How's Your Webcomic? #370: What Number Were We On? 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

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

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I'm about to actually start my first few pages

>>92726928
nice!

>>92726928
no you aren't you lazy fuck

>>92726966
Thanks
>>92726986
>Actually dedicating to write a not so shitty script
>Learned to actually draw half decently to be able to draw my comic myself
>Lazy fuck

>>92727335
post work

>>92727335
>Actually responding to it

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>>92726624

How do you become funny?

As in what is the art of comedy and writing dialogue and jokes that are actually funny with a clear understanding of comedic timing given specific circumstances?

Yes I understand comedy is 'subjective'. But there is a difference between a quality joke and bland 'for the lolz' surface level humor.

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Reposting from the last thread

>>92727500
> there is a difference between a quality joke and bland 'for the lolz' surface level humor.
why don't you tell us what it is, you might answer your own question
i'll tell you how I think humor works after that

>>92726928
Same. They'll probably be shitty, but I'll take shitty, extant pages over hypothetical ones.

>>92729521
plus you can reference and make fun of them later.

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Storyboard to first draft!

>>92727515
This looks great! Color, characters, backgrounds. The punchline made me smile, but it's your characters that really sell it for me. They're very entertaining.
Is there a reason why you went with the 4-panel format?

>>92730051
renaissance era tentacle porn? I can get behind that

>>92730095
Don't give me any ideas, I want to be able to finish this comic within this century

Not quite a webcomic, but,
>Hire artist to do art for the project
>They offer a timetable that is pretty agreeable, decent weekly progress
>Three weeks pass
>They don't even have basic drafts of anything
>Ask them wtf is going on
>Oh sorry my other contract has kept me super busy, I just haven't had the time.
>They have spent about fifty hours in the last two weeks playing video games on steam
>Their social media shows them spending most of several days just hanging out with people.

Fired. This is how artists get fired.

>>92726928
Best of luck. Remember; "finished, not perfect."
>>92727500
If you can differentiate between what you find funny, and what is "for the lolz" surface humor, I think you might be able to answer your own question. Why not try creating a few strips that you may find funny? Make jokes that will make YOU laugh, and people may share the same humor you do.
>>92727515
Good to see you're still at it. And I'm seeing a ton of improvement from just a few months back when you posted a few pages. Great job!
>>92730051
Interesting layout. I'm really digging the "ye olde cristian imagery". Can't wait to see the final draft.
>>92732007
It sounds like you don't have a real interest in it to begin with. It may be an easy way to popularity, but you may get bored rather quickly, and want to move onto better things down the road. I'd say really work on creating something you'll really enjoy, with a bit of pandering.
>>92732311
Sorry to hear that anon. Hope you find an artist with a better work ethic down the road.

This will be the first day in 2 weeks I haven't made at least one page. Instead I'm going to go through and edit pages and add dialogue (and fix dialogue at last thread's suggestion). Such momentum-loss days are often how I lose projects, so I declare to this thread, I will have another page tomorrow.

Keep going, you can do it.

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Reworking some pages, although sometimes I wonder if inking in real life is worth it at all if I am just going to re ink it digitally anyway. I haven't find ways for the digital corrections to mesh well with regular inking stuff.
>>92730051
How many pages have story boarded so far? Its a good practice but its meant to be done so you can see how entire sequence of pages flows.

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>http://royallolicomics.blogspot.com/2017/05/chapter-1.html

Need to zoom out.

First time i ever made a whole of chapter of something in comic form. The writing made me cringe multiple times, and I really wish i made better art.

Besides that, what does /co/ think? please r8

>>92727515
I like your color palette a lot.

someone got a link to the last thread?

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Working on a space marine type character which usually isn't my kind of thing. I'm trying to make him look like if a mediocre college football player was suddenly dropped into a high stakes NFL game.

>>92734406
Forgot to use my name on here. In case it wasn't obvious it was me.

>>92734360
here you go >>92674617

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>>92730051
>Is there a reason why you went with the 4-panel format?

