HYW/How's Your Webcomic? #349

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>>90052987
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 [Embed]

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

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

>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

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+draw+comics

Me and a fellow /co/mrade got nominated for an award with our webcomic. Hoping it leads to a boost in readership and opportunities. Nice to know that these kinds of threads can pay off in the long run.

>>90053583
thats really cool senpai, which award?

>>90053623
Dwayne McDuffie Award. It's kinda new. This is its 3rd year.

>>90053583

What's your comic?

>>90053646
>award for diversity
What a merit

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Hey /hyw/ ,

I took one anon's advice and made some changes to my most recent update. I'm moving into grey scale and color, but I've been told by /ic/ that my fundamentals are shit, so I'm redrawing my first chapter as well. Here's the updated update, with the first chapter as in to follow.

1/?

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>>90054052

2/?

I'm talking with an artist I know about collaborating on color, since I'm a bit shit on my color theory (thanks /ic/), as you'll see in the first chapter I'll post next.

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>>90054089
3/?

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>>90054115

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>>90054147

>>90054052
I don't mean to be an ass, and I'll admit I'm going off memory but...I don't really see the difference. The old man's hands appear flat and as if they're rendered in a different style and level of detail, the characters' poses are stiff, some of the composition is questionable (a kid saying they have to swim in places an adult would walk is shoved in a corner, has more of their body visible, and is standing straight up? what???), everyone looks like they're viewed at roughly eye level even when they're not, the panel composition and flow seems likean afterthought...

Some of the backgrounds are nice, and the fish was done well, but the page lacks coordination and your characters don't feel like they're actually there.

>>90051207

ooh, water-droplet magic? jeff goldblum would be pleased
but since you havent drawn all the droplets in yet it looks like snot magic, and that is amusing

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>>90054291

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>>90054115
I fixed your comic
Less panels, more essence

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>>90054387

You're not an ass. I'm not a graphic artist, I'm a draftsman and sculptor. This is a pet project of someone who is self taught and never took a drawing class in my life. I have no ego, so I just ask that if you must tell me I'm shit, then be specific so I can improve.

I set out to make a test comic because I knew I was not good enough for real comic art, but I want to get better so I practice and share.

>>90054987

that's super fucking funny. That was the first thing I did when I started redrawing the thing, except I took out the bend and gave a full page to the deer dragging, with better perspective.

>>90054713
Nah, it's not magic. It's just supposed to be raining. I haven't gotten around to drawing most of it yet.

Actually, since magic is kind of the topic of the thread, DnD-style flashy magic is one of the things I really wanted to get away from with Carrion Girls. I mean don't get me wrong, I like wizards flying around and having magic multicolored laser fights as much as the next guy, but for something set in the dark ages I feel like something more mystical and dark fit better.

So (human) magic in Carrion Girls centers on the unseen worlds of fate and "spirit", rather than physical reality. Rather than throwing fireballs, you do mystical bullshit things like tattooing a horse's head and hiding it under the floorboards of someone you don't like to give them cancer.

>>90056661
yeah I like me some flashy magic but sometimes the pure workable methodical hexy traditions are fun too, and for a comic like this they're way more appropriate

wait, is she not using that kind of magic to track the kitty? she mentioned using its fur or something, right? it's not like, whichever direction the water drips off her hand is where the kitty is?

>>90056787
Yeah, I'm not completely clear on how she's supposed to be doing it, but you'll notice she's got a little charm with some red string and some black hairs dangling from her ring finger. Probably she's carved Svarti's name or some kind of magical stave on the side of the little wooden tile that we can't see, filled the carving with a few drops of blood and the way the tile points or pulls tells her where to go.

>>90057006
ohhhh a hanging compass, okay. I'm sure that'll be more clear once it's finished

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>>90056787
I've seen them both used very well in comics.
The more "unseen" magic tends to add this mysterious aspect to the world, as it's something the reader can't quite understand.

Personally I'm actually a big fan of flashy, at least in my comic (never been a fan of magic lasers, though). I definitely agree that the more occult-y type stuff is more fitting for CG

I tend to ask myself questions that I think the audience would ask should i publish my work today (not that i'm even very far along in the process), that and letting scenes play out naturally in my head, has really helped me out. Here's an example.

>Setup, I and a friend had created a LOT of characters and scenarios. They were all Trope heavy
>Had a ninja girl character whose parents had died (I can name 3 anime we could have stolen that from.
>Most of these Trope characters
>One of the core characters is Desmond Estus, born in Great Brittan, comes to Japan on a mission

>Audience Question
>Why is a Brit doing work in Japan?
Well, his employer assigned him
>Does his employer have Japanese people who could do missions?
Loads
>Why didn't they assign one of those? They wouldn't stick out too much
Its like the Frog in the Pot analogy, outsiders would be more likely to view their surroundings objectively
>Would any of the Japanese employees have a problem with this?
Probably

This brings in Ako, whose Clan, once prosperous, is in financial ruin after all of their best ninja were killed. Ako has taken it upon herself perform missions outside of her age appropriateness to raise money while her older brother runs the clan. (Her brother outranks her but is more of an admin, as is the case for historical ninjas). Ako has beef with Desmond because the contract requires him to work on her families land and as far as she was concerned, the contract should have been her family's to begin with. She became a character fueled by money, but not for greed. I'm satisfied enough with this progress for her character to incorporate her back into my story.

>>90052245
Your rendering is definitely getting better and better, don't ever feel that you're putting too much effort into small details, so long as you're learning. It's through these long trials that we pick up better work flow, tricks, or just muscle memory that help us reduce time spent while maintaining the same level of art quality.

I am eager to see how far this painting style will develop, it looks great and unique so far.

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One panel of a page im working on lol
Generic slice of life story about a french teenager transitioning between secondary school and college

>>90059951
i could go for some slice of french teen life. that is a cozy room

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Did a character bio for my main character!

Gonna start putting my comic up online now that I'm almost done with the first story.

>>90060007
hooray! bios. Something so many comics neglect including mine

>>90060174
I really like character bios for comics! I might shorten it though, make it more to the point.

One thing I really like about Cucumber Quest are the simple little character bios.

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>>90052987

ahem. new wip. might not be able to get back on the internet and upload it until tomorrow. all it needs is word balloons and its done.

website: http://ggz.thecomicseries.com/

>>90060007

really interesting stuff man

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>>90060007
Nice to see your still alive Dust.
Always got that smooth character designs and colors.

>Anyway

I've just starting doing the line art and planning from my pages after sketching a few out and...

Good Lord i though i was gonna make the line art good... But for some reason it's Not the way i thought i was gonna look.

Is it me or Do you think there okay? OR do they need improvement?

>>90061629
I'm in love with the lines you used for the background.
But yeah, the character definitely looks off. Not sure why though, sorry. Something about the curves not being smooth enough? Too samey line width?

