/hyw/ - How's Your Webcomic? #380

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>>93478163

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;
calligraphr.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=Pb5oIIPO62g

>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

>>93478163
snert. that's pretty good.
>>93477847
just decided they'd do random unimportant shit, like in the funny pages, so it was no pressure.

>>93478062
>>93478074
>>93478469
Thank you very much for the advice. I'll throw some ideas onto a canvas and see if I can come up with something my writer likes. I'll post them here as well if anyone would like to critique me.

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I spent far longer on this opening shot than I anticipated.

>>93478691
sets a good standard!

>>93478163
I love it op

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>tfw actually started writing again
>tfw 20 pages done for my novel and actually found an artist for my comic idea

My god, I might actually make something.

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Just drawing and stuff.

>>93479628
good stuff

>>93479628
Are those the titles of different storylines?

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>>93479741

Yes, they're the different big arcs.

>>93479780
Pretty good stuff bruh, would like to see more.

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>>93479628
>>93479780
That's pretty fucking good. Got any ones colored?

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>>93479888
Only colored ones I got are at least a year old, unfortunately.

>>93479903
Still looks damn good.

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Soon™

>>93479628
Hey nice to see you still at it anon!

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>>93480723
I'll always be at it because I'll never finish (start) it.

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i don't visit here as much as i used to but i was wondering if some of you still have the prototype designs of your characters

for better or worse i lost most of the original drawings in an old computer, those were so bad im kinda glad it happened i must have some mid stage drawings in the archive from when i used to be more active, and the very first drawing of a charecter must be somewhere burried in a 3ds memory stick, i just kinda wanna know the story behind your designs

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>>93481276
My initial designs were more realistic than my current designs. All of my prototypes are stored online somewhere.

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>>93481276
Fuck I feel so old.

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>>93481276
I still remember drawing these in school one morning. There are some even more prototypical ones, but they were basically just my trying to draw final fantasy sprites from memory on some post-its, so those don't really count. This is where I was trying to think of some designs I could draw over and over, with the sensibilities of sprites, filling out a decent team of basic archetypes..
I don't remember if Soroban was meant to have a PET hedgehog or turn INTO one, but either way that was dropped pretty quickly. Other than that and some minor proportion changes and Loki's hair, it didn't change much going into the real comic.. which I think I started in earnest later that day or week.

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>>93481911
I also have some pencil drawings of the new/older cast for N, but I have never scanned those (since I don't .. scan anymore, I'd have to photograph them). They're kind of interesting, Sasha went through the most changes I think.
I DO however have a few digital drawings (These would have been done with a mouse) of the first versions of older Mizu. She still had the same hair from her younger self and I hadn't streamlined the belt.. these were one and two years ahead of the new comic starting up, so one of them was only a year after the previous ended.
I also keep a drawing of some of my characters in my wallet, set a few years after the end of the first comic, except I drew it before the very end so someone's missing

>>93479542
Good luck anon!

>>93484369

>>93486302
stop bumping a dead thread, if your thread can't stay alive organically then it doesn't deserve to stay up

>>93486768
you can say that during the PM hours. some of us have to sleep

>>93482708
I'm actually super fucking excited to the point where I can't even eat.

>>93487274
don't get your hopes up, 99% chance it'll be shit and/or the artist drops off

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>>93481276
I think this was the original idea for a spider dude like 2 years ago

>>93487392
Oh, I'm sure it will be shit. Also I've already had 6 artists drop. Mostly due to arguments about money and 1 family emergency. Any progress is progress.

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>>93487423
...which morphed into something like this

>>93487431
>arguments about money
you're paying them and they're still complaining?

>>93487460
Well, without getting into too much detail.

>I'll pay you X per page
>Ok, sounds good
>A few weeks later
>Hey, I found out my friend is making Y per page. I want Y
>Y is too much and we already agreed on X.
>Fuck you, I want Y.

Is there a way to make people feel somewhat sorry for a villain while still keeping him completely irredeemable?

