Why aren't you creating that webcomic? You have this wonderful

>wonderful
>story
pick one

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Because I can't draw, and no one likes to read words anymore.

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>>91994954
Because I don't have anything to make it digitally, I'll start it before the end of the year, I swear!

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>>91994954
>Creating a webcomic
Despite browsing this place, Im not an homosexual Anon.

>>91994954
I-I'm not done planning it out yet
As soon as I figure all that stuff out I'll begin I swear!

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i cant draw.
i am a shame to my family.

>>91994954
Because I'm not much of an artist, but a good writer and game dev. I'm making a pen and paper RPG with its own setting.

what's in it for me besides loneliness and poverty and ultimately obscurity again?
I'd rather do something actually fun and that earns me a comfortable living. unless you work for some place like Pixar it's sort of a pointless endeavor. also, fuck the world. they don't deserve to read my awesome stories.

>>91994954
>made a comic series when I was 8
>honestly thought it had a whole bunch of twist and turns in it
>still need to improve on making actual art

I also have 60+ pages for a "slice of life" LOL where it's just mostly shit post or something...
one day anon
one day

>>91994954
Where's YOUR comic, you cocksucker? Don't preach shit to me that you can't do either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcFdyVnPMY

>>91995546
What's your concept, anon? I'll consider drawing up some designs

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>>91996339
ha ha I wouldn't share on 4chan.

I have bills to pay and I didn't make enough to keep rent up. I draw lewds for like... Four guys and I really want to stop but I'm making too much money to give it up.

I'm not even an artist and I'm a failure as a writer.

>>91994954
Of course, I do have a Wonderful story, but I currently making Design for my characters

>>91996366
Don't worry, nobody's gonna like your game anyway

>>91994954
I have been writing my webcomic for the past 2 years, every single tiny little detail is there, written on a word file.
My drawing skills are worse than the chicken scratches made by 4 y/olds

>>91996742
>writing for games
>making videogames

Unless you have a degree in code and certain engineering degrees it's pretty futile to make a game at home and expect it to launch typically. Writing for videogames is a hiring process similar to getting hired for writing news articles and editorials, only replace non-fiction with fiction. People hiring for that kind of thing would be Wizards of the Coast, Marvel, DC, or a videogame studio that liked your specific talent.

I write in my spare time so I don't have any intention of doing that kind of stuff.

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I don't lie to myself anymore. I'm an uncreative consumer.

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It's in progress, but at a rate of 20 pages in nearly 2.5 years. I'm passionate but my motivation is inconsistent and my discipline is non-existent.

>>91996796
I mean, it's feasible with unity being the easiest thing in the world to learn. AGDG are procrastinators but if you have a script, they'll do the first 10% of your game for you if you can assure them it'll be successful. Once the game is out you pester every person with a twitch channel or YouTube channel with ~1000 to ~~50000 subscribers to play it and review it for pay that you'll never give them. They can't pursue payment or sue if they don't admit they were offered pay to give your game raving reviews.

At least the game had a good story.

Because it will never look the way it does in my head, not with all the time in the world

>>91995795
This.
This is exactly how I feel. I have about 5 volumes of my comic that I made over the years. My characters are very dear to me, I consider them family.

I remember I wrote something before years ago and I saw league of legends release a very similar story to the one I had. That also killed any drive I had into releasing anything

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>TFW depression manifests as attention deficit
>TFW not disciplined enough to power through

One day. Maybe not today, but one day.

>>91997118
You need an accountabilibuddy. Someone who will unabashedly send your nudes to a grandparent if you don't meet your deadlines.

Because I'm already creating a webcomic, anon! I want to create my other webcomic idea, but I don't think I have the time for two.... ;-;

Ease off, Spongejerk Hatbob. I create other shit.

In fact there are about two dozen different creative things I'd do before webcomics.

>>91997149
You say that as a joke but I think some sort of partner could actually help me.

I can actually do shit and do it good when a classmate sets deadlines for me and checks up on my stuff.

I'm not exactly in the best position to be doing this but ah fuck it.