>>90059951
i like it
do you mind pinpointing the vanishing points? im trying to understand perspective

>>90061123
>3rd panel
>full body leotard
>4th panel
>now a dress
??

>>90061629

First panel looks great.

Second one, the lines just look REALLY sloppy on the character. Just take your time and smooth them out more or something.

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Any better or worse?

>>90062235
Definitely better, the hatching adds a lot desu. Are you going to be doing this in greyscale, black/white, or what?

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>>90062278
Black and white AND Grey scale, I'm still trying to experiment with what i can and can't do.

>But I'm also doing certain scenes in the comic in color, for the extra experiences. or at least when i can color more comfortably.

>>90062235
Completely separate from the previous issues, I gotta say it's a bit off-putting that there are things closer to the camera than the character but with way thinner lines.
Like, the broken egg in the lower left has really thin lines so I have a really hard time seeing it as being closer to us.

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Here's this week's Monster Lands sketch! It's Emperor Offed. He's a tall dude. More will be revealed about him later.

>>90062235
i love your notes and little mouse so much.
my pressure sensitivity has problems with that too, it just cuts off at a certain point.
>>90062420
huh, there's something about this guy.. he seems so solid and hard, but his silhouette has almost no ridges. even the plates under the pauldrons are so thin they're almost streamlined.. the torso-piece doesn't have a ridge where it stops, it's just flush with the underneath bits... the pauldrons themselves seem paper thin, the ankle and knee joints all have a totally smooth connection and the arms are quilted leather(?) so they bend flexibly too. the phalanges of the fingers have some thickness, but the handpiece is flush either open or closed. am I way off base?
I guess if I'm fair, real suits of armor usually fit together very snugly too, but they weren't just begging for some thick-platey arthropod-jointery like this is.

>>90062407
Ah HA! now i see.
Wow you know i was in the mind set of doing the line work first then refine whatever I'm missing after a quick revision.

I guess it makes sense to do this before i present it on here, but this also isn't finished so...

>Thanks for reminding me what i should have been doing from the beginning...

>>90062420
>Offed's (Try saying this out loud dude this is a hard name) body decayed long ago, and that was years before he died.
>Body decayed.. years before he died...
>Decayed... before... died...

Dude what...?

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>>90059320
Thanks! Yeah, I feel like it comes in cycles - you learn to do something new that looks good but takes forever, you get effective at it, and then you realize you could do something that takes even longer but looks a teeny bit better.
Of course, sometimes you learn something that simultaneously saves a ton of time and looks way better and that's just the best.

>>90062612
His body had decayed but he was still alive, then he got blown up and went away for real. Sorry for unclear wording.

>>90062365
>>90062235
REALLY like this design, man. Love the ears.

>>90062716
I really dig this art but I feel like the speech bubbles hide too much of it.

>>90062716
but what if you find a lot of things that save a lot of time but make it just a teeeeny bit worse?

>>90062750
Thank god, So I'm guessing that armor was used to protect him, but not from everything. Yet it survived the explosion.

>Lol this guy has the same foot design as my character. freaking good looks learning how to make these work in combat. It took me awhile to get the angle right for mine.

>>90062750
How do you figure? Like the text is too big?
It's not like they're covering anything important in this page.

>>90062762
Then you use the fast methods for the bits that aren't very important so you can make the important bits even better. For instance, hand drawing every leaf on a tree can look a little better than using a leaf brush with a few hand-painted finishing touches, but it takes longer and it doesn't add much.

>>90062854
yeah curled-up toes are hard to draw man
>>90062920
it's a deal!

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I'm new to this. this was made as part of a do the damn thing effort after years of kicking it around.
dunno what else to say.

>>90063000
Neat.
Nice values except for panel 5 - Birdman's head needs a darker background.
I feel like you're having trouble keeping the details of the mouse-design consistent.
Using the square brush is not what you should be doing if you want the background to be unobtrusive. Try an airbrush.
Honestly, how much time did you save by copy-pasting the mouse in the last panel? At least draw the tail different.

>>90063000
Is this the final product of page 1 cause if it is it's good.

Though i'm not gonna lie to you i really can't take these characters seriously the contrast in the suit and the actually animal wearing it... it's a really awkward juxtaposition.

Not that you shouldn't stop, but that just me you know...
Got any different design you did for em?

>>90063000
did you forget to color the fur in panel 4? the heart on the chest is a little inconsistent too

>>90063000
I really like this and the character designs. One question though:

Panel 1: white feathers
Panel 2+: black feathers

or did I just unlock the deepest lore?

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>>90063238
fair
>>90063540
well, I'm not sure. I've redone the story a lot since I made this months ago but my problem is that I keep changing things, and I'm starting to think I should go with the direction this particular iteration started in and try to meet myself halfway with doing and concepting.

hmmm. I kinda don't mind that it's awkward? At it's absolute basic fundamental heart this story is supposed to be about cute(variably) characters in a kind of edgelordy universe.

though your exact phrasing is "actually animal" which is confusing because of how damn stylized they are. Not to dismiss your perspective, I just don't feel I understand. It's a dang furfag comic!

pic related, a sort of newer design but not technically the same character, tho from this thread's perspectively I doubt that really matters.

>>90063773
maybe it's a head feather? this is apparently a bald eagle

>>90063579
>>90063773
admittedly this is a very rough page

>>90063996
see that looks a lot cooler. it's not so straight upright.
animal heads are usually elongated forward, while human heads are elongated upward, to go with our upright stance.. so furry bodies (especially ratsmen) are best hunched over somewhat, or at least leaning in a battle-ready stance
ESPECIALLY with bent legs like this. the other example has totally straight legs, and apparently plantigrade feet (the bird seems to have them)
while this black-suited fellow is digitigrade and looks way cooler

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Look at his little face!

>>90064205
honestly I kinda have to disagree. there's particular posing and actions that are served better by a plantigrade set up. though maybe I"m so desensitized to furry imagery the visual dissonance is lost on me.

>>90063996
There's a bit of inconsistency here bud...

You see the character you have in the first one >>90063000 are animals with humanoid bodies (nothing wrong with it). But look at your character in the second post although it's humanoid it still has it's animal anatomy a bit.
(Mainly it's hind legs still being mostly animal like)

Also Mice don't have hind legs like dogs, they possess similar hind limbs to us humans in a way but more elongated, designed to crawls and stand on temporarily.

