How's Your Webcomic? #357: Be Nice Edition

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Scrub Authors GOODIE Bag
Here’s a short list of sites that any new webcomic artist or writer will find handy:
>*-Struggling to find that perfect FONT? Create your own using this link;
http://www.myscriptfont.com/

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

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

>*-Here's a big fat compilation of CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCE:
http://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh/ (surprisingly not a typo)

>Links to get a rough WEBSITE started up:
Easy to use tumblr webcomic theme: https://www.tumblr.com/theme/39018
Do’s and Don’ts for starting a site: http://pastebin.com/kNR2W5mV
>Contact sheet if anyone wants to put information down, like their site and webcomic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwfOSHXfrgvcf--PkPz9jXL6p5RqIsrYvXYwgQpgT3k/edit#

>DISCORD CHAT going on:
https://discord.gg/rXMbdqP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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>>92508296

ok i recently finished two pages so im posting them back to back.

this page has 2 videos of me making it-
rock bgm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWG8p_oSkHo
rap bgm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnwCPFl9Zs

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>>92508642

and heres the second one and i got to go, i will get back on tonight

heres the video of me making this page i just finished this mourning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAN5IZZ6TbA

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What's a better design for a Supreme Arch-Mother.

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She also gets a fancy robe so she can pretend to be elsa

>>92508789
I like the left but maybe make the shade of grey for the clothes a bit darker to contrast the hair more but not black like on the right...

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Remember that this is a scrap and and still needs lots of polishing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m0opPOKOWPUJYZGNAbURxf2MItAxZapbCmPx6ZoqPYU/edit?usp=sharing

>>92502997
i'm certainly chuckling.

>>92509423
still loving your stuff
still seeing the same arm length issues and thinking a girl is a dude. no need to repeat it I suppose.

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>>92508296
>You've got a webcomic, right?
yep. I finally got off my ass and am making pages.

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>>92510130
forgot link

http://battlesecretary.smackjeeves.com/

>>92508296

I know this is a bit of an odd question but if a kid basically grew up only around their parents (English speakers) and one of their parents had an English accent (the other has a more standardized English patterns), would the kid pick up the accent or have a weird mixture of both?

>>92510198
no mixture.
they'd be able to speak both dialects fluently and probably use the one at home that is spoken most predominately in the family.

I think simpsons did a joke about it with the italian guy who could only speak broken english because that's what his parents spoke, but that's not how it works irl...

>>92510198
Depends on their exposure to other English speakers. If those two parents were the only people the kid listened to on a regular basis, then the kid would probably pick up a weird mix of the accents. If the kid regularly listens to other people/Tv/radio in just one accent, the kid will probably just have that accent.

>>92510130
real proud of ya
plus it's always nice to see a pistol grip barrel-over-tube shotgun

>>92510198
I went to school with a kid like that, it was a mixture but it came off 'american' to most ears. only kids who watched a lot of british TV like I did could pick up on the difference. he actually sounded a tiny bit canadian
also he used words like 'rubbish' and 'bin'

So let's say the heroes and the villain hate each other with a burning passion, and this very much informs their actions towards each other, but you can't think of a good reason for the mutual loathing. Is it actually necessary to explain it?

Right now, I have two vague ideas. One, the villain did something awful to the heroes and they retaliated with something equally awful, or they just had a hate at first sight sort of thing. I got nothing for the details of either, though both involve each party knowing each other since high school.

Again, them knowing and hating each other is actually important to the story, so I feel like if I'm gonna make this a thing, I should figure out how the thing started.

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>>92510324
thanq

i can't afford a benelli m4 with the LE stock so i live vicariously through drawings.

>>92509566
Thanks, and it's an unfinished sketch I just wanted to upload a different image

>>92510503
if you dont feel like elaborating on it, but you want to make sure the audience knows it's not just aimless, give a throwaway line that makes it clear they have a past. we'll interpolate the rest.

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>>92510509
it's... so beautiful..

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>>92509423
BTW forgot to add part 2
This was written even before the first document so it can have inconsistencies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UB3o6SXB5fEVPpprsrT_ya5xd1YHlNV04ymWgGqCg94/edit?usp=sharing

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>>92510167

oh shit so did i....

>>92508642
>>92508664

*you can read this webcomic on any of the following websites:

comicfury: http://fateschaos.thecomicseries.com
taptastic: https://tapastic.com/episode/664005
line webtoons: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/fates-chaos/world-changer/viewer?title_no=75153&episode_no=1

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Still working on finding a good style.
I'm getting close I think.

>>92511598
hot. and i appreciate her taste in flags
just a few minor tweaks to proportions and you're in. in this case the shins are too short for the thighs, forearms too short for the humeri, and torso is either fine or too short depending which direction you fix the others in

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Just wanna make short little comics more akin to what you would find in a newspaper

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>>92512479
First digital drawing of Wilson (the dog).