If it helps somebody else I'll post it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-_230SjbM

Well you see, the problem there is I dont have a wonderful story. There are no grand stories ive always wanted to tell that ive been building up inside of me for years. I want to make a comic about something but im just shit at coming up with stories, every idea i have just sounds too boring or simple and i cant hardly bring myself to care about any of them long enough to make a comic. I dont know if im just uncreative or too self critical, but this whole comic thing just isnt working out as is.

>>91997187
Didn't stop Marmaduke from happening. Create something mundane but off putting. It'll look brilliant but no one will appreciate it until significant time has passed. Your entire career will be Cow Tools

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ok

>>91997237
Add some Arial text that somewhat describes the drinker as a moronic consumer and make the toilet a gaming company you don't like. That'll guarantee your work is admired on /v/ at least during this summer.

I've got several ongoing projects, actually.

The most successful one has a few thousands readers and I've heard nothing but positive feedback. I can't post it here though cause it's porn.

>>91994954
Because I've got other, more important things that I'm putting off.

>>91997294
You do Tumblr smut too? I'm posting for free right now and I'm afraid a Patreon will run off my fanbase.

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>>91997279
Like this?

>>91994954
Because I'm just an ideas guy.
But if you fund my idea I'll hire people who actually spent their limited time on this earth honing their talents instead of spending their life talking about dumb shit on an anime image board.

>>91997335
No, tumblr's shit. I've had people beg me to start a patreon so they can donate, but I don't really want to, I do this as a hobby.

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>>91997336
That's perfect

>>91997385
I can understand that. It'll kill the enjoyment but the reblog system is literally the best way to get publicity in my opinion. I wish you the best of luck.

>>91994954
>Why aren't you creating that webcomic
jokes on you, i've been hard at work on it for the last 3 hours! just takin a quick break!

>>91994954
I can't draw

>>91994954
I have no art skills what so ever. The Orc Wife will never be sadly.

>>91997178
give us your email, we'll ALL be your accountabilibuddies. also give us your nudes

>>91997233
i think mundane is probably the last thing id describe my setting as, and the last thing id want any story i do end up writing to be

>>91994954
Because it's not a good business model

>>91994954
lol I can't fucking write

>Not helping others create their dreams.
>Not gaining connections through the success in the ones you've helped.
>Not creating your own Pet Project with the help of those you've helped in the past.

It's not about what you know, or what you can do, it's about who you know and using those who can do what you can't.

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>tfw making a webcomic buffer, an image comic pitch, storyboards and animation for two cartoons, and assorted animations for a demo reel, plus comission drawings

>>91998535
id probably need to be on coke before i get that productive

>>91998535
sounds to me like you got life sorted out anon

>>91994954
I'm better at prose and find it more satisfying than art, so I just write

I cant write for shit nor can I keep my drawings consistant enough.Maybe if I made it as a joke.

Because I like animation more than comics but it takes a really long time.

>>91998535
Best of luck! Be sure not to bite off more than you can chew.

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>>91998587
Just exercise a lot and engage in sleep deprivation so your brain pumps you with "stay awake because there's a predator nearby" chemicals. Also eat healthy and try to avoid junk food, it tires you out quicker. It's best to get gum, actually, the sugar helps and because you're using your mouth muscles your brain gets less distracted. Works for work outs too. Also, listen to hip hop and other beat heavy music, the synchronicity it produces with your body makes you more productive. I learned that at an old warehouse job. You can also go the opposite spectrum and go for very long prog rock or regular rock melodies, but the songs have to be long enough and soft enought to not distract you like heavy metal. I recommend Delton 3030, outkast, jurassic five and 80 blocks from Tiffanys for the hip hop, and Mike oldfield, dire straits, 10cc, and pink Floyd for the rock.

I gave up learning to draw. Now I'm too old, it doesn't seem to make sense chasing a silly hobby and dream of self expression when I can focus on something that will actually make me money

>>91998689
>valuing money
>not crops and gold

can't art and I don't want to have to think up new shit every day

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Its usually like this.