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>>90064281

Starting my storytime of one of my earliest and definitely most favorite webcomics thanks to an anon at /wsr/ who got the lost pages from the author

>>90064324
sure, but then you humanize the heads more. You flatten the muzzles, increase the cranium and forehead, make them look more like animal-ish humans instead of egyptian gods

>>90064338
well, six of one, half a dozen of the other. mice are plantigrade but they have long feet and bent knees. We went into this a few threads ago with that guy drawing a cute little mouse guy..
you don't want them to walk digitigrade but they should pose that way for action-readiness, the same way a human does sometimes. once again I gotta point out Scurry as an example

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>>90064338
not at all. I think this image sums up my point. From a pure aesthetic standpoint, the digitigrade "Weakens" her stance. but it's pretty subjective so shruuuuug

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>>90064713
Guess so man it's you're choice in the end either this.
Or human anatomy.

>>90064713
a mouse is a weak creature, a weak stance suits it. that's why Splinter is such an iconic character, the idea of a wise old rat sensei makes so much sense
but the shitty new show makes him 7 feet tall and straight upright like a pole, it's baffling.
I like all three of these, but keep in mind the face is drawn much flatter here and that helps it a lot. also the center one has some issues that would only be appropriate on a goat or horse, so that's right out

>tfw dont know how to start your story
>tfw have points/scenes you have down to a t but dont know how to lead to them properly
Where do i start bro's?

>>90065480
Well, find out what kind of story you want and the characters. The idea of a story is about a character's journey.

>>90065480
go ahead and start in the middle why not?

>>90065635
i never thought about that
It would make character introduction a little clunky but could be fun

>>90065857
that's why you put in scenes that quickly make it clear what everyone's about
the worrying guy worries about the things in that scene, the dumb guy gets it wrong, etc.

>>90065889
then you can have the nitpicking uptight chick lead you into the flashback later on when you figure out how it should have started, by nagging everyone and reminding them of the past

How would you guys feel about a villlian who can go back in time and at the same time a different dimension?

And as a result deletes about 5 pages from the site's archive?

>>90066333
From my experience with in-universe retcons, a story-based time shift that affects the archive isn't as fun as it sounds in theory. You'd have to hold out on doing it until you have a sizable audience for the gimmick to work in the first place, and it'd mess up the experience for newcomers.

>>90066333
I've always wanted to do something like that.. but it only works if you actually have a big enough readerbase that someone's going to notice it.
what I'd really like to do is rig up some kind of cookie system kinda like that "you only live once" game, so that it would legitimately show something different after you've read something once. really fuck with the reader.

>>90066475
Oh yeah I know, that's why I'd have links to previous dimension's adventures in the desription.

I have a decent reader base, about 80 people per day.

Just wondering, are there any resources for haircuts, specifically haircuts that represent different personalities?
I'm trying to find a haircut for a stuck up woman.

>>90066528
hmm that's a good amount..
so basically you're saying you'd have a branching archive, but you'd make sure when people go back, they see the alternate one?

I prefer things like.. a really subtle hand or something reaching in just offpanel and affecting something, and then much later on a time traveler goes back and it turns out that was his hand
I never managed to do that, but I did once put a really subtle written note in a panel, then a more clear one in the next panel like "hey look at the previous one" and the subtler easier-overlooked note was like "See?"

>>90066624
That's a good question. Things like that are usually either very subjective or super cliche. I'd say that in general, the fancier the style, the more overbearing and stuck up the person probably is.. they clearly care a lot about their appearance or else they use it as a vehicle to show off how rich they are.

How do these lines look? I want to get the coloring for this page finished tonight but I don't think that's happening.

>>90066624
Try going onto beauty websites, they should have plenty of resources for that. I don't know what kind of hairstyle would represent a stuck up woman, but I'm kind of imagining straight black hair with a bob.

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>>90066805
Shit, forgot the image

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>>90063000
love it
jotted down my two cents real quick; the flow is quite rocky imo

>>90063000
This is looking really good, but a few things seem a little off to me. To me it looks like panels 5 and 6 could be switched with panels 3 and 4. Ms. Mouse here just thrusted the sword into bird dude, right? So wouldn't she have her hands on the sword like in panel 5, before releasing it in panel 3? Plus, going from detail shot to detail shot, to full body seems like a more natural shot progression to me.
Idk, I might have it all wrong. I'm just curious why you arranged those panels like that?

>>90066627
Oh well, I'm not gonna do anything like that, but I do plan to have him go through a trippy flash with trippy music everytime he does go back so that'll be something.

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>>90062716

15 hours... why does it take you so long to digitally paint? i did this skull in less than 4 minutes from scratch off the top of my head, no ref

do you force yourself to take super long breaks or is that the actual time you spend on the page not counting the breaks?

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>>90070178
surely you jest

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>>90070178
Stop being so masturbatory, bones. You couldn't even paint this panel if you were given 15 hours.

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>>90059951
small page update

>>90070551

The perspective looks a bit off on the sidewalk in the bottom right of the last panel, and honestly the whole scene looks kind of weirdly squashed. I feel like if those buildings are meant to be sized appropriately for people, then that is one weirdly massive sedan (or the other way around).

The detailing and use of negative space is great though, keep it up.

>>90070682
Ya im gonna redo the front car, the one behind it is way more appropriately sized, and not far behind it

>>90070682
>>90070881
infact, im probably gonna reduce the population size and just remove the sedan in the front
It's supposed to be a small town in Sanford from Hot Fuzz

Who/what inspires your art the most, HYW?

I started reading Dungeon Meshi this past summer and it's the culmination of all of my artistic goals; character design, expressions, color, backgrounds, it's just all so good.

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Finally finished the first big update of my new chapter
Feel free to critique, I need everything I can get

http://vidyadeparted.tumblr.com/post/157475850313/vidya-departed-chapter-1-part-1-the-bi-monthly

>>90071152
>what
Movies, and TV
specifically Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Her, Twin Peaks

>who
Yoshito Usui, Bryan Lee-O'Malley, Katsuhiro Otomo, Alex Ross

>>90062235
>artist has inferiority complex about their art
lel, no artist has this problem ya dingus

in all seriousness, looks good mang. I think your concern about the line width might be based on how the character's are the thickest in the entire picture, so it kind of seems out of place.

As an experiment, I would try thickening the outer lines of the rock formations and the egg in the foreground, see if that changes your opinion of the character's lineart

>>90071496
oh, this issue was already resolved, I just didn't read that part yet

never mind, I suck dick

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>>90070467
>>90070360

14 minutes from scratch start to finish

15 hours and i could paint the mona fucken lisa

just saying

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i feeling a bit odd.

http://character-limit-blog.tumblr.com/tagged/my-comic/chrono

>>90071559
>no bg
>no lighting
>off model
>texture phoned in
>bad anatomy
>awful rendering
>details ommited
>only one panel
>no idea of drapery

>idonteventhinkyoutried.jpeg
again, surely you jest

What is the best format if my comic is more a graphic novel and not a continuation

>>90071559
Looks like shit, dude.
And if that render took you 14 minutes then all the figures on that page would have taken you about 2.5 hours and they'd still look like shit.