>>92512479
it's surprising we dont see much of that around

How do I make a girl with muscles and in a padded jacket feminine?

>>92512681
wat? most of the comics here are like that

>>92512802
Just play to the bulldyke crowd.

>>92512562
Oops, meant Jerome

>>92512823
mmm no, we have very few sort of cartoony newspapery funny animal things. I suppose it's because it's something we're all familiar with, but usually in childhood, so we either think of it as memorable and something we imprinted on, or something lame and babyish or meant for your grandma and we're not into it. there's few people who just 'kind of like' that kind.

>>92512802
As long as her jaw and brow and nose are still small, her hips are broad, and her shoulders are still narrow, she's feminine. no matter what her muscles look like.
padded jacket meaning like a winter coat? I don't..

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>>92508664

major league quick fixes!

>>92512999
Yeah I use to seeing a lot of funny furry animal comics in newspapers. Always loved those. However, I rarely see any Webcomics like that

>people still using Tapas after TOS change

>>92513110
They changed it back.

>>92511598
Where are her BOOBS?!

>>92513460
justice was served

>>92512823
We do have The Magic Forest, but he hasnt updated in forever or been in the threads

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>>92510949
ikr

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showing off some hideous bugman space faces I'm proud of.

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>>92513893
I really love that mouth design. I think it might help achieve a more buggy look though if he had either really small or really large pupils. As it stands it doesn't look buglike other than the mouth even though it does look pretty good as a random creature design.

>>92514105
His species is a mix of things, so bugness is only about half the intent. I'm happy to know the mouth is effective though, thank you!

How do you feel about panty shots, /hyw/?

>>92514222
As long as they fit with the mood/tone of the scene and series, sure. Bonus points if they're diegetic and makes sense in the story. If there's a panty shot in a scene where a girl is trying to turn on a guy I'm all for that, but panty shots in serious scenes are just distracting.
Also, this is just me but I prefer panty shots when they aren't all over the place. Having a few well times ones are nicer than just having a panty shot in every scene. When people start to overdo it I wonder why they aren't just making a porn comic.

>>92514222
A seal of quality, and an understated means of communication between men of taste. The discerning reader knows what a panty shot really means. "You've had a hard day, rest well, friend and brother."

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>>92514222
I think as with all "fanservice" it depends on tone and how maturely it's handled. I don't want to watch or read anything that feels like it was made by a horny middle school student but I didn't mind, for example, how skimpy Motoko's outfits in Ghost in the Shell were because it didn't feel out of place and no attention was drawn to it really.

You also shouldn't expect someone to empathize deeply and have serious respect for a character that the comic constantly uses to comedically sexualize. It just makes it feel contrived.

if your comic is trying to be "serious" I'd say abstain from it altogether unless it really isn't focused on at all and is just coincidence.

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>>92512562
>>92512479
I like your line work. What kind of brush do you use?

>>92513893
yeah man work dem mandibles.

>>92514222
I don't approve of panties, but if they're worn, you might as well see them.
I hate when an issue is made of them one way or another though, unless it's for comedy

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>>92508296
Hi , my webcomic is up at tapastic
https://tapas.io/series/Bhb

>>92515327
thought it said series/Birb for a second

>>92514794
Ha that edit though

I use Anibrush http://ani-r.deviantart.com/art/AniBrushes-2016-645193958

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>>92515345
there are birbs in it

>>92515194
What are you, some kind of fucking faggot? Panties are insanely hot. In fact, they're hotter than a naked butt or cunt.

>>92515415
i bookmarkened it something ood
oh shit i love kakapos and so does lulu. she doesnt much come round here anymore

>>92515397
>Anibrush
Thanks anon

>>92515491
i'll grant you that. there's something lovely and soft and nice about them
they're just horribly unhygienic.

>>92515614
beta as fuck, go rub some baby wipes on your dick

>>92512479
You know for comics like this I suggest you do the little signature and date at the bottom, give them alittle title too. You never know when you'll strike gold with these little things, and your gonna want your name on it if you do. pretty good looking mane.

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Whats a good app to get on ipad for drawing and coloring? I've got sturdy characters, and a solid story basis. Now i want to get started on experimenting with my art flow, redefining my characters and getting into comic paneling on my tablet, just to get a feel for it.
Any suggestions?

>>92516031
get a real computer and a real tablet and then get real programs.

>>92516031
Sketchbook pro would be my best guess. I highly recommend getting a decent laptop at least though and using paint tool Sai, pbotoshop, or something of the like. If you don't have a drawing tablet you can easily order one off amazon for like $60

>>92516092
>>92516130
Yeah, i know i need to do better, but i'm brokefag right now and its all i got.

If anyone has any other suggestions for ipad, it could help a guy out

>>92515967
Thanks anon, going to start doing that now

>>92516211
ah I hear that. Good luck, I'm sure something halfway decent exists.

