/hyw/ - How's Your Webcomic? #381

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>>93513049
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 [Embed]

>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

Previous /hyw/: >>93478163

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Finally colored something

Is a webcomic a way to get into the animation industry? Like showing any form of past experience with meeting deadlines, etc? I'm going to make one regardless, with some animations in it, but I just got a little curious about it.

>>93513740
You need to make a pilot for any show in big scale, a manga if you're jap, and the whole series yourself if you live utside the US

>>93513792
Well, fuck. Toon boom here I come.

Can I post animation here? I need to "gitgud" first.

>>93514105
We have some animators coming from time to time, although I'm not sure if this is the best place to share if it's not a webcomic-related animation. Post it anyway.

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Working a bit at the time.
A bit at the time.

>>93514841
This is just being nitpicky on my part but you should try using other fonts. Using just plain sans serif makes it lack emotion.

>>93515175
Most of the text on that page seems to be from a computer, so suits something impersonal. But the final "Energize" could be in a better comic font.

Seriously, if you want fonts for comics, go to Blambot.com (as listed in the Scrub Author's Goodie Bag >>93513070). They're designed by a professional comics letterer, and there are plenty of free fonts especially for independent comic creators.

>>93514841
best comic here honestly
page?

>>93513740
strangely yes, lately. lots of webcomickers gettin their own cartoons. but of course you have to do normal stuff too
>>93515175
serifs have no place in webcomics

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arright gonna repost.

>93502828
My story's just a mess of improvised shit, but I like to think it adds up to something pretty entertaining over time. Often, by total accident, something thematically cool happens. Like I accidentally foreshadowed something perfectly. Can't really praise myself any. I mean I think the dialogue's funny, but generally not feelin pride storywise.
Buuuut if we're talking characters, I think they're pretty great. That's where I put most of the focus, and I feel like I could easily see fandomy shit cropping up, with people shipping or making OCs or whatever. As it is, most of the praise I get is from people who fixate on one random minor character who is their favorite. That always feels swell.

>>93516550
>>93502828
forgot a chevron there.

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>keep trying to draw this comic set to classical and medieval music
>keep ending up just drawing it to the greatest anthem of our times

https://youtu.be/AjPau5QYtYs

>>93516772
Are you implying The Safety Dance is not a genuine authentic piece of medieval music?

>>93516820
How could I be so
Careless to think such blasphemy
Thank you for giving me
This frank epiphany

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>>93516429
That's why I said "plain". As anon said >>93515415 text said by people shouting and similar can look -and blend with the setting- better with a special font that reflects it. There are a lot to choose from.

Pic related is not the best example but is the only one I have at hand for the moment.

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with or with out speech bubble or a mix?

>>93517679
with, but draw them by hand. your art is begging for it

>>93517679
also
dealt*

>>93517751
>>93517773
thanks ill get right on that.

>>93517679
Seconding re: hand drawn speech balloons.

P1: This bastard is
P2: Crossbar capital I for "I want", centre align the text.
P3: Duplicated "so", you could probably drop the second one

>>93517921
good stuff thanks anon.

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>>93517921
heres an update with the fixes.

>>93518802
Really nice there

>>93519468
thanks! and also thanks to the anon that helped me, very informative.

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Have you ever seen any cartoon or listened to a song that just started a spark in you and inspired you enough to start your own webcomic? What is it's name?

>>93520178
fuck, I miss that comic

>>93520270
Awkward Zombie? But it's still ongoing

>>93520441
>Squint
Oh. For some reason I thought it was Not 'Super' At All

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decided to post a wip image.

still not opt to sharing concept details yet (a bit nervous about it honestly) but definitely when i have the whole thing sketched out.

can share more for anyone interested to see.

>>93521655
course w'ere interested. look at that goodness

>>93521655
Clean lines with consistent thickness are my fetish

>>93521655
I'm jealous how good that looks

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>>93521655
>>93521803
>>93521894
>>93522001

here is another with some color to it and added detail. i finished the page this screencap is from. took it post wip to show to a friend of mine.

>>93522288
Those many lines in the hair and the shades don't really do justice to the cleanness of the rest, but I'd still check it out.