There's a difference between churning out zero-quality comic pages constantly and spacing out pages you actually give a shit about and labor over because you know it makes a difference. You've made your choice there.

>>90071667
Totally depends on the length and what you mean by continuation. What makes you think it'd require a departure from a standard webcomic layout?

>>90071713
>What makes you think it'd require a departure from a standard webcomic layout
People seem to like continuations more than a set ammount
I am looking at around 150-200pgs at most

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>>90071637
>>90071713

>>90071267
that's a pretty good punchline, not one I expected.
so do they actually code in any working characters based on people's designs or do people have to get the animation shiz working themselves.. like they mentioned it has to be able to have at least a walk cycle.. this game sounds interesting. reminds me of cybertown

>>90071757
Nah, that's plenty of pages for the usual format. It'd be refreshing to have a comic that's planned out and pretty much guaranteed to end in a reasonable amount of time.

>>90071763
Even if you're just trolling us I still probably spent less time on my post than you did drawing that half-assed garbage, so you came out behind.

>>90071152
the repeatability of art like peanuts or 2d game graphics, where a template represented 'a person' and could be customized. That's what inspired me that I even COULD make a comic. Then tweaking that was even more fun
the irony that similarly 'inspired' teenage artists after I grew up would take up the popular hobby of doing a terrible job editing 'doll' templates, when I worked so hard at actually learning how to make my own and keep them consistent, or learn how to copy others while still drawing them by hand..

>>90071559
You have to admit that's pretty good for 14 minutes. our bones is a top quality trol. he intentionally made the helmet look like soapstone and the mail like cat scratching-post carpet. That said..
>>90070467
>>90070360
>"oh stop masturbating"
stop jerking him off.

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>>90071763
i try to be neutral at least to everyone here but youre making it the hardest to keep that record
heres your last (YOU) from me, keep the change

>>90071869
In the name of general peace and not pissing off the tard any worse, the person posting devil pepe isn't the real bones. it's just someone's attempt at countertrolling
we need to go back to total skeletal silence, people. I know there's a lot of new blood, and that is great, but this has worked three times in the past. We can get him gone for upwards of six months if we just ignore him

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>>90071801
The game works completely off of what the player puts in it, as long as they have the knowledge to do so, or have someone else do it for them. A higher up's approval for what they put in is also needed.
Obviously there are example characters and tutorials given on how to make your character, and if people are really desperate, they could commission someone else to create their character in game for them.

Also I've never heard of Cybertown until now. I need to do some hard research on that game now, because that seems to work the same way as the game inside my comic. Thanks for telling me about that.

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>>90071637
>>90071713
>>90071840
>>90070467

>>90072080
why dont we like bones?

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>>90060007
WoW! Finally non-autistic likes/dislikes character bio!
You are pro man

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New Wilfreda the Wanna-Be Witch page is up. Valentines' mysteries, one precocious child, and one naive proto-bully.

>>90073760
I don't get it

>>90073805
It's an ongoing story. I keep posting new pages as I update the webcomic, but it's understandable that the flow of the story is lost this way.

Try reading the whole thing from here: http://wilfredacomic.tumblr.com/

>>90071559
why is she wearing sandpaper and a helmet made of cracked asphalt?

>>90073805
First two panels are one story, last two are another for no reason

>>90072335
He has a tiny penis.

>>90071152
70's comics of all sorts, capes, heavy metal, Undergrounds, whatever. Censorship and good taste were effectively dead for a decade and some crazy shit went down. It was the peak of inking too.

>>90072335
"We" don't dislike Bones. It's a tiny but vocal minority of jealous haters. Bones contributes more content to /hyw/ than 90% of this general and that makes the whiney sister-kissers who never work on their comic angry. They feel inadequate compared to his volume of work, much like they feel inadequate for their tiny penii, and lash out at their better because they cannot even fathom the concept of working on their comic. Sad, really. I almost pitty them.

Almost.

>>90063000
>>90063996
Any chance you'll turn this into a fully-fledged comic, and/or do you have a blog where you post works in progress? I enjoy your style.

>>90077176
Tiny. Penis.

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hi guys be nice to me im new :^)

im just starting my comic about galaxy warriors who deal with corrupted gods of alternative realities beating them sometimes with brawns sometimes with brains (but mostly with fists ;-))

finished the panels in 30 seconds or so. i will keep you guys updated as i progress. i apreciate critics on this

>>90077176
I stopped contributing to HYWC because of Bones. I'm still making webcomics and they're going quite well. So it makes me sick to my stomach to associate in the same thread with an autistic manchild piece of shit like Bones. So I only consider these threads, at this point, to be a Bones containment thread. As long as he's shitting up this one, he's not shitting up others.

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>>90078494
phfeww this comic starts in the middle of action

i emigrated to a new software to make these fx that are kinda hard to do, but totally worth my bucks! this page is gonna be HOT if you know what iam insayan ;^D

made it lowest kb i could for your enjoyinment

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Are any of you afraid of becoming famous?
I'm afraid of being bullied if I reveal details of my life.
I have rejected interviews more than once.

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>>90079010
bump!

still hard working in my page! i will write the text , the , draw the bg , and the hands last

>>90080314
You have nothing to worry about, so long as don't lie, don't act like a bitch, don't draw kids in sexual situations and be clear about anything you say to your audience.

>>90080732
You literally traced Goku in panel 3.

>>90078551
>quitting /hyw/ because of bones
The weak fear the strong.

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>>90081208
lel i dont even like dragonbal my dude

mayby you could say my style was a little inspired by dbz when i was a kid iam trying to change it but what you are doing is slander
dragonbal is a kids show i dont even watch it anymore much less trace it , all i draw is from imagination

>>90081224
What purpose does this thread serve that we can't get elsewhere if we find the company shitty?

>>90081208

He's trolling, anon. I would've thought "meatofdecay" would be a dead giveaway.

For the record, eating up the post/image limit with shitposts is just as bad as what bones does.

>>90081224
Tiny. Penis.

>>90081224
more like self respect

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>>90080913
>don't draw kids in sexual situations
Can I claim I do those as a joke?
I'm in no way attracted to those tight loli bodies.

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Sorry for the delay, here's the new page of Goth Grill Z!

>>90082915
i love you boans

>>90081208
stop replying to bones
>>90080913
stop replying to feelsposter

>>90081224
You do realize you can't post in hyw about how you've quit hyw, right?

>>90082620
You're probably fucked.

>>90082915
Please compile these somewhere so I can find them without having to go through old threads again and again. I am literally doing this every few days I like these so much

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My first page of my new comic. Well, a work in progress, i need to draw the backgrounds, shanding and put the speech

>>90083392
garry shandling's gonna be in your comic? awesome

this is good art so far. dem tig ol bitties though jesus christ

>>90083441
>garry shandling
who the fuck that is.