I often think, "wow, i want to write about martial arts anime girls", "Definetely going to write a touching story where the best girl and best guy fall in love", and "Theres going to be this twist, where the audience actually think shes dead!"

I still dont know how to execute this panel by panel. Also, its abhorrent weeb shit.

Its not even that i cant draw, i often practice in a sketchbook

>>91994954
We're too busy complaining about the ess jay double-ews, sorry OP.

>>91998662
do not listen to a word of this post unless you want to die at 40

>>91994954
Because I want to animate them, webcomic or comics in general suck

>>91994954
I'm afraid my story might be too autistic and dumb, I feel like I need an editor to tell me these things.

>>91994954
Why make a webcomic when I could write a novel?

I've been making one that has nearly 600 pages!

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>>91997066

>>91994954
because I think that I have to write a substantial amount every day. When I obviously dont live up to that schedule I can go a week without writing and thus story progress is slow. I should just write at least a sentence every day and be happy with progress no matter how little

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My art isn't where I want it to be. I want it to be visually appealing to both myself and readers.

Also, I'm a retard and keep flitting from idea to idea because I sketch one down then want to keep drawing it even though I'm already drawing something else. Then repeat to infinity.

I got an idea last night for a book I would call "Predators" - it's a group of four humans turned into half-human half-animal beasts and use their powers to hunt down who did that to them, as well as struggling to fit in with regular society now that they're freaks of nature. The leader would be a wolf-man, there would also be a tiger-lady, a dragon-guy, and a falcon-girl.
Is my idea too autistic, guys? Send help.

>>92000880
Man, I can't tell you how many artist's comics started out shitty in black and white with no shading that ended with full shading, in color, good anatomy months down the line.

If you keep fiddling around, make a mini-comic or one that has no storyline, just a punchline or shows off a pilot for your idea of the week

>>91995533
Yes, everybody knows that visuals mediums aren't made for telling stories, they're made to look great. Fuck off to /lit/ with your 'story' nerd shit OP.

>>91994954
>Why aren't you creating that webcomic?
But I am.
>You have this wonderful story
But I don't.

My only advantage is that I'm not stupid enough to keep a story going for 400+ pages.

>>92000887
Not autistic, but a bit generic. Maybe spice it up a bit

>>92000887
Boooooooring.

>>92000887
its really really bland

>>92000887

Sounds like the premise of some kind of bear em up game

>>91994954

I want to tell my story in a game

And maybe make a show in Adult Swim for a prequel story

>>91994954
Because, Spongebob. I'm not good at backgrounds. At all. And it's gonna look really weird for my characters to be standing in a blank world all the time.

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I've been writing and drawing my comics for a couple years now.
It's going well with my irl buddies and all, and I'm reliably productive, I just have no idea where to post it for more exposure.

>>92000887
It's all about the damn story, anon.
You're giving us a synopsis, which is a start of course, but it's nothing in the big picture.
Take this for example;
"In the year 2080, a ex-con space smuggler buys a casino, only to have it burned down and force him to solve the mystery."
That could definitely be cool, right?
Except it's the plot of Pluto Nash, which is one of the least successful movies of all time.
The pitch and the actual beef of the thing is life and death.
So write something of it. Pitch it later.
Don't think you have a good story. You gotta know you have it before a summary can have any juice.

>>91997237
nice

>>92002752
>bear em up
Fucking Carlos.

>>92002513
>>92002537
>>92002929
Thanks for the crit, gentlemen. I came up with the idea before I fell asleep at like 3 am, so I knew it wasn't going to be that good. Probably going to flesh it out more tonight, after my exams.

Because I can't draw, and I'd rather have the story I'm cooking up be part of a video game

>>91994954
Making comics is expensive because they are time consuming and don't pay anything. It has been started though, BASILEUSCOMIC . COM

>>92000887
>it's a group of four humans turned into half-human half-animal beasts and use their powers to hunt down who did that to them, as well as struggling to fit in with regular society now that they're freaks of nature.
This is literally the premise of Street Sharks.

