/hyw/ - How's Your Webcomic? #378

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>>93294751

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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Came here to butt post

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BTW I claim my territory, if this thread dies I'm making a new one with a few minor additions

BTW shamless self promotion:

lucy-fuchs.tumblr.com

>>93294957
Was wondering if you had a tumblr or something, nice stuff you got there!

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Added a new god.

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it's always a good time for a peter macnicol quote

Shit, I got no comic.

>>93296994
draw one!
Draw one right now! draw a snail and come up with something a snail would say

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forgot to post the special boy

>>93297418
i love all these so much

I'm a "pro" artist (worked with several indie fanzines and comic compilations) and I'm looking for a writer to partner with. I've come here because I started posting my comic here a few years ago. Post your best stories! and I'll choose the one that best accomodates my style and work schedule (mostly sci fi futuristic stuff)
later today I'll post some works of my portfolio so you can see what I do

>>93298549
Do you mean to share stories as in concept ideas or for already complete examples?

>>93298549
share some art or two to get these mfs hyped to tell you a story bud

>>93297418
Is that a dead acarus or something?

>>93299718
pretty sure these are spiders, not mites. similar though

>>93299718
>>93299909
the thing on his back?

It's just a bug in general. He isn't really depicted with any species in particular.

>>93300014
oh I didn't realize he was wearing what looks like a mite as a coat.

>>93294917

T H I C C
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Hey /hyw/, I need some advice. Last month I finished my second year of college (I'm an advertising major), and now I'm in the middle of summer, unemployed, living with my parents, with all the time I could possibly want to work on art and anything else.

My trouble is I'm usually completely sapped of motivation, possibly from vidya games as a distraction and a wonky sleeping schedule, and I spend more time looking at other artist's work either admiring it, envying it, or criticizing it, when I'm doing fuck all for myself.

I have a tumblr that I actually used to post short gag-a-week comics to around two years ago, but that stopped and now I post something like once every three months or less. This most recent thing I did attached is a new banner for my tumblr.

I know I have potential; an old art teacher at my high school who I visit fairly often always tells me that. But I don't know where to start, and I don't even have the nerve to go to the links in the first post for help.

Basically what I want to do is draw every day and post enough random stuff to a point where I could start a small webcomic and have it get noticed by a few right off the bat. But my lack of motivation and also the pressure of not making any money and the reality setting in of how long it will take to get to a good point is holding me down I think. Even though I'm well aware getting to a good point will take a long time. And my number one fear is going back to college and having any progress I made fall apart because I've tried and I can't balance this with classes, but maybe I'll try harder next semester.

I guess what I'm really saying is, wish me luck.

>>93300970
It may not seem like it, but what you're doing right now is still helping. You're relaxing and absorbing a lot of art, and doing a lot of thinking. Once you get started, you'll see how this helped
But you really should start now.

>>93300106
he's a sort of spider God of Hunting, so i thought he'd be wearing like an animal pelt.

>>93301096
Sensible!

How do you even come up with plotlines?

I used to imagine dumb little stories to entertain myself walking places when listening to music but that's no longer effective.

Actually it's becoming more of a problem than it is for pretending I'm ever going to start making a comic. It's hard to motivate myself to go to the store if I can't also use it as a 20 minute block of escapism.

>>93301222
If you have to ask dude then I doubt you you'll be any good at it...

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made this last night.

>>93301222
think of the last dumb little story
what happens next?

>>93301313
Swanky.

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Would you read a pseudo-realistic fantasy webcomic about a random bunch of (rotating) pilgrims, mercenaries, runaways and wizards trying really hard not to die (and mostly fail) while travelling to nowhere in particular?

I am a bit anxious about making a fantasy comic where death comes cheap and fast, fights are typically over fast, in maybe half a page or even one panel, and people die in pretty fucked up ways.

Most fantasy comics I know do it more heroic and I dunno if people will dig deviations on it.

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>>93301414
ty. I'm trying to model the chapter covers off the same look from a lot of old disco albums had.

>>93301418
if the standalone stories are consistently interesting and the actual way its delivered in the art is unique, then yeah.

embarrassing thread so far

>>93301468
Ah that works. but those in turn come from some older art i expect

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Here's the WIP of my first page

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>>93302055
well it's pretty much just cheap printing with a monochrome color and some oldschool illustrations. the minimalism helps intensify it, I think, and the square shape also helps since Im making the comic square shaped

>>93302236
>square shaped comic

Sounds pretty cool mate.

>>93302546
Yeah it's supposed to create a sense of unnatural control that contrasts what people are used to, and add to a sense of paranoia and dread. It's also a good way to make some neat illustrative storytelling based on repetition, patterns, and illusions.

It's also like that for a canonical reason, so it works well.

>>93302769
pretentious as fuck, remember to post this gay shit here so we can laugh at it

I need more artist friends, what's the discord for these threads like?

>>93304796
there's an autist one and a normal one

>>93304796
one's really really busy, the other's pretty chill and nice but a tad on the sensitive side

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I've got plans for a Bee Queendom.
They'll employ wasps as royal guards

>>93305774
so curvaceous

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>>93305774
>Bees using Wasps as subordinates

>>93305890
lol this, wasps are wretched creatures that exist only to inflict misery on those around them

>>93301222
Write your ideas down. Now the next time you listen to music and get new ideas you can add them to your existing ideas. Then as you become more familiar w/ base concept you get the confidence to edit down your idea and refine it to get your starting point.

>>93305959
I think it's actually clever in a way.

I remember a documentary about Japan's ways of beekeeping, and how the local wasps kept killing the European bees they got. Meanwhile the beekeepers who had native Japanese bees had no issue with the wasps because the bees would quickly surround the wasp until she overheated. So the anon's scenario would look cool.

>>93305959
>>93306103
yeah their situation is pretty complex really. wasps are a lot more chill than bees despite having a reusable weapon, but the whole eusocial thing has admirable qualities

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It'll probably never come to fruition in the near future but working on it keeps me sane.

>>93306527
Those designs look really nice anon. What is it about?

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>>93306619
It's about a family of nobles at the top of the hierarchy in a feudal society (despite wearing clothes like they're from the Victorian Era.) The story is mostly about the dynamic between family relationships and the responsibilities they bear as Imperial dynasts.

