It looks like the verticals on your buildings are converging slightly towards the top but the angle from above would mean the should be converging towards the bottom, meanwhile the rocks just appear kind of flat on the horizon. It would also be really helpful for the sense of immersion to have some kind of foreground element in that shot.

The last panel also has the sense that you could pull a little more 3 point perspective out of it to add to it's immersive qualities, but the composition having that added foreground helps it a lot.

The nice thing about working with a setting like this is that you don't really have to overly worry yourself with perfect perspective because these kind of wooden buildings tended to be pretty irregular and sagging, especially as they got older. So it can actually look better when you get lazy sometimes.

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I keep updating Wilfreda's Halloween Super Spooktacular Halloween Special. Today's page shows Wilfreda and her friends meet "Knucklebuster" Ned (a bully that's not really that much of a bully; he appears in a previous arc of the webcomic), who isn't having a good Halloween.

Luckily for him, Wilfreda is extremely kind.

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>>87209882
My webcomic is pretty much dead because I don't have time to work on it anymore. Also I gotta kinda give up on it and give other work my full attention. Still, I'm making time for dumb comics about myself, I guess.

>>87273189
Oh, wow. Yes. Happens to me, too.

Nice drawing, though. Cute characters.

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Lil' preview of the next Gag Show episode.

I love clever censorship.

>>87272433
awww what a sweetie. and she's in the middle of a contest even.
I love the breakdown of candy types.
too bad. cute style.
>>87274687
wait, she's not a natural pinkhead?

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Finished this page!

>>87277025
Nope!

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In today's comic, Sonny returns! Unfortunately for everyone, someone else does as well...

http://zyxcity.tumblr.com/

>>87273288
I feel a little less bad about it knowing I'm not alone in that. Also I need a Betty. I'd be so much more organized if she followed me around.

>>87272433
>>87273189
>>87274687
>>87277048
>>87277085

Neat stuff, everyone, Keep it up!

>>87274687
>>87277048

Lewd, dewd, but very good.

>>87277085
Goddamn, the faces you draw always get me.

>>87277048
Why would a robot think vaginas have anything to do with urination?

>>87242290
The design seems solid but

1) He looks older than that. He could be, like, 34.

2) He has really really small legs and rather short arms and a comparatively large head

3) his mouth's a bit wide.

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how do i end this

what do i do now

>>87278293
well you cant just have a urethra sitting in the middle of NOTHING
>>87278803
you're asking us? we've been waiting on you to resolve this. we thought you had some kind of idea or plan. no?

>>87279607
Absolutely not.

I'm running on fumes here.

>>87280043
aaaalright, it's brainstorming time.. let's all do it. let's do it together. scrubbles deserves it.

>>87280043

>When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.
-Raymond Chandler

>>87280274
Right, as if /co/ wouldn't call that edgy or tryhard.

>>87280274
whomond who? that was michael scott

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>tfw you haven't updated in so long you're afraid to even login

>>87280523
Which Michael Scott would that be?
All my googling gives the original quote as pulp novelist Raymond Chandler's essay "The Simple Art of Murder" back in 1950.

>>87277264

>very good

This is why ppl don't respect anyone's opinions here, it's DA tier criticism.

>>87277264
Thanks!

>>87280978
It's either CF or himself samefagging, no one else takes that garbage seriously

>>87281686
how seriously do you have to take something to draw fanart of it?

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I'm not sure if "pissssss" as a sound effect here is too over the line or just enough over the line.

>>87282474
only if she's peeing onto dry leaves. otherwise that's not really the right sound. fuck the line. what did the line ever do for us?

>>87282704
GAS THE LINES
BOUNDARY WAR NOW

What are some comics that do time skips well?
I'm picking up Mushoku Tensei from a friend's recommendation and Love and Rockets from meme recommendations.

is it annoying to present a comic inconsistent in quality? because of meeting deadlines or having mental illness?

>>87282474

So, is she a guy???

I remember seeing that one page where the wind knocks up her skirt, and shows off her red trousers. Is that the secret?

>>87286902
know a lot of guys who sit down to pee?

