/hyw/ - How's Your Webcomic? #396

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>>94600584
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

HYW CHALLENGE >>94554865

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Finally decided to start inking the next one...

>>94600779
Why does Beetlejuice looks like Rick?
Nah, just kidding, that page is amazing. layout and composition is fucking great. Especially how lydia is placed on the center, cutting the two middle frames. I like it.

>>94597330
I'll treasure this fanart forever, man. Forever. And yeah, still, my anatomy sucks, i know, and i'm going to put extra attention to that in the future, especially the sagging breasts. Considering she's 24, i must get those breasts right. She looks way too old for her age.

>>94598980
Drop them advices, I need them. I'm basing her style on the kind of wear my last girlfrend wore, but yeah, bras and shit. I'm more about unclipping them than drawing them.

>>94600779
oh nice! i was wondering when you were gonna do this. Still super cute!

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>>94579351
seems a bit early to change threads but okay

>>94601008

lol, it's the hair. They both got that Doc Brown half balding, half crazy look.

>>94601114
Thanks. I really need to do more comics. Sometimes I get stuck in an illustration loop out of laziness rather than sitting down and actually doing some kind of narrative.

>>94601824
>See the lines on the sides?
given that this is a front and back view of a shirt, no. I think I know what you mean though. I've seen those on womens' shirts (though not the example you gave here). Thanks.

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>>94600779
With dialogue.

I originally drew this as an exercise in panel structure, no real story. But a few people wondered what it might be about so I'm coming up with something...

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>>94602027
Wait, I fucked up, made the head too big

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One more sketch for way of the gun. Example of how I want close combat between gunfighters to flow ,simple example. This chick is from further into the story not her final design.

>>94602107
I do this a lot. It's incredibly frustrating.

>>94602196
It happens when you draw the head first because you focus on making the proportions of the head correctly but once you add the body to it looks weird, Good thing cropping tool exists

>>94600584
what sounds better if someone is escaping from hell? "Finnley's Second Coming" or "Finnley's Resurrection"

its just for the name of one of the story arcs for after the introduction chapter.

i personally thing "resurrection" is a bit overused, and a little edgy, but "second coming" is too tame. any ideas?
its gotta be "finn's yadda-yadda" though, so it maches the other arc names

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why is digital drawing so annoying compared to paper and pencil? My hand sweat goes through the gloves and fucks the texture up

>>94602289
Finnley's Inferno

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So I started a new comic, putting the previous one on indefinite hiatus. Oops.

I keep wasting time on details which are almost lost after zooming out to 30% (pic) and completely lost at 20%. At least I managed to ink one page within a single day, that's progress considering my usual pace.

I probably also need a bigger brush because those lines are very thin after resizing the image.

>>94600779
WOW that BJ is hot as fuck.

>>94602425
nice work

>>94602345
A matter of practice mostly

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>>94601008
>I'm more about unclipping them than drawing them.
eyyyyyy
Your ex was probably cute, those turtleneck crop top things are for confident and cute people.

Alright, sorry for the novel but if you're interested to try them:

-keep everything the same proportionally but nip the very thinnest part of her waist in just a tiny more/make her shoulders slightly smaller, with the length/slenderness of her neck I think you could push that a little harder without it going too poorly. I if you're goin' for thicc something like the left version might not do it for you, I pretty much just made all of her smaller proportional to the boobies.

-google up some lingerie models/porn/whatever and draw some bra with underwire/panty combos on her with reference, even if they're just simple shapes of different types (Balconettes look killer on the big titti imo, pic related) Drawing her in panties will help you structure your hip/tummy area, which looks to me to be your weakest anatomy area. (Understandable, learning to draw the opposite gender is weirdly hard, but you're doing great with some of the more subtle stuff, like the bend of the spine and the little bit of chest above the boobs.)

-I don't think you have to worry about realism this much, but pushup bras usually don't come in over a G cup, which means you're gonna have a lot of lift and separate types like pic related, where the underwire comes up between the jubbles instead of smashing them together.

Honestly drawing bras should just help you get an idea what boobs are shaped like under clothing and strapped in, which is a different beast visually from letting them float free.

>>94600779
EYYYYYYYYYYY

This layout is ballin', how are do you plan place your words though?

>>94602425
why not just draw on paper?

>>94603000
>>94601995
I guess that answers that. That'll show me for not refreshing a thread.

>>94602416
haha. the comic is gonna be called modern inferno. so that won't work too well

>>94600584
How do you determine what a character's drives and desires are? I have one or two characters that I'm having a problem with in terms of deciding what they want.

>>94603160
If your character wants nothing, then give your antagonist something he wants and the protagonist is in the way.

>>94603030
Back when I switching PCs, my old scanner turned out to be too old and incompatible with Windows 8 (no drivers), so I switched completely to a tablet and stayed with it. My official excuse now is that I have no good way to transport images drawn on paper to my PC, but the truth is that I don't want to go back to a medium that doesn't have an instant Undo feature.

>>94603160
get a book on screenwriting.

>>94603206
just don't use it as a crutch. :)

>>94603160
Examine your world and figure what one would want to achieve in such a world. Keep in mind the role they play in the story

>>94603065
Fug and here I thought I was going good with Dante references.

Ok made some quick brainstorming
>Finnley's Harrowing Escape
>Finnley's Way Out
>Finnley's Damned Path
>Finnley's not getting any of your shit Satan

>>94602289
>>94603065
followup. i can come up with good dialogue if i spend enough time with my brain, but is there a good method to become a faster writer? or is it just "keep writing normaly, and you naturally get better"?

>>94603769
maybe "Finnley's Damned Escape" that sounds pretty nice. thanks anon! i think i'll skim through inferno again to see if it has any danske words to use

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Work has been slowing me down but now that it's the weekend, I'll finish as much as I can.

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Stabbing and smirking and biting, oh my.

>>94603943

You get good at writing the same way you get good at drawing: observing life, consuming other media, critiquing yourself and others, and recieving critique. It's harder to define what makes a good writer than what makes a good artist, but for dialog in particular, the following self-critique criteria may help:

>is this something a real person would say? Some authors get so used to narrative cliches like long monologues and "as you know..."-type exposition that they never stop to think whether a real person would talk like that.
>is this someone this character would say? Everyone has their own particular way of phrasing things, even people who grew up under very similar cultural influence.
>what is the speaker's objective in this conversation? People communicate to achieve a purpose - whether to micromanage, interrogate, impress, plead, whatever. Knowing the language habits of people in general, modified by the language habits of a character in particular, the final inflection is in what the speaker is hoping to achieve. Even if they're lying to themselves or confused about their own objectives, a person's motives will show in their language.

The most important thing to remember is that the most information content in a sentence isn't what they say, it's how they say it. Phrasing, rhythm, and word choice are powerful tools to give insight into a character's head.