Looking back, it's probably stupid, but I thought a 4 panel comic would be less work, given that this is my first comic and I'd like to keep it simple. I grew up with 4 panel comics like Calvin and Hobbes and Peanuts, which always had a punchline but usually a plot over several weeks, so I wanted to create something that's episodic and non-episodic at the same time.

However, even my co-artist mentioned that a regular comic would be better, so I'm not sure anymore. I like having punchlines at the end of every page, so you can enjoy them even if you don't like the story. However, I don't think a punchline always has to be a joke, so there will be some darker moments here and there.

The story I came up with is actually pretty weird and I assume it'll get quite confusing for my readers later on, so I can only hope it'll all work out if I keep that format. Whenever I need more panels, we usually just keep the square file size and play around with the layout, like we did in the posted page.

What do you think? Should I keep the "4 panels and a punchline" format or is it bad for a story-driven comic?

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Some good old character designing.

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>>92734576

>>92734576
are you really, really sure about having his tiny demon cock waggling around?

What about, like, giving him leather pants or a thong

>>92734625
I was thinking convenient censoring. Like Austin Powers.

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Anyone know a good place for a Start Point?

Where I can Kick the whole thing off?

>>92734778
dude wtf are you on about, a start point for what? get the fuck out of here and start a damn comic already im tired of seeing your gay character designs, do something with your life already.

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>>92734909
Fuck you.

>>92734936
dumbass, this isnt a donut steel thread fuck off

>>92734962
No.

>>92734975
i have a feeling you wouldnt be very good at making one..just a feeling.

>>92735009
I already did

It was okay.

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Anyone have interesting ideas for organic looking clothes or wearable tech that won't come off as primitive?

In the universe I'm working with there's a large faction that spans half the known universe that refuses to utilize anything they view as synthetic or mechanical and have managed to rival nearly every benefit of technology through biological alternatives. So they're actually pretty advanced, just not in the way we usually think of. I'm having trouble staying creative with their fashion statements and wearable technologies though, it needs to be obvious that they were made from living things.

>>92736484
Are they the bug people on the right?

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>>92734225
About 20 for the first chapter - although my script had me at 12. I really just wanted to bump the thread with some content.
Why do you digitally ink? I think I might have to do that, just because my regular hand-inking isn't so great.
I see you post pretty regularly, but I haven't been keeping up. As usual, it's another impressive page! Other than your characters, I really like the bit of background in the first panel, as well as some of the small touches like the cartoon-y stars.

>>92734243
Were you the poster from before who was worried about the cringe content of his comic? I think they posted with an attached image of that blue-haired girl from Madoka.
I think I understand the angle you're coming from, 4-koma slice of life comedy about an awkward girl trying to get a boyfriend. I like how Aki is just a regular dude, he's not even mean about it even though Reiko seems like a pain to deal with.
Sometimes it doesn't follow the 4-koma format though, like in comic (2), attached is what I propose. The writing is a little vulgar, but I can see the humor there. As for art, I would try for something simpler, also attached (right) is just a really simple style.
As it stands, I see your first chapter more as a storyboard, other than an official comic.

>>92734406
I can't wait for your content to come out, you're also doing a review series right? It all just looks so promising. The silhouette is great, I think the whiskers above his lip really help with the image. Have you ever seen Starship Troopers? That's what it vaguely reminded me of.

(1/2)

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>>92737067
All three of those guys are. Gill sparingly uses ancient salvaged machinery parts along side organic technologies such as that chute system manipulating her weird slime arm, but she's an odd case. She's wearing a grubworm vest, boots made from some kind of fungus and the rest of her clothing is probably made from some kind of animal hide.


>>92737181
Totally had starship troopers in mind actually! But yeah I'm launching the review series within the next month or so and then launching the "vegabond" comic after I garner some kind of audience from the videos. No idea when that will be but I have loads of resources I need to make for the comic anyway so I'm not in any kind of rush. Script has been done for a while though.

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>>92734566
I think the 4-panel comic works, but since it's a parody of a shounen type story I thought a 'regular' format might suit it better. I think the page you attached really works around that condition though, and it's really cool! All of these dark silhouettes look really cool, I can't wait to see them all.
I wouldn't mind seeing a 'regular' paneled comic from you guys that's more story-driven. Maybe if it works out, the current one can be a more light-hearted comic, and then you can have a more 'serious' story-driven comic too.