And I love big titties. Deal with it.

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>>90083481
>who the fuck that is.
is this guy serious
i was making fun of your typo, cmon guy

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>>90083355
I'll see what I can do! I just did another page.

>>90083787
lol i didn't even catch that typo dude sorry

>>90083834
anyway garry shandling was a top quality comedian for like 40 years. he just died. now you know

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would you a skeleton?

i spent ages on this and im not sure how happy i am with it.

i worry if i make a comic im gonna be a prequel. slow updates and people who only care because they wanna bone my protag.

>>90083824
http://imgur.com/a/PvzQ3
For now here's an Imgur with all the Goth Grillz content.

>>90084140
i dont go for chicks missing their mandibles and half their ribcages, but otherwise.. eh. she's pretty neat. I'm always down for skellery. It kinda looks like you're working at a weird size though because you have some 'piled up' pixels
if you do work on her some more though, try making the humerus longer and the femur shorter

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>>90084210
i work at such a small size because i feel like i have more control.

when i try bigger i really hate how it looks.
pic related.

>>90084256
well if you tried you could make lines like this actually work out nicely, by evening them out. straddling the line between 1 and 2 pixel thick lines means you have nowhere to go for gradual-ness
you could also go smaller and make it look more like game sprites..
but this in-between is just not doing you any faves, man.

>>90080314
It's easy enough to remain aloof as an online creator. I'm less worried about becoming famous and more worried about the relatively few steps it would take to link me to my NSFW stuff. If people end up not liking my comic I could become a Dobson where my proclivities are spammed in lieu of discussion.

>>90084140
The world can always use more hot skellies. Might as well roll with that fine Prequel legacy.

>>90084347
people make fun of dobby the house-elf because he acts like he's trying to hide it. if you act like it's no big thing, so will others

>>90084403
Nah, people make fun of Dobson because he's an asshole. Even if he was open about the CattyN stuff, people would mock him for it because they already dislike him for the rest of his behavior.

Hello

I have an idea in mind and want to see it through. I was wondering about digital x traditional art methods. I have no experience with digital but it seems to me easier to color but I don't know, I really like to have the paper in hands. I'm thinking of drawing with pencils and scanning the pages to color them.

I was wondering if anyone went through this dilemma.

>>90084785
Lots of people draw physically then color digitally. It's a great compromise. I just hope you have a good scanner

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>>90084342
>smaller
i feel like it just got messier. i guess big is better.

How does everyone else handle (or plan to handle) lore?

Two of my influences in this category are Young Justice and Steven Universe.

YJ had a pretty good lore, not giving you all of the information but leaving hints to character pasts and you don't have to be outright told everything. Season 2 on the other hand began to Irk me, a lot happened in the 5 year gap and it's known to everyone except the viewer, and you're only spoon-fed information as it relates to that story.

Steven Universe on the other hand is close to what I want to do in regards to lore. While there is a 5000 year lore, at least, in regards to the gems on earth, the story feels as though the majority of that time was uneventful. But What i like about it is that Steven represents the viewer, you learn about gem culture at the exact same pace that Steven does.

>>90085011
well that's because there are very few pixels that are sitting totally diagonal to each other, but see how neat some parts of it already look? if you cleaned them up further, they'd be quite orderly.. and at a small size, cleanup is a lot easier
but yeah it's also limiting, while the larger scale would let you go pretty much full Undertale and everyone likes that art. study how those aliased lines look, how their curves work

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>>90085029
I don't really plan my lore. For my comic, i plan a long backstory for the characters, and i try to play out the lore through character interaction, more than anything.

Also i'm not sure but i'd like to incorporate Dethklok in my comic in some way but I don't want to be on legal shit with AS.

Also. I almost finished the first page.

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I have a lot of problems drawing scenarios and backgrounds, like houses and such.
For a particular page I needed an old abandoned scary looking mansion at night so I edited a photo to look like this but it feels like cheating.
What do you think?

>>90085259
no, don't do that. It looks cheap :/

>>90085259
now that you've looked at it so long, I bet you could draw it from the reference!

>>90085278
I know right, and it doesn't mix good with my style

>>90085356
maybe but it's fucking boring

>>90085384
ugh, I know.
but what if you started exaggerating shit, adding gargoyles on the edges, adding some more fun things on the top fenced-in bit

>>90085510
I liked your idea. Thanks anon

>>90085029
You mean, like, the details of the setting and characters' backstories?
I don't really spend any time on things that don't contribute to the story. If I can fit something in the background or in a way that indirectly serves the plot (like if the pacing needs a joke to relieve tension, making the joke be informative about the setting is fine), then that's great, but I'm not gonna spend a panel telling the reader about how the setting works unless it's important.

>>90085259
Trace reference if you have to, but don't just use filters - it'll clash horribly with your art.
Also, get good at perspective. Most newb artists neglect it, but it's the most fundamental of fundamentals.

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Which maid do you guys think is better?

>>90085671
if youre going to make her ink black, you should change her maid outfit so it's dark blue or something. I'd find that nice and interesting. there's enough white-haired blue-eyed brown girls around already, and a lot of them are maids

>>90085671
Jesus that's lazy.

>>90085671
second one, but add red lipstick to make her lips pop

>>90085671
none of them

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>>90085089
>cleaner

dont drink and do magic kids

>>90086254
there, and see how much easier it is to keep the proportions this way? plus the skull looks less like the jaw is missing
I love the way you drew that little magic fire. You definitely have a talent for pixel art once you slow down and be patient. You might actually do a variety of different sizes and then just use them depending on how zoomed the scene is

>>90086378
well, i guess im gonna get to work on an actual comic. thanks a skele-ton for the feedback man.

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>>90085721
>>90085888
Alright here we go, I decided to just make her dress a darker grey to match with her monotonous character, also I chose blue because red lips on black skin felt kinda racist to me and when I drew it.

>>90086503
glad I could help you bone up a little
>>90086511
Glad you were able to pick up on that, that person was obviously trying to get you in trouble.
The dark gray eyes and blue lips really work, weirdly.

>>90086543
That's because I played a trick on your eyes and made her eyes a really desaturated blue.

>>90086511
make her dress also blue for the best contrast

>>90087446
or maybe make the apron denim-colored

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I'm making cards for the characters because there is a large society for the superheroes in RG as the world is overpopulated with them so they register to keep track and gain perks etc, its basically a superhero clubcard and you can buy like a grappling hook with your hero points or something, but I was going to use the cards as bios so the reverse will have a short description.
But I'm not sure about the name of the society I can't think of anything good or witty, Supers United is the only one I could think of so far, or something like Dubmass Supers United

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>>90087446
Well, I did play around with the dress and tried for dark blue, but it felt more like an old american maid dress and not a french maid dress.