>>92003459
anytime, anon. more advice that's always helped me; your first idea is usually a cliche, don't feel bad about the first one being shit, you'll hate it so much later that your brain will shit out a better idea if you keep thinking about it.

>>92003459

All i can say is that the dragon is odd because its a fantasy animal put next to three real ones.

Unless you mean komodo dragon.

>Got an ongoing webcomic
>Got a publishing deal with an established house that's pushing into new & bigger markets
>Working on at least 2 animation pitches
>In training to become a mechanic for the local transit authority that guarantees a lifelong career plus benefits plus a pension. I can pay for all of my comic projects without even having to worry about them breaking even or getting picked up by a publisher.

Honestly I'm just trying to figure out a way to level up. At this point I've basically stalled and I don't know how comic writers go about getting agency representation to gain more opportunities.

>>91994954
My underage furry porn comic is chugging along fine, thank you.

>Create a slice of life webcomic about grade-school children in the future
That's just asking for trouble, anon.

>>91994954
Take your pick.

> A kitten with Herculean strength, a lanky inventor and a drunk, old veteran are forced to take on surreal odd jobs to make rent.

> A journalist is mysteriously transported to a space version of the old west where in order to survive she must team up with an old alien cowboy on a quest for vengeance.

> A young wraith is given a hand me down dungeon tries to achieve his dream of having the most diabolical institution in the land.

>>91994954
I have the story and some concept art but its just characters. i can’t draw anything else. Im also in a dilemma: If I make it a webcomic people would’t give a shit about it unless it had porn or game/anime references or some attractive stimulant like those. for making it a comicbook i have to find a drawer and an editorial and where i live there are very very few because it dosen't have a big market (third-world country). i also dont have much money.

>>91994954
I am afraid it will end up being another owlturd
you know, self-insert trash, depressing 'jokes', no subtlety at all... I mean, at least it'd have somewhat of a plot but still
That and I suck at drawing. I'm trying to get better at it though.

>>92004213
>TFW you look back at Bob and George and realize it's not very good

>>91997564
kek
two days later he's dead or famous

>>92004101
c

>>92004233
I mean
it was what there was at the time

Alright, I have it. What about Seinfeld, but they have superpowers.

I'm going to write a children's book first. I dint have the skill to draw a comic a week, so I'm making a short story instead and then ill do or get the illustrations done

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>work 6 days a week
>Dead tired when i get home
>tfw I'd rather sit around and watch a show or listen to a podcast while I browse this shit hole than put forth the efforts and get better at drawing and work on my little story

>>92005066
>Work night shift at a lab
>When there's not much to do I write for my story
Haven't had much chance to in a while, but its a good way to pass the time and to get angry when work interrupts

>>92000880
>My art isn't where I want it to be. I want it to be visually appealing to both myself and readers.

Look at a webcomic. Any webcomic. Look at the very first strip/page. Now look at the latest page.

At least 80% of the time you'll see a huge jump in image quality. You don't improve for your webcomic. You improve WITH your webcomic.

So... to stop the thread from dying

What would be the best way to actually start a webcomic?

>>92003697
got a link?

>>92006533
Make a few pages' worth of content, ask your friends what they think, upload it somewhere, get some exposure via twitter or something. From there, just repeat these steps indefinitely (you can stop asking people about the pages beforehand once you're confident enough).

Now, when I say ask your friends what they think, I'm referring to criticism. If they can't do more than say "looks great" or "better than anything I can do", they're shitty critics. If you want something more objective, ask a few artists, or even /co/'s webcomic general if you're that desperate. If you can impress random artists, you're on the right track.

>>91994954
I am still collecting ideas for lobster man.

> I could be making a porn webcomic
> right
> now

>>91996843
prequel pls

But I am working on it. I'm close to the first draft being done, then I get to start revising.

How about a comic that adapts the urban legends and creepypastas into readable stories, EC Comics style.