>>93306725
>The story is mostly about the dynamic between family relationships and the responsibilities they bear as Imperial dynasts.
I don't say this very often, but that doesn't appeal to me, while the art definitely does.

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>>93306822
Well to go in depth, it's set in a world where the nobility inherit powers that discerns them from the common folk. These powers range from the ability to read emotions/motives through eye contact, or a teleporting a short distance as long as you have a line of path, which helps in combat.

The whole overarching plot is that pagan gods rise from their slumber, jealous that the descendants of their faithful have forsaken them, and attempt an invasion. It's like if Odin, Zeus, Svarog, Tengri, and even Celtic gods decided to declare war on Jesus.

There's an ensemble of characters, but the main focuses are the grandchildren of the Emperor through his late eldest son; the Crown Prince who is regarded as a prodigy in terms of education and raw talent, who is naive and lacks the experience of the previous generation, who had endured a civil war that began with their birth and ended with the next generation's birth. There's also the sister who I'm still trying to develop more, but she's a Princess who just likes to fight and mostly has trouble getting along with her aunt who was brought back from the frontier (she was married off to a Barbarian King) in order to teach her manners and etiquette. And then there's the younger brother, a meek and timid child who has shown no promise as a knight, he hasn't displayed any noble powers yet, though the family still loves him but he has a lot of pressure for greatness.

>>93307304
okay now you have my attention. though it still sounds a bit more ice and fire than prydain, so i'll probably still snore, but i think most people will like it

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>>93307342
Funny thing, not much of Ice and Fire actually influenced my writing, I think GRRM and I were influenced from the same sources, such as Henry II and his own sons and the drama they had. Although I will say that the story I'm writing isn't meant to be any sort of Dark Fantasy, it was born from my frustration with anime and how it failed to deliver any decent shounen medieval shows, so I started forming this world of mine.

Its first form was that it's set in a Medieval Private High School set in the Imperial Capital where the children of the Great Nobles from across the Empire gather for schooling (it's a great place for the nobility to build resources and connections, but also a way for the Emperor to have low-key hostages.)

I've been trying to study HEMA, since while the nobility might have varying powers, one of the defining factors of their fighting is their fighting style and principles they use, their powers only augment or aid their fighting styles. It gives an outlet for that one anime character who likes to explain everything to explain the audience what's up, such as striking someone with the false side of the blade.

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Finished this page!

>>93307905
oh yeah that's right, the old one blew up

bumpty bump

>>93305959
>>93306103
>>93306159

Wasps making a coup when

>>93310084
>"Bee-celona has to be bombed every fifty years in order to keep their people in line" -- General Baldomero Waspartero
Coups are fun, plotwise. You could get an Arcturus Mengsk situation, with heroes going from being rebels to being rebels; political unrest that results in even more coups afterwards, or even a bloody as fuck civil war if the coup only makes it halfway through

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>>93294751

low kb sneak preview of the next exciting page of METEOR RANDOM! HD finished version tomorrow!

We finally get to the main characters of this story:

Sun Daylight, code name: METEOR SUPER!
Jack Daylight, code name: METEOR RANDOM!
Spring Daylight, code name: METEOR SPEED!

sketchbook pro, original story, original characters

video of me making this from scratch: COMING SOON!

*website: http://meteorrandom.thecomicseries.com/

Hey guys. So I just teamed up with an artist and we are working on our first comic project, titled "the rainbow knife".
Can't post anything as of now but will show some WIPs once we get there.

Can you give me any advice or experiences on working in a combo?
On a related note, has anyone here made a submission for hiveworks or actually been accepted and can talk a bit how they work with artists? Their homepage seems very vague on this topic, they only get specific when it comes to the required content of the submission...

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>>93311827

low kb dialog preview

>>93307905
I admire your stubbornness, dewd. You're really commited to your comic, in a sense.

I have a question: if someone actually subscribed to you on patreon would that compell you to work on some of the problems of your comic and to start to listen to the advice you so frequently get in these threads but almost always ignore?

>>93311867
Your speechbubbles look all messed up. They should be balloons - you should fit the writing to the bubbles, not the other way around...

>>93311932
If the advice was good, yeah.

>>93312353
>If the advice was good
lmfao

>>93302218
Did you bother useing a horizon line at all? Why are they already colored when you haven't even finished the wip? This is ugly my freind. And it looks small.

>>93311867
Looking good, dialogue could use some work , and the bubbles themselves but I'm digging it so far!

>>93312634
>in /hyw/
>thinks anyone understands perspective
go back to /ic/

I wonder what the people who left us, like Scribblehatch and Nunc, are doing now.

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Haven't posted in a while. I keep updating my webcomic (Wilfreda the Wanna-Be Witch) at a steady pace, once per week. It used to be twice per week, but June is always a messy month to work with.

We're currently on an arc featuring Julian, the chubby kid of the group, as he looks forward to learning to prepare tasty treats. In the latest strip (pic related) we can also see that Miss Mimi, the school's teacher, is easily excitable. Those who have been following the webcomic may remember she's already gone overboard with a couple of ideas inspired by her students, before.

Read more at http://wilfredacomic.tumblr.com/

>>93306725
the janissary-like one is my favorite.
i always liked this art of styled military units (to much RTS games)

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>>93307503
>I've been trying to study HEMA
My nigga.

More comics should use actually real martial arts in their fights. I'm fucking sick and tired of retarded comic logic.

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>>93311867

heres the video of me making this page from scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8zlWMBuKuQ&feature=youtu.be

site now has a vote link: http://meteorrandom.thecomicseries.com/

>>93311955
>>93312647

wow thanks yall, im glad yall like it but it hasn't really started yet, ive just been setting stuff up so far, stuffs about to happen real fast though!

Videogame comics>parodies>OC>propaganda comics

>>93300970
One of the most important things you can learn is that motivation is much less important than discipline

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New Mintgreen
https://mintgreen-adventures.tumblr.com/page/36

>>93315711
>I am become bait, the destroyer of threads

>>93316642
>https://mintgreen-adventures.tumblr.com/page/36

1st page to latest page is amazing progress, anon. I'm genuinely impressed.

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>>93315711
Ooh, you would LOVE my Bits & Bytes webcomic, then! It's a Videogame Comic with parodies to the gaming industry, and it has OC as well! Don't know about propaganda, though...