>>90087570
But I did do this, does it look better?

>>90088552
yeah that works really nicely. i feel like she'd be good at keeping food cold
>>90088098
i love it! cards. and her signature is fantastic. and that's a good hotline.

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>>90061755

its not supposed to be a leotard, i was trying to draw her dress with the physics of climbing a tree in mind, also heres the dialog yall

>>90062365
>>90062420

this is pretty cool

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>>90076668

so your the one thats been sneaking into my room at night and sucking me off while I sleep!

>>90077176

i think your right man! this guy gets it!

>>90082915

your doing gods work bizarro minime

tumblr, /qst/, mspa forums, or my own site? which would be best for a prequel format comic?

>>90084194
>Jesus Garcia
perfect

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>>90083824

i lost, i laughed way to hard at this one, almost died of laughter/10!

>>90086511

i think your on to something with this style man, keep it up

>>90089355
start on mspa forums (unless you'll upset their tender sensibilities), then move to your own site once you get too big (they will let you know)

>>90089494
>they will let you know
not them but how- do they just say "hey youre too big here gtfo"?

>>90089355
how quickly do you think you want to go through with each action and how many pictures do you want to do for each update?

>>90089701
i'm pretty sure they like, alert you that you're using up too much bandwidth or something
actually i might have it wrong and it's wherever-you-host-your-files that'll tell you, at which point you need ad money from your own site to support that file hosting

>>90088987
Tiny. Penis.

>>90089494
the MSPA forums still exist? why

>>90091892
for people to start their own Prequel, what else?

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Saffron and Sage, page 17

SaffronComic.com

>>90093168
hahaha, dammit! gas-powered stick never runs outta gas

>>90091892
>>90091925
>>90089494
well it looks like the mspa forums are currently down and have been for an indeterminate amount of time.

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>>90093520
bloink

>>90064227
Just finished catching up, I'm quite enjoying it! Story feels like it might be moving a bit quickly, but the art style and characters are intriguing and engaging.

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W-We're gonna make it, right?

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here's page 7!

fun fact: it takes about 30-45 minutes to make a page

>>90095476
>I keep sneks and 'rantulas in my backpack because they scare off preps. i know they wont bite me because i'm one of them, but if they did it'd just be a new bloody decoration on my pale skin.
the way they eat, spiders are basically vampires, and snakes are basically reverse vampires since things go OUT of their teeth. that is so goth.

>>90095630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdIP8tWITpk

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the mspa forums apperantly dont exist any more, so i guess i cant go the lazy way and have other people write for me.

this is in no way close to final, but consider it a sample page. its mostly just to show what ive drawn since earlier.

>>90096639
good personality in those poses

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Working on number cards. Really getting into the final stretch of resources before I start making the actual episodes.

>>90097341
it is weird how much i know how you feel. even before you start it's so satisfying to make a nice number

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http://abnor.com.br/?lang=en

Hooray, page 51! Only 200 or so to go!

...It's going to be like this for a while so probably should stop this countdown

>>90097807
is.. is it possible the art in this comic has actually gotten better? or is that my imagination.

>>90097826
Tttthanks? I think every couple of arcs there's a somewhat visible jump in quality. I'd say it's specially noticeable between the old pages and page 19, then again on page 25/26, then page 33, then on page 49. Page 49 being less about my natural skill progression and more on how I am more reliant on 3D programs to set up scenes.

>>90098088
well I'm just freakin' stunned. and with this kind of writing I'd still read it even if it was doodooscratches, so to put in that extra effort.. it's great

just delete this threads

>>90099912
nah

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>>90085125
Stop! There is a thing as too big, you know!

>>90100965
You're forgetting a couple more people

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Think I'm finally starting to reach the limits of where I can push this. Does anything look weird to you guys?

>>90100850
Like you would know, virgin.

Clip Studio Paint (aka Manga Studio) is on sale again, until 27th Feb.

CSP Pro (standard edition): $25 (50% off)
CSP EX (all features): $87 (60% off)

http://www.clipstudio.net/en/

For most of you, CSP Pro will be fine. If you're seriously wanting to work towards print comics, then consider EX.

>>90101794

Your pages are getting more and more beautiful. The rendering techniques are also really interesting.

I feel like you're fighting yourself with the quantity and size of your speech bubbles. I feel like I have to peer around them to get a good look at the art.

Have you tried smaller text size, and smaller speech bubbles?

>>90100965
Don't be a faggot.

>>90088098
>I was going to use the cards as bios so the reverse will have a short description
I don't really think that's necessary. The front of the card tells the reader enough. A lot can be inferred by the signature, the photo, and the power level.

>>90102333
Yeah, it's a complaint I've heard before and I'm starting to realize how true it is. I think what happens is that during the sketching phase, I work zoomed out so I can see the whole page at once, and so I make the text big enough that it's readable at that size.
I'm also kind of paranoid that people on mobile won't be able to read it if I make the text any smaller, but they'd have to zoom to see most of the details anyway so that's probably stupid of me.

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hmm the donut thread doesn't really last long
heres a phone doodle
i never get to finish anything on my phone because it feels weird but i forced myself to do this one

Any criticism on cold openings?

>>90102740

You want this currently existing thread:
>>90081886

>>90102784
drats, i didnt see it. should have searched

>>90102773
A "cold open" is a movie and tv term for having a scene preceding the title sequence/opening credits. I'm not sure how you'd apply that to a comic.

>>90102969
Maybe he meant 'in media res'

>>90102997
Maybe; if he did, I'd say I don't have any criticisms of that kind of opening, per se.
They're useful tools for instantly engaging the reader so they don't lose interest before they get to the cool part. There's some major pitfalls you need to avoid with them, though;

1, make sure there's a bit of context so the reader cares even if they're not sure exactly what's going on. If you have two people shooting guns at each other for an opening scene, give the audience some idea of who to root for and what the stakes are. It's fine if you mislead them so that the scene has a completely different meaning once the audience knows the full story.

2, if you go back to the beginning afterwards, remember that the reader knows some of what's going to happen. The reader isn't going to feel any tension over the hero being chased by an assassin in the flashback if they know the hero survived to the present, so the scene will need some other source of tension.

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Bump it's done. Changed the text size in panel 6 since it was the worst offender, but changing the rest would be more effort than it's worth I think.

>>90104843
That's a chaos

>>90104868
How do you mean?

>>90104910
The balloons are all popping out of their panels, which tricks the eye about where to read next.
The "I mean, you dont fool cats like you do people, and he's--" baloons leads to the "I didn't know anything for sure" baloon, and that's just wrong.
Your comments make me think you are going for a fast route here, and it shows. Take your time with the lettering, is as important as anything else.