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>>92516211
I used to use ibis Paint X for art and still do for photo editing. It's free and easy to use, though it may crash a lot if you save too many drawings. I find it's good for finishing sketches on paper like pic related.

>>92508296

Another weird question but where can I go to learn about astronaut/cosmonaut training in the 1950's? I know astronauts then were mostly test pilots but I really want to know the nuances of what they'd do in a lot of situations. Like operations, safety measures, how they'd run a ship. etc etc

A part of my story takes place in an alternate universe in an entirely different cultures/ planets with aliens that are part of human society so there are some liberties I can take with technology, but I want to make it as authentic as possible.

>>92516031
MediBang Paint. It's free, and you can cloud share files between mobile and desktop.

I mainly use the desktop version for quick sketches, and that has tools/templates/settings for making comic pages.

Not a lot of whistles and bells, but then, you don't really need all that many.

>>92516753
no idea if any of this is useful but I bet some of it will lead elsewhere https://www.google.com/search?q=history+of+astronaut+training&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

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Drip

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I worked on one many years ago

>>92517042
eh, funnier than my first comic

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>>92517042
>>92517082
No need to lie.

>>92517104
nah dude your humor's definitely ahead of mine when I started.

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>>92517104
>>92517159
Thanks. I like to think of these as the type of things you'd ironically put in a loading screen or an adult swim bump

>>92517235
yeah that seems like the appropriate place

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>>92517235
>>92517561
Just something short and quick, and all of a sudden.

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How do you make a loser character likable? Is it just about making them funny and relatable or positive?

My narrative character I talk through for that review series I've been working on is basically just a caricature mostly of my negative traits for humor purposes but I'm kind of worried that will come off as just plain unappealing. People seem to like him so far but I want to make sure to avoid making him just genuinely unlikable.

>>92518181
i think most of the time people dislike an unlikeable character it's more that it's frustrating than actually that they judge them poorly. just try to keep pressure from building and have catharsis when it's needed. i mean nobody is like 'ugh i cant watch silicon valley because i hate guilfoyle' you're not supposed to like him. it's fine.

Would you read a webcomic about girls who accidentally pee their panties ALL THE TIME???

>>92518397
wouldn't even consider it

>>92516918
like the coloring. what is it? watercolor?

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Update when?

A boy falls in love with a girl. He is mysteriously gifted with her phone number. He calls her and finds out that she likes him as well. But the next day, she doesn't remember the confession. The girl he called is not the same girl he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn’t exist in this universe at all. She is the girl’s alternate universe counterpart, who likes his own alternate self. Hijinks ensue as the two tell each other their darkest secrets to conquer the hearts of their other selves.

See: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825

>>92518397
nah. once is okay, but all the time strains credibility. embarrassing as it would be, they'd just start wearing diapers.. possibly trying to make do with the smallest pads possible by taking constant bladder emptying breaks.. and of course they'd visit their doctor to sort out their dysfunction and most likely improve if not outright cure it.

but i mean, I like that girl in Kiss X Sis. the dorky one that pees easily.

Are there any penalties to drawing porn of your own characters?

Can this negatively impact anything?

>>92518772
shows everyone you're a fucking loser lol

>>92519083
Thanks.

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>comic about a fox and a cat living on a hut in the middle of an endless ocean for as long as they can remember
>they find a bottle with a mysterious message

https://foxandcatadventures.tumblr.com/

I can't draw so I just draw like a child.

>>92518772
The problem is that it makes the comic redundant, to some. like, it's one thing if you're an animator for a tv show, and you draw porn of it.. because that's just a drawing, it's not a tv animation. so it's separate and lesser. but if all you do for your comic is draw, the porn is the same exact thing.. so it's like... you're sort of competing with yourself. it's better to draw porn of other peoples' and let them draw porn of yours.

>>92519277
I assume you're drawing with a mouse, yeah?
you could do a comic like this fine in simple geometric shapes if you were able to use a tablet or something and just slowly (or quickly) draw nice even shapes. nothing wrong with 'like a child' art, yknow? everyone loves sanrio

>>92519345
Wacom Bamboo CTH-470, actually. But Paint really is one hell of a program for a webcomic.

>>92519449
it really is. I suggest you get clipstudio
but if you are using a tablet, then alright! start making some nice even shapes. I know you can do it!

>>92516918
So is this just that scene from 28 Days Later or something?

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>>92513027
padded jacket like a gambeson

>>92512802
Post your character and we'll see.

>>92516918
This page is excellent.

>>92519645
I have never seen a coat like that in my life. what is it for?

>>92519507
I vowed to make this webcomic in Paint so I will continue doing it. But yeah, I'm slowly putting in more effort to make things look fancier. I keep practicing drawing on physical paper so I'm improving with every day. The comic will probably also improve over time. I didn't want to wait until I'm "good enough". I just started and I will get better by doing it.