Take a look, if you want: http://bitsandbytescomic.tumblr.com/

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My comic idea revolves around the story of two roomates that live in the outer city of a fictional Tijuana, Mexico. The story mainly focuses on the adventures with bizarre and overnatural occurencies between characters, while trying to keep their powers lowkey in order to fit in a common world. They aren't special tho, since there are other scarce characters that have other overnatural abilities which they use for multiple purposes.
The main theme is to give each character interactions with all types of situations, going from just talking about some lame problems to going full Dragon Ball Z at some points. But mostly, Make it episodic so that I can have shift tone without it affecting the plot much.

<Pic is Frida, one of the two roomates, is a sweetheart and tries to find positivity in everything. She later develops to be a very strong character, Both metaphorically like physically

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>>93316893
>tfw an artist who makes videogame webcomics tries to be friendly with a direct competitor

>>93312476
I mean you can't backseat someone. Not all the advice is good, only about two-thirds of what he gets.
That said, someone at his level should be TRYING every damn suggestion he gets. Just trying.

>>93313345
Scribs is working on a videogame project. The kind where you just do drawings and wish you had a game, like I used to do all the time. Except his art is fucking cool and he's working out mechanics and everything

>>93313620
Cooking is always fun in webcomics..
poor teacher lady

>>93316948
Cool. Where do these powers come from? And is she actually Mexican or did she move there to keep a lower profile? because she looks pretty white but it's my experience that latin comic artists are just like anime artists and they just draw white people because that's who's in all the media they grew up with. i am okay with that to be quite honest

Can love bloom from rape?

>>93307905
I remember that house.png from around a month ago.

>>93320593
Had to use it for something.

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Post some doodles plox, those are always fun...

I'll start.

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>>93313635
Thanks dude, I was studying military uniforms from around the world during the British Victorian era. I was gathering inspiration from America to the Ottomans.

>>93313620
I don't ever intend to make anything super realistic, but I think being educated in the fundamentals should make my fight scenes interesting yet convincing.

>>93321856
No ones gonna say anything... really???

Hi.

Someone please, it would be nice to draw a comic for me.

Would you like to know the idea of my comic?

>>93322160
looks like 12 year old scribbles, and you sound like you're still in school. 4chan is 18+ fuck off

>>93322160
?

I just thought posting some doodles would be fun. I really like seeing the process of making a Comic as much as the finished product...

>>93322255
Nobody wants an ideas guy.

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>>93322317
That's not me.
I don't even understand what that guy meant.

It's just doodles, man.
This isn't going how I planned at all...

>>93322085
Did not mean to reply to >>93313620 but to >>93313732 instead.

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>>93322416
the fuck, who would even reply to your post like that, my bad man. your scribbles still suck though

>>93322414
good.

I have a request for a comic


Would you like to know what my request?

>>93322468
no

>>93322488
ok :(

>>93322449
I know they suck.
I wasn't trying to show off with them, just get a new Topic for the thread going since it's been a bit slow, especially compared to the last thread we had.

I mostly use doodles as visual cues to remember characters, Settings and so on, they're not meant as accurate representations of the actual designs.

It's situations like These that make me consider becoming a tripfag or at least make it understandable why we have so many in /hyw/...

>>93307905
Have to admit. Slight improvement from last I aw of you.

>>93307304
Not bad posses. Try to push/exaggerate them more since they seems to have relatively the same pose, at least in the top row.

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Going alright
doing more of a small graphic novel than a webcomic

>>93322255
>>93322468
i'm more surprised the last requester wanted someone to draw an arthur comic about a cripple.
i hope they weren't serious

>>93322920
Do you draw the different objects (bus Station, vending machine, etc) seperately and then assemble them digitally?
What's the process there?

The art Looks interesting, I hope there's more to the Story than "angsty Teenager mopes around"...

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>>93322920
mc

>>93323051
It on in one project, but theyre drawn over usually
I mean i used a screen tablet so its all digital lol

>>93322928
>i hope they weren't serious

I bet they were. You should Google "anon's Name the hedgehog" and see for yourself what's lurking in the dark...

>>93323083
>It on in one project, but theyre drawn over usually
are you drunk or something?

>>93323062
is a good character design, I really like the Outfit and the "red cicrcles as cheeks" Detail.

>>93323088
>anon's Name the hedgehog
i didn't need this

>>93323159
No im not drunk lol
Theres a fuck ton of layers

>>93296184
always some cool stuff in these threads- these are super cool

im trying to make my own comic but not being good at drawing is pretty hindering. one day though it'll be passable and look like a 12 year old drew it and not a 7 year old.

>>93296496
cat girl is a cute.

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>>93323062
Reminds me of some of Matthieu Cousin's work and to a lesser extent Kanekoshake's stuff.

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>>93322852
Thanks dawg, I think I gotta stop worrying about making a drawing look good and go back to drawing gestures in order to get loose and crazier with poses.

aww yes the practice comic, the comic you make with disposable characters and writing that you'd never use, all for the sake of growth. That comic.

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here his my webcomic
https://e-hentai.org/g/1075435/c5188ab058/
i have two question
1 what author that drawing look likes (in case i want to look a something similar)

2 do you have self confidence in your skills i found my drawing really bad(so bad that i cant finish them) but pepole praise me a lot

some one even paid for my drawing
do i have the impostor syndrome ?

>>93323399
Yeah, it helps. But your style is nice. Just some more life in them.

>>93323399
Do you have female characters too?
So far this looks like a comic about a bunch of handsome men handling long hard objecs. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

>>93323468

Why do you host your webcomic on a porn site? Is that the French way?

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>>93323614
There are, that image you responded to is actually all of the same character in different costumes.

The middle one in this image is the sister of the Crown Prince, the left one is their cousin from their paternal uncle and the right one is another cousin from their paternal aunt.

Maybe I'm just a faggot but I certainly do enjoy drawing dudes more than I do girls, but I do have a variety of females. Most drawings I have with women are in my sketchpad instead of the computer though.

>>93320334
According to A Dance with Rogues, yes. Don't expect it to be well received by a lot of people though or to be allowed to have as many happy events as if you romanced anybody else.

>>93323062
I like this smooth, even cartoon style. What's her deal?

>>93323242
Thank you! Her mom's a catgirl and her dad's a werewolf, so she's a.. catwolf-girl. those.. those are catwolf ears and a catwolf tail.. and her brother is just a straight up catwolf that turns human at the full moon.
and you know every time I explain it, I feel a little bit more embarrassed.