>>94604242
dont know how people get anything done during a work day, it makes me so lethargic

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This is a very rough draft of a comic about a slime who gains more physical attributes as it wonders the world, just did this in between work.

>>94604532
You just do it. No internet, no vidya, no TV, no social media, just drawing.

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Just like me to not notice the thread is on life support before posting...oh well. Trying to learn how to ink with a dip pen.

>>94604520
>>94603943
This is good stuff. I just wanna add on with some of my own tips
>Every line of dialogue should have a purpose in the greater story, whether that to be to inform, characterize, or even just to maintain a rhythm. When writing your script, it helps to look at every line and ask yourself *why* that line specifically needs to be included.
>Realistic does not always equate to good. Real people ramble, go off on tangents, repeat themselves, and ramble while talking. This can get pretty grating for an audience to read. Don't be afraid to trim the fat from conversations to make them more concise.

If I draw comics out on paper, should I draw the boxes too or should I print a blank sheet and draw in them?

>>94604487
(Also hey it was our three-year anniversary on Wednesday)

>>94604487
Do you paint that yourself then scan it?

>>94603583
You're neck in the right-hand picture is a bit teeny-weeny.

>>94604686
good idea, I'll try tomorrow

>>94604802
Better to manually draw the panel borders each time, as layouts can sometimes change, even if you're mostly using a set grid.

Alternatively, print out a template grid in light blue as a guideline. You can buy pre-ruled comic boards with standard templates printed on, which isn't much different than making a custom template for your own strips.

>>94604832
I don't know if the artist posts here (I have only seen posts with the writer) but they post WIP photos of the watercolor process before scanning. Is quite comfy actually.

>>94604520
yeah yeah, practice makes perfect. i'm already a decent drawer and still improving, so i get the idea
>>94604743
thanks for giving me more to ponder while i'm trying to come up with conversations.. i'm sure it'll come more naturally when i get used to it
thanks for the tips though, for real

i got a decent universe building up with aliens and everything yo, i cant wait to post something

>>94600779
You and your great goddamn shit.
>>94601995
I would go with 'souliosis' or at least ghouliosis scoliosis is a spine problem. osteoporosis (that's poro, not pero) is just weak bones in general.

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Complete, not going to work on this anymore, just going to upload this. I was told that my narrative is trash so far, which could be fair, although its not something that's been discussed much because its a lot more time commitment for people to read the comic and give you their opinion of it. I hope it is entertaining trash at least, although considering that's there probably not.

>>94601008
I wasn't criticizing your anatomy or anything, I just thought it is something to consider, although she is only 24, its probably not something that is going to effect her too much.

>>94602107
You really didn't. This new version makes her cranium a lot smaller compared to her chin. Hair this bushy shouldn't be lying flat on top like this, given the height of her hairline.

>>94605885
>I was told that my narrative is trash so far, which could be fair, although its not something that's been discussed much because its a lot more time commitment for people to read the comic and give you their opinion of it.
No, no, it's not like that.
If someone tells you your storytelling sucks after 32 (if that number in filename is correct) pages, what are you gonna do? Reset the whole thing? What if someone tells you your storytelling sucks after 150 pages? Once the pages are done, it's game fucking over, you're stuck with what you have, unless it's the most recent page or two, I suppose you can still redraw those.

So what do the pros do? They show either the script or the rough draft (very, very rough sketches with text and panels laid out) to their editors or friends or otherwise trusted people and ask for opinions. That's where you have to ask. If you ask when your whole comic is done, it's way too fucking late man!

I want to tell you than I've been your fan at least in the /hyw/ scope for probably years already and I do hope you'll achieve whatever you're looking for eventually, but don't whine like that, it's unsightly. I'm also a bit drunk, so you probably wouldn't get this post out of me otherwise.

ANYWAY! I think when you make a comic, you need to decide on certain guidelines that are NOT directly related to the story and very carefully examine your script or draft to make sure it follows those guidelines. Maybe you want to draw in readers fast, you have to focus on that then, make things interesting quickly. Maybe your want to focus on worldbuilding, fascinate your potential reader with amazing things he wouldn't think of himself, go for that then. Maybe you have a specific storytelling device you want to use - I remember a comic shilled here that made a point of drawing as if it was a movie, with 4 or 5 same size horizontal panels per page. Cool, go for it! Just focus on that and not on dreams of getting attention, IMO.

Post limit hit.

>>94605885
>>94606483
I hit the 2000 character limit, so let me explain a bit further.

You need to decide on those guidelines and stick to them. If you want to change things around, do it before you get to finalizing pages, after that it's too late. And if you chose a particular storytelling device as your focus, stick to it, don't start to regret after 30 or 50 pages that you didn't focus on the glitter to pull in readers instead, that's just work wasted and your motivation going down the drain.

I don't really know what you want to go for with your bakery owner magical midget girl comic, but I wish you good luck!

Also link plz, I'm too drunk/tired to use Google and someone else might want to read your comic too.

>>94606483
this, just do the stories you want man. you have a unique perspective, keep doing you and fuck what other people think

>>94602345
gloves?

>>94605901
I did this in 5 minutes and I don't care for improving, enjoy it and fuck off

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What software do you guys use to add text to your word bubbles? I'm using the one embed to Fire Alpaca but it's very sluggish and lacks flexibility and different fonts are very scattered and hard to find.

>>94606795
>blambot
but also https://www.fontsquirrel.com/
just make sure you're checking the licenses.

>>94605885
I'm the guy who wrote that overly long post and I just reread your comic. You're setting up for some 45-50 page long chapter one that introduces several characters, all in action. This is fine. What's not fine:
- your speech bubbles are sometimes out of order
- you made typos when you were lettering by hand
- the cameo by your porn characters is useless and a waste of pages, unless they're supposed to play some role in the comic later on
- stick to one style please. color all pages or greyscale all pages or black and white all pages, don't switch every two or three. i think it looks best when you're coloring it, especially since it tends to clear up some of the busier panels and your palette is nice.
- same goes for the font. dude, anime ace is fine, just use that, really
- you draw weird boobs at times and boobs are very crucial to the appeal of the comic. (note: your mileage may vary)

If you wanted to draw in readers fast, you might've been stretching the first chapter too far; cutting out the incantation redhead and her team as well as both cameos and sticking to the midget and the soon-to-be-zombies would probably work better. Still, I think you're doing a decent job at chapter one even for serious standards (i.e. not "it's just a webcomic bruhhhh"), as long as you end it with something interesting, a definitive hook - that's what your comic has been lacking so far, it has quite nice art, some magic, some action, but no definitive hook. I can't really tell what would work best so I hope you can think of something on your own.

So once again good luck and I'm going to sleep.

>>94606795
Clip Studio Paint has it all.