>>92734576
>>92734583
Looks like a western! Top guy is pretty intimidating, not only could he use my bones as toothpicks, he's also naked - tactical genius.
Rosa is looking pretty neat too. With your art style, I'm really interested in seeing how your comic, or whatever it is you're making, turns out.

>>92736484
Army pants do seem like a good way to incorporate something organic into a function setting.
Attached:
Artificial photosynthesis (top left), metal-organic framework (MOF), organic light emitting diode (OLED), are some thing that came to mind, and as far as I'm concerned are made with organic materials. Left-center are some compiled images from the Trove A/W 2011 line, and right is like /fa/'s 'lunarcore'

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>>92737715
Really interesting ideas. I'll definitely start working with some of these. Thanks!

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Today's 4koma sisters!

Are there good webcomics out there with non sexual furry characters? A lot of the katbox comic have anthropomorphic furry characters with huge boobs, and a lot of them feature sex scenes or nude fanservice. So I was wondering if there was stuff out there thats a bit more tame. I want to write and draw stories that feature animal characters and humans. But maybe more along the lines of old school cartoons.

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>>92737715
>I wouldn't mind seeing a 'regular' paneled comic from you guys that's more story-driven. Maybe if it works out, the current one can be a more light-hearted comic, and then you can have a more 'serious' story-driven comic too.

We tried doing two stories at the same time, but it ended up being too much work, so the other comic is on hiatus now. You can still check it out here, if you want:
http://circlejerk.de/dpm/en/comic/c01p01/

>>92738278
From my webcomic bookmarks -
>Lackadaisy
>Cucumber Quest
>The Green Knight
>Jail Bird
>The Devil's Henchmen
>Poppy o'Possum
>Beatriz Overseer
feature anthro animals without the kind of capital-f Furry fanservice you'd find on Katbox, although some of them touch on more mature themes in varying degrees.
Cucumber and Jailbird are possibly the more cartoony ones.

You might also want to take a look at comics like Usagi Yojimbo.

>>92738278
>I want to write and draw stories that feature animal characters and humans. But maybe more along the lines of old school cartoons.

Then go ahead and do that. Let your influences be Hanna Barbera cartoons and newspaper gag strips, like the sort of things that are on GoComics.com.

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https://spiderquest.tumblr.com/

Got a test-version of the new site up

I'll probably go with bug-quest-2 instead of spiderquest

This new version of the webcomic theme seems to have waaay better resolution than the previous. I remember everything other than 700px wide posts used to get get super horribly compressed; it doesnt seem that way anymore

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https://foxandcatadventures.tumblr.com/

I can't draw and I'm making a comic to learn a few thing. The comic is made in Paint. A fox and a cat living in a hut in the middle of an ocean go on adventures.
I wonder how long I can keep it cute and fun until it drifts off into the weird and spooky.
How do other people do it?

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Back with a couple more.
As before, it's Wip (missing balloons and some fine tuning here and there).
But i appreciate any sort of feedback.

1/2

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>>92739461
2/2.

>>92738627

Thank you so much for these suggestion, nice for a change of pace from furry tittymonsters. I'll use some of these as inspiration for my webcomic.

>>92738730

I was thinking of watching a whole bunch of those old cartoons for ideas. I like there designs for characters.

>>92734778
If I knew a good starting point I might actually feel confident enough to start... Instead of feeling like I'll regret it later always wondering if there was always a better place to start.

>>92739542
could i get an example of what your anthros look like?

(also theres a comic called terrible terrible terrible which has non-sexy furries in it)

>>92739962
NGMI

>>92740281

I don't have any designs yet, thats why I was asking about non sexy furry comics. I'll get to designing asap.

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>>92737181
> I think they posted with an attached image of that blue-haired girl from Madoka.
Nah. That was Nanael from Queens Blade. One of my personal favorite characters of all time.

>4-koma slice of life comedy
Actually, this was going to turn into something Higurashi no Naku or Mirai Nikki-like in the next few chapters. But i guess you could say thats slice of life too in a way.