>>93323843
As a character or the story?

>>93323468
Your style looks slightly familiar, but basically it looks like a lot of web manga
as for your skills, don't worry. yeah there's some rough bits here and there, but overall you should be proud. you're at a good level for a webcomic. just keep getting better and you'll be at .. yknow, 'published quality' soon.

>>93323866
that is everything I like
but i'd totally feel the same way explaining

>>93323742
I like her!
>>93323962
as a character and (optional) how she fits into the story

>>93324050
yeah I'm definitely not going to continue the whole generational thing in the next iteration of the comic, as I've learned the hard way what Xanth already kind of taught me: if you keep on hybridizing every generation, you end up with a main cast who is one-eighth this kind of mythological creature, three-eighths that kind, one-quarter human, etc etc until it's just a mess.
It's not unlike the well-meaning but unsustainable practice of hyphenating last names. it's like.. ladies, your last name still came from your dad.

>>93322414
>hurr ideas guy boogeyman
Oh great now this disease has reached further than gamedev general.

>>93324057
The story is mainly early-mid 20's
knowing what you want to do with your life but being stuck, relationships you have in that situation, and getting unstuck
Basic storytelling but relatable

She is what was aforementioned in art school, wants to make comics, drudgery of not needing art school and the debt you get from it.
Some friends stuck in the drug cycle also, like get up party, come home, sleep rinse and repeat and distancing from them

But it's mainly humor with some relatable undertones you can call serious i guess
A coming of age story, once you're in the age of cumming

>>93324150
Characters in their early-mid 20's**

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>>93323062
>>93323062
I liked your drawing enough to draw my mc in basically the same pose with the same outfit.
I also learned that I hate using textured brushes.

Anyways, good luck on your comic. I'm sure it'll turn-out great.

>>93324091
haha yeah
reminds me of the sims 2 where its like oh its just a werewolf-vampire-robot-plant-mermaid-alien sim nothing too weird
>>93324303
>I also learned that I hate using textured brushes.
the more you know

>>93324303
I like textured brushes because they help soothe my OCD trying to get every line to look absolutely perfect by making every line look like shit no matter what I do.

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>>93318240
The powers come from darker depths where the Chinese brought some ancient arts of chi manipulation during the era of the 1900's when the USA was building train tracks and hired the Chinese for lower cost man power. Eventually these Chinese became unemployed and settled both in Mexicali and Tijuana, two great Mexican cities of the region, from there the teachings of said chi manipulation techniques moved on and slightly spread giving some individuals certain special abilities depending on what they trained their energy for. (These abilities have no name but the characters call it "Bean power" as a joke since they say that eating a healthy bowl of beans gives you super powers). Most of the characters have parents or grandparents who had been taught to use this energy and passed it on. The energy used is flexible, it has countless amount of uses depending on how the person manages it.

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>tfw I take a break to read loli hentai and suddenly the mouse starts moving weirdly like it was controlled by someone else
It was just a tablet malfunction... right?

>>93324134
>triggered "writer"

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>>93324660
>when you hear the high pitched whirring of your spare drives starting up but you aren't accessing them
i-it's just defragmenting right?

>>93324134
Most people are their own idea guy and artist
So forgive them not wanting to do your heavy lifting

>>93324134
at least this place is free of worthless code monkeys

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If I may receive some advice, I used to design this character with a beard, but I've always drawn him without a beard at first to build his jaw structure before I add in his beard. Beardless Emperor looks just as cool as bearded Emperor.

Perhaps a bit of his background may help with the decision making process. He's the sovereign of an Empire that endured a generation of civil war in order to reaffirom the authority of his throne. He's known for committing ruthless acts, though he never took pleasure in it. During his conquest he emotionally neglected his own children, threw grew up during the war and partook in it themselves, along with the rest of their generation. The war ended around the birth of his generation's grandchildren, during a time when he was winning a hopeless war for the opposition, though he called it off when he discovered his eldest son had died. The story is set around a decade and a half since the end of the war and he had recalled his surviving children and his grandchildren in order to watch them grow, which he never did with his own children. He doesn't know how to show love to his grandchildren.

Anyway, does he look good shaved or with a beard?

>>93325075
Shaved looks like someone who'd betray you bearded looks dignified.

>>93325075
Beard
He seems grizzled and rough more than regal
Like a Richard the Lionheart more than a King Louis the XVI

>>93325075
they both look like star wars clone wars characters

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>>93325151
I based him off of Christopher Lee so that would explain it.

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>>93325134
>Shaved looks like someone who'd betray you

Goatees are the real sign of betrayal

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>MFW I want to change the balloons yet I don't want to.

>>93324150
Ahhh okay, I'd probably read it
>>93324303
wait have you posted before? looks a little familiar
>>93324476
this makes a weird amount of sense to me. It's something I like about painting
but I can also just make my OCD feel good by doing some pixel art

>>93324543
>chi via turn of the century chinese immigration
sign me the fuck up
also never picked up before on how chinks and spics are both known for their predilection towards beans. and in my book that's a compliment. anyone who eats beans knows their shit.
>>93324660
optical/laser mouse? they just do that. also hook me up

>>93325075
Actually you've hit right on the head both what you did right and wrong. drawing a jaw first is important for getting the beard right because different jaws make different beards
this guy has an 'elbow' type chin.. but his beard has significant sidecurtains that that kind of jaw simply wouldn't have. He should have a much more '60s scifi b-movie villain' beard with that chin. or at best, a count dooku.

>>93325198
>>93325151
Oh, I see you already...
well then yeah. but I was thinking animated dooku. but even so, see how lee's beard's chin is pointier than the one you drew?
I guess you already covered scifi movie villain with christopher lee too

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When's the ideal time to start a patreon?

I've heard it should be when you have around 300 people following you at the very least.

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>>93324690
Where's your story, anon?

>>93324789
>Most people are their own idea guy and artist
So because "most" people can do both that means fuck the people that can't, right?
Great attitude. Does wonders for an already-small webcomic community, I'm sure.

>your
Gotta love assumptions. I actually prefer doing art over writing. I just don't care for childish tools that shitpost about "ideaguys", which is why I left gamedev general to begin with.

>heavy lifting
If you consider art harder than writing to the point that you'd call it "heavy lifting" then you're not as good of a writer as you probably think you are.

