/hyw/ - How's Your Webcomic? #399

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>>94822258
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

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>>94822258
We are running our 4th hyw challenge!


>THEME: Magic

>GENRE: (choose one to play around alongside the theme!)
>Lava
>Urban Fantasy
>Inventors

>DEADLINE: August 31

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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>>94822173
Oh I see what you're saying. I don't mean in drawing technique, I mean in the design of the characters themselves.

>>94822236
How about now?

>>94822333
I guess I just feel like the design differences are only what you would expect from character to character

also what this is you too? okay, THIS looks like a different comic's style.

>>94822358
>>94822585
Hahaha what, what did we just do

>>94822358
okay I'm looking at this again, and..... I think her torso is a tidbit long. It's hard to say for sure, but I'm imagining her hand down at her side and it doesn't go 1/3rd of the way down her thigh. Maybe if you shortened her torso, you'd have more space for leg. I'm mentally counting her ribs and it seems like she has too many. There's almost as much space from her vag to her mid-torso hourglass-waist as there is from said waist to the bottom of her tits, so that leaves even more torso above that.

>>94822605
I get it now. Thread transition. We both linked our posts from the other thread. I just duplicated my post from that thread to this one so it appears in two places at once.

>>94822629
Yeah. It's tough working it out since we're dealing in mm adjustments. It's just enough that even I can notice but exactly what to fix is a bit tough.

>>94822874
In any case right now, nobody would complain. Just as long as you fix her eyes.

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>work on update all night
>finish it in wee hours
>upload it and sleep
>wake up and check stats
>1 view
>it's me

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>>94822874
And now?

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>>94822976
This is my daily nightmare. It's worse when its' something you're actually proud of.

Pick related. Not even a batted eyelash.

>>94823173
Note that I am not the guy who does Devil Candy, this was just fanart I did of it.

>>94823120
I no longer see any flaws. It still might look a little weird because of the hip armor hanging so low, and its 'belt' being at crotch level. Like that might create an illusion of bad proportioning.
so yeah just.. just the eyes now.

>>94823173
wait, are you gonna tell me at your level you don't get attention and views? that's.... depressing.

>>94823269
>>94823173
why live

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>>94822976
>do nothing comic related in an entire year
>don't update and sleep
>wake up and check stats
>1000 views
I feel bad...

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>>94823269

Nope. Not all the time. Some stuff gets attention, like, people really seem to like my Beetlejuice comics. But my illustrations don't do it for anyone. Maybe they're just boring. I mean, they are technically competent but maybe they lack qualities that draw people to them.

If I knew what it was specifically I could target it, but I don't really know.

>>94823458
I think you must not be advertising yourself properly.

>>94823173
The ability to sell yourself, the knowledge how and where to do it is more important than the actual drawing skills.

>>94822976
Send the link, I'll gladly read it

>>94823672
nevertheless, you'd think if you were as good as this guy, you'd at least have a head start and that head start could snowball without investing a lot into selfpromotion

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>don't know what kind of comic i should be making
>don't draw that much anymore
I feel like i'm standing in a crossroads, no idea how i should proceed from now on. I can feel myself slipping, please send help

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>>94823485
Possibly. I'm posting on DA, tumblr, twitter, instagram, pixiv and facebook.

However, I also work full time and live in Hawaii (the worst time zone) and am pretty sure I'm posting at bad times.

I also am not posting frequently enough either. I'm not doing anything that I should expect to be blowing up or anything. And I do gain a couple of people for every decent post that I make so it's not completely hopeless.

I understand that more popular artists are putting out a lot of work consistently and that they built their audience over time. Unless they are super good painters who draw trendy stuff then they usually catch fire.

>>94823847
What's your least favorite kind of comic to do?
do the opposite

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what comic artist/mangaka do you imitate /hyw/?

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Currently I have a problem in which I have a character, but have no idea on what kind of story to stick it in...
any advice /hyw/?

Pic related is the character

>>94823961
What's the opposite to bad political cartoons?

>>94823120
She looks cute. Are you going to enter her in the /hyw/ contest? We can have a magical girl fight!

>>94823173
You're talented. Stick with it. If me and my artist can get around 100 something views a week on our webcomic you can to.

>>94823701
If you want to review something I'm interested in feedback for the Metal Animals lore I wrote up. Would you be interested in looking at that?