The only thing keeping me from working on my H&S comment is my lack of drawing skills.
I can imagine some neat and interesting ideas but when it comes to existing them on paper or SAI, it looks like dog shit and I get discouraged

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>>92008011
One day I'll get enough creative energy flowing to churn out enough of this comic to get people invested and then drop off and disappoint everyone like Kaz

This is probably my best case scenario and I apologize in advance because it's a really good comic and you'll possibly have a waifu in it

>>91994954
Because the audience of people who would read a comic about a Jake Lloyd stand-in taking an alien psychotropic and becoming a cosmic bodhisattva is depressingly small.

>>91996339
Are you willing to do this for other anons?

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>>91994954
>mfw doing prepwork on my comic by doing character designs and learning some comic techniques
>mfw I realized I barely have anything written down in terms of plot, besides some vague ideas of what I think I might like
One of my main characters doesn't even have a personality yet

>>92010404
start writing then, no time like the present

>>92003697
are there skunk girls?
If not, add some.

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>>91994954
My problem is I can't figure out what the audience would be.

The characters suggest a younger audience, yet the setting might be a little too dark for them. Not to mention the overarching plot is likely to be enjoyed by a more mature audience. I'm all over the place, and I'm still racking my head about what to change, if I should change anything at all.

>>92010922
Don't underestimate children, anon.

>>92011135
It's hard not to when literally everyone around you says "oh these characters would be perfect in children's books, oh but the plot and violence is too much". I'm not like that, but when you're surrounded by negative nancies it starts to rub on you.

>>91994954
I need to create/ get a website to host it most likely, would have to make character designs which I'm pretty shit at, along with how I want the character to act, interactions and overall plot.
Some part of my mind say just Toriyama and then fix it up later

>>92011166
now i'm interested. care to share any more?

>>92010922
>My problem is I can't figure out what the audience would be.
Is there an audience for a comic about alternate universes, selling your soul to demons for the sake of adventure, RELATIONSHIP DRAMA and gratuitous movie references?

>>92012133
This, it's the Internet. Do you think furries and pedophiles just sprouted from the ground when it was invented? Niche demographics are practically what the internet was invented for, just ask any freak on /d/ or /trash/.
Do it, you'll find SOMEONE who likes your bullshit.

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>>92012677
...Actually, you're right anon.
Yeah, I'll just go ahead and my comic about self-destructive people going to alternate dimensions and goat demons with fedoras

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>>92011463
Cute little animals on a journey back home to stop a royal conspiracy, battling eldritch abominations of darkness and chaos along the way.

Basically an (early) Don Bluth movie in comic form, or at least that's my goal.

Pic related is an unfinished drawing. I haven't drawn many scenes, only character concepts. I need to improve my art.

>>91994954
Because the stories I have in my head are far more entertaining when they stay in my head. To write them down, draft them out, edit them, and bring them into reality would kill them.

It's why dreams are so fun when you're experiencing them and so unfun when you're trying to explain them. They're entirely different experiences; a webcomic cannot possibly communicate the experience of "punching your friend (but he didn't look like your friend, but you knew it was him) because the CIA police thought you two were working together and by punching him you were saving him, and everything was on a under-construction skyscraper from your childhood".

That we forget our dreams so easily is a blessing, not a tragedy. It prevents us from dragging something magical into the world of the mundane.

I'm not making a webcomic because I like my "wonderful stories" where they are: in my head. And when I forget them, it's not a problem, because they've already done what they needed to do.

>>91995546
>and no one likes to read words anymore
Some still do, personally I've just recently started exploring the world of webnovels, I should try lurking on /lit/ and ask some day
Anyway, you just gotta shill harder for yourself, and the authors you read, get the webnovel scene rolling
Speaking of which, mind if I...?
http://royalroadl.com/fiction/chapter/84397

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>>92014291
Also, there is no pornography in the world that properly captures the things I imagine, and that's why every commission falls short.

My comic idea is basically "like JoJo but..."

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Because there are far better ways to make money. Like selling ass.

>>92014630
>read webcomic that's pretty decent
>Patreon gets like 3000 dollars a month
>"wow, that's so much, how did-"
>12 dollar a month Patreon tier unlocks an archive of NSFW art of the characters
It's sorely tempting for my own. I'm pretty shameless and vanilla nudity would be good practice, but the comic itself is 100% SFW outside of violence.