>>92519835
it's worn under armor or as armor, most wouldn't think it protects half as well as it does.

>>92519900
I mean I've heard of quilted padded fabric armor but it sure didn't look like that. that just looks like an elaborate winter coat

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>>92519936
granted that's a long example but they come in all sorts, might've heard them called aketons or the like.

they were really quite common place.

>>92520066
now that's more like what i've seen. okay.
well that is really tough to make look feminine, but not impossible. it'd be all about how the waist is cinched. if you dont have a waist belt on the outside then you're probably fucked
also if she's muscular, her gambeson is going to have to be fucking huge, and look even more ridiculous on her.. like an old action figure that had a real cloth robe or something

>>92520066
If that guy is anything like me, and he probably is since we have 90% the same mane n' beard, he's overheating to the max in that thing.

>>92518772
If you're making a comic aimed at children/younger audiences that would probably hurt your reputation, same if you make any loli/shota/other fetish stuff. Honestly, I kind of enjoy it when people make porn of their own comics, so long as they don't post/share it everywhere. It's fun to look at sfw artist's nsfw material, and double so if the artist is actually competent at smut.

>>92519083
Savage.

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>>92513050

just finished a new page, i hope yall like it! HD version tomorrow, plus an additional page where i parody the loss meme! if i can finish it in time! ^^

*This is a low kb sneak preview of page 22 of FATES CHAOS, I will upload the real version and the video for it first thing tomorrow mourning!

So how do you guys go about cel shading? I've honestly never done it before and it's proving to be pretty troublesome, even though most people say it's easier than alternative methods like the blur and blend I'm used to .Are there any tricks or tips you guys can offer me, or am I just overthinking things?

>>92524280
I love it, but the thing is.. you'd think the shapes would be hard (and sometimes they are, because in real life shading just is not always a hard line) but what's REALLY hard is getting the colors right. Too dark and it looks too chiaroscuro.. too light and it makes the whole thing look amateurish and terrible. And the darkness problem makes the 'hard to decide where the line goes' problem even worse.
Now, ideally you'd use two or more levels of shading at all times, which solves both problems, but... that takes forever, and it has a way of making everything look too shiny. Now what can work is having two levels for a lot of things, then one level for more matte objects..

honestly the biggest issue I'm finding with shading is that no lighting is ever perfect. Like no white should ever really be white, but it should "read" white.

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>>92524280
I usually just do cel shading with a multiply layer set to 60%-70% opacity, it doesn't turn out quite as nice as picking out the shadow colors by hand but it works for quick and dirty coloring. For cel shading you just need to pay attention to the general shapes of the shadows formed on objects rather that focusing on every hue shift/edge of a shadow.

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Made another "general use" picture of Dupe and experimented with patchworking a few pieces from previous drawings to make it less time consuming without sacrificing quality.

>>92524280
Can you be more specific? It comes pretty naturally to me. Just darken the areas that would be shadowed and add highlights where light would be touching. I would say try shadowing and highlighting with colors other than black and white or else it muddles your linework.

>>92524755
why doesnt that ever work when I do it? I swear other peoples' copy of programs has a different 'multiply' tool function

>>92524824
What program do you use? I do almost all my art in Sai, but my shading usually doesn't look too different whenever I open it up on Clip Studio Paint. Color choice is another factor.

>>92508296

I need a name for a hacker group. Kinda like Anonymous but perhaps a little less 'grandiose'.

It's essentially a group of three guys who manage to be skilled enough to fuck around with the politics and corporations of an almost level VI civilization on the Kardeshev scale and get away with it (through the political power of one of the three). They're treated as more of an annoyance than a threat to this society since its developed to a point where death isn't really a thing anymore. (It's kinda complicated) They are capable of causing real damage, but it's not in their best interests to do so Until much later in the story


They don't really have a unanimous goal, and two out of the three aren't particularly good people (The one with the political power is a psychopath who's very good at manipulating people…the other's just an angsty nerdy guy with a lot of trauma who's only with the group because the other two caught him hacking into some network and threatened to turn him into the authorities if they didn't work for them/he starts to see them as an opportunity to get out his angst). Basically they just fuck with people/destroy property etc etc because there is something in it for them.

>>92524809
Dupe is kawaii, I wanna pat him on the head

Aside from creating good content, what would get you interested in pitching $5 a month to Patreon? Behind-the-scenes art? Live streams where you can make requests?

>>92524913
photoshaps. it's just never that nice.

>>92524924
i dunno, maybe they're called Sunspots, because those fuck with electronics?

>>92525089
Early pages, concept art, and streams are all good imo

>>92519594
Stfu
>>92516918
This looks great, good job. I can't wait to see what happens next.

>>92525170
If you had to rank WIPs/sneak peeks, access to concept art, access to streams, and access to some chat hangout with the creator, which would be for the highest tier? Which would be for the lowest?