>>94824092
Neat design. Maybe put him in some kind of Mouse Guard/Red Wall/Mice Templar/Rescuers setting but with insects instead of mice?

>>94824092
Do a comfy bug story. We all need more bug stories, maybe the bug going on a quest.

>>94824203
That's what I was thinking as well. Have the bug go on adventure. Make it classic and comfy like Chronicles of Prydain.

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>>94824195

It's just some lewds of a character from a Nick show premiering in a week.

Not going to lie, it doesn't look great. I like magical girl stuff, but flash, man, ugh... it's hard to like that stuff...

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>>94824022
Shigesato Itoi is one for sure. and Charles Schultz
also Risa Itou, though that involves time travel shenanigoats as I hadn't seen Ebichu until after comic was designed already

>>94824092
fucking kawaii. I'd like to see him go on a cute little adventure that is somewhat accurate to a bug's real life. Like he's obviously a very virile and mature male, he should go hornfight with other males and win the heart of a cute lady kabuto beetle.
imagine how cute they would be snuggling cute little giant beetle grubs in their arms

>>94824105
Something longform, with a lot of subtlety, that gets messages across via the story instead of by just saying them outright
>>94824511
Ima just say what I said about Monster High. gateway drug. we need to slowly wean girls onto cool entertainment media. This is a steppingstone.

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>>94824547
also one more because I just like posting mildly lewd Ebichu scenes.

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I am working on updating a character design and thought about doing a gag comic about the process...

>>94824588
Can't disagree with that. The only thing worse than these flash shows to me are the channel schedules. Like, there are lots of great cartoons. Why are they airing Teen Titans Go 23 hours a day?

>>94824694
lordy loo I like the way you draw ladies. You need to be making monstergirl type comics. You'll get all the attentch!
Really gotta watch out for those uneven eyes though.

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Pic related is the girl being redesigned.

>>94824714
It's true. These are mostly sketches so I don't worry about it too much but uneven faces and huge heads are my bane right now.

>>94824789
whoa, heavier than I expected
Just how many projects do you juggle?

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>>94824789

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>>94824798
Oh this is from a comic tournament that ended earlier this year.

I'm currently working on running the sequel tournament. Right now I have no real projects other than trying to come up with little short comics to draw to build up some kind of library. That's mostly what the short Beetlejuice comics have been about.

I also did a couple for Inspector Gadget, and one for that Boku No Hero OC trend that was going around.

>>94824694
what do you study. tell me everything

>>94825021
you'll never get there, don't bother

>>94824195
>>94824203
>>94824568

Thanks for the feedback!, originally I had something in mind of something like Samurai Jack, in which I could stick him in any kind of situation...but with that I wasnt sure where to start.

Also, something I need to ask; how do you know hes an insect? Hes a beetle but I never told you so, how did knew hes an insect?

>>94825238
i'll get there in a month just tell me how

>>94824865
I liked your Inspector Gadget comics, the one with the M.A.D agent was hilarious

your OC's quirk was pretty cool, but I haven't finished reading that

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>>94825021

Honestly? It depends on what you like to draw. I study artists I like and their techniques and linework. I emulate it and learn what I can, incorporate what I need and discard the rest.

I follow and study A LOT of hentai artists because they draw the cutest girls (of course)

For comics I study manga and European comics because they tend to have the most diversity. American independent comics are getting there though.

It's all about consuming as much media that you can learn from as possible. If it interests you, grab comics about it and try to figure out the mechanics of what the artist is doing.

And then practice. Forever.

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>>94825331
It's just the three pages.

Qurik: switch

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>>94825407

>>94825311
>How did you know he's an insect?

He looks like a beetle, especially with that giant horn.

>I wasn't sure where to start

You could do a classic "goes on a journey and recruits a band of interesting friends along the way" story. It's worked for The Last Unicorn and The Hobbit. The cartoony insect look would allow you to play around with character concepts in fun ways. You could have a group of tiny ants that all have the same name and can't tell each other apart. You could have a vain moth princess that insists that she's a butterfly thank you very much, a stickbug whose an expert fencer (because good luck trying to stab a line) stuff like that.

Go high adventure in the insect kingdom. Call it High Adventure in Low Places or something like that.

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Wanted to do a Virtual Boy styled Urchin, test for a scene in a future comic!

>>94825311
>Also, something I need to ask; how do you know hes an insect? Hes a beetle but I never told you so, how did knew hes an insect?