>>93522830
yeah for one thing what's with the horizontal lines in the hair? also her boobs arent as well placed as before

>>93522830
>>93522917

I felt that the hair was pretty empty and unusual with no detail to it so i gave it some lines to make it look better imo but also feel better when thinking about it. tho i could see how i possibly went overboard with it.

i'll try reducing the amount to the hair. also experimenting with the hair to get it more appealing in shape. i feel that could also be a significant put off for some people with the lines.

>>93523296
I mean, the detail you've given is great if it's meant to look like wicker or rattan or something. remember how you did that, it looks good. but for hair, yeah, only the longitudinal lines, not horizontal ones

>>93513049
got a table at a convention and didn't sell anything all 3 days. Guess I better just kill myself

>>93524004
post your stuff nigga
was it your first time?

Finally getting around to working on this. I sketched it on 8.5x11 paper so I'm drawing at this resolution.
Should I persist with the binary brush or go with the standard?

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>>93524149
Forgot pic

>>93513049
There's no story and its mostly porn
by mostly I mean completely and I can't post it here

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>>93524045

>>93524308
were you selling like prints or full issues?
maybe your advertising wasn't great your art is good tho

>>93524181
looks good to me
some level of anti-aliasing will occur when you resize anyway

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my comic.

>>93524366
on the last day we just gave the comics away for free just to get rid of them

How do I draw, /co/?

>>93518802
>>93517679
If you're gonna not use speech bubbles, use speech marks instead

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An anon asked if I had colored images but I was only able to show up with one that was more than a year old. So it got me to take a crack at coloring again. Didn't turn out how I wanted it to but better than expected.

>>93524293
so post a link to it instead and describe it

>>93524537
I like this coloring! good choices too. we don't see enough muted burgundy and warm orange gold.

>>93524421
That was actually a great move, I mean unless you are super popular or have completely unique product your fanbase will grow slowly cheer up

>>93524421
Fanart will always be more popular than original work. Established comics and cartoons are more readily consumed. It would be like going to a bookstore and buying a book at random (assuming all they had to go by were a couple of pages). If your table was nothing but original work, then I'm not surprised it didn't sell, so don't think it's your work.
Next time, get a bigger fan base before getting a table, and then start with something like 70% fan art, 30% original work (10% of which should be comics). And work your way to 50:50.

>>93524908
>Next time, get a bigger fan base
yeah, thats so easy. thanks. All I had to do was be popular, now I know.
And all the prints were fan art.

>>93525027
you didn't mention that part. how the fuck didn't it work? it was good, right?

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>>93515175
>>93515415
I'll get this before going to work.

I made some change to the font that was used. For the computer-like voice I use OCR-ii and for Rococo I use Anime Ace 2.0. Although I might go back to hand lettering if I have time.

>>93515881
Nah, but you flattered me. Its rococo.smackjeeves where I keep it. Incomprehensible 2007 version is rococo2007.smackjeeves maybe you can make sense of that.

>>93525247
That is a more nice choice of fonts indeed!

While we are at it I may check your webcomic too. Thanks for sharing.

>that feel when you drop a page that triggers a fuckhuge response

could you guys recommend some simple yet charming font? I cant find em or name them. The only one font i can grab is those generic weeb ass font people use on manga.

>>93525940
A.C.M.E. Secret Agent
Cartoon
Chalkboard
Culita
Domino Mask
Hobo Std
Noteworthy

Some anon mentioned Gill Sans some threads ago

>>93526130
Thanks!

>>93525247
wicked, that change improved the interpretation of that page isolated, lookes wicked

>>93525684
what a feel it must be

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>>93525684
i have never known this feel, fuck comics I don't even want to draw the rest of tonight anymore

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>>93526981
The night is short anon, make sure you are at full motivation force tomorrow morning!

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Layout for page 5. Probably should make panel 3 larger or at least taller.

>>93524410
I like the art style

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I haven't been in these thread recently. Has it been easier to keep threads alive with since the change was made to the new thread icon? I'm either going to revise it or make a completely new one depending on if it's going well or not.

For anyone who doesn't know I did the current one.