>>94604532
It's really not that bad. I get up early to draw 1 hour before work, then 1 hour after work. It's all about setting up a schedule.

>>94605885
That's a shame to hear. But honestly, my early chapters aren't too good either; nobody's are. You read the criticism and improve from there.

There's things I wish I had differently today, But had I done them in the first place, I would have still wondered what my comic would be like if I had done something else instead. Never lose sight if why you wanted to draw comics in the first lace

>>94607314
>- same goes for the font. dude, anime ace is fine, just use that, really

Not that guy, but how do you choose a font for your comic? I've been going by instinct but I don't feel secure doing it.

>>94603160
It's okay to do it backwards. What kind of stuff do you want to draw them doing? then, ask yourself why someone might want that
I guarantee Togashi Yoshihiro wasn't like "man I want to write a guy that wants to meet his dad, and a guy who wants money to act as a charity doctor, and a guy that wants to murder people.. but how do I link them together?" i think he was like "i want a setting about people who become licensed multipurpose special adventurers, i'll think of reasons why they all want to be one later"

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>>94606483

I really appreciate the time you take to say that, I understand. I had posted storyboards of the chapter in the past, the reason for sharing them here is because I kind of smother people who I usually go to with world building stuff, so they might be too on-the-same-page as me, unfortunately.

The goal for this chapter is "action scenes" "magical girl shenanigans " and "showing off characters".

>>94606605
>>94606631

I understand, the current storyboard was implemented at the end of 2015, and I have been working on it through out 2016, because I am bad at time managements so there are lot of time in between pages to have second thoughts, but I am still fully committed.

>>94607314
Thanks, these observation really helpful. I don't know what a hook would be, that might depends. What I wanted out of this comic was kind of nebulous so I guess that's why its unfocused, something to think about.

At least according to the original plan, those characters all have plot relevance, they are not just porn characters.

>>94607367
Thanks. Also, I tried doing the schedule thing as well, although I only able to reliably do about 30 minutes to an hour every other work day or so. Bulk of the work are still completed on weekends.

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fun comic.

>>94607339
As someone as simple as me, I always find Clip studio paint very heavy and overwhelming I simple can't get into it the more I try

>>94604532
Just cut out any kind of social life

>>94604659
What you lack in actual drawing control, you make up for in paneling choices
Well, not make up for, but still. Great stuff. your script, so to speak, is very good.
(to anyone who remembers, did the jelly in Unicorn Jelly gain more attributes as it traveled, or did it just stay a unicorn jelly? That comic sure contained attributes of being good)

>>94604711
Interesting style. not sure the front and side views are consistent
As for your lines, i like the tuft on the top rear of the profile view's head. That's something we do in digital inking too, where it has a more practical use (prevents trapped pixels)

>>94604808
Congraturation! Not every comic makes it that far.

>>94608397
how do you deal with the fact this will all be forgotten soon and it doesn't matter really?

>>94608442
Huh, I really didn't expect that. Thanks anon

>>94608142
Super fun and right up my alley.
is that a female deer though? I see antlers

>>94608524
Sounds like you're describing a social life. Your friends will leave you, art is forever.

>>94608770
It is reindeer?

>>94608802
>tfw drew my own gf
True ascension

>>94608816
Reindeer don't have cute little black-dot deer/dog noses though, they have two-nostril cow/hippo/horse noses

>>94608770
Maybe it's a Ranma situation

>>94609032
Coldfusion, cease the animal sperging. Real deer don't turn into cute girls, it's fucking fantasy

>>94609369
I was just asking if it's a girl deer or not. Because a girl deer that turns into a girl human is a top quality gf
but a fella deer that turns into a girl human is just a good guy to make friends with, yknow? and make sure not to eat.

>>94554865
do you really want to see my sonic '06 fanfic that badly?

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SWEET REMINDER OF TOMORROW'S CHALLENGE!!! ARE YOU READY TO GO TOE TO TOE WITH LAST CHALLENGE'S WINNERS?!?!?!

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>>94609032
Eh, I talk to my friends about this before. We joke that she is a trap.

>>94610005
Wait, now it's a goat?
...
Okay sure, whatever. I'll give it a go.

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>>94609713
>Have already the idea and all
>Have not started drawing yet

This also reminds me I didn't repost the challenge pic and info because I was in a hurry, if someone can repost it it would be really appreciated, seems I will be off for a while and phoneposting is a pain.

>>94610204
>Okay sure, whatever. I'll give it a go.

What? Are you okay, confusion?

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>>94609713
Sorry, did that look like bait? I was half-serious, half-self loathing.

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New thumbnail. Does this flow intelligibly?

>>94610872
At the current detail level I can't tell exactly what's going on but the layout is fine

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>tfw no one likes my comic
>tfw even dewd has more patrons than me now

>>94611848
Dewd draws a-lot.

He might not be a good artist, but he is a attention whore at times.

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>>94611848
At least yours isn't mine

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Fixed the problem of word bubbles, I use Powerpoint to make the wording and just place a text bubble underneath, the resuklts are decent.

>>94611848
Dewd Has Patrons? How retarded can someone be?

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>>94608474

Thank you. Yeah, it's probably not consistent - I'm still figuring out how to keep a character design looking the same in turnarounds, and also experimenting with my style at the same time. It's a little haphazard, but that's the way I learn best, I think.

This is the other character I'm working on pinning down the design of. She's supposed to be kind of cute and goofy, using more rounded shapes than Isaac (goggles kid) whose design is more angular.

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Kept you waiting hu?

>>94600584
We are also running our third challenge! Now fortnightly!

>THEME: post apocalyptic - cartoon - animals
>GENRE: FREE PICK (choose any genre you want on this occasion!)
>DEADLINE: August 13 (ONE MORE DAY)

Remember that you can play with the theme as you see fit, we want to see how creative you can get!

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How can I clean up my drawings without making them lose their vitality?

>>94612198
One or 2 threads ago he mentioned that he finally got his first patreon, now he gets $1 dollar

>>94612459
more than anyone else in the thread

>>94612445

Try to invent the line - in other words, use the sketch as the basis for a new drawing rather than copying what's underneath. Don't be afraid to improvise, either - practice drawing in ink without an undersketch every once in a while to increase your confidence in putting down lines blind.

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>>94612445
Maybe just clean the obvious guidelines (like the sketchy lines near her eyes, mouth and ears) and leave the "lineart" as is.

>tfw some of my favorite nip artists can pull a not-clean style of lineart and even coloring, yet still look pro as fuck
>nebezial can pull something similar too
>if I do it it just looks dirty and ugly

I need to know what their secrets are, maybe something like what this anon >>94612671 said

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>tfw wrote first script and hate it
>tfw idea for revised script is a million times better

Holy shit, I'm getting there. I suddenly feel considerably less shitty.