>an awkward girl trying to get a boyfriend
heh. Sort of an understatement.

>Aki is just a regular dude
I thought he was an asshole. I really wish i could write male characters like their from King of the Hill. Ive never been impressed by a male character in anime yet except for like the big ones like Leouche and what not.

>Sometimes it doesn't follow the 4-koma format though, like in comic (2), attached is what I propose.
wow. you really improved it!

>As for art, I would try for something simpler, also attached (right) is just a really simple style.
But the right style looks so shitty compared to the left! I can never purposely downgrade my art. Iwant art just like kisaragi gunma and okamoto lynn one day.

>The writing is a little vulgar, but I can see the humor there.
I dont think i can ever create something that isnt the shitposting form of writing in my lifetime.

>I see your first chapter more as a storyboard, other than an official comic.
lol. thats what it felt like for me drawing half way through.

Im probably going to scrap this story and move onto a different one.

thank you, friend

>>92739962
whos point of view is the comic from?

>>92739461
>>92739497
fuuuuuccccckkkk thats cool i like the demons face when he looks up, i thought she pulled out a gatling gun for a sec, dope keep it up!

>>92737715
>"Looks like a western!"
Was going for more of a Spaniard vibe but you're still right by technicality, lol. Thanks for the positive feedback! I think I'll post a bit more here in the future to motivate myself.

>>92739461
>>92739497
Woooooah, I love this! That girl reminds me of Saya from Blood:The Last Vampire, so much attitude in that face!

What site would you recommend for hosting a graphic novel like Captain Underpants? I was going to use Tapastic, but their TOS seems a bit dodgy when it comes to eventual publishing elsewhere.

>>92741283
>>92741557
Thanks! And yeah Blood the last Vampire was def. an inspiration.

>>92741586
recycle bin

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>previous year hiveworks submission time
>people posted ideas and discussed their submissions
>this year: nothing
>/hyw/ got destroyed so hard last year that no one bothered to try this year

>>92743100
HIveworks actually switched to year-round submissions now, so no more submissions season or deadlines

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>>92741086
Ah sorry! They look kind of similar when the image isn't expanded.
I wouldn't call it downgrading, but it's getting you used to drawing with weight, and over time you can refine it the way you would like to. There are some challenging poses, angles, and perspectives in your comic, and it might easier to understand them if you had easier models to work off of.

For a horror/mystery, obviously check out some works by Junji Ito, Fuan no Tane does a pretty good job at building suspense, Uno Moralez does a good job at building an atmosphere, tama (attached) does some interesting spook-stuff, and definitely some of clonemanga's earlier works.

If you want to continue along those lines, I would definitely focus on building a mysterious and suspenseful atmosphere! It would definitely mean slowing the pace of your comic.

>>92732311
it's easier to learn to draw yourself than to find an artist who isn't a complete flake, even if you pay them. and learning to draw well is hard as fuck so that's pretty bad.

your best bet is to actually get an artist who's actually invested and interested in your project, but that's still no guarantee.

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This guy is so goddamn hammy

>>92743631
i prefered the black and white version man. Watercolor gives me an unfinished feel to it. I don't know why.

>>92734576
thicc
>>92734625
nudity is legit

>>92735035
It was okay enough that you don't need to react like this to this guy
his complaint is valid, it's just not valid about you

>>92736484
>organic clothes
genetically engineered animals with human shape so they can skin them and wear them? like leather that obviously has no seams, and has wrinkly elbows and knees.
>wearable tech
fiberoptics and stuff?

>>92744404
it's moreso that he didn't seem to actually read the post I wrote

I was literally saying "how do I start the webcomic" and he said "Fuck you, start a webcomic"
Like, read, dude.

>>92739461
>>92739497
is it just me or .. these scenes seem really cropped, like each panel should be wider

>>92741586
i thought that was a book

>>92744751
I'm pretty sure they did it on purpose

>>92744774
It's a more literal interpretation of a graphic novel (a novel with pictures on every page with comics occasionally)

>>92744751
Lmao, I think this guy knows what he's doing, dude.