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Tell me /hyw/, do you see another joke besides the main one?
When I asked a friend for critique he said he didn't get why they were all wearing similar clothes in the second panel. I thought the joke about getting lost in a group of people who dress/look the same would be pretty simple but I guess not.
How do I know if a joke is actually funny and I don't just like it because it's silly?

>>93528407
terrible, unless you're 12. then this is acceptable

>>93527753
>Hey everyone! Pls suck my dick!

>>93529050
I was just asking if I should make a new image or not. Jesus christ. I haven't been here in forever so I didn't know if it actually helped anything or not.

>>93527753
It's been more or less the same, unfortunately
It's a nice image tho

>>93529753
Bummer. If anyone has an idea for something that might draw more attention I'll try it out.

Maybe we should extend it to "how's your /co project?" or something. That way animators and stuff feel more welcome but it differentiates it from just one off drawings like general art threads. Just a thought.

>>93529720
You image is fine, that guy is an asshole.
I did like the old one that was made to look like an old comic cover with the 10ct pricetag which was a bit self-ironic.
On a related note, who started with the numbering and were there webcomic threads before this semi-general emerged?

>>93528407
>How do I know if a joke is actually funny and I don't just like it because it's silly?

First step is sharing with family and friends and see what they think of your joke, since those circles tend to be not-so-harsh while voicing their opinions.

Later you can try here but don't expect everyone to be soft. For me, maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't get the joke. I mean, "as big as a planet" implies he is saying she is fat, but she doesn't look fat on any way that makes you immediately assume it.

>>93529914
This has always been a semi-general and the numbering was around too, but then the threads died and the guys that kept making them forgot to ass numbers and sometimes even hyw pics

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>>93524482
There's some good guides on /ic/, if you want a tablet, you can't go wrong with a Wacom. If you're brand new to drawing my best advice is PRACTICE. start simple, but always push for new information.
>This guide helped me,

>>93530104
ALSO, DRAW FROM LIFE, NOT OTHER ARTIST. THAT WAS MY BIGGEST PITFALL FOR YEARS!!!

>>93528407
Damn, that's hard to explain. I've just been around so many people all throughout the years and just grabbed bits and pieces of their humor and personality and just kinda made it my own, so I never really knew how I could incorporate lots of humor into my writing. Mostly just like certain scenes where it just springs up into my head in a situation.

My guess is just studying certain groups or jokes that everyone can get and find generally funny.

Sometimes humor and come from messing with people's expectations of things. Damn, it's really hard to explain humor, isn't it?

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I recently made a background, thoughts?

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>>93529851
I like this one that some anon edited a while ago

>>93516550
Your lack of improvement in every single aspect of comic making for all the years you've been doing this is embarrassing. Please stop posting.

Question.

Is it lame to have the main villain actually unable to make a choice other than being evil?

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>>93530519
Mag-fucking-Neto

>>93531411
I guess it would depend on why he can't make other choices.

>>93531411
if you mean having the main villain be evil for evil's sake, then yes. if being evil is simply the best option for the character or will result in the best outcome, that's something you have to deal with in the backstory

>>93531608
>>93531727
So I don't think it's any of those. It's He's a machine programmed to do what he does. He doesn't know he's a machine.

>>93531877
That could work but then I feel like he shouldn't have too much focus during points when he would be expected to question what he's doing. It's a neat concept but it seems like it would be very easy to write boringly

>>93531924
So the big question in the story is how come he's leading a group of people whose victory gets him absolutely nothing to gain. That's the explanation.

That being said I agree, it could be very easy to write it boringly

>>93530519
>someone on hyw who can actually draw

color me surprised

>>93531944
I like that actually, it's like the android in Fallout 3. Charismatic, well-liked, I see it working best if a lot of the focus were on his actions and leadership and relationships with other characters, to distract from the fact that he has no actual stake in the conflict

You would have to portray him as fulfilled at the same time by other things in his life, which works well if he's a natural and likable leader, that way people will assume he's fighting for the sake of the group out of empathy

that could be a really cool mindfuck

>>93532011
Well if all goes according to plan and I can stretch this out a bit the cycle is Part 1 he finds out he's a machine and is killed upon finding out. Part 2 is he's revived about 2 decades later and continues his work. This time coming to grips with what he is and convinces himself that he does what he does not because of programming but because he truly believes in the cause.