>>94612952
post script

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>>94612562
I'm trying to think of a way to say you're wrong without showing off. Hnn.

>>94612952
I made >>94604659 and I'm starting to think the actual product would make a better story book than a comic because its only about plants and slime

Do kids still read books or parents read to them?

>>94614044
Fuck forgot to mention the relevance of what I said being there is no dialogue in the script

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Managed to get three pages done today. Feeling good.

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Learned how to properly do thin filaments by studying Gon's fishing line. still needs work
Some of this was actually sketched on paper! Because I was at a thing.. with paper.

>>94612203
I like this a lot better.
>>94614471
Lookin' hella good. This is good use of tones. I like the scratchy white cutting into them.

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>>94602250
I know. The problem is figuring out how to stop doing that instead of having to resize it all the time. Like, there's got to be some rule to get it relatively right...

>>94602548
lol, if you're into middle aged ghouls, I guess?

>>94605880
You know what, you're right, I should fix this...

>>94612445
Draw with a 3h pencil (I have leads in my pencils and label them accordingly) then come in with b and 2b and so on to create clear lines

>>94615387
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

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I{m too emotionally dependant and the fact that I have no one to rely on is what gives me my asshole behaviour.

I mention this because it causes me to tripfag and stop drawing all-together

>>94612409
>DEADLINE: August 13 (ONE MORE DAY)

But today is August the 13th...

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>>94616920
We have all the day still!

I think I will only deliver sketches again.

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>>94617651

ever show your friends s comics posted here that aren't yours?

>>94618059
>friends
What that?

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>>94617651
My only suggestion would be to change the character into something marketable, like a cat or a mouse. Then you'll be up there with Heathcliff

>>94618220
Would a bear work

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>>94618271
Yeah, that's even better. Heathcliff and Garfield have the cat market, and Mice are blasé.
Give him a comically alliterative name like Bruford B Bear, and call it a career

>>94618313
that or make him both french and a cool guy to hang out with, so his name is robert the bro-bear. silent t.

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>>94610872
Changed this first panel some

>>94618443
Now it's even worse
Breathe in and take your fucking time with this

>>94618461
Compositionally, or in terms of drafting, because it's a thumb

>>94618548
Even as a thumb the info doesn't go through, Thraw the speech bubbles, the paneling, Guide the eyes of your reader, close your eyes, look away and stare at your page again, does the info take you to the place where the reader needs to be? Or does it shock you and take you out of the story?

>>94602107
another fanart?!

Holy shit, thanks, Lucy!

<3

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>>94618624
I'm sorry, but IO don't really understand your confusion. She walks to the door, out the door, and then down the hallway. Cut to an overhead shot of her walking trough the hall

>>94603000
thanks for the help!
it'll help me a lot. really.
As for her proportions, i'm trying to get her soulders and upper back relatively large, as I intend her to be somewhat fit, I've based that on another IRL friend of mine who's fit as fuck, after two years of insanity, she became some sort of powerhouse with a fit upper body, and this is the kind of shit I wanna do for Ophélie. Her body structure is very much different than Ophélie, though.

But yeah, I'm gonna draw more bras, to get more comfy with drawing better clothing.

Also, do you guys know a good online place where I can get nice girl fashion? I generally have a good idea for men's fashion, as my own fashion sense is kinda okay, but for girls, i need help. When I draw girls, i just want to put them in tshirts and shit.

>>94602250
>>94615387
>pencil sketch and correct the proportions
>go over it in another layer
This is such a non-issue.

>>94618059
Not really, no

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>>94604832
>>94605556
Yeah, the artist does (writer here again, as is tradition). We stick all the WIPs (including a few videos) on a side blog off the main site if you're interested.

>>94608509
Thanks, anon!

>>94614471
Awesome composition, the shading gives it some great astmosphere. Do you have a site to read the rest?

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Did some MS paint doodles today while researching for my new episode. I'm gonna put a part in the comic where you can "see" a song like the one you could see on the first page on last chapter.
Usually a friend of mine comes up with the lyrics, but this time i wanted to write something about a viking shieldmaiden destroying a village, amon amarth style. What do you think of the lyrics so far? I need to know, as I'm not a native english speaker.

Here's what I came up so far:
>The first man she killed was a poor farmer boy,
>She gladly took his life away!
>His desperate pleads and cries in deaf hears fell,
>She hacked his feeble neck away!

>The burning smells of houses filled her with great joy,
>Ashes and blood, lives thrown away,
>Through the cold winter night, loud sounds of death foretell
>The joy of the maiden on display

>The way of the vikings
>Death is her fate
>She's the last shieldmaiden
>Glory halls wait

Is there any way to make this shit better?
I studied literature when I was in college, but in terms of creative writing, i'm kinda bankrupt.

>>94614471
that's one comfy panel, man. Well done! Love the inking complemented by some simple toning. It smells of good cosy atmosphere while in a damp dungeon of some sort.

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>>94612409
Alright, here we go.

Capeworld is mostly a superhero project, but I've always liked how superhero universes have little corners that go against the grain and take after other genres. Jonah Hex inhabits a western corner, Man-Thing inhabits a horror corner, Adam Strange a pulp sci-fi corner.

This is a one of Capeworld's corners and it takes after the...post-apocalyptic cartoon animal genre.

Think Mad Max plus Escaflowne plus Kamandi. After a global plague war forced humanity to introduce different DNA into their genome or die civilization has started to rebuild itself from the ruins. Predators fight and rule. Prey build and obey.

Life is hard on Earth B-7-O. And though the knights that pilot massive metal animals in jousts on cracked asphalt roads in the shadow of palaces that were once CEO office buildings do so with cheers and praise from the common folk they to have a hard life.

As one child is about to learn first hand.


http://www.capeworldcomics.com/

Come visit Capeworld Comics! We got a new comic archive linking you to all the text stories and comics we got. Feedback on the stories and comics is appreciated.

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>>94621200

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>>94621200
>>94621212

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Angel has a dark past.

Now here's what I'm planning on doing with this, you know how most media have the nice girls turn into some one mean edgy and darker? Well I'm kinda planning on doing the reverse of that, she was edgy back in her high school and now she's cute and happy and left that behind her.

>>94620003

strawcomics.tumblr.com

I have a tumblr, but it was made for another comic. I'm posting it there since it's a short one and I don't feel like making a separate account for a short comic.

>>94600584
What makes good character chemistry?

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I've almost finished this page, just a few more details and it's done.

>>94622026
It sort of depends on the characters. Character chemistry isn't just one thing.

Like in my Daredevil stories (about the public domain Daredevil) his interactions with Airboy (another PD superhero) are about him trying not to seem weird and mystical. It's about The Dardevil trying to sound like one of the guys even when there are things he can only describe with magical, far out descriptions.