As far as I know only beetles have those kind of horns. And he is blue, which is a very beetle color (that beetle from Bug's Life, Heracross, etc)

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>>94824022
I want to imitate Hitoshi Ariga but it's hard.

Is anyone here good at drawing metal textures? How did you learn? Online guides rarely focus on the details I nees help on. It's usually just posing and whatnot.

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A photoshop test.

>>94823173
With your skills you can just apply to hiveworks, they'll handle the framework that gets you views. Just a suggestion...

>>94824022
Togashi and ONE except their drawings are better :^)

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>>94824694

>>94827236
When will they learn?

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I wish I had a workstation. My back hurts.

>>94827654
Respects to you, dude.

>>94827727
Thanks. I feel like the last couple of weeks have been the most productive time for me, creativly. Made me realize that I need to start applying the ideas I have instead of just endlessly spinning them around in my head.

>>94828060
> start applying the ideas I have instead of just endlessly spinning them around in my head.
Fuck, same! I really need this too.

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Saffron and Sage 33.

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>>94828365

The girls on the posters are Pandora from Comicide, Jill from Legend of the Hare, and Diana from Rex Rangers

>>94828365
That's some RADICAL coloring my dude...

I like how these threads are comfy in tone. Everybody making stuff, everything's chill.

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>>94808072
>Well you're going to have to make your own, for your own characters.
>first time drawing
That explains a lot. You've got a lot of practicing and brainstorming to do before you can just DO it and expect it to have any rhyme or reason. There are certainly guidelines for making good looking characters though. Things like the proportion and distance of the facial features, that sort of thing. Why don't you just show us what you can do right now?

But I don't want make new characters (not yet) I just want to learn how to draw these characters. I already try to use the typical circles and lines, but they still looking weird.

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>>94829094
It has been quite comfy lately indeed, let's hope it remains the same

The secret has been not giving (You)s to you-guys-know-who when they show up

fuck

>>94829598
>>94829598
I know you wanna love but I just wanna fuck, and girl you know the deal I gotta keep it real

>>94825426

why doesn't she just switch the enemy with a rock 50 miles under the surface?

>>94831086
Thats why your a trash comic creator and he's not baka dumb hoe.

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Here is my comic.

If you see something weird, point it out.

>>94831343
Is orange-haired character a girl?

>>94832257
yes.

>>94832358
She's cute, I need some rule 34 of her for research.

Kind of a weird question, but how much space you leave around the edge of the paper? For things like printing and paper getting trimmed? I also heard you can get blue line paper with the right dimensions on them. Do they come in various sizes as well? I'm thinking of using something like A3 or A2 for my comic pages before scanning them in to digitally finish them.

>>94832851
It depends of the printing. Usually they tell you to leave some space of 0.5 cm to avoid losing any important content

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>>94827570

I have a comic idea that I am probably going to start seriously next year. I'm taking any advise into consideration in preparation for that.

>>94831086
Because it's not flashy. Which is her thing.

>>94833176
>I have a comic idea
Give us a peek.

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Alright, /hyw/, I need a kick in the butt.

https://foxandcatadventures.tumblr.com/

Give me some shit and don't be nice about it. Criticize me - apart from the obvious stuff, of course. Tell me what does not work in my storytelling and the panels and all that.

>>94833589
I dunno, I like it. Sometimes values are not very distinct, so cat can badly fade into the wall.

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This is snek monster. She's going to appear in my webcomic someday if it ever gets made.
I put a lot of thought into the biology of it even though it probably won't be relevant to the plot...

It seems writing that you want to violate a comic character can get you banned outside of 4chan.

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>>94823120
>>94824694
>>94824825
>>94833176

What's with this sudden influx of excellent lolis and daughterus?
Has hyw finally acquired taste? Are the days of crude dickdrawings and ridiculous monstertits over? I sure hope so.

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>>94833961
Well, according to US and some European law pic related is child pornography. In Australia, drawings are considered people. They have more rights than animals.

Lineralism has spun 180 degree and now furiously fights everything it once supported and opposed by the right - leaving us in the ridiculous situation that the left now want to ban porn in multiple capacities all over the world while conservative parties defend it.

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>>94834040
Who doesn't like young nubile bodies?

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>>94832851
>Kind of a weird question, but how much space you leave around the edge of the paper? For things like printing and paper getting trimmed?
The Bleed is usually 3-5mm all around the page size.