>>93532141
i can't tell if he's the main villain or the hero

>>93532194
Villain.

Also, I didn't bring this up before, but there is another main villain. Specifically the person who created him.

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Posting a couple characters from my webcomic. I'm going to actually start making it quite soon.

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Dude on the left is the main character. The story is about magical drugs.

>>93528407
the only joke I see is stripy girl misunderstanding a very cogent and well-illustrated metaphor. I got that the moons were meant to be the clique, but there's nothing else to it past that. and it's not a terribly good execution of that one joke

>>93529851
I think that would be redundant with some other threads. most people understand webcomic thread is for everyone, but you could add it to the OP copypasta. like "all storytelling art forms welcome"
>>93529914
Back in the day? That was mostly run by a fella called Chicken-Scratch. I miss that art. Good shit. We had a dozen or so informal ones, some a little vaguely connected, then started numbering.

>>93531877
That's no worse than a primordial demon antagonist who is just the embodiment of evil. They're still interesting because they're so difficult to overcome no matter what you do, unable to be reasoned with. You just have to treat them differently than you would a more complex villain, and give them a different amount and type of screentime

>>93532517
What's his relationship with his creator?

>>93532976
dr wily

>>93532561
>>93532575
These designs look neat anon. I like your style.

>>93532976
Not really much. He knows and interacts with him a couple of times. The whole point his creator made him in the first place so he could appear to be sitting on the sidelines.

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i wanted to see if we got a little bit more feedback for this, seeing as i came late to the other thread

1/3

>>93533759
I aint got nothin more to say because I already said stuff last thread

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>>93533759
2/3

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>>93533768
thanks anon, appreciate it

>>93533777
3/3

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Here's this finished page!

>>93533883
purposely*
also what is that a reference to? was it Kung Pow?
possession*

>>93533759
>>93533777
>>93533813

The art is great! The story flow is strange.
It feels like we're supposed to have a bunch of background dynamics going on, but we don't.

I think there needs to be a few pages preceding these, setting up these characters, or at least giving us some idea of why there is any conflict between them, other than "cliche dark girl dislikes cliche light girl"

>>93533925
I dunno, I saw it on a reaction image once and thought it was pretty funny.

Anyone ever share there work with there family? I sometimes tell my parents about my story ideas, but then they try to suggest stuff or force in ideas that I feel dont mesh well with my story plans. I love my family, but not the best people to go to for help with stories.

>>93533964
Who the fuck uses the kung pow quote without knowing what it is? Not only do you outright steal characters you can't even steal dialogue correctly

>>93529930
>First step is sharing with family and friends
Good thing I'm doing that already
>don't expect everyone to be soft
Oh believe me, I know. I've been making content on the internet a long time
>>93530368
>grabbed bits and pieces of their humor and personality
That's exactly what I do too, and more or less why I doubt it so much
>>93532680
After sleeping and taking another look at it, that's fair. If I could I'd go back and expand on it
>stripy girl
>girl
I've succeeded in androgyny

>>93534256
he's so braindead it's triggering

>>93534385
>girl
or you just draw like shit

>>93531428
>>93531991
Thanks,
One thing I want to ask is if I were to make a comic/short animation, should I keep the characters pretty simplistic in design? Should I go all out, but take forever to update? I know I still have a lot to learn about drawing.

>>93534256
actually that's kind of what makes it not stealing. it's cultural osmosis.

>>93534243
My family had predictable results. A cluelessly high level of approval, an ignorant amount of disapproval, both at once, either in order, alternating, and just generally not worth letting them know.
>>93534385
well it's a masculine hairstyle, I just don't know many men who wear tight stripy shirts or big hats.

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>>93530519
Damn that looks real beautiful and, idk, foamy? Puffy? I can't think of the right word.

i can make good stories but i can only draw furshit and everyone would hate it

>>93533813
I want to see them being violated ;_;

>>93534972
except, you know... furries

Carrion Girls guy, I know you're still in these threads.