>>93325658
>then you're not as good of an *artist as you probably think you are.
Mistyped there. Not that anyone will reply reasonably anyway.

>>93325631
I would say that as soon as you feel you have some frequent visitors and followers or just feel confident enough

>>93325658
>Does wonders for an already-small webcomic community
Who wants competition?
The market is already saturated and a very small amount of it is good, and an even smaller amount look good

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>>93325631
>>93325706
>TFW 400-ish readers but almost zero interaction or comments
I get between 70-100 unique visitors a day and over 400 returning readers, (according to my host's built-in stats anyway,) but I only have like a few fans that ever interact with me on social media or leave comments on pages.

It makes thinking about Patreon and stuff feel really intimidating.

>>93325737
Why make these threads at all then?

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>>93325631
>not launching your comic with a patreon right away

>>93325764
Some people are just shy even on the internet. Who knows, maybe some of those 400 returning readers are potential patrons. Or not. You may never know if you don't try it anon! Hey at least you have some following that keeps returning, so you are on a good path already I think.

who are your inspirations? looking to get motivated
either artits that made it or webcomics that make you really like

>>93325782
we shouldn't, just let it die

>>93325782
For the good ones

>>93325836
Why do you visit them?

>>93325849
So you only want these threads to shill certain comics that you deem "good" and anyone looking to talk or collaborate should fuck off?

>>93325835
>who are your inspirations?
In what regard?
Art?
Design?
Writing?
Dialogue?
World building?
Comic theory?
And do you only mean webcomics or things that inspired us to do webcomics?

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>>93325835
Lackadaisy's author. Yes she may take her sweet time even with a patreon now, but she makes such beautiful pages that everything is forgiven once she delivers, besides she usually delivers 2 pages per update now.

Katie Tiedrich (Awkward Zombie) too. She has a job at rocket science and yet can deliver her jokes weekly for some years already. Gotta love that motivation.

>>93325869
Typically the ones that look good and are good are from artists/creator with potential
Others it just seems like a hobby and it is very easy to tell the difference

Most of the good looking and good story ones on here are from people who this has been their dream and goal since they were children
Not someone in their 20's and watched a cartoon and got excited

>>93325934
I'm having a hard time believing you're acting this pretentious unironically.

>>93325869
We have had some shitposters recently, better not to think too hard about them

>>93325963
sorry artlet but that's how it is
it takes effort, talent, and more than wishful thinking to make it in that business

>>93325631
It doesn't matter. It'll build up over time and eventually plateau based entirely on how good/popular it is.
>see french manga/webcomic
>goes from $100 a month to $230 after 8+ months
>see doujin/porn artist
>goes from $0 to $1500 in less than 2 months
The most important thing however is consistency.

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>>93326000
>artlet
btfo

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>>93325134
>>93325150
>>93325565
Thanks for the feedback, dudes. I honestly never really thought so far into jawlines and beards, I kind of just drew what fits the character's personality the best.

>>93325565
Do you have any examples of villains from 60s scifi b-movies?

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>>93326185
I bet he can't even shadow draw yet

>>93325889
art stuff mostly and maybe webcomics only since it's the format we're sharing

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I'm so fucking sloooooowww..... Fucking having a job....

How do you feel about artists who have more than one artstyle? Be it that they experiment or that some stories require either a more cartoony or realistic visual style.

>>93326000
>artlet
when will they learn?

>>93326259
I was thinking of that kinda Ming the Merciless / The Master / Doctor Chaotica archetype. You know the ones.

how do you stop your story from becoming contrived?

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>>93326645
art doesn't matter that much in this medium, the writing will carry my bad art. I'll be just like ONE, my stories will be so good it'll make other people want to draw it one day

>>93326372
this page gets better every time it's finished

>>93326664
When in begins to feel that way you just stop and reevaluate where the hell are you going, then get back to the right path

>>93326674
Or you could be like all those artists that have shitty art yet for some reason keep getting money the reason usually is sjw/obscure fetish pandering

Still not the best goal you should set flr yourself

>>93326603
I think the point isn't to have two completely different art styles but to learn to make your own style versatile for different kinds of stories, most porfessional artists first learn how to draw in the "academic" way and learn all the fundamentals before stretching them and starting to bend those fundamentals

>>93326000
Nah you're just salty that you didn't make it so now you're whining and shitposting in /hyw/ instead of working on your comic.

>>93326185
>>93326272
>>93326645
>>93326674
You're just embarrassing yourself at this point.

>>93326747
Please learn how to spot a false flag.

>>93326674
Why chose a visual medium if your strenght is writing?

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>>93326747
I asked myself how this garbage made 3k a month, then I realized the demographic was mentally ill

>>93326775
How can you not see that it's just another shitposter?

Probably just like two guys that keep replying to their own posts and shit because something about these threads make them so bitter that they want to ruin them.

>>93326775
because these retards can't actually write, they just read comics and think they can do it too

>>93326824
I think I fell for the bait but let's be real that's what most people here think

I think I realized why so many main characters have a "no kill rule" a lot of the time

Something feels so dirty about trying to write a character who is supposed to be morally righteous but has no problem with killing

And especially in this environment where people assume a lot about a writer because what they write

>>93326824
>stop posting what i don't like, it's ruining the thread
the narcissism of this idiot

>>93326778
The post there made everything way better

>>93325536
I was just re-reading Himeno Mikan works because they are funny.

>>93326878
That and they don't want to risk losing the audience's sympathy for the main character. Is like the death penalty issue I guess.

>>93326986
that too
it becomes hard to make a character a hero when they kill people without a problem

>>93326878
>And especially in this environment where people assume a lot about a writer because what they write.

This has always bothered me in some ways. People can't write whatever story they want because people may jump to think the author agrees 100% with their characters even if the whole story was about who they were in the wrong or something like that.

>>93326878
that's fucking boring a main character isn' always supposed to be a hero even less a self insert of the writer's moral thoughts

>>93327075
even if you're trying to humor a way of thinking you run the risk of people assuming you sympathize with them

or if you try to make an edge lord character, people end up thinking you're an edge lord

>>93326878
death is dirty
part of being a good guy is accepting feeling dirty in exchange for protecting something that matters more than feeling good

>>93327057
the soccer moms won
stop them. do it, anon. you can do it.