>>92518181
Dude I want to see what this guy is like with the personality your describing. Do what you feel is right you've come this far and it looks perfessional and neat , I'm eager to see the final product.

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>>92525089
I honestly usually don't even care about the content that comes with people's patreons. It's more about me feeling that the people deserves money for their work.

>>92524924
I would say decide on a thematic for them and use a cool sounding term for it. Since it seems they don't have any unifying theme right now maybe you should consider what all the characters have in common or what "style" of hacking them use. What would they relate to themselves? The possibilities are endless. I always thought teams of hackers based on different programming concepts would be cool. Null values would use the thematic of zeroes, circles, outer space, black holes, etc. Boolean values would use the thematic of duality, yin and yang, binary code. Hexadecimal code thematic would use 6s, hexagons, possibly satanic imagery. There's a lot of options.

>>92524946
If I managed to make you feel that way about a hunched, sickly video game nerd with crooked teeth and dubious fashion sense then I have certainly achieved something.

>>92525393
hangouts, concept art, streams, WIPs, and early-access in that order.

>>92525434
>I honestly usually don't even care about the content that comes with people's patreons. It's more about me feeling that the people deserves money for their work.
bless you

>>92525516
Did you list it highest to lowest, or lowest to highest?

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I have this - any good?
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>>92525434
>I always thought teams of hackers based on different programming concepts would be cool
>Null values would use the thematic of zeroes, circles, outer space, black holes, etc.

I think you're onto something mate.
Though it goes to show that I have no experience in computers/programing/languages whatsoever despite my father being a programer/manager.

Also I agree with >>92524946 probably because I have a soft spot for nerds. As in they're the best/cutest/funnest fucking characters ever imo

Is Dupe's design based on Sollux's? It's probably the red and blue glasses…

>>92525393
Highest is Wip/sneak peeks, then concept art and concept art are about on the same level

>>92525814
>concept art and concept art
bluh, concept art and streams/hangouts, I meant

>>92519277
you don't draw like a child, I like it. Keep it up.
>>92525677
That's awesome

>>92525675
high to low.
I've often felt like I wish I could just talk with a creator about their shit and sperg out a little like a fan.. and maybe give suggestions. Like that's something nobody should have to put up with, but for money?
and secretly I'd love doing that with my fans, if I had them, so that's something I've vaguely put on my patreon as a sort of not-tiered reward

>>92525677
Glad you've stuck around! though now it's clear we're going to lose you to a major cartoon studio. this is fantastic.
I still think you gotta work on the fact that the 'far' side of the face has more real estate than the 'near' side, but .. other than that, 'any good' doesn't begin to describe it

>>92524755
I love you.

>>92526150
Wow, thanks man!
I've started fixing that for faces - made this gif before my last post on the other thread.

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>>92525433
Thanks for the encouragement dude! The series will start soon I just wanted some advice on making a character that isn't really an objectively good person but is still likable and interesting. I'm kind of aiming for a "Jack Spicer" vibe where you have a morally dubious character that doesn't have a lot of positive characteristics or conventional appeal but is still likable in a way.

>>92525704
Well Dupe isn't a nerd! He's CYBER COOL.

But yeah I see what you mean.

Also to answer your question, no. Dupe is only a caricature of myself used for narrative purpose. I've used red/blue thematic my entire life and have about a billion bizarre duality related attributes that pervade even the most minute aspects of my life.

And secondavly red/blue coloration is used in a ton of 90s sci-fi and video game materials which is what my work is based around. You could take away Dupe's red/blue duality motiv but he's above all a compulsive nostalgic who's vapidly obsessed with pop culture and old media. Since Dupe is being used in reviews for obscure 90s PC games (mostly terrible ones nobody else has reviewed before) I figured it'd be funny to have a nostalgic fanboy with a rose tinted lens for retro games face some of the garbage that was available at the time.

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How's my comic?

>>92526295
oh great!
>>92526302
my actual sides.
>>92526574
walk me through this one, I feel like there's a good joke in here

>>92526686
>walk me through this one, I feel like there's a good joke in here
He's trying to kill himself with helium and it made his voice high, that's why his friend is laughing.

>>92526706
oh i see. yeah youd have to make it clearer from the beginning that he's killing himself with it, since that isn't ... a thing.

>>92526302

>Since Dupe is being used in reviews for obscure 90s PC games (mostly terrible ones nobody else has reviewed before) I figured it'd be funny to have a nostalgic fanboy with a rose tinted lens for retro games face some of the garbage that was available at the time.

So what website are you going to to your reviews on? And what are the games you're looking forward to reviewing the most?


I've always wanted to do something along those lines as well with the whole negative caricature kit and caboodle reviews and such. Problem is I'm such a lazy fuck that's not comedically talented in the slightest (with very weird and questionable tastes in everything) that I really don't see it happening remotely…if ever.

Can't wait to see your stuff though. It looks pretty CYBER COOL.