The latest page was weaksauce. Skeggold looks like a chump who just got lucky. I'm just gonna drop the comic if you seriously can't put any forethought into what you write. Treating the characters like that is inexcusable.

>>93533925
God damn coldfusion, you're still taking your trip off to compliment Dewd?

>>93530519
looks like something outta Dr. Seuss

>>93535035
never read his comics, always liked the art though. what was wrong with the writing? quick rundown please?

>>93535137
Well I must be the one to ask, is that bad?
Be happy to know that regardless, I hope you're not mad.
I can't fucking ryhme worth a shit.

>>93535323
embarrassing

>>93535145

I never hated his art either to be honest, havn't read his comics yet but I'm thinking about doing it sometime.

>>93535035

you just made me check out Carrion Girls-

what are you talking about? The last few pages are neat, and the art is looking great. (Massive improvements there)

Having a main character gets beaten down by someone stronger than they are isn't a bad thing if it's set up right, and it looked like it was.

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Since when is this thread /ic/ for autists?

Anyhow, I'm giving you guys a chance I'll be taking fan art requests so post a character that you would like to see drawn (if it has butts or boobs, better)

>>93535952
>/ic/ for autists
You mean /ic/ isn't already for autists?

>>93535952
> I'll be taking fan art requests so post a character that you would like to see drawn

How about Gwenpool?

>>93534972
as long as it's not fuckin toony-ass shit full of infantilism, I'll read it. We need more furry as far as I'm concerned

>>93535035
>compliment
Looked like proofreading to me
>>93535137
was gonna say the same thing.
>>93535323
the rhythm is the issue. anyway, dr seuss is great

>>93534972
How furry are we talking about?

Lackadaisy has cats and is a very good webcomic which doesn't pander to furries directly at least.

>>93535533
>>93535145
>Replying to shitposter #4
>>93536060
I think Luce meant fanart of YOUR comic.

>>93525247
Interesting, so this is a project you started and abandoned 10 years ago and just began again or what

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>>93535952
I'd love to see Hitoshi (the dude with red glasses) in your style!! thanks a lot!!!

>>93536482
or it seems like you ended it last year and rebooted it this year?
why did you discontinue the old version

>>93536434
>I think Luce meant fanart of YOUR comic.

Oh damn, but my webcomic is not out yet!

>>93513049
>When will I actually start drawing my story?
I decided to do the "24 hours and what ever state the drawing is in, it is now done" rule for getting myself to actually start a comic. I'm not very good at drawing anyway. So I have until tomorrow at the same time I make this post to complete the first page. What is a good standard size for a webcomic page? I'm just going to publish to a Tumblr blog with the theme from the goodie bag post, what's a good standard page size for that theme? I'm working in Photoshop with a small Wacom Intuos.

>>93535952
lucy whats with the nastier tone creeping into your posts? Youre a nice enough person in real life, you dont have to act like an internet tough guy on here.

>>93536908
Lucy sounds like one of those complex and interesting internet folks who are simultaneously nice and mean. I know several like this. They're often british. "bantz" they talk about. You're meant to just be okay with it. I think it's the flipside of that almost psychotically chill british politeness thing

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Designing and drawing backgrounds is the most time consuming thing ever. I'm having trouble with those tables.
How do you color backgrounds any how?

>>93537060
With crayons.

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Next story idea: A blob of teeth and eyes decides to become the worlds greatest monster. Goes out hunting the great monsters of the worlds, to either kill them and consume their power, or learn from them.

(not really, but damn that would be fun to draw.)

>>93537819
Really liking that monster design! And how the bubble tails change to fit the dialogue/mood.
I hope they become good friends and that neither of them betray the other in the near future or ever

>>93537819
dammit harro why must you do things like this to me, now I NEED that to be a comic
or a game.
or both

How much thought do youse guys put into pacing? Today's Buttersafe is damn funny, but the entire joke is in the first two panels.. and even though the last panel is funny again, the entire preceding ones weren't necessary or helpful

>>93537819

>Gon but with monsters instead of animals

Yes, please

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Quick, post a random page from your notebook.