>>93487557
I guess it's possible. Just make sure that the villain knows he's an irredeemable fuck face.

>>93481985
>literally no improvement at all after all these years

>>93487557
>20 minutes

>>93487934
I mean, he was never irredeemable.

>>93487604
well I stopped drawing the legs so damn short, there's that.

>>93487934
>Nox
>Irredeemable

Bullshit. Even Groug said he wasn't as evil as he seemed and that it wasn't too late to stop.

>>93487557
A villain that's dug himself too deep in to back out, and he knows it, but still has to go through with it no matter how bad his actions get. Try not to make him feel too bad about it.

>>93487557
basically yeah. People can pity without forgiving. You give him a good reason to be mad, then a terrible decision made based on that anger.

>>93488635
his only crime really was neglecting to test the machine. that's just bad science.
that's why samurai jack was always so careful not to just leave the future totally fucked in order to grab himself an opportunity to go back: he had no idea if it would work or not.

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>>93488593
Not to offend you pal, the only thing admirable about you is your persistence. If you really want to improve in art you have to study it, like anything else.

If you really want to become a pro you can contact both me and PipSQK sensei, we can you a guide to actually improve

>>93489043
You'll get no argument from me. I've definitely been letting quantity outweigh quality for some time, something i used to think was pretty much okay for comics, but increasingly feel otherwise, looking back. I only just started doing construction at all, thanks to these threads, only just bumped the size up enough that the lines don't look like shit, only just started using line guides so my lettering would be straight.. that's the downside to 'just doing it for yourself' which I still wholeheartedly endorse. Sometimes yourself's standards aren't very high.
Still gonna finish this sucker up as-is, then study harder before starting the next one. Prolly couple years.
In the meantime though, normally I'd say I'd rather study on my own, but.. you and pips specifically, I like how you do shit.. and I like how pips redlines shit. So like, holy shit, I'm taking you up on that offer. Don't let me forget.

>>93489133
Don't trip on me bro. I am conscious that you're hard headed, but either way I'm gonna take the task to help you.

Start here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEtdDvK6Xo

Once you upload here a sheet with cubes and shapes in different positions I will give you your next assignment

Important Rule: FORGET everything you think you know about drawing and start from 0
No shortcuts.

>>93489258
y'alright, i'm bookmarking that for later. i have a lot of stuff bookmarked for later, actually, but later is coming up. soon as this comic's finished up.
joke's on you, i don't have to forget shit. i know i don't know anything!

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>>93489394
The comic can wait, better improve now
I assure you, the homework won't last more than 15 minutes

>>93489629
well see this is where people start accusing me of making excuses. i've gotta wait til my head's in the right place, if I try forcing it, my art always comes out shitty. right now i'm feeling drowsy from cruddy sleep and dental pain, this is no time for study. but I promise I'm not blowing you off, man. Lucyman. You know what you're talking about.

>>93489043
post work

>>93489725
>i've gotta wait til my head's in the right place
lmao i'm not even going to dignify this with a reply to you, I'm pointing this out for everyone to see. this idiot's head hasn't been in the right place for the past decade, look where he is now.

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>>93489258
>proko
not even once

>>93489725
I wouldn't accuse you of making excuses if you didn't make excuses.

People have been giving you advice for years and you've rarely tried to even apply any of it.

>>93489962
meh, I'll give it a shot anyway. stopped clock and all that

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>>93489880
OK
>>93489962
I have no idea why you guys get so salty with him, he's good for basics but not for anything stylish. I reccomend Sinix Design for anything style related.
But for anything, you need to start with elementals which proko happens to explain well without trip-fagging through a 45 minute video.
>>93489725
Don't wait, try. Don't intend to make things perfect, but try.
>>93489901
I'm pretty aware he isn't fully sane, I'm not gonna avoid to lend him a hand. Even the most offset people have some heart to themselves you just have to find how to get there.

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Halfway there. Found a few tools to make my life easier. I should get around to learning all Krita has to offer.