>>90104843
Also the constant change in font size makes it seem like they're shouting or whispering for no reason

>>90104961
I guess I'll have to spend some time fixing that before uploading.

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I want the waifufag audience.

>>90105316
not him, but i agree.
your font and bubbles are too big and distract from your gorgeous page.
shrink both

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>>90105645
Stop! Breasts don't need to be melon sized to be attractive!

>>90105316
im gonna add to this and say, do you write your own text speech? you might be better off making your own font from it, that way the size is consistant.

>>90106109
Yeah, I hand write the text. I've considered going over to a text editor, but by doing it by hand I force myself to think about it more than if I left it to the program.

>>90101794
not that this needs any pushing at all, but the trees in the last panel seem a little overly smooth and clean

>>90105865

I don't care I like big tits

>>90102721
just make sure the text is anti-aliased properly. your handwriting is good and clear. i appreciate nice big word bubbles but I also appreciate nice clean outlines for them, I think these could stand to shrink by 1/3rd
>>90104843
yeah I wouldn't bother for now, but in the future the size in panel 6 is just right. the second balloon might actually be a bit too small, so I'd make that your lower limit
>>90107078
I love your handwriting, it really suits the comic. slightly rune-y and all that. It's really just the stark white outlineless bubbles hurting this. Maybe if they had a parchment texture on them

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>>90105645
Big tiddies are for plebs

For those of you trying to get published or who are already published, do you use your real names or your pen names? I'm kind of paranoid about using my real name cause I like my privacy, and I've been a part of a few fetish based communities on various art sites, but I'm planning to leave those behind to pursue a career in comics or writing.

>>90107165
Nigga just 'cause your favorite color is red don't mean every single object in your life needs to be red.

You won't get any waifufags when all your characters look the same.

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>>90107224
Is this anti-aliasing better?

>>90107875
Oh it was fine already, I just meant if you shrink it even further, careful anti-aliasing will keep it readable at a smaller size.
That said, this does already seem to look nicer.

>>90105645
The women and the men feel like they're drawn in different styles. I'm not even talking about the boobs, their faces are constructed in completely different ways and its kinda jarring.

>>90105645
How many characters are in this page?
Are they all in the same place?
The lack of backgruounds and constant camera movement make it really confusing
The inconsistent characters get even more confusing with the super-deformed chibis
Granted, there's no text yet, but still it is too confusing

>>90103480
Ooh i like those eyes
context?

>>90108421
Thanks, those are the eyes of God, and the red guy is a creature he created to do his bidding (killing humans and demons that don't follow God's agenda). However the creature slowly begins to develop a conscience and problems arise
The comic is all on Tumblr if you're interested
6 Chapters so far

>>90108470
Sounds really interesting to me, i'd like a link

>>90108628
Thanks! there it is
https://belziarius.tumblr.com/Index

>>90105645
Gonna be real: you're basically the same as Dewd, but with a slightly better sense for rendering. Your sense for humor, your ideas on character design, etc. It's the same kind of thing.

So it's funny to me that people don't shit on you nearly as much.

>>90103480
Ultraman's face looks like a nose for the floating eyes at first glance.

>>90107648

Any thoughts that might help at all? Sorry if I'm being a bit of topic. Chances are probably really small of people finding out I buy the occasional pornographic drawing or commission kinky characters from artists.

>>90107648
Guide to not fucking yourself on the internet:

Be a smart kid and never use your real name or email for any of your nasty shit.

Never do shit with your real name until you're ready to start a career.

Produce work under your real name and make money.

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Not last poster, similar question though.

How do you balance out drawing family friendly comics and having porn comics on the side?

IRL I shared my family friendly shit with some close co-workers/friends my age, and I mean IRL, they liked it, word on the grapevine spread, people knew what I made. Then showed my the same people my porno. They were cool with it, but the grapevine spread and one crazy lady made a fuss about it.

I suppose on my site, I should make an about page describing how I like to try out different genres. from Comedy, Action, Fairy Tales to porn.

Most porn I draw is standard straight porn. Or monster hentai. The stark contrast of a fiendish beast makes the female figure stand out more.

>>90110283

Lol guess I already fucked up then, cause people can see my real name on paypal when I pay them. Oh well hopefully it won't come back to bite me in the ass later.

>>90110414
if these people are close enough to show your art to period, then they're close enough for you to politely demand of them who squealed to the crazy lady

>>90110460
>people can see my real name on paypal when I pay them
i.. had not thought of that
but all of those people paid, so they can't out you without outing themselves

>>90110692
Hmm, well, doesn't matter now. That was 7 years go, i think. Transferred to another location. I have rage issues. Everyday I dreamed of bashing her head in with my bare hands. For all I know, she may have over heard my friends talking about it.

>>90110737

Plus I'm in a totally differant country from them, so I'll probably never meet them, and they'll probably never meet me. Still wish I was smarter with my paypal, but too late for that now.

>>90110846
I guess it's just... for at least a century now (the furthest back we have documented), there has been a very functional policy of "he's cool"
everyone who is cool knows not to share hot information with other people unless they are also cool

>>90109273
Slightly....? lmao

>>90110846
>Everyday I dreamed of bashing her head in with my bare hands.
That's more than a simple rage issue, friend.

>>90111105
The lines are cleaner and the shapes more geometrically sound.

That's really about it. The faces are still built entirely from pre-fab knowledge of caricatures without any actual sense for perspective or position or depth. The proportions change wildly without meaning. Anatomy is nonexistant, as is really any level of consistency. It's just a more advanced version of the same shit.

>>90111225
Well, more like day-dreamed when she was nearby. I'm not psychotic >_>

>>90111225
only because of the frequency of it. and if you had to work with this person..
well, let's just say in a world with its head on straight, the ones trying to restrict what you can say would be the ones considered to be making the workplace hostile, not the free-expressing ones.

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>>90111353
you make me sad, but well, i never said i was moebius.

I don't really care about being anatomicaly sound.
And please don't compare me to the dewd plz.

>>90108294
I see what you mean. It's how I roll tho. That's a style I want to devellop further, i'm not looking for a realistic style, but something clear and that you can recognize and read well.

>>90109273
>So it's funny to me that people don't shit on you nearly as much.
Because people don't shit on others for their work, but their personality. There are plenty of cringe or poorly drawn comics in hwy, yet most of them get no flak whatsoever. You're either dewd or his retard fanboy if you don't understand why people hate him so much.

>>90112963
rather, the personalities of the people who have nothing better to do but bitch at a retarded kid for being a retarded kid

>>90112963
So why people hate him so much. As long as i've been here, i've seen his terrible art and stuff, but i never got the hate. I guess he's obnoxious but that's it.