> I also heard you can get blue line paper with the right dimensions on them. Do they come in various sizes as well?
Yes, but most may be geared towards standard US comic sizes.

> I'm thinking of using something like A3 or A2 for my comic pages before scanning them in to digitally finish them.
A2 is going to be crazy huge; A3 would be about the largest you want to go. Depending on your scanner, A4 would be best.

Figure out what size you want to print at, and draw on paper that's a step up from that. Eg, print on A5, draw on A4. Though if you want to be sure to include Bleeds etc, draw in a B5 area on A4 paper.

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I'm practicing these clearline-style faces, what do you think, guys?

>>94834825
that's some good shit. Make a whole body shot, man. Ligne claire is better when it's: colored, full scene.

It got a manara feel to it

>>94825381
iz that some Mandy?

>>94835348
I actually made a whole body shot of her, but it's far too lewd to show on this board.

>>94835690
spoiler that shit then, man!

>>94825769
>Virtual Boy

I sort of want an entire comic story done like a Virtual Boy game. It could be a story told through the perspective of a robot or a mech suit pilot.

>>94825783
>Blue is Beetle

And you got all the different Blue Beetle superheros.

Why is blue such a beetle color? Have there ever been any blue Kamen Riders?

>>94829094
>>94829598
Most people want to help each other and chill. We're social animals. Beyond a few dysfunctional people human groups are generally alright.

>>94831086
Isn't she a superhero? Telefragging isn't a go-to superhero move in a fight unless they're The Authority.

>>94833176
Teleporting others is such a cool power, especially when used to support teammates. Teleport them out of danger and teleport their opponents to set them up for attacks.

>>94825649
i have always wanted to do semi-realistic insect fantasy adventures just because they fit the archetypes so well. ants are totally gnomes, bees are elves, roaches are some kind of priests that dwell in the houses of the gods and pick up their artifacts.. beetles are clearly knight types.. and youd have some grasshopper hero, wielding a pin sword a roach sage gave him.. and it'd all be great.

>>94835844
Souds fun!

>>94835844
>>94836023

Bug fantasy is horribly underused especially when compared to mice. I might have to do something like that if I can fit it into whatever the theme is of the next challenge.

Would anyone be interested in the next theme being high adventure and bugs? Because if I manage to win again I think I'll make that the theme. Anyone else entering the current challenge want to make a pact to make high adventure and bugs the next theme?

>>94836064
>Would anyone be interested in the next theme being high adventure and bugs?
A fresh theme, why not.

>>94835750
I have seen some beetles around since they are a bit common here and is a sunlight thing. They usually look black until you see them under the sun, which gives them some nice blue tones. It happens with some other bugs too but beetles are big enough to be noticeable more easy.

As for Kamen Riders, at this point I actually wonder which color is missing.

>>94833589
stop writing with light green over light blue backgrounds, at least you darkened your light blue in the last strips. White over light blue like in your picture made me mad.
also, drown that faggot cat and put the fox in charge and add sluts he meets and then discard.

>>94836064
Sure why not, I don't have many other ideas for themes anyway

>>94828376
hooray for pinups

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>>94836164
>>94833689
Yeah, I'm a bit more conscious about colors recently so things stick out more and stuff is readable.

>also, drown that faggot cat and put the fox in charge and add sluts he meets and then discard.

NO

>>94826865
Im not really good at drawing metal since I actually havent practiced it, but maybe some real life drawing could help. Look for photos of the metal things you need and imitate the details.

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>>94836189
>>94836136
>>94836106
The pact is struck! I wish you well my fellow competitors!

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>>94833589
Haven't read through the entire thing yet but I think it's pretty cute.

You really need to do something about colors, value and contrast, as the other anon pointed out. Both the cat and the fox blend in the background too easily, and it's important that your font is in a clear to read color compared to the background. The white font on the light blue sky is the worst, but the green here is also not easy on the eyes. Green in general doesn't fit the rest of the picture, but if you're going to use it pick a darker color for this frame.

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I'm actually pretty happy with how the sword looks, I'm never sure of how to draw something magic, but I think the fire around it makes a nice effect

>>94836064
I'm a pretty big fan of Rodent-fantasy; stuff like Redwall, Mouse Guard, Mice & Mystics... not only because your average garden snake becomes a dragon, but also love the makeshift weapons you can use. Bug-fantasy certainly has a lot of potential as well.