>>93491152
gettin Surf Ninjas flashbacks

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>>93491152
>Krita
I highly suggest any software besides Krita

>>93490767
>talks shit when his own work is shit

I'm thinking of writing a story where a guy suddenly finds out his roommate is a werewolf or other kind of animal or monster. Kind of want to make it looney tunes esque but not entirely sure on that yet. What would be a good reason for a werewolf or whatever else to want to live with a human?

>>93492035
>What would be a good reason for a werewolf or whatever else to want to live with a human?

"Pets" live rent-free!

>>93492035
>Wanted to live with a human in case he needed a food source.
>ended up becoming friends
>Can't bring himself to eat him

>>93492035
It's the only place they could find where the rent was that low.
Human's previous roommate moved out and they need to find a replacement asap.

>>93492126
>>93492164
>>93492180

Lol I like all these ideas, I think I can work with all of these and make it funny.

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reworking a bit of dialogue before going to bed. I was hoping this is a novel idea, although since I am not very well read, so I was wondering if someone else done something similar in books or movies.

>>93491868
looks a prettyprettygood to me. Either way I know firsthand a good teacher isn't necessarily good at what they teach.
also hardly talking shit.

>>93492035
Sounds like a great idea
>Looney Tunes-esque
nevermind

In any case, maybe to help with the werewolf thing. Needs someone to strap him down on full moon nights or whatever.

>>93492313

Don't worry I'm not entirely settled on things yet, so it might be a serious story instead of a slapstick comedy story.

>>93492277
Suggested text changes:

"Warning: energy input exceeds total safety bandwidth..."

"Ley lines" are the mystic energy lines.

>>93492277
tonal passwords are a pretty novel concept i reckon, i also like your pastel colors

though the grammatically correct version of your first phrase is "WARNING: INPUTTED ENERGY EXCEEDS TOTAL SAFETY BANDWIDTH OF LEY LINE NETWORK ZONE B7R"

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>>93491868
What do you expect me to be? A god?

Well, looks like my stalker got a clue about their behavior, but asked if we could still be friends.

I said no. Why would I positively reinforce stalker behavior?

Tracking my I.P.
Emotionally invasive(things that belong to my therapist, GF, and myself).Some things they made up, but if I did have an issue they constructed, I personally wouldn't announce it so pubically. Unless I was ready. All I saw was someone forcing an issue to build a deeper relationship they didn't have a right to.
Outright interrupting a conversation with various other artists to make it about me or them.

Why would I reinforce that behavior by giving them exactly what they want? Ends justify the means?

With all that being said I've made a personal decision from now on to avoid public forums like the plague.

I'm just going to pay artist on patron for tutorials. Maybe find ones that will critique artwork for a price. Then I can listen to someone I actually give a shit about, and get a critique without it leading them to think they can get into every other facet of my life.

So, I'm out of here. /blogpost.

>>93492891
you fool, you'd be positively reinforcing getting-a-clue. people like this are desperately lonely, throw them a fucking bone and turn the other cheek. literally nobody thinks the ends justify the means because they did something and got forgiven for it.

>>93492891
don't lie faggot you probably initiated it and enjoyed the attention at first. otherwise you wouldn't come here blogging paragraphs. you're the shittier person for using the other when it suits you and throwing them away after you're done. kill yourself

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>>93490767

that work is actually worst than cold fusions. You really shouldn't throw stones in a glass house of bullshit that is webcomics.

Also pipsqk is just barely better than coldfusion, just baaaaaaarely.

and all 3 of you combined arent even half as good as bones. Whatever happened to that guy anyway? He was the coolest most interesting thing about these threads. Just saying.

>>93494305
Shut the fuck up bones

Your first paragraph was on point but your 2nd shows you don't know shit you Mexican nigger

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Originally didn't have the flinging bit, but realized A) he'd be facing the wrong way because he wouldn't be on the OTHER side of the portal from them, and B) it would look cool to get shot point blank midair AND backwards

Tzara Autostrada's dialogue is fun to write.