>>90113024
stay triggered

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>>90112957
good angles. keeps it interesting.

working on a page~~~

>>90113186
thanks! I like your style too!

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>>90105645
None of these are waifu material. You will only attract bizarre massive breasts fetishists

but anyway
>>90105865
>>90107165

Do you want to attract people other than the people who share your fetish? Do you want us to read these for your jokes? Because you are alienating us completely. It's impossible to enjoy your writing when every panel is just so blatantly the illustrator's fetish.
Just so you can look at it through our lens, I remade this page. I will let you guess which subtle fetish I snuck into it.

>>90114637
I think the huge tits are pretty ridicks but if you think anyone who doesnt have a huge hangup is going to avoid reading a comic just because loltits, you're way out of touch.

>>90071152
Good taste, anon. Dungeon Meshi is excellent.

>>90115964
>Dungeon Meshi is excellent.
understatement

>>90114637

Well, there's that one person here who does the Pregnancy fetish comic, so.....huge tits guy isn't the only one.

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how do I get better at drawing from imagination? pic related, my kangaroo OC

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>>90114637
inking two pages in one night, could have gone faster but, meh. I think i'm getting better/more used to this which isn't bad after 7 pages?

>>90114637
again, good use of angles.

>>90116102
That one at least has an excuse for the pregnant characters, and still, its fanbase is prego fetishists.

>>90116729
thanks

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Extra happy with this page.. and not just because I managed to design a pretty good transforming thingy.
Back-to-backing this subplot because otherwise the other two will run out too early.

regular version is on the site. gotta cover up those moonrabbit titties. and this time some actual human ones! though .. actually kaguya has twice as much human in her as Sasha.

>>90112957
>And please don't compare me to the dewd plz.
:(

uh.. anyone else getting error: upload failed?

looks like retard school is out

>>90116575
By first drawing from reference, naturally. Work out the basic construction of a kangaroo before you go and draw a whole new kangaroo.

>>90121849
Everyone is. We're riding out the error storm until something gets fixed.

>>90122235
alright as long as it's not just me
weird, 4chan status says it's all up

>>90097807

>mermaid in wheelchair
this is clever. i like you

>>90122172
They didn't draw that. They're mocking someone else.

>>90114637
what.
ok. OK. OOOOKKKK.

I may have to go less "all out" with dem tits.

But damn, you people on here are fucking picky.

Well, this page is late.
http://imgur.com/a/9GY3e

>>90112957
I feel like the wobbly-lined backgrounds aren't really working here. You've got a very clean style for the character art, so the wiggly, free handed backgrounds just look sloppy and hastily done in comparison. I think if you just went in with a straight line tool for your backgrounds it would make the character and background art match much more

>>90124068
noice leaves

For some reason I can't upload images right now...

Anyone ever feel like that just because your comic didn't have a strong enough beginning you're never going to really "make it?"
The start of my comic wasn't particularly badly drawn or poorly written imho, even though I've improved since then, but it didn't have much of a hook. I've been putting tons of time and effort into improving the art and story telling of my comic but my comic's still left in the dust every week by some brand new pander-y comic with only a few pages out. I feel like I've missed the window to really gain an audience because I didn't start off as strongly as I could've.

>>90124068
>http://imgur.com/a/9GY3e
Nice color palette dude, you know how to create an atmosphere that's cozy and feels "real". I get what you see with the backgrounds. I just rushed them on these pages. I don't really like to work with the line too as it looks like my characters seem to be in some sort of IKEA hell or something. I tried many things on my previous comics and what I want is something that would look like slick freehanded backgrounds.
Since the comic takes place in paris, i guess i should get better at drawing hausmanian facades and building, but that shit takes too much time.
Gonna do some field drawing today.

>>90116102
I'm not making a fetish comic man. That's not what I want to.
That's blueballing your audience. If i wanted to do fetish stuff, i'd do an all-out porn one, which would suck with my current ability to draw.

So yeah, I may put less tits on that comic on the future. The first 8 pages are gonna be full of them, but i'm gonna cut it out for the next part.

>>90124175
sbroken

>>90124234
To be honest, I'm a style guy. First thing I look at when I pick up a comic off the shelf or click on a link is the art style, is it well drawn and do I like it (which is not necessarily the same thing.)

The writing comes second. If the art is really good, it might be a while before I catch on that the story isn't that great. And even then, I might endure if it's pretty to look at.

>>90124037
man I was the first one to mention them and I wasnt suggesting you change it

>>90124381
nah but I showed my completed pages to girls I know, they though it was well drawn, but too much boobage, they though it was stupid fun. I think I made a stupid choice by trying to introduce my characters like this. These are gonna be the only "big tits" characters for my setting, but yeah, all in the same place may not be the best narrative choice, but well. On future stories, i'll diversify the appearances of each characters, so people might not think: "hey remember that character? The one with big tits?"
So yeah, changes, but i'm keeping these characters the way they are

>>90124254
One of the people going "jeez cool it with the tits man" here, and don't get the wrong idea, there's nothing wrong with a character having huge gag boobs - just, when seemingly every single female character in the comic has breasts the size of her head it goes from "oh, this lady has big breasts" to "oh, this author has a fetish".

>>90124582
I would think feet and tits, but I also think they're trolling so there's that.

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nother page update

>>90124114
Thanks, they were a huge timesink so glad they came out alright.

>>90124254
Hm, if you want something that looks slick and freehanded perhaps you could try working in just shapes/tones instead of lines? Something in a style similar to the backgrounds in Dexter's Lab might look nice for your comic.

>>90125152
Looking good, are you going to color this or just leave it as is? This is pretty nice as is desu, you've got a really good handle on balancing your spot blacks, I like.

>>90125257
prolly gonna keep it like that, i like the minimal colors
I use a brownish inker to make it look a little warm(ish) if that makes sense

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>>90125152
New panel but i feel the quality dipped a little

>>90122316
>what is monster musume

>>90124037
Sorry we don't all have your cowtits fetish.

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>>90125947
"café belle maison", that would be the gramatically correct way to title this cafe. The only coffee shop that put "café" in the end in france are bootleg starbucks. From what I see, you're going for a classic style café-brasserie, so yeah.
Also on french storefronts, we don't have fences, french laws allows to have seatings in front of your bar/coffee shop.
Pic related, it's on rue de la roquette, the best street to get wasted in paris.

>>90127936
Everybody's entitled to its own thing. I guess there's stuff that gets your dong happy that would not move me to the slightest, and i respect that :)

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>>90115964
Fuck yes.

Have you ever seen such a pleasant looking cast? Their outfits are so stylish, yet practical. Just enough variation between the fantasy races without dehumanizing them, even the orcs, and so much thought put into the monsters. Ryoko Kui is such an inspiration.

>>90130086
though if it was france the guy's name would be sebastien, non?