Recent chapters in the story have him in a different light showing him from the perspective of a German soldier and he's depicted as the kind of unstoppable magical juggernaut he's trying so hard not to come across with his friends.

A single character isn't going to act the same way around different characters.

To see what I'm talking about you can check out my Daredevil story here:

http://www.capeworldcomics.com/comic-and-text-story-archive/

>>94604808
Happy birthday!

Hey everyone. I couldn't find a questions thread, so I'll ask here:

I'm trying to find the name of a webcomic that I read a long time ago.

It's about three kids in school. One of them is a black tomboy The dialog is absurd and generally really weird. The main character gets a gf and is obsessed with her, and his dad is always trying to kill him. At some point the MC and the black girl have a fight and then in the principal's office they have a rap battle.

What was it called?

>>94617651
sensible chuckle
I saved the one you did on headaches. Your stuff would be really popular if your art was better. Keep practicing!

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I've remembered I didn't post last page, so I'll do in now.

>>94619079

You're missing the point. I don't really have this problem with other parts of the body. I'm not saying my proportions are 100% or anything, but I don't have to correct as often. I have to correct head size almost 100% of the time. Which is a waste. Like, I don't have this problem with eyes and ears because I know where the invisible line that sets them are. Same with things like hands feet and torsos.

I was just thinking there's got to be some rule(s) about what size the body should be in proportion to the head.

>>94623591
This made me chuckle. I really like your art. For some reason it gives off an oldschool webcomic feel (in a good way), though I'm not quite sure why.

Do you have it up on a website somewhere?

Is actually possible to change your artstyle?
Even my fucking lines look the same.
Maybe using another brush or other drawing software might help?

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Practising for my next installement, Drawing some clothing. Hope it's coming allright.
Also this time, I didn't sketch anything so if there's anything wonky, my fault. Didn't plan anything here besides clothes.

I'll never work in fashion, but i guess these outfits are cool.

>>94624759
His site is on the bottom of his pages man.

I love his characters. Especially the design of the brune catgirl.

>>94624991
You need to understand your style to deviate from it.

>>94625009
Holy shit, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Also, those outfits are definitely cool. The are looks really good, too, especially for not sketching first.

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>>94617651
Oh man that is fucking good

>>94618690
The characters aren't drawn enough for us to know any of that, and the way she leaves the door is inconsistent with the rest

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Slime story anon here, working on the very first page. The whole thing is just a small project to get me started and I haven't inked or shaded so I have a ways to go

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>>94624991

I'm in the same boat as you, anon. Still trying to develop a feel for how I want this project to actually look. My typical style is very rounded and simple (I loathe to say "calarts", but it's the term that best describes it), but I was inspired by Villainous to push myself to try a sharper, more angular sort of Maxwell Adams-ish style, or kind of like that dude who does Skarpworld. I'm still not really doing it justice, I don't think, but I'm getting closer.

I'm making some progress with my MC, though - I'm trying to think more carefully about how his hair interacts with the goggles here, and in comparison to >>94604711 I think it definitely looks better.

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Me atm

>>94619610
This level of mixed media is getting me all frothy

>>94625447
>Lucy
pls be in London

>>94620047
rhyming away with away is a bit hacky if you'll pardon the pun, but death metal lyrics are rarely super clever in my experience, outside of the actual Metalocalypse. You could go with hacked his feeble neck in twain. not a real rhyme but close, and again, death metal.
In any case that should be "on deaf ears"

>>94624659
Heads vary more than anything else, depending on style. The important thing is the proportion of the head's features. The quickest route to ugly is making someone's forehead or jaw too head or too small, nose or mouth placed wrong, eyes the wrong distance... That's why that whole circle construction thing is so important: without it a lot of people draw the top dome of the head too small, or forget to make the hair larger than the skull, and instead fill the skull's area in with hair

>>94621400
Was she not yellow back then? also, lost an eye in the past? Seems she got it back.
Kind of hard to believe she's so naive if that's her past

I always see these threads and it's really fucking cool to see other anons working on their art. I usually just kind of avoid these threads because I want to do something but then I see people doing all these other things and I just can't get back to my own webcomic because I'm so damn discouraged by how mediocre my own skill is. I decided to drop in for this thread just because I didn't want to run away anymore and, turns out, it's pretty motivating. Thanks, anons. That's all I had to say. Sorry if it was off topic.

>>94625480
No, I'm a spic

>>94625206
She's turning to the right. I've blown up the scene where she leaves as well as adjusting the pose of the man in panel 3 to make it clear.
I understand how initially going to the left and then having the rest of the progression go to the right isn't clear, but that's how you leave a room. I personally think inserting a panel showing her turning is superfluous

>>94618790
pintrest is good for getting reference images. thats what i use to save shit like clothing ideas and anatomy references. their search engine isn't great, but it works

>>94625708
Me too, I was just memeing to bump the thread

>>94625726
Stop posting such mediocre sketches/guides that you can't even read. What do you want us to tell you about this rather than it sucks and it's fucking unreadable? I don't understand it, neither do you, stop posting until you have something more solid

>>94625552
oh yeah, i forgot about the yellow skin and the long hair part, gonna have to workshop the design a little.

But the knife in the eye is supposed be there,it's make-up so that it could be harder for people to find her real identity.

and she'll still be naive and all of that stuff too in her past, you'll see how she learned how she toned it down a lot and be came a more happy hero instead of a rouge.

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You either die young as ONE or live long enough to see yourself become Dewd

How's your comic doing today, anon?

>>94625971
What is the Dewd's deal? I thought he just did that shitty DoA send up.

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>>94625765
I'm sorry for laying into you like that. I appreciate your input and suggestions

>>94625708
and a fella

>>94625843
just FYI if the word comes up a lot in this chapter, it's rogue. save you some spellfixing there.
you can remember because if you look at the first 3 letters, it already sounds right. whereas rou doesn't.

>>94625999
Nah, I kinda gave up on that after I became a professional animator, now I only focus on animation and my comic.

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>>94612409

Scavenger Corps 01

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>>94626305

Scavenger Corps 02

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>>94626299
>Profesional animator

I just kek'd so hard

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>>94626324

Scavenger Corps 03

Director's Commentary:
Bashed this one out quickly as I Have No Ideas But I Must Draw, else I'd have spent more time on character and vehicle design. Also: left-handed shooters. Worked at a slightly different size, A4, than my usual A5.

>>94626338
Well, professional in the sense that I get paid to make animations, you know, like, as a job.

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>>94626402
Yeah Dewd, and since I do sketch animations and get paid for it I'm also a profesional artist and animator that can get drop a resume with no previous experience in CN or Nick

>>94626402
you can be an amateur and still get paid. I wouldn't call it professional unless you genuinely make as much as a part time job which I'm guessing you don't

>>94626566
This, I made like 3 comics for a school newspaper and ended up in an honor society which I got a scholarship for

>>94626388
Okay, that last panel definitely made me laugh. Really nice art and the story seems interesting enough that you could make a longer comic out of it.