>>92744929
oh ok
well i think the best place for that is something like gumroad. that's how tannah and vard did it

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>>92738618
I really like your crosshatching technique, very neat and tidy. You draw lose clothing very well and you did great showing how gravity and motion affect clothing. Great job with the lighting it panel 5.

In the fourth panel though, how comes you added motion lines to the kids run forward as it they got up in the blink of an eye. They look like ninjas moving at the speed of sound (sonic), might have been more appropriate to just show them moving forward with out the extra motion lines.

Great comic though!

>>92744751
Definitely. I don't like it.

>>92745063
Lmao it's not enjoyable to look at, dude, and he's looking for feedback, dude, lmao.

>>92744795
ah okay cool, like a claustrophobic feel to ut the reader on edge

when do I give up the dream and just pursue something more realistic? when do I stop living up in the clouds

>>92745663
you can stop living in the clouds when you're dead

>>92745065
Yeah the pwyw model is something I was looking into, but I wanted to experiment with an update schedule as well. Back when I was in middle school and Diary of a Wimpy Kid wasn't even a book yet, I read it on Funbrain.

>>92741780
I'd love to see more of your stuff if you post anywhere else.

>>92738618
dayum nigga, that's some hot stuff right here.

>>92738618
Interesting outfits, can I ask the inspiration for them?

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Trying to convey a character going through heatstroke. Trying.
This is going to be an afterlife comic and I'm planning on having the MC suffer a lot later. Do you like making your characters suffer, /co/?

>>92746738
looks pretty sweaty, but not quite heatstroke. should probably be turning redder.
and hell no i want all my characters to be happyyyy

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>>92746738
if I were you, i'd go on a more gradient approach:
The colors become more and more saturated as it happen, and more wonky angles as the stroke happens. Then again, i can't color for shit so...

Btw, here's the last page, i'm gonna add the text, and voilà: new chapter done!

>>92747484
>>92747243
thanks! Will try that.

>>92743631
Don't listen to the other anon, your warer colors are awesome.

I like the guy too,looks like less buff Morel. The dialogue's a little cheesy though.

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>>92746655
Nothing particular, I just thought of medieval looking clothes and customized them until I liked them or till they fit to the specific characters.
Unless you mean the two monks - these two are just wearing the vestments of the Dominican Order.

>>92748814
I never said they were bad. I just meant the inked page without colors had more impact on me.

>>92748859
>medieval Mamoru
fuckin love it

Is it better to make up character names when using fantasy setting, or is it okay to use real names? I know there aren't any really correct answers to this, but I want to know what others' opinions are on the subject.

>>92750853
Imo it depends on your fantasy setting. If it's high fantasy, I feel it's better to use names that match the setting as it makes the reader feels more immersed into the world.

>>92750853
I think either/or is fine as long as everything sounds natural in the context of that particular culture. Having two brothers named "Stan" and "Xuchilbara" probably isn't a good idea.

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New page of West Tree!

>>92750853
depends on how weird and fantastical it is

If it's basically just medieval england or whatever you're free to go with your Geoffreys and Douglases. If it's a super wacky anime dimension then just make some sounds.
If you want to be extremely cheesey you can call (important, magical) people a selection of 4 nouns based on their theme, like if they're a big dwarf black smith you can call them "firebrand blackhammer" or if they're an elf you can call them "glittermoon duskwolf" or something.

Just avoid "modern" names. Like steve. Nobody is going to take Sir Steve seriously.

>>92750951
What do you think about modified names? Like different spellings or possibly putting two names together?

>>92751005
I agree with that. I plan on keeping characters from the same areas and/or culture with similar naming conventions (or names picked from the same culture/language).

>>92751238
Definitely cheesy, but I'll keep it in mind since it might work for some stuff. And yeah, I'm going to try to stay away from overly common/modern names.

Also, is it too weird to just pick names from other cultures without having the setting necessarily reflect those cultures? Like using Celtic names for some sort of vaguely western European setting, but the culture itself probably won't mirror medieval England/Ireland exactly.

>>92739497
This looks really frickin cool on a phone.

>>92746738
>Do you like making your characters suffer, /co/?
No, but I have to to see what they're made of.