>>93327177
We should learn from Sade who gave no fucks about exposing himself as a degenerate

>>93327207
Hey that's hell you are walking into

>>93327177
I'm serious about it, I'm not talking about making your character a super edge teen that kills for no reason but just look at some of morally ambigous mc like house, walter white, rick, they're charismatic without being your cutout naruto/batman/manga mc boring mc

>>93327207
it's such a fine line you need to run
people assume a protagonist always need to be a good guy
I remember the Castlevania Lord of Shadows 2 fiasco
>>93327225
i assume you mean shad

>>93327225
wait, Sade the singer pronounced shadei, or the marquis de sade?

>>93327258
he who shall not be named

>Recommended: Do You Live in the USA and Like Asian Women?
the ads on this fucking site..

>>93327258
it's a fine line, but if you're riding a bike, you can't walk on anything BUT a fine line. you just grip the handlebars and steer
you fucking steer and you stay on the road, and keep moving forward.

>>93327279
I mean the Marquis. 120 days, Justine, you know all the pack

>>93327286
Google knows your porn tags anon

>>93327286
go on /pol/ and you'll find a yellow fever thread every hour
/mu/, /trash/, /wsg/ and /bant/ all have their own kpop generals for some reason
and lets not forget that half this website is weeb shit

>>93327177
>>93327057
you people care way too much waht others think of you

>>93327382
It comes with the anxiety, yeah.

>>93327382
maybe, but part of being a creator is building your reputation

>>93327302
that's actually really good advice

>>93327406
Well, you can always show your true colors on the author coments' section and on replies. There are many people who write depressive or ultraviolent stories yet are nice fellows.

>>93326888
I don't like shitposting, so yeah. Stop doing it.

>>93327322
okay well they were bad.
>>93327382
this. the only people you should care about what they think of you is someone that you admire and respect. and even then, remember they have taste

>>93327508
take your own advice

>>93326778
poor guy, I have watched too many korean war movies lately even the ones told from the commie side.

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I didn't even know there was a place for webcomics on here! Is it alright to share mine? I've been working on it for about two years now and currently inking the 18th chapter!

It's an action-comedy about two rival, mask-wearing clans in feudal Japan. As my first webcomic, I've still got much to learn, but have come along way since the beginning! Here's the link!

https://tapas.io/episode/190839

>>93327645
women are the primary victims of war. they lose their sons, husbands, fathers.

>>93327684
ayy I recognize that quote.

>>93327650
It is weird how much I immediately like this

>>93327735
it is internally logical coming from someone who advocates killing those who would have a bad life before they have a chance to.

>>93327785
Haha! Thanks!! Happy to hear it!

>>93327634
>I know you are but what am I!?
Is not a sound argument.

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>>93327826
no topic makes me angrier than that. Truly a tragedy at global scale.
Let's go back to shit comics.

>>93326778
Assigned Male is the worst webcomic ever made, but not for the reasons the post under it and most likely everyone else on this site seems to think it is.

>>93327650
>tapas
I wish you luck in your webcomic endeavors but you'll never get me to read something on that shitty site.

>>93328060
>I AM SILLY!!!
you really are a moron

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>>93328085
Which are your reasons anon? Don't leave us like that share with us!

>>93327650
>That art evolution

I mean it wasn't bad at all at the beginning but you sure improved over time, keep the good work!

>>93328105
what's wrong with tapas?
A little nose-hooked man told me it can make me rich!

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>>93326778
>11 year old kid
>Using words like "validating"
>Getting upset by stuff like pic related

Why I had to search this thing? Seriously some stuff is just too on the nose. Besides which girl doesn't want to be as big and strong as her father? Daughters admire their dad in the best case scenarios and want to have as many good traits as them.

>>93328219
Some just don't like the layout, besides it seems to be glitching a lot lately.

>>93328105
>>93328169

Thank you both! I appreciate it!

>>93328060
it's oddly frequently right though

>>93328085
it is pretty cute, you have to give it that.

>>93328105
it's a shitty site, but let's be fair here.. we've been on worse. remember yahoo and geocities and altavista and all that shit? Remember FRAMES?
Kid Radd is one of the greatest webcomics of all time and I challenge anyone to find a worse site to read it on. I mean in a way it's genius because he cobbled something together that is essentially the webcomic equivalent of all those stories you hear about classic videogames where the crazy jap stayed up 48 hours straight and figured out some algorithm that allowed them to cram 4 times as much data onto a cartridge, but... it's still terrible.

>>93328255
It is amazing how we don't even need to do anything about it, these people are sabotaging themselves so soundly you almost think it's a ruse all along

>>93328105
Not the same guy.
My main goal is to be posted on all manga pirating sites :^)

>>93328624
my dream is being featured in /v/ LOL threads

>>93328060
Dude
Post your comic so we can all soundly judge you
You have so much knowledge on an industry you know nothing about
Only way youre gonna make it as an idea guy is through nepotism and since you arnt im assuming you havent

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>>93326778
Ah so that's from where this comes from

>>93328843
>idea guy
they're called writers, writelet detected. bet you don't even know about muh beginning, middle, and ends. bet you can't even identify common tropes in the stories you read

>>93329064
Art talent is much more valuable than writing talent
And some people unlike you are good at both
You can be a good writer but draw Chris Chan level comics, but a good artist and mediocre writer will be much more successful than you

>>93329125
wrong, a good story makes the comic. if you just cared about pictures go look at some paintings

>>93329166
You've just shown your ignorance
Go read a book if you just want a good story
Comics arn't a 1 dimensional storytelling format you fucking philistine
Look up Visual Storytelling
I like almost anyone cannot be bothered to look at crayon drawings, MS paint drawings, or 12 yr old anime style just to get a story

>>93329064
not this fucking argument again
but no, technically idea vs execution is a completely different argument. you can be an artist who comes up with nothing but ideas, or likes ideas better than going through with any of them...

>>93329125
Completely true

Would anyone resd a story about an energy bending mercenary who adventures around a civil war 2 landscape? There would be action, comfy moments, and some tasteful politcal banter.

>>93329405
post art

>>93329405
Sounds fun to me! I'd read it.

>>93329462
Nothing good rn, it's all in a sketchbook I burned a while ago. But I promised I would work with my computer given the time.