>>91994954
A lot of the "story" is incomplete and pretty scenery doesn't make up for that

> "this wonderful story"
> begin the story in a lighthearted, hopeful and cozy way
> important characters either get all their dreams and hopes crashed into dust or suffer faiths worse than death
> the world is fucked
Is this a widespread thing? Are there many authors that just can't stop making their characters suffer?

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>>91994954
1. Because I don't know where to post it
2. I'm a white dude and if anyone besides you people found that out, I'd be Crucified for a good joke

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>>91994954

I can't draw and can only afford to pay other people to draw it every now and then.

so I'm turning it into a book instead

>>91994954
I have the ability to create one of the best stories in the world. But I hate everyone so fuck you I AIN'T sharin' nothing with no one!

>>92016411
bones is that you

My ideas are probably executed better in animation format, and I have nearly zero experience with it.

>>92016068
Where have you been the passed 30,000 years?

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I can't draw and my idea for the story sucks, and even if it didn't I don't have the intelligence to execute it properly.

>>92016068

That's what makes stories engaging anon. We want to see characters overcome their struggles and succeed. Characters winning and being happy 100% would be boring.

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>>91994954
Because no matter how hard I try, my imagination and thoughts don't surpass beyond high schooler's ideas taken from cartoons, anime and videogames. My deeper worlds created end up just hodgepodges of shit I play or watch.

Same with my drawing. Stuck on a an artstyle that I don't seem to improve on and races and character ideas that I feel sound cool but then I realize my subconscious simply picked them from somewhere else.

"Being inspired" can only get me so far when I can't seem to think anything original to it even when I /try/

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I made this comic a few years ago

I only ever sent it to one of my steam friends

>>92016892
Made me smile.

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>>92016847
Pic related. A sketch of a race I made for a silly magitech sci-fi adventure story. A armor-wearing beettle-design race with black faces inspired from the NES Final fantasy Dwarves.

I was immediately told they literally looks like I ripped off characters from the game Spiral Knights. Which is extra soul-crushing cause I don't even play the game and all i can guess is that I saw them once in my life and my mind unconsciously brought it up.

>>92016846
> implying they'd actually get to suceed in the end
Oh you.

>>92017103
But they do. A victory can be earned, no matter how small.

Of course, if it's just full of depression with little to no positive outcomes it's going to be garbage. Unless it's played for laughs, but that'd require the writer to actually be funny. Spoiler alert, most webcomic artists aren't funny.

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Everytime I try to write a script for it I can never manage to finish it. I shared the idea with my friends and they all like it. I also can't draw for shit so maybe I'll end up actually working on a plotline and pitch it to a company.

>>92016948
Clearly your only option is to make Spiral Knight comics.

>>92017317
I don't even like the game.

And this is just an example, all my other race and character ideas just go downhill from there...

>>92017384
I have seen Spiral Knights exactly once in my life, years ago, and I recognized it instantly in your drawing. If this is the high point, you are obligated to post the downhill.

>>91994954
Because I'm too poor and lazy to set up an actual website and everywhere else I could it's apparently frowned upon to make a webcomic that involves constant physical and sexual abuse of cute and relatively innocent creatures.
Also, I'm not that good of an artist and I put pursuing my actual career above what would be little more than a hobby.

>>92016538
Oh shit what gave me away?

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>>92017531
I kind of lost the files where I had most of these (not sure if I erased the, I just don't remember where did I put the file, nor do I know where the fuck i left the actual real papers) but I guess I can go and find them and sink myself more into a living joke if you people want, I guess. I'm sure I still have them in one of my computers somewhere...

erased them*

i cant draw

>>92017710
Your image is making me very sad and I don't want to do this anymore. I'm sorry. It's not like those aren't great designs and I don't think you mentally stole them, your concept is too complicated for that and the stated inspiration is different.

I have ideas and I even have some measure of talent but... it's been a mother-fucking iceskate uphill. I just lost three days of work while working retail hell figuring out what formats don't fucking work in manga studio. I mean, I overcame it but I keep worrying I will die before I make it.