>>92526720
What do you mean it isn't a thing?
https://www.vice.com/sv/article/the-internet-is-telling-people-how-to-kill-themselves
>someone uttering their last words in that squeaky, high-pitched helium voice is an infinitely depressing and grotesque one

>>92526574
I think there needs to be a clearer understanding of what the situation is;
Why is the guy opening the door and saying 'don't do it'?
An emphasis on the guy with the laughing gas(?) laughing….oh wait.
no it's the guy….
oh.

Just add speech bubbles in at the very least.
It looks like guy 1 just walked in on guy 2 in the bathroom and the guy 2 is looking at guy 1 in a mirror due to how the perspective of both of them are positioned on the page. Even thought there is no mirror...
If it's a hospital add more to the background etc etc. Basically the context and environment and a better positioning of the dialogue could go a long way into understanding what's happening.

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>>92526733
Characterizing your flaws is a fun exercise even if you don't use it for anything.

I'm just doing regular youtube uploads. Most of the games I'm going in blind or just have vague memories of. I already have audio for several game reviews done though. To start off I'm just playing shareware games since I've collected over 1000 of them and most of them I can't even find mentions of online. The one I'm most excited for is one called "Smileys Adventure" that I just remember being a fucking trainwreck of clip art, terrible photography, MSpaint drawings and shitty MIDI music, it was so tacky that it was spiritually overpowering. I'm choosing which ones to play at random though and just not including any that are too unsubstantial for the finished videos.

As for being funny or not, that's the thing I'm really worried about. That and voice acting. If anyone wants to judge how cringey my accompanying voicework is so I don't embarrass myself I'd appreciate it. Here's a little improv intro I just spouted out and added some music from the soundtrack for the project.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Sep3Lu7Ruh

I'd be interested in knowing how people expect Dupe to sound as well.

4 am Bump

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>>92518447
Cheers! Yeah, it's watercolour.

>>92519594
The only part of that film I've seen is where they have a zombie dude chained up outside? Guess I should probably watch it all the way through at some point.

>>92519740
Thanks, anon!

>>92525311
Thank you! I kept rewriting the dialogue for the next few pages so I hope it turns out okay...

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should you refine the plot before drawing the pages?

I'm already struggling

>>92527142
That's pretty much how I expected him to sound, so you're good. I'd just pick up the pace a little.

>>92528545
Have as much done as possible beforehand so you don't start sinking right off the bat (as it seems like you are).

Don't die just yet

Bumb

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Welp, I finished my pseudo-main character! She's an alien space pirate, and will act in sort of a stern mentor-ish role to the main character. She's the Batman to his Robin, so I really wanted to portray her as a stronger character with more masculine features. Thanks for all the tips on cel shading, I still don't really get it, but I guess practice makes perfect.

Onto the next one!

>Tapas backpedaled their TOS change
Well that's disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing that garbage website die.

>>92528022
>The only part of that film I've seen is where they have a zombie dude chained up outside? Guess I should probably watch it all the way through at some point.
There's a part where some girl's dad looks up just as a drop of blood falls and lands in his eye, infecting him.

If the blood dripping onto her eye in that page is for dramatic effect and not because the blood has some manner of infectious or otherwise strange property, then whatever, otherwise I'd find it hard to believe that you've never watched that scene.

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Rebooting way of the gun and where gonna start the story with coltens son, Titus and see where it goes. The series as a whole does jump to different characters and you'll see how that plays out. I haven't even started on the 2nd page of the batman fan comic lmao but this is just a hobby for now ,so I do whatever the fuck I want. I'm at the phase where I'm trying to make my pages feel more robust. First panel needs a horizon line mid way.

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>>92523707

ULTRA HD version, saving in png is a million times better than saving in jpeg! jesus christ

anyway watch me make this page on youtube yall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8fTY5AZLT0&feature=youtu.be

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Heres a quick shot of my shit tier comic.
Any good reaction images/questions/critiques to help me shit out the first chapter by next friday?

>>92533879

the colors are a lot crisper and theres a lot less pixelation thats not there in sketchbook pro after i save in jpg, like was i supposed to be saving in png this whole time???? because it always looks better in sketchbook pro than it does after i saved it and i never knew why, i guess its because jpg is shit, SHIT!

that being said i have to keep it going in jpeg for consistancy, but the next chapter full blown png!

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>>92533879

hey a couple of quick questions before i leave and go back home to work on the next few pages

does this page look better without shading?

do yall like the digital copic marker shading ive been diong so far? or should i go back to cel shading?

also how does copper look without hair?

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>>92533887
the composition looks good. i like how the perspective lines emphasize the focal point of the scene, and the crowd on the bottom helps frame them. play towards that.

on my end, i made a new page.