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I hate this place so much.
here's some more garbage to shove in your mouth.

>>93496860
holy shit you've improved
what kinda jesus-ass water does this place have?

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This thread is cursed to being a place where people come to self-suck no wonder we have all these faggots banned from the discord group

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>>93496982
chemicals in the water makes it so it acts like a solid, they have a large cleaner that gets rid of the chemicals in their water, the chemical tastes real bad.

>>93487557
It's a tricky and weird position, even ignoring the fact that there will always be fangirls and fanboys that will try to excuse a villain no matter what.

The usual trick is to give them a backstory or motivation that makes you feel sorry for them, all while making their present selves evil shit.

It may be weeb stuff but Doflamingo in One Piece plays this kind of stuff well. He had a sad backstory and childhood but on one part he kind of got that shit on himself and on second part he was an evil guy since the beginning and his present actions can barely be excused by his tragic backstory.

>>93497084
awesome. fuckin' ice-nine. wasn't expecting that.

>>93489258
>>93490767
10/10 bait
but seriously I don't get why people like to make coldfusion feel bad, his style isn't realistic but at least is clean and focused, can he improve? yes absolutely but if he doesn't want to study who gives a fuck

>>93497792
he's a 30+ year old man who hasn't improved in a decade, what isn't there to mock?

>>93497792
Nice/accurate of you to say, but I'm not gonna pass up potential pipsqk redlining. and i DO wanna study, just not right this minute.
It might seem frustrating that some people are content being slow improvers, but when you're a fast learner, needing-to-study is what's frustrating and annoying. It's like learning to drive if you could already run at like 30 mph. Yeah you probably still should, because you can't carry a family on your back and most of the time it's unpleasant to be outside so an enclsoed temperature-controlled space is ideal, plus you can't run fast enough for the highway, but if people like that existed would you blame them for not bothering to get a license?

>>93497792
For those of us who have been here for years we've seen Coldfusion make excrutiatingly little progress after many people have offered to help him. He just doesn't improve and he probably should have if he actually tried and applied himself instead of giving up immediately.

>>93497968
I didn't understand your metaphor but if you really wanna improve without being frustrated by anatomy-shading-perspective at least try practicing more your gesture, it will improve GREATLY your cartoony style
most artists here care a lot for details and ignore one of the more important parts of cartoon drawing: gesture and fluidity
good luck boi

>>93498180
definitely, I've had a stiffness problem for ages. We've talked about it a lot in threads over the years, going back to drawthreads I used to frequent. Part of it is that I conciously fight being TOO loose (in art and in real life), part is that I get most of my anatomy knowledge from solid plastic toys. but I'm woikin' on it. really am. There's a long list of those impruuvements to make.
In the meantime though I'm better'n most people at robots, so there's that.

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I fixed it up a bit

It should fare a little better under scrutiny

>>93492887
I expect you to know how to draw hands

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>>93499148
I was just practicing today

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>>93499580
Also trying to choose wether to pencil or ink from the start
And don't worry I'm pretty self aware I'm shit no need for constant reminding.

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>>93499580
ooh that's really close. hands are hard. have this free guide thingy I found somewhere

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>>93499647
oh wait, that isn't the... the one i meant to post. but that's good too

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>>93499647
Saved, will use later today or on some future drawing

>>93497968
what the fuck is this analogy? are you saying you're a fast or a slow learner? no wonder no one reads your comic, your writing is awful

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>>93481276
The design come from two sources, one is a magical mentor from a old square action RPG called Thread of Fate, a magical mentor character in there called Fancy Mel. Also a magical girl series called Nanoha.

>>93499709
Fast learner at some things, slow at others. makes it hard to get motivated to work on the slower ones when the others were so fast. You get spoiled, y'know?

>>93499838
I'm not going to bother pointing out the absurdity of what you're saying here, because I know it's a waste of energy. There is something profoundly wrong with you and you don't see it yet. when you see it 10 years from now it'll be too late, reevaluate yourself

>>93499912
I mean it's a pretty well-known thing. I must just be explaining it wrong.