>>93329465

If you're being serious, that actually means a lot to me.

im so depressed guys, why is making comics so hard

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>>93329631
Because it's looked down upon unless you are very succesful

>>93329558
I am. It sounds up my alley. If you start it I'll be sure to check it out

>>93329631
What part do you find hard?

>>93329804
the drawing, the writing, the no one giving a shit about all the hard work you put in

>>93329908
>no one giving a shit about all the hard work you put in
look for a new career then

>>93329908
Like most things in life, art is a game of results, no one cares about the process, or how many hours you spent on that difficult pose, or studying perspective, it all comes to the final result so you need to reach the point your results come perfect and quickly, make every minute of effort count anon! I believe in you!

>>93329405
heh. that'd be interesting for sure. a guy in a shitty part of history but his powers only serve to cause more death, and there was plenty already. couldnt solve any of their real problems. i dig it. and he just works for cash?

>>93324134
Ideas goy are a real fucking cancer on creative works.

If you can write a script and basic storyboard you MIGHT raise an eyebrow but if all you have is an "idea" piss off. Artists may have shitty ideas but they actually worked to develop the skills to fucking make their shitty ideas a reality.

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>>93326748
I guess I wondered mostly because of how some people (nips usually) can switch from more normal-proportions-anime to chibi and either use both styles on one story of go with only one of them for something. The best example I can think of is Keikenchi. He is more known for his quite unique chibis but he can do normal as well.

>>93330156
This
Argument over

>>93330157
yeah that's tricky to balance but if you can do it..
the western equivalent of that is typically 'this scene is zoomed way out, leave off most of the detail on this guy' which I don't feel like they "Get away with" with me.

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>>93326372
How long have you been working on this page now? A year?

It's starting to look really good but that's not a sustainable shedule...

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remember when we used to come together and do thread activities? remember when it felt like a community here?

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>>93329125
>Art talent is much more valuable than writing talent
Holy shit, is this really what /co/ thinks? I always thought it was one of the more reasonable boards on this site but this is legitimately the thought process of a 12-year-old, and it's gone beyond the point that I can realistically believe that it's bait.

>>93329223
>if you want writing go read a book!
>but if you want art comics are fine, yeah, that's the epitome of visual art and storytelling
Go read Understanding Comics, faggot.

>>93330156
I've heard all the same shit in agdg, just like that other anon mentioned.
Someone mentions an idea and everyone flips the fuck out shit-slinging them and then justify it with
>idea guys are shit UNLESS they do [things]
Never once stopping to think that maybe the person you're throwing a tantrum over can actually do those things.

>Artists may have shitty ideas but they actually worked to develop the skills to fucking make their shitty ideas a reality.
I can't stress enough how much you sound like a highschooler who's reached that golden age of like 16/17 where he thinks he has the world figured out but will look back on it in ten years and think "wow I was a retard".

Seriously, go read Understanding Comics, jerk off over art in /ic/, or go back to /v/ where you belong.

>>93328169
>Which are your reasons anon?
Just read about it on the bad webcomics wiki, they nail it.
It's not bad because "m-muh trans! muh conservative views!" it's bad because it's a piece of shit written by a horrible person that even actual trans people, (not the fake tumblr SJW ones that 4chan uses as a strawman for everything,) think the comic is garbage.

>>93328383
I hope you're being sarcastic.

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>>93332372
Not gonna lie, the first time I saw the first strip around 4chan I thought it was a parody. Knowing that it is actually legit is such a horrible discovery. I guess at least the author knew that was really shit because it can only be found on archive.


>The edit they did to the original review so it would look like it was a good webcomic

My fucking sides it can't be real

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>>93332505
this..is an edit right?

>>93328169
It's an on the nose comic where the main character always plays the victim to some minor slight. It shouldn't be thought of as an example of the difficulties of a trans person's life, it should be used as an example why to avoid autists at all fucking costs.
T. A trans girl's boyfriend

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>>93332547
I wish it was.

On another subject, even though the author has learnt to add shadows to the comic by this day, the artstyle looks so alien to me, uncanny even. Can't really put my finger on what exactly is, it's just unpleasant to see.

>>93332505
Canada's health care looks good there

>>93332602
There's a distinct potato-people look to it. The earlier comics have the loosest grasp on anatomy but most lines of action for poses can be best equated to: \

EVERY character stands oddly stilted at an angle even when they're supposed to be standing straight. The shoulders are almost always hunched and the limb stiff. A pose like the one in that picture is a marked improvement from the earlier years because at least there's a sense of movement through it.

That said the faces are always unbelievably ugly and lack appeal.

>>93332602
>this is what it takes to be successful
what the fuck am I even grinding loomis for fuck this shit, fuck web comics

>>93331851
Ha. It was the first page I worked on before making the previous three pages.

After much consternation and internal strife we've found a new artist and things are picking up :) We don't have a huge number of readers but we remain positive with the few we do have :)

>>93333752
wtf how did u get such a good artist

>>93333907
Good fortune :)

He's a lovely guy, we're working to help him get commissioned work and he's helping us with our comic art. He's called rifthebit and he's over on DA :) His colour work is absolutely fantastic.

>>93333920
how did u get him to do it for free

>>93334049
It's not free :)

>>93332505
It disturbs and scares me more than batshit crazy weird horror manga.

anyone want to collaborate?

>>93334627
ur mom

>>93332340
This is a common problem with beginning Web comic artists or especially wannabes who never really make their comic. NO appreciation for writing. Impressive art only promotes the STORY, which is why people READ the comic in the first place. Writing is essential. Bad art is not the same as simple art. There are shortcuts to illustrating, but not to writing. Visually Simple but well written comic will leave an impact on the reader, but a weak story with amazing art will be browsed through here and there and quickly forgotten.

Fucking study writing, people, it's part of the process.

>>93332340
Then fucking show your writing, or literally anything you have outside of "draw me an idea dude lol".

>>93333189
For every Assigned male there are a thousand failed attempts littering the halls of Tumblr.

Remember that. Also learn to draw porn for fandom communities. Shit builds you an audience FAST.

>>93335619
Writer =/= idea goy

A big thing about being a writer is learning to appreciate the drawbacks and limitations of whatever medium you're working in. You also need to, you know, actually make something more substantial than a five minute elevator pitch.

This is a different ballgame entirely from vidya developing though, writing I'd argue is more critical here, while your fifty pages of deepest lore for your DnD derivative fantasy setting isn't going to make your RPG idea any closer to becoming a reality.