>>92526787
oh christ.
well then the best way would be a panel where he's learning about that on the internet, then a panel of remembering that guy purchased a tank of helium... maybe even a realization there's no balloons in the house, THEN the rushing in.
but even then you have the problem of it being difficult to express high pitched voices in a comic

>>92527142
That's roughly how I expected him to sound, maybe with just a little more Dib energy and a little more Robbie teen whine
f'you need another voice for whatever reason, i'm around

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>>92508296

In today's episode, Cindy reveals what her "type" is.

https://tapas.io/series/Lets-Browse-Trindir

>>92534325
agreed. for a comic with art this "bad", the setup of the scene is tops. most people who draw this way would set it up like a totally flat collage. i think you have what it takes, guy. keep working on it

as for the comic on the post i'm actually replying to, wow those are some awkward walking poses in the first panel.. but I can't do any better.

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>>92534498
ROASTIEEE! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

>>92534510
thanks for the feedback, it just shows that i need more work to make the gestures a lot more believable.

>>92534548

I'm sorry to disappoint you anon.

>>92534672
you don't disappoint me anon it's just I don't like that character already. by no means am I asking you to change her, just make it apparent that her whole personality is roastie like

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>>92534436
Since this is a character based on myself and is basically just used for let's plays I'll be doing the voice no matter what, though I think I may give it some more Dib energy to it now that you bring it up.

And although I don't need an extra voice for this project if you or anyone else in this thread is open to voice acting I need some voice actors for my other animation project "Vegabond". You can see the details and audition here.

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/members/Duplexide/casting-call/Vegabond-Cracking-the-Omnisphere/

>>92529123
Yeah good point. I really wanted to avoid the typical shouting manic "HEY YOUTUBE BE SURE TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE AS I SCREAM AT VIDEO GAMES" but I think in my attempt to stray from that I made it too slow.

>>92533887
It's a bit early to really tell but so far I like it. I'd try to condense the space used by moving things closer together but as it stands I think you're off to a good start.

>>92531907
Nice, I'm glad to see more sci-fi artists here. She gives me a serious 80s-90s X-Men vibe. It looks like the lineart was cut off on the tip of her ear though.

>>92534771
what does personality have to do with vulva type? and if it did, wouldnt she be the type stereotyped to have the camel toe?

>>92534872
fraid that redirects

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>>92535397
Didn't realize revising the name would change the url. Here we go.

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/members/Duplexide/casting-call/Vegabond-Sphere-of-Influence/

>>92534872
>It looks like the lineart was cut off on the tip of her ear though.
Ah geeze, that's gonna bother me for the rest of my life now.

>>92535439
jawesome. expect some auditions from me!

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>>92535449
Took 2 seconds to fix, dude.

>>92535801
I know, but I already posted the old one on all my social media pages. I can fix it for myself, but I can't really undo that for everything else.

Way of the gun guy here , Where's the color guy? if he wants to Line and color the page I just posted he's more then welcomed too for this one. He did say for free as i recall :)

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>>92508296
oops i thought i posted this earlier
>>92525677
ok this is hilarious.

Now that the quickposes app is finally out, are there any good megas for image packs? It'd be nice to have some better themed ones like on the site proper.

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So, I was hoping I could finish this yesterday, but couldn't be. Luckily, my girlfriend didn't mind that much that I worked on it today, so here it is. Sadly, I gotta go, but once I return, I'll have them all with text ready to show and possibly post at my main site, if the few readers I have left don't chew me out for it...

>>92537888
whoa, stolen food!
>>92538365
smoke looks great! nice broken walls too.

>>92538378
where did it go! Such a cliffhanger :o

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I've spent so long designing waifus that I've sort of forgotten that there's supposed to be a story.

>>92539958
i wish i had that luxury

>>92538365
Good work! How long does it take you to finish a page?

Your dreams are nearly dead, just like this thread, /hyw/.

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Redrawing old and possibly new characters is fun.

The contrast in skill can be startling

It was a good thread we cried some we laughed some , all in all it was a hell of a time, cheers and Good night folks.

>>92544699
honestly she just looks different now. you have gotten better but she was fine before

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>>92533879

so much for doing two pages a day, i played video games all day and thought i could bust out a second page at the last minute but i only got halfway done, so no new page until tomorrow

oh well, back to video games! :D ^^

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>>92545585

while looking for this on google images i found this, it was the first thing that came up when i typed in lazy sonic and i dont know about yall but i was deeply disturbed by it! i dont even- WHAT IS THIS!? WTF!?

>>92545585
you were getting better, but regressed so much.

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>>92545618
are you new to the internet or what?
http://foolishreplicka.deviantart.com/

>>92545618
sonic could easily free his hands and arms from that. that is some serious poor knot tying from Shadow

>>92547845
I think those are magic chains. they look magic.

>tfw have to wait a week before I can continue on my comic

goddammit

Just got home, time to start working, but before:

>>92538378
Thank you! The smoke is the result of the feedback I've got here, so I owe this to the thread, as many other changes I had.