>>94626470
>>94626566
Oh well then it seems some idiot artist told me the defenition of professional wrong, sorry.

>>94627416
is this loss?

>>94626402
It's not really a job if you're self employed, sadly. Being a "pro" in the animation industry means you got yourself a role to play on a tv show like storyboarder or something.

>>94625505
rhyming away with away was a conscious choice. It was a very poor choice but I found it funny. In twain sounds more gory, i like it.

And I fixed the deaf ears. I can't believe I let that slip.

I'll see with my "songwriting" friend if there's anything i can tweak. He found out rather quickly that it was very inspired by amon amarth's "first kill" song.

>>94625128
thanks, buddy!

>>94625447
big old titties. I just can't understand your porn comics, but your tits are better than what I draw so far.

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>>94627687
My porn comics are not to be understood, they're toi be interpreted and fapped to

>>94627777
lol, like the one with the guy who's like as big as shrek and masturbate to a tiny girl? I don't understand, is the guy a giant?

Anyway, all i can say is don't rush your pages, you're getting better at anatomy and shit

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>>94627827
>with the guy who's like as big as shrek
Literally kek'd

Yeah I used to rush my comics, but it was because I had commission under my responsibility, but I cancelled them in order to draw my comic in peace.

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>>94625539

>or forget to make the hair larger than the skull, and instead fill the skull's area in with hair

What do you mean by this? Do you mean starting the hairline too low on the head?

It's true what you said about proportions on the face that's its own struggle. Really I don't spend enough time constructing because I'm always in a hurry. Which is something I need to work on. But it still pisses me off that even if I spend a lot of time constructing a head I start drawing the body disproportionately small for the head that I've drawn.

I read recently to try constructing from the torso out which has yielded some results. The trick then is to draw the head at the right angle, attach it to a neck as drawn extending from the torso. Which shouldn't be as hard as I'm apparently making it.

>>94628028
she looks like fairy Tracer. Kinda. I like the design a lot. I wish I had enough time to find references and draw that shit as well as you.

and the big head thing. I'm happy to know that i'm not the only one to make this mistake. Nowadays, i just construct the body as a whole and then go for the face. And yeah, proportions on the face must be carefully done, or you'll end up with someone with fetal alcohol syndrome or a down syndrome dude.
But your new way of constructing works pretty well, man. Good job :)

>>94627932
Well, I'm happy to hear that. I remember when you started posting stuff on sadpanda

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>>94628106

>Tracer

Yeah, now that you say that, I see it now (lol) It's actually supposed to be Tinkerbell (sort of)

> I wish I had enough time to find references and draw that shit as well as you.

I didn't really use a specific reference for this. I just slideshow my art inspiration folder and cobble something together from my imagination.

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finally starting episode 4 guys. I hope this time, art is better, at least that's what i feel.

>>94628359
damn i wish my sketches were up to par with you.
But yeah, cobbling stuff together from various references and your own imagination is kinda hard for me, as my fashion sense popped inside me very late. And I though that having a tshirt with funny stuff with a fucking leather jacket/military grade shit was the epitome of cool back then. Look at this page i sketched, outfits suck.

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>>94601356

>>94628900
arms are too long on panel 4. Rest assured, that was corrected.

>>94629183
Very neat. How do you guys pick colors?

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>>94629298
Meh, your arms are kind of elongated normally, so as long as the shapes are in proportion it's fine. Elongation of form is very common, and can be quite attractive.

Most cartoons are 70% legs

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>got busy all this week with work and house chores mostly, barely could put a page together this week which was not for the challenge
>today will be busy too
>I can't manage 3 pages in 5 hours which is what I think I will have after being done with everything today
>Also think of going to work as cashier in a supermarket again because my small time job won't give me enough money for the travel I scheduled for next year

Remember me for who I was.

>>94629305
i wanted to use a color that stood out
red could have worked (it could have been better to illustrate his anger) but in future panels, i'd want to use have blood be visible
plus purple works as a creepy color, and contrasts better with lighter colors

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>>94625477
We also did some collaging on the cover of the first physical book.

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what I did wrong?
I didn't get many complains with the "murder is bad" shirt, but now I'm getting tumblr-bullied

>>94629758
wait what?

context?

>>94629758
it's very on the nose, like we all know rape
but when said so straight forward like that people think you're being ironic
just bitter people making a fit

>>94629758
Rape is a no-no word on Tumblr. You can't show it without an advisory warning.

>>94629758
Hopefully it's on the wane, but a wee two years ago we were probably at the peak of hearing about "rape culture", which was the ideal that men are too vicious and mean-spirited to understand rape is bad.

If it's controversial it's probably because everyone remembers that and they're mad about it, either for or against.

>>94629819
>>94629824
>>94629857
thank you for the explanation, now it feels kinda obvious.

>>94627416
KILLA QUEEN DAISAN NO BAKUDAN BARTS THE DUSTO

>>94629451
I feel you, but in my case I dropped my commission jobs to work on my comic

>>94629731
It must be nice to work with friends. I bet it makes the stress easier to manage

>>94630113
I can't give myself that luxury sadly, even if I begin working full time on my webcomic(s) I still need a way to get money and I doubt I will get enough audience for a patreon anytime soon. I wish I was still in college.

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Getting close to six pages. Eight is the goal for part 2.

>>94631213
People have said it before, but your use of tone really makes your work. Do you use baked in Manga Screentones, or do you make your own?

>>94631267
I got this hatching brush that I use and I just layer it over itself with every pass to build it up. It came packaged with the program I use.

>>94629758
>I'm getting tumblr-bullied

Post pics or didn't happen

>>94626305
Love it! Neat to see you can draw vehicles too.

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>still traveling around
>hear from flatmate someone left a postcard that is hand-drawn and features the fox and the cat

I feel kinda bad because the designs aren't mine but also really great because someone felt the need to draw me fanart.

>>94631417
Cade

>>94628028
>What do you mean by this? Do you mean starting the hairline too low on the head?
No, like the top of the hair is where the top of the skull should be, but then the hair itself is clearly shaped like it's elevated, whether it's puffed up or it has a deep part drawn in it or whatever. Thus it hints at the skull being too low.

>>94629451
I'd sign something promising to never travel anywhere again before I took a cashier job

>>94629758
Anyone who sees this comic and takes it seriously enough to get mad is an audience you don't need

>>94631417
You got a postcard in the real mail from someone that reads your comic but also knows where you live? And you aren't immediately sure who it is?