>>93335744
Exactly. The reason I wanted to emphasize why writing is important is because some web comic people don't see that execution is critical, not concepts. Dialogue and story structure for an example take time and effort to learn. There is a common myth that these things are somehow easy.

>>93335888
art is harder

>>93315711
What if I make an OC comic that appears to be a series of high-culture parodies, but has a strong background in videogame history while secretly being propaganda for the neochartalist school of economics?

Do you guys have any thoughts on whether there are downsides to self-publishing as a webcomic since there are no restrictions, expectations or an editorial relationship with feedback and such?

>>93336229
you'll probably win an Eisner

>>93336703
you can get your editorial feedback here, we got a lot of talented people in these threads

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>>93325536
Okay, will notify you when the comic starts

Here's my Tumblr for now: I'm still to realease the first episode.

lucy-fuchs.tumblr.com

How do I write comments on tumblr? I can't bully anyone if I can't write hurtful words

>>93318193
Oh.
That's kind of depressing.

Hope he finds the motivation to make content again.

Until I can get a second monitor, are there any good iphone apps for timed drawing/gesture drawing/quickposes or whatever? Can never get the quickposes site to work on my phone.

>>93336195
Art is "harder" in that it takes longer to learn how to make decent art while we're trained in writing from a very young age. In terms of actual difficulty I think that it's way more even, and there are just as many bad artists who think their writing will save them as there are bad writers who think that their art will save them.

>>93332340
I think you are thinkig just from the perspective of a writer, yeah it's half of the job in a comic, and of course iits the part that will keep your readers interested, but to ge to that point your art must be held to a certain stanrdad, your art is expected to be a)appealing to the viewer and b)fitted to the story you're writing
how do you expecto to make a space odyssey if you can't draw spaceships or a fucking astronaut suit, writing its just half of the work not 3/4

>>93338348
I think most people focus on getting to a certain point of technical artistic abilities before because it's an actual physical activity that you can only learn really well in the youth, writing can be polished as you grow up

>>93338526
>it's an actual physical activity that you can only learn really well in the youth
Pfffft.
Tell that to Van Gogh. He sucked ass well into his 20's.

>>93332064
got an idea?

>>93332340
there's inherent value and then there's value as decided by market forces. in the latter case, art is more valuable.
You can't have a good comic without good art and writing, but good writing is easier to find, and usually requires less time and effort on the part of the person doing it. there's no writing equivalent of 'shading' for example, especially not for comics.

You act like you don't want it but I'm gonna give it to you anyways.

>>93338035
you can't just alt-tab as you work? or copy the reference, open it in your art program, and put them side by side?

>>93338709
van gogh never stopped sucking
but he just proves you can be a good artist without having good technical skill. art's something else entirely, it's about expressing yourself
but in the common parlance when we say 'art' we mean 'graphics'.. and i think you know that. you can be good at actual-art and be bad at art-as-in-graphics

>>93339237
All that's kind of a hassle with timed drawing.

Side by side gives me like no space to to actually draw. Alt-tabbing, I have to switch between pen and mouse or keyboard and it eats up time to draw and makes the whole experience just not fun. I would like to actually enjoy my time learning how to draw.

>>93339335
you don't have your tablet next to your keyboard? how do you do shortcuts? does your tablet have buttons? that's pretty cool

>>93339384
Don't most tablets have buttons? I just have a cheapo monoprice one and it has like six at the top. I usually just put my keyboard on the floor when I draw. I guess I could put something in my lap?

And either way, I have a lot of down time at work, so I'd like to have a mobile app for timed drawing even after I get a second monitor so I can practice with pen and paper when I'm not at a computer.

>>93339484
mine has a bunch of.. labels at the top, but I've never tried using them
it's a lot easier for me to put the tablet where the mouse goes and use it the same as you would keyboard and mouse combo. left hand can handle everything like ctrl-z, all the tool shortcuts, alt-tab, etc.

I know this is the wrong thread, but I'm wondering if there's somewhere to discuss webcomics in general? Looking for some suggestions per a webcomic I'm reading rn.

Thanks!

>>93340684
there are frequent webcomic discussion threads, just check the catalog. if one isn't up, go ahead and discuss it here as long as it's something pertinent to the production

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>>93333752
>file deleted
>go check the archive

>>93335744
>Actually make something more substantial than a five minute elevator pitch.

I know elevator pitch is not a literal episode about an elevator but since we are talking about writing, well if you know how to work it out you can make elevators as good as any place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUTfUmI8vs

>>93337268
You can either use the bubble option on each post or hope the artist has a disqus thing.

>>93339289
holy fuck I hope you're baiting, or you're really retarded if you think his technical level (especially on color) was anything but perfect

>>93341536
Oh his color sense was great. One of the best. And he had a real eye for brush effects. But the man's art was flatter than a hanna-barbera cartoon sat on by a ground sloth. And that's just for starters

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>>93341603
>flat
stick to your loomis kiddo

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>>93338709
>Not using the most inspirational happy example

>>93341814
so you're not seeing the perspective errors and the overall 2dness of this? because I have trouble seeing those, but I see them here

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>>93341854
well yeah the perspective is crooked on most of his paintings but that desn't take away the overall depth the color combinations make, and to say that his technical level "sucked" is a blatantly uninformed claim

>>93342004
I wasn't talking about depth of color, I was talking about the actual objects in the painting.
Gotta admit though, that one's one of the best.

>>93302218
Anon how did you manage to make those panels? I've just started wirking with my tablet so I don't even know where to begin...

>>93342619
start with the trash can

>>93342619
What exactly do you mean?

>>93306527
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>>93322085
i know this was like from two days ago, but shit dude, you got a tumblr or something?

>>93300970
>I don't know where to start, and I don't even have the nerve to go to the links in the first post for help
Wow you sound like a real go-getter anon, it's a mystery you're not famous yet, maybe someone will just give you loads of money for sitting there while other people do all the work and you can get the credit.

Any day now.

>>93300970
you reamind me so much of me, even to the point of not being able to balance between classes and art and I thought I had talent, you know what happened? I realized if I had talent my drawings would be so much better so I started to practice again and again and again and I think I'm starting to see results, so you must start now

>artlet from yesterday still foaming at the mouth people won't make his idea
>artlet still thinks writing is harder than art