You do have a notebook, right? same purpose digital folders count

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>TFW actually wrote something I don't totally hate

A-Am I gonna make it?

Are any of us?

>>93538834
Dear Lord!
I'm not gonna make it thorugh no-fap week, that's for sure.

>>93536759
When in doubt, A4 or Letter size

>>93538922
Blacktsuki is a miracle of this universe.

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>>93538948

>>93538784
Have a very small one which is mostly just to doodle when I'm waiting on the queue or something. Has not seen much use lately tho.

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>>93539058
Welp my intention was to delete the whole post, not just the wrongly-sided potato photo, sorry about that.

>>93539099
that's pretty good. you have a webcomic too? don't recognize it...

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>>93539328
Thanks. I don't have a webcomic done right now, I'm still working on getting it done. I have been posting some designs and all that, but I'm still trying to grasp how to make the slice-of-life workplace work.

Those doodles are of two characters I designed for a videogame project I had with some friends. Right now it's on eternal hiatus, but I like to doodle them doing silly stuff since everything else in their life is suffering.

>>93538834
define 'it'
you're gonna make a comic, yeah

I hate you

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just finished this shit.

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>>93536908
>Imblying I have't always had a nasty tone
>>93536999
Basically this. But replace british with spic

>>93536543
Any character is good

>>93536483
Did he came a giant snail out of thin air?

<Also example of me drawing fan art

bumpcomic

howcome aint no webcomics about sailin on a damn ship and seeing seadragons and shit

>>93543107
One Piece eats them to keep sustaining itself

>>93536434
>criticism I don't like is shitposting and no one should reply to it
kill yourself you idiot, any creator should be genuinely curious when a reader who previously liked the work now doesn't anymore. whether or not you give credence to it is decided after you hear them out. it disgusts me that I even had to reply to you, if you're coldfusion don't bother replying.

>>93544000
aw but that's barely ever about sailing.
i want a comic about a ship that's so stupendously large that it's like a fuckin small city. like if Clock Town was a ship. and just some rambunctious rascals scuttling all over, finding secret compartments..

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Anyone have any references on how to make my comic more concise within the pages? Maybe like a tutorial video on orientation for comics or something?

http://juneau.the-comic. org
^this is my comic

>>93541035
Yea its a snail will you draw it? The character not the snail

I want to make a videogame comic but I can't get a new game for cheap.
I'm jealous how that mangaka that does strips for Fate mobage has his own series of figurines. When my time will come?

>>93544337
not trying to be a dickdouche, I like your comic and I check it every day even when you go on your many long hiatus, but.. I don't know how much more concise you can be given how little happens on each page.

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>>93544593
You mean Riyo? He has been on the business of doing strips to mobages for a while (iirc he worked on the ships one before Fate).

If you want to make a videogame comic though, you need to choose one you like.

>>93544745
I may have worded it wrong then. I want to put as much information I can without overloading people and I want to improve on that. Also thank you

>>93544841
oh, okay, yeah. well you've just gotta start putting in more panels, yknow? It's fine if you're thinking about publishing, publishy comics are usually this slow from page to page because you get them in 20-page chunks at a time, but.. yknow for a webcomic you can try just .. more.. panels.

>>93544794
His art is so likeable, so jealous.

I guess you're right, there's no point in forcing myself to do stuff about the newest fad unless I like it.

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>>93544953
I find it similar to doing reviews in a way.

If you go like, let's say, Penny Arcade? You do need to play a lot of games once they come out independently if you like them or not, which can be either frustrating, tiresome and expensive. So if you don't really have the income for doing so, it's better to just stick with something that is both popular and you like (and you can exploit for jokes)

>>93545030
i dunno what gamers you know but shit that came out recently is usually the last thing on our minds

>>93545079
Well most I know usually rush for the latest game their favorite companies throw, especially if it's a nintendo game. Of course they all have jobs so they can afford it.

>>93544907
Alright, I will try my hardest to make sure I put more stuff into it and not have it drag out as long as I did. I'm going to try that in chapter 3. I want each chapter to be at least 22-24 pages. I want to see if I can get in as much info and detail into that.