>>87286936

I get that, but I mean earlier on, I thought the trouser reveal was kinda like a clue to that she might be a he, along with the strong jawline and short hair. Unless I am missing something here...

>>87286968
you're missing a lot if you think she has a strong jawline, or that short hair is masculine
she'd be a god damn hell of a manlet, isn't she like five foot nothin? with hips spanning coast to coast.

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Etsy store is open!
How much would you pay for this?

>>87288932
how is this webcomics?

>>87288932
I'd pay you about $3.50 to never let anyone see this again.

There's nothing wrong with it.

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>>87264193
Cont.

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Should this one be on the Etsy instead? It's more burlesque.

>>87289265
awkward vampire socializing!
it's really a shame you showed us the end already, i'd enjoy shipping them

>>87289387
Seriously, you could make a living being paid to keep this to yourself.

>>87289512
That's not the end, this is absolutely a romance. She was just admitting it's creepier than she expected.

>>87289614
SQUEE
er, um, pardon me.

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i'm thinking of finally putting up a patreon, but what are good rewards? i've been thinking of commission-style, like requests, but i'm worried if i can't meet them or expectations. plus, if it's a one-time thing, then i foresee many people paying once and then stopping.

should i do a weekly or monthly stream too, with sketch requests from patrons? and otherwise is free to the public to watch.

>>87290588
>i've been thinking of commission-style, like requests,
I tried that. i got no bites. the few patrons I got, I asked what they wanted, they ahd no idea

>>87290685
ah, i thought usually people would ask for characters, either original or fan-art.

>>87290825
right? that makes sense.
we all needs agents is what we needs.

>>87289265
>wearing a dress shirt under a hoodie

good thing he's already dead

>>87289752
I fully embrace such a response, anon.

>>87291256
God

He's gotta wear the hoodie to cover his silly vampire ears but he's absolutely a pasta-pocket kind of guy.

>>87291524
pasta pocket? that's solid starch, man! are you insane?
unless you mean pasta AS a pocket, which would be ravioli or manicotti or something.

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>>87292641
I'm talking hardcore spaghetti pockets.

>>87282704
Well, it's wet leaves, so that's close enough I guess. Also if you're the only one who bothered to comment, I guess it's not too across the line.

>>87286902
No, she's a woman who just happens to have a lot of masculine traits because of her action-girl history. If you'll recall, there were a few panels back at start of this chapter where she wasn't dressed and it would have been very conspicuous if she was a guy.

>>87286936
I actually debated whether I should make "pees standing up" yet another zany quirk of hers, but I figured that would probably push her past "tomboy" and into "transman" for a lot of people.

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Any of you folks doing anything special for your comic for Halloween?

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Part 2 (and Finale) of Bits & Bytes' Halloween Special is up! The hosts are looking for Herobrine, but he might not the the only creepypasta lurking around.

Yes, that's Cooking Mama with a Pikmin costume, and the Toad next to her is Zess T. from The Thousand-Year Door, wearing a Metroid/Samus Aran set.

You can read more here: http://bitsandbytescomic.tumblr.com/

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And since we're at it, here's also the newest Wilfreda page for the Super Spooktacular Halloween Special.

Victor attempts to step up his Trick-o-Treat game, but he soon finds out he's not just outnumbered, but also overpowered. Poor guy, can't catch a break.

Read the whole thing at http://wilfredacomic.tumblr.com/

I have a rough concept of what I want to do but the more I put it all together the more it seems like nonsense that's not worth doing. Do I just go for it anyway? I'm not going to write anything else.

>>87288932
>>87289387
I bet you have a patreon too

>>87295171
> the more it seems like nonsense that's not worth doing.

How do you mean?

If the story doesn't even sound like it makes sense to you, the guy who came up with it, that's a problem. You don't have to write something else, but you should definitely write it differently. Try to figure out what the core of the story is and how you can have it make sense while keeping the parts you love.

Tying together the original scattered ideas of a story into a cohesive plotline is one of the reasons writing is hard to do - there's no real getting around that effort if you want to write stuff.

>Do I just go for it anyway?
At the end of the day, the only thing at stake is wasted time.