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>>94631605
It was in the real mail, yes. But there are a couple of people who could've made it.
I haven't seen it yet, though, since I'm still traveling.
But I'm really excited and I've been told it's a very, very pretty drawing. Probably prettier than my comic!

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>>94631535
The travel is to visit my bf though. He lives in Argentina and I live in Mexico. He also traveled to visit me first, but he had a good paying touristic job last summer which gave him enough money to pay the trip in 2 months. I have no such luck because I live in a city with nothing touristic on it and I don't get called for interviews on my carrier area. I can't get enough savings with my side job that only gives $22 dollars per month. I would like to avoid the cashier route but my local mini-supermarket is in need of personel and is the only other work experience I have.

>>94631851
Well you didn't mention you were in tacoland. Obviously you take any work you can get.

>>94632314
Thinking about it, are there many webcomics based on cashier misadventures? Maybe I can improvise something out of that misery.

>>94632506
I only know of Skyfox who did comics about experiences in retail.

>>94632506
Quite a few, but I'm not sick of them yet. As long as you don't go too zany.

>>94632506
Why not make a Spanish Language comic? Get some of those sweet, sweet Cartel Shekels in your Patreon

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>>94632543
>>94633251
Well the only comics I know with that as theme are the 2 dredsina did, so that's why I didn't know if they were an actual thing.

>>94633591
I'm posting the Spanish version of the only one I'm doing on my facebook. Not many cartel shekels interested enough, although it's mostly my fault for not posting other content too often to build enough audience. Also half of my followers are arabs, I discovered the name I chose is a drum used on their music. It's a fun yet unfortunate thing.

>>94633781
That's a mildly funny joke

>>94631712
Having fans doing stuff for you is always really sweet.

>>94618790
Fashion is a well-nourished hydra with many, many heads. It all depends on the girl and there's no real one-stop shop. What kind of taste does Ophelie have? Does she like or hate standing out? Is she confident? Does she wear skirts casually or only formally?

From personality it's just figuring out what to google.
There are an ass-ton of fashion bloggers, and you can always pretty much just type [genre] girl into google if you need something specific (metalhead, goth, hipster, whatever)

>>94628804
nani?

>>94612203
Ducking nice head that's a style I wish I could draw in.

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>tfw comic has strong innuendos but it's childish as fuck
I guess that's the only thing a manchildren like me can produce.

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Facebook: "I love your drawings they look sweet"
Deviantart: "Wow your drawings are so nice I love the anatomy you draw"
Tumblr: "Nice stuff, keep it going"
Sad Panda: "Draw more tits"
/aco/: "Got sauce? / Thanks anon"
/co/: "It's bad, but also good, keep going anon"
/hyw/: *trying to hear the nice comments while people are screaming at coldfusion*
/ic/ "LOOMIS, HOLY SHIT YOU SUCK / Oh, looks good practice this" *hands over loomis book*

What's your experience on the internet, anon?

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>>94636462
i know that feel, how the fuck do we become smarter and more cultured? hate being a brainlet

Always impressed with some of the work in these threads. Maybe one day I'll be at a skill level that I feel comfortable with showing to other people.

>>94636515
>some actual good advice and criticism on 4chan of all places
>nothing everywhere else

>>94636462
>>94636619
Post your stuff so you can get help

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>>94626299

Have YOU outlined your entire comic story, /hyw/?

>>94626299
>professional animator
/hyw/ BTFO, dewd made it before any of you shitters

>>94637904
kinda, yeah

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>>94637907
keep reading, someone fed him the wrong definition of "pro" on purpose

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>>94614082

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>tfw wacom drivers go to shit every time my computer goes into sleep mode
I don't mind restarting the service but restarting clip studio and loading all my references all over again is annoying.

>>94637904
Nope. So much to do.

>>94637950
Have you got to the end? Read it back to yourself?

>>94638042
I have an idea of how I want to end it, but I feel like it still need a bit more of rework on it since I'm not too convinced by it. I'm actually worried it is too bullshit for the tone the comic should have.

>>94638104
Too bullshit how? Plenty of ridiculous things can be pulled off.
Is it just early in development?

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>>94637904
Yea. It's a short one.

>>94638001
Wait is dewd the guy who does Avas demon or?

>>94638255
Unrelated, is just that I only have the Ava's Demon version of that pic.

>>94638255
Dewd does not do ava's demon.

>>94638291
>>94638318
Oh okay I figured that but wasn't sure. What doea Dewd do then?

>>94638140
I'm still developing it since it is more an experiment than anything. An exercise webcomic of sorts before moving to a bigger one. Thing is I ended up making too much worldbuilding on what should have been a more simple idea and I'm worried the ending becomes too overwhelming because of it. Also because it is an indirect tie-in to what would be the next bigger webcomic. Kinda like what CLAMP did with Chobits being an indirect sequel of a previous manga they did (Angelic Layer) because they only shared the setting and one character in the backstory.

>>94638365
A webcomic called West Tree. This >>94621400 is his artstyle.

>>94612409
>>94621200
>>94626305

So are these the only two entries for the contest?

I thought there'd be more.

>>94638452
I think you jumped onto thinking about the environment that you wanted to write in rather than think of a character and a goal first if that is the case.
I too was guilty of this during development, asking questions about what foundations in the world would allow the MC to do whatever they're going to do when in reality the justification should come from the story itself and not some world building minutiae (no offense to the work put into it.)

Do you know who your characters are?

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>>94638587
I slacked off so didn't make my own, but yeah I agree I also thought there may have been more entries. The night is still young though, so I guess we will wait and make a strawpoll tomorrow to vote for the winners and this time decide the theme and genres better.

>>94638662
I actually know who my characters are and what motivates them, I'm actually afraid that was the first thing I settled down before moving into thinking what they actually were. I understand what you are saying (I actually did those mistakes on other stuff in the past) but I think my main problem this time around is more because, as I said, the worldbuilding became too big for what in the end is a gag-a-day story. The story is about personifications of concepts and in thinking about "where do they come from and why" I got some interesting concepts but ended with the background being more complex than what I anticipated.

>>94637904
My main story, yes. I just do my practice webcomic off the cuff, though, but it has no story.

>>94637904
Yes and I have the ending settled already

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Posted the update a little earlier than usual because I won't have the time to do so tomorrow morning. But it's Monday somewhere.

>>94639723
Those are some good looking vultures

>>94638015
Go into your windows services and restart all of the wacom stuff.
I used to have to restart my computer so much because I didn't know how to do that.

>>94637904
No. I have bits and pieces of it so far, and a good track to put the story on, but I need more characters and probably more thought put into the story.

>>94637904
nope. I'm still planning out the character arcs. I'm also not sure how I want it to end.