>>92750853
Look at (early) Game of Thrones. The characters have names like Jon and Ned.

is google maps street view the next best way to scout for locations and get a feel for an area if you cant travel there yourself

>>92750853
I say modify real names
look up the differences names have gone through over the years.. yohann to john, wilhelm to william, that kind of thing. modify names accordingly

but for god's sake use taste. no skylars.

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I'm at a point where i'm bored of not doing sequential art,my only concern is my skills may not be good enough to put the images i've crafted in head onto a page

>>92752110
You're just prejudiced towards Skyler White.

>>92753229
who?
there's plenty of good skylers. Page comes to mind.
it's just a terrible name.

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Just a few more before the "Polishing".

To anyone who has to deal with characters not being human and having to deal with designing a new character from the top of you head to establish new areas,planets and species...

You have my sympathy.

>>92754579
fortunately you can save a lot of time and be a shameless ripoff artist with nobody saying boo, if you just pattern your fictional civilization on a real one.. or even better, two that are unusual to mix.
I like to let the characters inform that for me. Sort of like how dr zoidberg started out as a joke on a crustacean being jewish, so when we saw the rest of his people they were all alter kockers who nag and pester and prod you to be your best but are never satisfied.
then they threw in some Pon Farr shit just for fun

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>>92754579
That's something I have to do all the time. I think I'm roughly getting the hang of it though. Your building designs from the posts in this thread are really looking good though. Very inspiring.

Would any of you actually try to enter these types of contests?
https://medibang.com/contest/gensaku/
>300,000 yen prize
>adaption to novel and a movie

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>Have story plot, with characters and even the way it ends
>Can see the story in my mind
>Struggle for weeks on how to write this comic
>get boggled down with Script formats , suggestions and all sorts of stuff
>Learn alot but still just can't do it
>Buy "The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics" by Dennis O'Neil
>Helps but still can't start writing
>Really admire how Six Billion Demons is structured
>Try to create a comic structure of my own based on what I learned
>make something up but still can't do it

God what is happening. It's so frustrating. I just want to start writing but every-time I do it, I just come to a screeching halt.

>>92755437
Absolutely (If my comic were started).
I'd love it if one day this comic or a future comic could be described as a "manga". Even better if i could entertain people overseas with my comic!

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Help a guy figure out what direction to take a faction

These are Knight Troopers manufactured in a laboratory from Homunculus DNA, they serve their wizard masters and live in a country similar to The Holy Roman Empire


Design on the right
>slim
>lanky limbs
>iron armor
>rarely speak full sentences
>very clumsy

Design on the left
>Golemesque
>wide with a much longer reach and stride
>clay armor
>only speak in religious proverbs and riddles
>barely human
>very clumsy

I'm torn between the two

>>92755917
Find what qualities you like and mix 'em up.

>>92755239
oh yeah that perspective thing is awesome

but you're great too dupe, i need to learn the sort of balance of orderly disorder, it's going to come up sometime in my comic soon. i want to make something that looks like it's straight up breaking reality and churning out weirdly irregular and discrete bits of arcane matter. basically i need to do with magic what you're doing with techno shit.

>>92755437
holy shit, my absolute dream

but they wouldn't go for it, as my entire idea is 'hey, 90s.'

>>92755458
maybe just... draw it, for now
draw the parts youre sure of. draw the end.
okay sure it's gonna change by the time you actually get to it, but just look at Outlaw Star

>>92755917
>homunculus DNA
isn't that kind of a contradiction? or are we talking like, mandrake root DNA..
you also seem to have mixed up your left and your right. keep an eye on that.
anyway I like both of these KKKbots. I feel like the skinny ones would have different functions from the fat longer-armed ones. They both look like something dr eggman would churn out so you've got that going for you

>>92755437
This is genius.

>spend $3000 USD
>harness collective creativity of desperate creators from around the world
Even if they only pick one, they'll have dozens of solid ideas to steal from for future series. What a fucking steal for that price.

>>92756284
well you cant solve a desperation problem by not taking advantage of it, can you

>>92756236
>you also seem to have mixed up your left and your right. keep an eye on that.