>>94829138
Well for one thing, you aren't drawing circles and even curves, you're drawing near-random lines. It's time to work on your motor skills so you can start getting what you wanted to get when you put pen to tablet.

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>>94836444
Yeah, I was thinking about changing the green a bit. But I want the colors connected to the characters.

I did change the colors of the background a bit later so the characters don't fade into it that much.

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Do you ever do character graphs or maps? I absolutely love it when comics or novels have them - all those little intricacies are just entertaining even if they don't add to the story.

Pic related, been working on this story for half a year, it's really coming together. Now all I need is the art

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>>94836342
delete cat

>>94836775
kek

Added to my folder of fan art.

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>>94831343
Extra stuff

>>94836444
>this pic
seriously? the cat is camoflauged

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>>94836521
Just a tip, I know it says made in MS paint, but if you have a greyscale mode of just a way of tuning the saturation all down, you can check the value of your pic. This way a lot of tone and contrast issues becomes obvious at a glance.

>>94836868
That kid has issuWHOA WHOA that's so cool

>>94836916
>>94836871
That greyscale thing is a neat trick, thanks!

>>94836983
No prob senpai, I struggled with contrast for years. Still not great but nowadays I exaggerate the contrast compared to what weak colors my gut says. It's not an easy habit to get out of.

>>94837078
>>94836983
just don't be like coldfusion, learn harmonious colors

>>94837204
coldfusion?

>>94837204
Got any useful resources on that?

The comic is basically my way of learning things. I don't want to spend years of "getting there". I already learned a lot of useful things, least of all discipline to update regularly!

>>94837218
got a fresh one boys

>>94837233
google color theory

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>>94837233
Do some quick reading on color theory. It explains which colors combinations to use and avoid depending on what you want to achieve (blue-orange if you want your classic action movie poster contrast, red-orange-yellow if you want warm settings, avoid colors too bright unless you intentionally want something to look alien, and so on)

>>94833027
it's more than that isn't it?

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not that I wanted to make a webcomic for money, but its sad that creators have to do twice the work for chump change on Patreon

can't people just kick a few bucks for stuff they enjoy without having to be enticed with "more"??

>>94833589
besides the obvious stuff, there isn't much left. it's very slow, but it's still taking an interesting turn. Your real test will be how you resolve the "they dont really know each other that well" bombshell

>>94837590
Artistic talent is rarely appreciated. Compare HG Wells dying in near poverty to JK Rowling owning several migrant-free mansion estates.

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posting new stuff. Having trouble building tension. I know it might rely on showing more of the character expressions and body langage, but fuck i'm like super autistic about these kind of details.

>>94836916
This is actually really good advice on that. I knew something was off about this comic. I like it but the colors.

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A bit of magic for ya.

>>94837599
Yeah, the comic is not my main priority since it is not making me any money and it never will. Three panels a week is already a lot for me to draw but it's fun and I get a lot of positive feedback and even fan art. It's already become a real thing for some people who will always bug me about it and it's actually a great feeling and keeps me going.

>Your real test will be how you resolve the "they dont really know each other that well" bombshell

I will resolve it in an uncanny way.

>>94837574
Not really, is just the margin of error a lot of printers have and if you want to trim there's that too.

The post from this other anon is more complete on the margin theme tho >>94834800

>>94837700
Honestly, props to you for discipline alone. Actually getting your webcomic out, updating it regularly and learning as you go puts you further ahead than all the perfectionists who never gets that far. Good luck with your comic, anon, you'll do fine with that attitude.

>>94831343
Dude I love the faces you do
>>94824694
Okay that is fucking cute

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>>94837887
Thanks for the kind words, anon!
I hope your comic will also go well.

Also, thanks to whoever sent me that ask. I enjoy going off of things and with the other blog I can have a bit more freedom to do some silly stuff.

>>94837692
Nice feet.

I'm not a feetfag, but you drawed them nice from that perspective.

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is this layout fine?

>>94834149
>US
you mean UK right?
>180 degree
this is what liberalism always was, they just did a really good job twisting it. Just like they did with racism

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>>94838822
why the space between panels changes so much?

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>>94838913
fixed it i think

>>94839075
yeah, much better

>Making a comic about fighting and roadtripping with minor spiritual flavors
>out of the 4 main cast, I'm pleased with all but one
>the "nerd character is more or less fleshed out but his personality just turned out to boring compared to the others

Any personality quirks that might be fun to add to a character? I don't think " level-headed straight-man that explains the things" is enough to carry him.