>>94637904
nope. I'm using my current comic to learn and experiment for the story I really want to tell

>>94641532
while still having the story i'm using right now to have fun with improv

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I'm sorry I keep uploading shitty sketches, but every time I try to ink, it looks like total shit.

anyway, here's a character from my real webcomic that I'm trying to develop. I also tried inventing the line as >>94612671 and >>94612860 suggested, on the cross. Am I getting the concept?

>>94641759
You're getting there. As you do it more, it'll just get cleaner due to your brush strokes becoming more confident over time (do your drawing push-ups!)

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>>94621400
I love the lack of subtlety in this one, you didn't even bothered to make her a different palette.

>>94642102
holy kek
I knew it looked familiar

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>>94642102
god damn

>>94642102
Whose this character?

>>94642736
Haru from Persona 5

>>94629758
You should make a comic about this girl instead.
Make her some redneck neet that lives innawoods brewing moonshine with a pair of racoons

>>94638587
I'm not interested in drawing cartoons and couldn't think of a work around.

>>94638587
The themes aren't doing it for me so far, nothing managed to spark any creativity.
I'd rather make nothing than force something out.

>>94642102
how is he still so fucking shameless and blatant, even after we've caught him 5 or 6 times?

>>94643379
>>94643438
>Only two guys were brave enough to do post apocalyptic furries

Oh well, atleast the voting should be close.

>>94643469
It's because you keep giving him attention. The Dewd gets like plenty of (You)s for his shit.
Maybe before giving a (You) to the Dewd, go see if there's a poster who posted his/her work and got 0 (You)s, even if it isn't very good. Everyone wants feedback

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>>94638012
Spent all day on this!
http://laserwing.tumblr.com/post/164170347186/chapter-5-begins-im-stoked-if-you-want-to-see

>>94643555
fuck off retard

>>94643689
t.TheDewd

>>94643771
wrong again

>>94639723
I want to fuck that opossum.

>>94644006
t. The Dude's one Patreon

>>94643555
your comic is so shit it's literally worth less discussion than dewd's lolcow drivel. no one cares about it, try next t ime

>>94644152
But my comic has (You)s

>>94644160
post work

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>>94644165
I've posted all I have. I'm not spamming shit.

>>94644185
Not that anon, but can you link to your posts so I can see them?

>>94644220

>>94641759
>>94618443
>>94612445
>>94610872
Mine. Finished comics are in old thread. I didn't say I got positive feedback, just feedback. I'm not telling you to suck someone's dick, just give better feedback than to call the Dewd a retard for the billionth time. We know he's a retard.

Hell, one of my (You)'s called me fucking garbage.

>>94644254
>We know he's a retard.
no shit, people enjoy making fun of retards more than they enjoy uninspired bland /beg/ tier drawings. 90% of the feedback given is met with excuses and rationalizations, as if anyone can be bothered to hold you retards' hands. keep being shit

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Third page for Plug & Play, the bar for videogame characters; a spinoff of Bits & Bytes (the restaurant for videogame characters).

This one features two new argentinian games: Juanito from "Juanito Arcade Mayhem" and Fidel from "Fidel Dungeon Rescue".

>>94643469
The only ones I remember are
>the Overwatch ripoff
>the Battleborn ripoff
>the Monsters Inc "reference"
What other stuff has he done?

the butt hurt must flow

>>94642736
Angel

>>94645501
he had two other characters who were literally just Jotaro and Kallen under different names

>>94625552
>>94626168
Fuck off coldfusion, we don't want you here.

>>94645501
Does the monsters inc one even count? That sounds more like a fuckup he then tried to cover up with "is a reference" instead of intentional rip-off

>>94643619
>I SHOULD BE IN BED RIGHT NOW!
God I know that feeling

>>94645242
Obscure games are always good. I'm learning more and more about those on the internets lately. No matter how unknown they are to a wide american audience, there are people in some places and ages who know them so well that they're just as nostalgic as any of us
Kind of odd to say 'sensual' there. maybe just sexy? or 'that's kinda hot'
'compatriot' is a real word, but we usually say 'countryman' in english

>>94646992
I don't think anyone is retarded enough to realize there's no more room for a character, working in digital art, and not just shrink them down/ move them out of the way of the title. That had to be intentional. It just didn't look great

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>start messing with css and what not to make the site finally
>after hours of research I finally managed to add "sidebars" to the theme, center them and take distance from there so they aren't so anchores to the browser
>add the same values to left and right respectively
>right is closer to the centered page zone than the left

This assymetry in code is driving me insane

>>94647268
>I don't think anyone is retarded enough to realize there's no more room for a character, working in digital art, and not just shrink them down/ move them out of the way of the title
Think again. Dewd's response when people brought it up was the classic coming up with an excuse after the fact.

>>94645558
So it shall m'lord.

Anyone have tips for writing believable smart nerdy characters when your not smart yourself? I'm not a genius so its kind of hard to figure out how to write a smart character. Dialogue for them is also tricky.

>>94648303
Either find a friend who is close to be as smart nerdy as your character or do some research, don't be afraid of approaching people on the field your character is supposed to be smart on and ask for advice.

>>94647789
It really isn't
Honestly that would be less retarded

>>94647437
Nevermind I found the problem. The width I was using was bigger than the example pic I had in there which is why it got messed up.

It is frustrating yet fun.

>>94648303
Watch a YouTube video on some smart people try to find some shit on there home life like a documentary type deal, pick like 3 smart nerds to watch

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>>94612409
Very well, is not 13th anymore in any side of the world so we take this competition as closed! Come here to vote! (Multiple option just in case someone can't decide on a winner, and to not lose practice)

http://www.strawpoll.me/13705331
http://www.strawpoll.me/13705331
http://www.strawpoll.me/13705331

As for the entries, check them here

>>94621200
>>94621212
>>94621221
Capeworld (Metal Animals)

>>94626305
>>94626324
>>94626388
EtMotL (Scavenger Corps)

Both entries were interesting and had some nice ideas going on!

Also we need to begin thinking on how we will decide the theme and genres for the next challenge so we avoid all the problem we got with this one.

>>94650287
How about we all propose a few choices then vote on the final mix?

Or have each contest winner decide the next topic? Eh

>>94650955
Both are good ideas actually, but I personally feel more inclined for the first one, since with that we could probably get ideas for the genres too.

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What do you think of ads that are placed like in pic related? Have been thinking of maybe placing some in a similar way on my future page.

>>94651985
They look as good as any advertisement, although if you had two different kind of adds it might end up making the whole page look incongruous.

>>94650287
>>94650955
>>94651053

Suggestions:

3 pages is a limit, but submissions can be 1 or 2 pages.

There is one theme, but it's far more general than what we've been seeing. So instead of word salad think "science fiction" or "romance" or "western". We could potential go more restrictive with stuff like "gothic horror" or "space western" but no more word salad.

Winner picks next theme.


Would these be good changes?