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>>92017925
>Apologizing for my own inability to imagine something better.
>In 4chan of all places.

Don't beat yourself up over it. I brought it up so it's really my own damn fault since otherwise I shouldn't have posted that pic to begin with. It is really all I can do anyways so might as well just laugh and /then/ feel sad about myself rather than just be sad and feel worse, right?

I am sure I have them somewhere so if I find them I may post some, but from what I vague remember:
>The pic I posted
>A race of junkyard lizard nomads with big shells on their backs. Their innards being so hot they sparingly spouted steam from holes in the shell.
>The ones I remember the most were Elf-looking dudes with advanced tech. Years of advanced-yet-dangerous industrialization made them the tech-wiz race of the setting but caused their respiratory systems to be unable to fully breathe correctly off their homeplanet, as well as causing their bods to sprout crystal-like deformations on their skin and hands. They also wore big special collars attached to their necks that acted as respiratory filters. Still looked like boring animu elves tho.
>Humanoid race with animal parts because that's totally not a cliche and constantly used trope, but they grew to have up to four tails i their lfiespan so that makes them totally-original-and-alien, right?
>Manticore looking warrior race. Probably the less embarrassing-looking designs I made if I remember correctly, however nothing unique about them either.

There were others, but fuck me if I can remember. I think I had some amphibian looking group but I don't think i even drew them. Also I had some badly drawn guns and silly looking tools since it was suppose to be a pseudo-comedic thing with over-the-top stuff kinda like Ratchet & Clank but mixed with magical elements as well.

I realize in retrospect since when I came up with all this crap I probably thought it was the coolest shit. Can't even say I was young and dumb.

>>91994954
>webcomic
nah man I'm making cartoons

>>92018587
Everything sounds good except for the furries.

>>92006554
https://e621.net/post/show/1099166/

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Because when I dropped out of school, my main medium for drawing digitally expired. I haven't found something that can replace it since and not even pirating works for some reason and I'm too dumb to make it work. I just want an art program where you can use the fill bucket properly.

Also, my story ideas are pretty cringey when I tell them to my friends because they hit too close to home for us.

I'm currently polishing the writing before i get started on actually drawing the dang thing :-P

>>92021860
Be careful you're not polishing it for too long. It's a pit too many fall into.

>>92021745
try Krita, or Fire Alpaca

I want to make a mecha story/VN. Through time loop, there's three characters that each pilot it and deal with kaijus/rogue mechasin their own way. Magitek and stuff occurs, the mecha have a constellation motife, Heracles being the main machine. One pilot would use magic and "force of love", another uses magic as well as witty plans and tricks, the final one cannot use magic but is proficient at boxing and street smart, carrying over that to the mecha. Its also be interesting to have a weird time period, maybe Victorian age with magic but with the mecha. Sounds pretty generic now that I typed it out.

>>91994954
I am working on it though. It's just it's a bit ambitious so I still haven't finalised the exact story.

>>91994954
I don't like web format.

>>92016847
Start going outside, less vidya, more walking.
Start ripping off from nature and real life, that's what all the greats did/do.

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>have drawing skills
>have writing skills
because i'd rather shitpost and play Overwatch than build a successful future. I'm afraid of failure

>>92023815
but anon
you're a failure right now by not doing anything

>>91994954
I can't draw.

>>92016411
same. people just want star wars and family guy. meh.

>>92010922
The target audience is YOURSELF you dingus. Give no fucks and just do it

I'm concerned my drawing skills aren't up to the levels I'd like, but it should be enough to not make people bleach their eyes, at least.

I've been entertaining the idea for a while ever since I started writing, but I just don't really know what to do with the comic. I don't think I can fit the actual storyline into a comic layout unless it's whole pages or something.
Because the story is mostly based around almost constant warfare, maybe the comic can portray a much lighter side either off the field or between conflicts, being more focused on character relations rather than trying to put bullets in each other.

I don't really think the story would fit very well as a webcomic unless I did something like that, unless I like, alternate between strips/pages of combat and hanging around at base-camp or something.