>>94839306
Make him nerdy but also have a thing for really weird trivia and a sense for very surreal humor.

>>94839306
>Nerd
>Not exploiting his inteligence to get out of situiations without having to fight a bit
>Not using him to give upgrades to the other characters in the cast
>Not using him as medic
>Not using him as actual voice of reason

>>94839306
make him in a tfwnogf backstabbing asshole who is plotting against the group

>>94835706
actually that only draws mod attention
what you want to do is link it from imgur or someplace

>>94836064
>high adventure
>bugs
you are begging for a mild pun there. especially given the full lyrics of la cucaracha

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Finished inking. The girl in this drawing has been drawing some praise, which makes me happy, since she's an important villain for the story.

>>94823947
>>94823458
Hey man, I don't normally do this because I'm super withdrawn, but would you like to exchange contacts? We both have a fairly similar methodology to our drawing comics (focus on inking, composition, paneling, storytelling, etc.), and I don't really have anyone to talk to about this stuff or to offer me their input.

You said you're in Hawaii. I'm in Japan. You're 19 hours behind me, or, thinking alternatively, five hours ahead. That's better than most of my friends and family.

If you're interested, you can message at my gmail swain.commission. Just include an image of something you drew that you haven't posted up before so I know it's you.

>>94837692
Also, that looks super cool. It kind of reminds me of Craig Thompson in a little way.

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>>94822258
WIP, what do ya think?

>>94840852
it's alright if you're a teenage girl

>>94826865
one thing about metal shading: because it's so damned shiny, even the shaded side still has reflection of whatever it's facing. that means that on a normal object, you might make the shadow go all the way to the edge, but on metal or something else super shiny, the shadow will stop short of the edge and have a lighter rim

>>94836468
pale yellow fire that casts a bright glow is pretty magical. Reminds me of something from prydain I think

>>94836689
That's pretty awesome, but I find it hard to put any work into anything I don't think the audience will notice

>>94836871
just like real cats

>>94840852
Paneling, composition, and structure is good. Feels like the opening shot of a movie.

On to the nitty gritty:

Why are there so many broken boxes? If you look along the left edge of the page, they're very apparent and weird.

It looks like you drew this on a computer. Here's a tip: Copy those colored frames on the wall, paste, and shrink them down to fit into the second panel. It'll look consistent.

You really need to figure out how to do straight lines. The wall in the second panel clearly curves awkwardly. And the rug is very jagged and unpleasant to the eye.

The room looks very barren. For example, there's usually a border on walls where it meets the floor. You could've drawn that. Or just more details all around.

Did you purposely want her to sleep with no pillow?

You do this fine in the second panel, but in the third panel, the blanket doesn't really form to her shape. If you follow the edge of the blanket, it should wrap around her body. Instead, it makes it look like she's just a torso that's standing upright.

You should look up some breast tutorials. The way they're drawn here makes her look very stiff.

While there are more anatomy mistakes and whatnot, they are the kind of things you learn with practice, so I won't point them out.

So just keep at it. You got the vision, you just need the technical skills.

>>94841043
>Why are there so many broken boxes?

WIP

>>94841043
>Here's a tip: Copy those colored frames on the wall, paste, and shrink them down to fit into the second panel. It'll look consistent.

it will also look like shit, clearly the idea is to have those paintings stand out just in the last panel, a lot of your critcisms kind of fall on the ''I would have done this differently'' category too

>>94836689
really nice, I was thinking about doing the same thing with my fictional town, like creating the landscape, have a huge ass print or drawing of it and just stick papers with artwork of places and landmarks and changing them according on how I think they would affect the characters or the story if X happened near the river instead of near the the city

>>94836868
Fucking cool

>>94841167
Copy and paste them and change them to grey. I still say try it and see how it looks.

At the very least, it would have been easier to try that first then re-drawing it.

>>94840757
Comic?

>>94840757
Nice job I don't really get the emphasis on his left arm to much detail going on there to me. that's cool that your from Japan, why do the good ones always just come and go? when will one of you stay with us? we're not some damn hookers you know!

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>>94840852
>revealing yourself to be female on 4chan

mmhm be very careful now...

>>94837218
You'll learn soon enough.