Oh god you're right i'm an absolute retard

>>92755437
>Entrants will retain the intellectual property rights to the works that they submit.
>Entrants agree to the Company and Yoshimoto Kogyo that they shall not exercise their Personality Rights, including but not limited to defamation, Right of Privacy, Publication Rights, Right to Determine the Indication of the Author’s Name, Right to Maintain Integrity in regard to their entry submissions.
So basically you have the rights, but you also agree not to exercise them? Is this some next level jewery?

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posting my comic.

Get lazy with sunflower face, I think i need to change up his expression or look.

>>92755437
If my ideas weren't purely thought and mindless sketches, then yes,

>>92756569
it's one of the easiest mistakes to make
>>92756577
it sounds like the rights you can't exercise here are basically "hey you made me look bad by publishing my terrible shit"
or also that they can make changes to it. i think that's what the last one means. like, for example, translating it

>>92744751
The idea is for it to be "mobile friendly", like them Korean comics, are meant to be read on a phone, mainly, a tablet at best.
On a desktop, they look goofy indeed.
>>92745549
Yeah i appreciate the feedback for sure.
If i were to do a longer comic, i'd probably just go with regular pages, keeping panels large enough to be decent on mobile tho, but i'd like to have some data on how many read (web)comics on phones vs desktop or tablet, that'd be pretty useful.
>>92746407
As far as comics goes, i'm just starting out, and this was meant to be sort of a technical test (art style changes slightly in it, for example, just because i was testing various brushes, format, pipeline workflow, etc).
I opened a Tumblr where i posted a couple of illustrations a couple of months back, but then i decided to focus on comics, so i didn't pay it much attention (and i didn't really have a following, so i didn't care, for now).
I'll go back to it when i have the comics up and running, i'll probably post sketches and similar stuff, on it.
Illustrations, when i have time.

quietagenesi.tumblr.com

>>92756577
Think about it anon, $4000 dollarydoos, a qt editor that only gibs thee best succ, and your very own fanfiction sold by YenPress™

>>92756204
Yeah you may be on to something Anon.
Thanks

>>92756913
well I just meant the framing, that's all. It's funny, it reminds me of film. the entire reason widescreen happened is because you could record twice as many frames onto the same amount of film, then just blow them up on the projector. it was a money-saving stunt. it never should have happened.. but technically with a strip of film, you can have a series of ANY size frames, as long as they're rectangular, and they won't actually be 'bigger' or 'smaller' since that's up to the projector, and film is analog.

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>>92734225
Ayy. Always happy to see your work man. Your girls are always super cute.
Why not just have some clean penciled linework, then ink it digitally?
>>92734406
>I'm trying to make him look like if a mediocre college football player was suddenly dropped into a high stakes NFL game.

I think you pulled it off. He certainly looks like he lacks confidence.

>>92734566
Calvin and Hobbes usually had actual page layouts for the sunday strips. I think the 4 panel comic works with your comic since it's a gag-type, but I agree with your co-artist. If you're going to want to do a story driven comic, a normal layout would benefit you for the pacing. I'd say experiment with a few "normal" pages if you can. You can still keep your gags at the end if you wish. It wouldn't hurt.
>>92734576
These are some pretty nifty designs. The way you painted them remind me of the designs from Metal Gear.
>>92734778
People say writing a story helps if you begin at the end. Do you have an ending in mind already?
Also, I love your designs.
>>92736484
I'd say try checking out some of the designs for Monster Hunter. The way they design their armor and clothing from organic beings and monsters is really fucking neat. Try looking at the armor for some ideas.
>>92738618
Excellent work! Gorgeous artwork.
>>92738627
>>92738278
If you don't mind me shilling a bit, I'm currently making a Furry comic that doesn't have much fan service. Pic related. I really want to focus on the story and the art. It's currently on hiatus due to a collaboration with a buddy of mine who is currently writing and drawing a webcomic called Cosmic Dash
http://www.cosmicdash.com/
>>92739461
Really unique layouts. There aren't many comics who do a vertical comic like this, and you pulled it off very well.
>>92743631
Neat art man.
>>92745494
Oh man, your perspective is on point!