>>92540364
Thank you too, and sorry both for the delay, the movie ended up being a bit longer than expected, and the long travel to the cinema sure didn't help.
So, this specific page took about 4 and a half hours, sometimes they take more, sometimes they take less. It depends on how many effects I have to do, how pictured I have the lightning and environment, and the amount of action in the page. The 4th or 5th was one that took me the longest among these, and this particular page was somewhat in between.

>>92539958
I can see your priorities kicking in, this looks great/waifuable

arise

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Decided to make a full lineup of my comic's main cast for reference. Especially since I don't have time to make the actual comic in color.

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>>92533879
>>92545585

super early low kb sneak preview of the next page. dialog soon if my free local wifi keeps working, it just now came on and i dont know how long its going to last :/

>>92563376
that's a good idea. nothing wrong with black and white comics that have a color reference so you can imagine it while you read

>tfw there's a statistically large chance no one will give a shit about my comic even if I do everything right

it's a depressing thought, m8s

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It's not too unusual for a first draft of a scene to be a retarded, JUST-tier piece of crap that requires a lot of rewrites, right? I have no problems re-writing this particular scene over a lot because it's one of the most important ones in the comic.

>>92565909
on the other hand, there has literally never been a better time to be an amateur content creator*... and the way things are going, there might never be again
*i mean, okay, yeah, technically if you had started in the early 2000s you could have the advantage of less competition.. but you would only just be making money as of the last 5 years or so.

>>92566096
it's likely you're too close to it. work on some other scenes for now, understanding that it was going to be late anyway because of the troubles you're having..

>doing comic for months
>still no fans
how do I find the motivation to keep going when it's like no one is even reading

>>92566299
gotta do it for you, man.

>>92566299
iunno, i'll read it

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>>92564357

dialog preview, hd version tomorrow, hope yall like it!

>>92566334
NGMI

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>>92566299
not gonna lie, pretty much this >>92566379

>>92567634
yeah like obviously we dont want people using this as their attentionwhoring staple but... it's fine with me if it's once in a while and you're genuinely frustrated. obviously no guarantee we'll like it enough to keep reading it. hell, i haven't even bookmarked your comic yet, guy with all the cool guys. not quite yet. you almost have me.

>>92566299
Because you want to.

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The spiders have bred specially designed Morkbeasts to salivate a special kind of organic cement that solidifies on contact with air.

The Morkbeast’s agile mandibles, under the control of a skilled Beast Driver, can deftly manipulate windows, openings, doors and pillars as the walls are being constructed. Adjustments are made by smaller creatures with an acidic saliva that breaks the solid Mork down into malleable Morkslime.
This leads to a very organic, curvy motif in spider architecture.

Also, the spikes on the side are there because spiders think they look cool.

>>92568567
literally jawesome

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Playing around with different hair styles and outfits.
1-5 don't count, but if you can correctly guess what character she's supposed to be I'll do a request for ya.

at what age do you face reality and give up the dream?

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What kind of things would a Spider Priestess have in her bedroom?

>>92569981
spider dildo

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>>92570146
Thanks dude.

>>92569724
if you haven't made it by 25 you might as well kill yourself

>>92569724
It's never too late for anything so long as you put the time and dedication in.

>>92569688
1. Haruhi
2. Tifa
3. no idea
4. There's too many gothic lolita characters to say
5. Bikko

I like your style a lot, but your original outfits aren't as strong. What are you going for?

>>92570740
>empty feelgood platitudes
at some age it's important to put aside childish dreams and become a responsible adult

>>92572130
Says the guy who posts every day on a Laotian upholstering forum

>>92569724

Winners don't quit and quitters don't win.

>>92570483
You could have went above and beyond and found a way to integrate webbing in a more styleized and meaningful way in the way their living quarters are set up, I bet you can think of something real extravagant instead of just a small square room, since that's what comes to mind when I see these characters. Idk just a thought.

>>92570483
How did she make those webs?

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>>92572646
Yeah I was gonna make the room more cavernous but never actually got around to it.

There would be wackier and fancier halls and chambers for fancier spiders I guess


>>92572750
I was thinking of it coming out of the bellybutton. It's a convenient place for webs to come out of.

On the topic, does anyone have any tips for drawing organic scenery? I know for buildings and stuff you have special perspective lines because everything is cubes but for non-cube based scenery I've always just kind of eye-balled it.

I eyeball the cube buildings too, but still.

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hi guys i have some issue
i struggle to find how my pages should like
i tried many different thing but i can't find why i dont like them
do you any tip to give me ?

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>>92572999
If a building is a cube, then nature is all cylinders. If you can draw cylinders in perspective then you can draw organic scenery.

As a painter though, I think good scenery is all about composition. Use rule of thirds, s-curve, triangle, steelyard, and circle compositions (you can look them up) to focus on the most important elements. You can fudge perspective from there.