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>>94841383
>>94841167
>>94841120
>>94841043

OP here, actually the paintings from panel 2 are the same ones as in the last panel but without as much detail, thanks for the feedback, still is a work in prgress, I need to correct details and the girl in the last panel still needs a TON of work

>>94840892

well she is meant to give you that kind of vibe, she is part of a sequence constrasting how that girl has pretty much a perfect life and routine compared with my main girl, it makes more sense while in context with the rest of the comic of course

here is the last page of that sequence, here is how the piece first looks

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>>94841715
then this is how it starts to look after I change my mind about a lot of things, correcting shit in photoshop, etc.

I draw the panels on their own and then I put the page together, so still a lot to be done here

>>94841715
>>94841746

>in the first version the BF chracter is dressed as Cyclops for Halloween.
>in the second version he is dressed as Steve Trevor

Is shit

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>>94833340

>>94825381 is a character (Witch Eater Gretel) from the story. I call it Grand Tale. It is essentially a Fantasy/Fairy Tale cross section with Post Apocalyptic Themes and Shounen Mechanics.

Basically, the world of giants exist in a cloud layer above this fantasy world (ala Jack and the Beanstalk), one day the entire cloud layer is destroyed and all of the giants fall to the surface like bombs obliterating it.

The story essentially follows the survivors as they try to salvage what is left of the world.

Pick related is Goldilocks, traveling with the (now) two bears scrounging for scraps.

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>>94834040
haha, I'm a fan of short girls, so there's that.

>>94835429
Gretel (from Hanzel and Gretel)

>>94835820
I suppose that is true for American comics. But this is based on Boku No Hero where at least three major "good" heroes literally burn their opponents to death and the main character has the potential to murder anyone with his fists.

I like powers that are basic but have wide applications depending on the creativity of the character. Her power isn't really "teleportation" it's "substitution." She switches objects or herself, hence the superhero name: Switch Theory

>>94841899
Wish you the best of luck with that , and you have a jap who's trying to get your attention read the thread again.

>>94841715
FUCKING NORMIES
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>94838027

She's definitely one of the funnest characters I've come up with in a while.

>>94841899
I want to molest that little girl ;_;

>>94842125
*weird

t. your friendly German grammar Nazi

>>94842139
we already know coldfusion

>>94838080
Is that going to appear on the same site or does it have a separate ask thingy?
if it doesn't require an account I'll send you those, I didn't know there was an ask

>>94838657
heels are hard, and very rarely fetishized.

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>>94840757
Emailed.

Alternatively, you can catch me on skype with the handle cloudslide or bridgefirecomics

>>94833340
An example of a storyline would be Pinot (pick related.) Geppetto mad with grief spends all of his time in the woods making half dolls that are bound to trees. He does this because he doesn't want to risk any of them turning into humans (like Pinocchio who is killed in the disaster) or leaving him, like Pinot who left to go in search of Pinocchio. She does not know that he is dead, because Geppetto never had the heart to tell her. He always made it sound like he'd gone off on an adventure.

>>94839306
What if he gets really exasperated and annoyed easily

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>>94842239
I have made a separate blog for that.

https://foxandcatadventures-ooc.tumblr.com/

Yes, anonymous questions work.
I will do my best to answer everything.
But keep it SFW and nice.

>>94842139
go to jail

>>94840757
I was just thinking how the nice thing about hawaii is it's closer to japan
i mean, that's nice NOW. obviously it uh..

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>>94842021
Thanks. I caught them.

I'm still working out a lot of the details but the concept is getting there.

>>94841043
>Copy those colored frames on the wall, paste, and shrink them down to fit into the second panel. It'll look consistent.
I was impressed with how consistent they look already, actually. Digitally shrinking it will make it look weird because it's sharper and thinner than the lines drawn in the rest of the panel

>>94842303
Thought crimes are not a thing in my country.

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>>94842312

Protip: Hawaii sucks. Don't ever come here.

Unless you are super rich you are at high risk for being suddenly homeless. No joke. It is obscenely expensive and has all of the problems of a typical American city. And the locals are surprisingly racist (well, it wouldn't be a surprise if you were from here, but coming in from the outside under the impression of the fantasy that is promoted as Hawaii...)

>>94841899
>more fucking cute
>creative use of giants
>apocalypse idea that isnt the same ol shit
Can you be my dad?

>>94842173
Wasn't me, but the man has good taste. Insert joke about bed being too hard etc.

>>94842385
wtf? they have internet in the hawaii? how did they get it there?