>>93545030
thanks, I will stick to what I know until I get the whole thing going on and I can expand.

>>93545154
Good luck to you anonª

I got this long script for my first comic, but it has furries and sex so I can't post it

>>93545600
again, yes you can

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>>93536482
>>93536502
Actually, I stopped working on the original version late 2015, and started working on a reboot. Some of the pages in the new version is actually from pre-reboot retooled for the reboot.

I did most of the work on the first chapter through out 2016, but I have started working full time at my current job so my available free time dwindled.

I rebooted the comic because I couldn't make a coherent narrative, and some of my ideas earlier on I felt embarrassed by. Because it took me so long between pages, I often come up with various idea in betwen in which I'll add or steer the new pages to. It makes the whole thing really messy and difficult to understand. So I thought I would work on a entire chapter of story to see if I can make it more coherent, but to be honest I am not really succeeding.

>>93545645
I have this cool little folder on my computer it has all my psd files for the last 2months or so. The comic sketches are all over teh place.

I don't have enough to post except sex sketches here and there all over my many psd files

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>>93545645
I'm still practicing and I've tried making a few comics and they are all bad and I don't think I can do better

Recent art attached

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>>93545751
this was my last attempt at a comic

>>93533759
Do you have a name for this comic yet? It's reading really well and the character designs are very easy on the eyes.
I'd love to get move of this!
I want to fug both of them

>>93514841
>>93545676
>>93540708
wew lots of great work being posted tonight lads. I'm impressed with the talent this board has in it

Have you ever done a comic based on a dream?

>>93545751
looks super familiar

>>93545772
it's shit

>>93545909
lots

>>93545909
No but maybe I should

Can anyone recommend something action adventure based, lovecraftian, or that is considered very good around here that isn't getting injected with 30cc's of left wing commentary? I'm a pleb on the subject of webcomics and that's all I'm finding

>>93547044
>lovecraftnian
The Crawling City is a nice gem between all the bleedman trash at SNAFU, not sure if they host somewhere else.
http://snafu-comics.com/swmseries/crawlingcity


The Property of Hate is not exactly lovecraftnian but it has some surreal stuff and is about an adventure kinda.
http://thepropertyofhate.com/TPoH/

I will also never get tired of recommending Lackadaisy. It's about gangsters on Prohibition Era (as cats). (Yet not a furry comic).
http://lackadaisycats.com/comic.php

>>93547148
Appreciated Anon.

>>93537060
>How do you color backgrounds any how?

The same way you color people?

>>93537060
I think it's usually helpful to limit your color palette for bgs so that the characters stand out more. Maybe choose 2-3 main hues and have most of the colors in your bg be variations of those hues. Other than that, I just fill bucket and add a little rendering,

>>93547532
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. No need for the racism, man.

>>93524410
I find both of these fonts awkward to read. Consider 'Unmasked BB' which you can download for free on font sites.

Along with a bunch of other fonts, most of which can be freely used in publications.

>>93536999
>I think it's the flipside of that almost psychotically chill british politeness thing
Oh in Britain the only people you insult are your friends, when someone takes a pot shot at you it's accepted that they're only ever doing it as friendly ribbing.
Thus the phrase: 'If you can't take a joke, get on your bike'

I found out that we sound mean when I moved to NZ and talked with Americans online. I've had friends tell me I'm mean to my British friends or once that was cruel to my own mother. Other British people never care, it's part of our culture.
Also because of this very few non-brits can tell when we're being sarcastic.

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Drew some physical idols for the spider gods, the idea being to kind of take the motif and just make a shape out of it

not sure if ive mentioned yet but I've got a website and first two panels up.
https://bug-quest-2.tumblr.com/

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Pic is what the characters will be wearing for the story. The class II harness isn't usually used in their dungeon excursions.
Tfw you just wanna get started on your comic but you're not finished with the script. I wanna start drawing but I might miss the potential to insert some foreshadowing or in-world reference to something.
Also, what do you guys do to make fight scenes interesting? I have some ideas I want to implement but writing fight scenes feels like a chore.

>>93533116
Thanks Anon

>>93548245
With every post you make I love your stuff more and more. Will bookmark your page to follow your story