>>91994954
You've got the wrong guy, buddy. I don't have a story, I have a setting.

The problem is that it's actually just a pretence for me to engage in escapism by self-inserting as characters in short, circumscribed scenarios that I'd like to act out. There's no actual underlying story that could support it in a way that's interesting to other people.

It's a nice setting though. One day I'll figure out how to actually get stories going.

>>91997237
why the fuck do I see loss in here??

>>92004101
Any mention of a cat and any sort of scientist is going to make me think of this:
https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/43273239/#q43273239

>>92021745
Sai is pretty good and it's free

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I'm working on my comic, albeit slowly. I'm just glad I got this far. I need to fight my laziness and pick it up though or else I figure it will take eons to finish it.

I'm actually in the process of hiring musicians to help make my dream story a reality.

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I would love to start on my webcomic, but I have finals in a couple weeks and a Webcomic career isn't going to pay the bills.

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>>92028984

>>92025587
If that's the link I think it is. I assure you that the cat in my story lacks tits. Whether that's good or bad is up to your point of view.

>>92028927
>I'm actually in the process of hiring musicians
This made me think
What is the best way to implement music on a comic? Is it a good idea?
I mean, on animation you can have a scene with a certain song and it will last as much as you want it to but when you have still images that gets more complicated

I've already reached point of success that I can be comfortable with where I am in life. While I'm still far off from achieving my true dream, the goal is in sight for me. I work for my local college paper as a cartoonist putting out 2 strips a week. I make 15 bucks per strip they publish, I think. On top of that, I'm starting to branch out and submit more of my strips to online distributors. Even though most if not all of them are non-profit (One of them only got adds in their site as of a couple weeks ago), I'm still getting my name out there. Besides, for me doing comics will always be something I do for fun. I've published a few books but nothing noteworthy, just something I sell to my friends for shits and giggles

So yeah, call me a loser because my art is pretty bad and my writing is pure shit. It doesn't matter to me. I've kinda achieved more than most guys do their entire life and I'm not even 20.

>>92016892
Anon, you should make more of these. You have a clear understanding of the importance of panel composition and the flow of comedy. I don't know if you draw comics regularly, but you should keep making comics like these and posting them online so people can see them

ITT ideafags aka >i have no skills but a great concept

>>92016892
please make more.

>>92029816
99 times out of 100 their ideas are shit too.

Dunning-Kreuger effect applies really hard to would be creators.

>>91997178
hey bro get a friend, I'm serious. I made a really close friend in one of my classes and it turns out we both want to do the exact same thing. So we're going into animation together, and we're going to account for each other so we get shit done. Having a friend to motivate you can do a lot.

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>>92029199 The animatics I had in mind would be slightly more complex than this one to fit with the music, but scenarios I had in mind would be created in sync in Flash.

My website allows flash files to be installed in place of a regular comic. Some songs I imagine would be shorter and fit small loops like this one for maybe a fight or silly scene.

A fully animated music video would be the apex of the music I commission, and will be testament to the work I put into it. In order to keep my schedule on time, I planned to order the music ahead of time and work on it before I reach that part of the story. Otherwise, I imagined putting simple picture placeholders until the bigger music videos are complete.

I believe music will add the extra bit of cinematic experience to the story that most webcomics don't have. It should give the readers something else to enjoy. I believe my comic story might be bland without it. I'm not a good comedian or tragedy writer.

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>>91994954
because
a) I'm a depressed sad sack of shit
b) I have a plethora of chronic illnesses and immunity problems which I need to work through first
c) videogames are more fun than fixing either of the above

but you can't say I'm not trying, I just dropped 400bux on a LCD graphics tablet

>>92030240
>I just dropped 400bux on a LCD graphics tablet
I got mine on ebay for only 100 dollars
I mean it's missing a few parts but it's alright

>>92030248
why is his head upside down
>his beard look like head hair

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>>92030450
Same for me, I bought it second hand but in excellent condition. Includes everything so I'm not fussed.
Now I have to wait for it to arrive.