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>>93478163
Just for fun: Are there any songs or albums that come to mind when you think about your webcomic?

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>>93499963
Dude, you may not be the best at art and I think you will be forever stuck with your art style, but, I have to actually praise your motivation to keep drawing your comic. The fact that you are already chapters in is already enough to prove you're better than me, which I have nothing done. Just a long history of failed sketches

>>93500412
mostly videogame soundtracks.. mainly snes and n64..

>>93500442
you're nearly started, aintcha? Iunno, I've liked the feel n' style of everything you've posted so far.
I can draw other styles, too

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>>93500412
Yes mostly anime intros and OST from various of themI'll hand you my list:

One Punch Man OST
Jojo's BA Part 3: Dio's World
Nightwish - Once and Oceanborn albums
Led Zeppelin - Various songs
Evanesence - Fallen Album

There's way more but some songs resonate with certain characters so I link them to a specific genre

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>>93500412
This song alone has influenced a lot of my creative and artistic choices:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWae6r7Blw

>>93489258
wait, what's my assignment here? you want me to draw some shapes?
holy shit some of this perspective shit is blowing my mind though. being stereoblind is a hell of a drug. I'm just autocorrecting everything I see. Too much perspective and it looks like i have a fisheye lens on..

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>>93500877
wait, oh fuck me gently and twice nightly, I just had me a wee breakthrough
I've been trying to draw hexagonal pyramids from different angles for this stupid OC of mine from 17 years ago, and I finally just now figured it out kind of.
alright now I need to just go and digest this shit. brain'll absorb it slowly. like you know when you make oatmeal or especially cream of wheat juust right and it ends up kind of chewy? like that.

>>93492472
>>93492473
Thanks for the help! Although its not really intended to be pastel. Its just so I can see the dialogue over the art at that moment. Its still just the base coloring.

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>>93501558
Derp, forgot the image.

>>93501083
>brain'll absorb it slowly. like you know when you make oatmeal or especially cream of wheat juust right and it ends up kind of chewy? like that.
no wonder you don't have any friends

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>>93501694
>ColdFusion FINALLY starts taking advice and trying to improve as an artist, even slightly
>loser anon immediately starts shitting on him

Fuck off.

>>93492035
http://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/super-secret/list?title_no=666

I don't think this werewolf webcomic has anything to do with your story, but it's the first thing I thought of when I heard werewolf. Maybe it will help you with your idea.

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Someone in the last thread posted a butt lineup so I went ahead and drew a butt lineup since I haven't really drawn anything else lately.
Also, drawing butts are kind of fun and I could use more practice with drawing characters from behind.

>>93500412
Yeah, I've put a soundtrack together. It's mostly Sweet, Blur, Neon Indian and Flaming Lips.
Since the comic is supposed to take a lot of elements from psychedelia and New Age hippy shit, I want to try to find some more glam and psychedelic stuff for the playlist.

>>93501788
thank you Shadow, but I'm a big boy, and this isn't my first corral.. .. why did I say corral. rodeo? horse.
not remotely the first time i've taken art improvement advice either, but every time is 'finally doing it' and that's fine.
>>93501831
Butts!

>>93501847
All I'm saying is that your art has been tv tropes tier for too fucking long now and if relentless positive reinforcement is the only way to make the pain stop so fucking be it.

>>93501788
>treating a 30 year old man like he's 6
lmfao pathetic

>>93501905
>Tvtropes
jesus i live in fear someone puts me on that shit. fasteddie would eat me alive
I'm sorry my art gives you teh pains, anon. You don't hafta look at it.

>>93502143
>Frex
too kawaii
watch dem bent arms though. Common mistake, the arm suddenly gets too long when it bends
When in doubt, elbow yourself in the side. Feel how low your elbow goes? just past the end of your ribs, right? That or just match it to the other arm, which is juuust about right.