>>92757139
>jasper gold collab with cosmic dash
now that's something i'd love to see!
>all these comments
>my comic was posted in the previous thread
aw maan

>>92757212
Thanks for showing interest. Both HPKomic and I are real excited and raring to launch it. I've been real busy with IRL stuff these past few months. I'll try to pop in as much as I can and share any feedback or critique if people are looking for it.

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>>92756103
In my works I have something similar where once in a while through absurd random chance "Glitches" happen in their reality that lead to an inter-dimensional space reminiscent of 90s views on "virtual reality" and "Cyberspace". To make it especially obvious that the constructs from this area are foreign and wrong I'm going to make their outlines brighter than the coloring inside instead of darker (kinda like a 3D version of pic related) just so it contrasts with literally everything else in the comic. In order to show that something is out of place or "wrong" on a2 very fundamental level you may want to try making something as integral and consistent as it's very lineart different from literally everything else around it for emphasis.

>>92757139
Nice! For whatever reason I had never considered the use of scales and horns in clothing like they appear to use pretty often in monster hunter. Cool stuff.

>>92757474
oh I like that!! great inspiration, thanks. even if it doesnt work, just thinking that way is bound to get me on the right track.

>>92757129
I guess it being on phone, i get a bit obsessed by details getting lost and looking too small.
Regular pages are easier to storyboard, lol.
Also, working vertically fucks with my brain, we have eyes positioned horizontally after all, and our horizontal FoV is much wider than our vertical one, but i have to remember it's meant to be scrolled through.

The format allows some interesting "tracking" shots, because you scroll through them, and you can have them evolve organically, but at the same time, when that's basically your only option, it starts to feel like a gimmick, after a while.

No wonder a lot of "mobile friendly" comics are just panels slapped into a lot of empty space, with balloons in the middle.
It doesn't seem like something people mastered yet.

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>>92757139
Dang man Haven't seen you in a while how's it going with Jasper's Gold? Oh hey new Comic huh Cosmic Dash!

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Finally started on my iambic pentameter comic.

>>92757965
Your lineart looks like you're drawing in adobe flash with a mouse. I feel like I'm looking at a newgrounds game from 2005. The way they narrow and widen at random points just looks low effort.

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>>92757909
Howdy! How you doin PipSQK? I'm really digging what you got so far.

Jasper Gold is going alright. Still on hiatus for a while longer. But the script for the next chapter is pretty much in the bag. Just got to revise it a few times, and fix any obvious typos and dialogue. Here's a little preview of what's to come once I've finished the one shot collab.

Hope everthing's going alright with you m8.

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>>92758715
Clip Studio Paint with a stylus, though I take your point. The lines are set to pen pressure, and are supposed to get narrower and more pointed at the ends. Is that not showing?

>>92758835
it's not a matter of equipment then it's just that you don't know WHEN to narrow lines. There's messy points and odd changes in width that look bad.

>>92758835
>it's an "i can't draw or write so I compensate by doing a half assed mish mash of both" comic

>>92754579

Daaww these characters look cute, can't wait to see this when its done. You have any other pages somewhere?

>>92758835
Look up a tutorial on handling line weight .
Rule of thumb is they should be thicker in shadow and closer to the camera, outline as well.

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>>92759665
Or at least just not widen and narrow randomly to look so blobby.

>>92758835
>>92757965
I kind of agree with everything else that's been said. It looks very much like an old flash movie and although I'd usually try and balance out critique with a compliment I... can't really find anything to like. There's just no effort or style here.

>>92758835
looks like dewd's comic

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Bumpin' this comic with content.

https://tapas.io/episode/709850
come see the stupid comic about Not-Skwisgaar Skwigelf shitting on a fellow guitarist for 10 pages.

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bump

working on character designs

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>>92761454
big fist

anyone know of a good guide to inking? I haven't been able to find many helpful resources

>>92761616
why did you take a photo of your screen

why do people do this

why

>>92761683
old photo

also to piss you off, specifically

>>92761616
A better question for /ic/, they sometimes post good resources for line art.