>>93501943
Your comic isn't even bad or anything, it's just weird that doodling anime didn't get you a better sense of construction. Most shitty artists fail because they cannot into anatomy, and you can't, but your character design isn't so awful that it's the main issue here. Just... git gud at construction dude. Seriously. You already plug consistent hours into the comic.

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>>93502176
honestly was planning on redrawing that arm, it gets too large like you said, and the hand is so weird looking.
I honestly didn't get too deep with the sketch for this one.

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>>93502265
I have started using construction though (for the comic I mean, always did for other stuff. Well, nearly always). I guess it doesn't show, because I'm still barely ever using perspective, but I'm still using a little of it, here and there (see those overhead shots? there's some recession towards the feet)
here i'll show you how I frequently sketch these chibi-ass motherfuckers (not every time, since part of the whole 'do a comic in comic style' thing was that I'd learn to do them consistently just by repeating, the way I learned how to draw spot-on snoopys and garfields and shit. yknow, symbol-drawing)
It's abbreviated for sure, but it's still an improvement over the previous. God, I actually considered the buckley art-recycle technique for a while. Every so often I'd re-re-consider it, then I'd pull up an old comic to recycle from and realize it looks like shit now. so there's definite improvement, it's just slow and subtle.

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>>93502451
also some peeps might remember I did this dumb thing a few threads back, when someone needed help and more talented redliners weren't around. I did my best to try to explain the construction concepts, since I kinda understand 'em better than I actually utilize 'em. Just like French!
Like obviously this aint great but I at least get it. It's just a matter of practice now.

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>>93502512
also looking at this folder and shit from this time, I found this shit.. what happened to the guy making the bird comic? is he still around somewhere? I was looking forward to more bird girl.
I did a constructiony one of her but it wasn't very good, as someone pointed out. hip joints and asscheeks were just two big spheres.

>>93502559
A bit unrelated, but how is your comic doing storywise and character wise? I've seen a lot of people at your drawing level succeed, and then improve their skills over time. Not saying that having good drawings aren't important, but I constantly see that story, characters, panel design, and rendering style (in terms of color/shade/lineart/etc.) make up for having average art.

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>>93501831
>I inspired the drawing of more butts
I have succeeded as person!

>>93500412
It depends. Actually if anything I kind of just adapt any song I hear to a story or character I have, so it can be very versatile.

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I don't know why I even bother
Il never amount to anything just
like my father said

>>93502828

People have told me to post a comic even though my art is mediocre, but I'm hesitant to post stuff here cause I've seen how cruel people can be here. I know some people give good constructive feedback here, but a lot of the time I see people just being cruel for the hell of it. I've been practicing and I can feel that I've gotten better. But sometimes I think I'm missing some piece of knowledge when it comes to writing and drawing since I never went to a university or something to learn proper art and anatomy and whatever else you need to draw well.

>>93503595
I smirked.

>>93503734
> I never went to a university or something to learn proper art and anatomy and whatever else you need to draw well.
You don't need to go to art school or uni to improve your art, you just need the time, effort, and dedication. Almost everything you can learn about art in college can be learned online or even through local classes. There are plenty of talented artists who are entirely self taught. If you want to improve your art put your nose to the grindstone and start studying anatomy, perspective, compositions, color theory, and etc.

>>93503734
>>93504372
This.
And in terms of writing, most creative writers are not professionally trained. Being a good writer is not about being able to write the story well, it's about being able to TELL the story well. Grammar and word choice can be learned, but the actual story telling aspect can be very hard (and some people believe you either have it, or you don't). So definitely don't worry about not being educated in writing.

fuck off icfags

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>>93504433
>telling people giving legitimate advice to fuck off
>when we have we people like CF and Lucy swinging around their cocks of artistic expertise

No wonder almost everyone decent has left these threads

>>93504788
>everyone has to conform to my standards
seriously? let people do what makes them happy, its their artistic vision

Whats a good cheap scanner to scan my comic art boards? Or a solid method to scan em?

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>>93505061
guy sold me some Epson v37 scanner for around $35. quality is pretty good for a random thing off kijiji pic related.