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With the thread theme being magic, I was wondering if I could get any advice on a system I've been toying with in my head for a long time.

I was thinking about how to best transfer creativity as power in a magic system, but the pitfall I keep encountering is that you can be creative with just about any type of magic. Particularly, in acclaimed manga like Jojo or My Hero Academy, the magic itself is interesting but also defined by new, creative application from it's user. This was what inspired me, but it's where I struggle too.

I want to narrow down how a creativity would work as the "mana". My working idea is that ink, like inside a ballpoint pen, would be a valuable resource in the special world (unnamed). The royalty would all be literate, could construct proper runes/sentences for efficient magic, and have access to complex forms of creativity such as dance, realism-style paintings, and songwriting. Dancing would require ink on the body, and a violinist would use a bow dipped in ink. The peasants and tribal barbarians would only know practical applications, or not understand ink's potential at all.

Not sure if I'll ever find the willpower to create a website and transfer these ideas from notebooks to pages. Right now, a system like this feels too all-encompassing and intimidates my current skill as a writer. Not looking for anyone to write stuff for me, but was hoping for some insight on any merit to the idea, or more brainstorming to be done.

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>>94842441

Transoceanic Cables.

>>94842395
lol. I'm not that old yet.

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>>94842474
Carrier pigeons.

>>94842332
just my taste, but a bendy broom like that? Kind of a flaccid, unpleasant weapon. Whereas the Kiki type broom where it's quite stiff and the bristles are super long makes a pretty neat kind of baton
>>94842385
oh I know, that's why I said 'the' nice thing. Like there's only one. I know it's racist as fuck, they have one of the few terms for white people in existence.

>>94842524

My advice would be to pick a definite source of the magic or a focus (i.e. ink) for the magic and build out from there. Think like Full Metal Alchemist where they are using "alchemy" but that's just the base for a ridiculously wide array of applications.

>>94842524
It kind of works. As a creative I feel like creativity is already like mana, it runs out crazy easily and then you just feel weak as balls.
I think you could also just establish that magic works on a surface-area kind of basis, such that the more complex it is the stronger it is. Blunt, uncreative spells are just weak, and flourish gives them more power in the same way that the crazier the straw is, the faster the stuff in the straw will change temperature compared to a thicker one with equal volume.

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>>94842567
These are just concepts. In my head she has a sturdier broom too. One she kind of kick starts to get flying at mach speeds.

>>94842616
>>94842574
oh or make it like fullmetal's alchemy, where you have to be super mentally involved to do anything complex (like make organisms or split atoms, etc) and thus the more creative you are, the more you can do like the Creator

>>94842646
Yeah, a theme I keep going back to in writing is "to create is to imitate god," thinking of how complex a human would be to create from scratch.
>>94842616
>>94842574
Thanks for the input. What do you think of the protagonists entering the "ink-world" with pens from school, and becoming acclaimed heroes? Too much of a stretch?
Also, I have no idea how the "special world" would be entered. My working idea was an our-world researcher who was drawn to life by the actual big bad, and unwillingly connects the worlds through squid ink... (kind of weak right now)

>>94842700
the problem with the ink concept is that it's pure metaphor, and it's hard to accept imagery as fueling anything useful. In real life ink is pigment suspended in fat or petrochemical, and sometimes a thing that comes out of a cephalopod. It kind of reminds me of Read or Die where random cerebral things are conduits for power, like paper, music, an electrical generator.. and a few less thematic ones like intangibility.
At the very least, if there's an ink-world, I want an explanation about how IT is the source of our writing implements, which are "a lesser imitation of the true power of the pen and ink"
because if it's the other way around, and we invented pens but there's a magical world based around them, that's "clocks floating in the time vortex" level silly.

>>94842700
There is actually an entire Original Character Tournament based on a similar concept, of which I've participated 4 times. Each iteration had a different method of getting the artists to the alternate world. Paper Dolls, Cubes, Etc.

Anything would work really. Something I would recommend watching is Night Watch and Day Watch to get ideas on how to cross integrate more than one world.

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>Two pages away from uploading part 2
>Tablet dies
>Order new one
>Wait for it
>Comes in
>Contract some illness

Well fuck. Look like the gods don't want me to fucking draw at all. I spent the day at the clinic and getting my prescription on top of some other errands. Zero work done.

>>94843761
it happens, man. happened a lot to me lately. just do something else with that time.

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What do you want from a comic involving a boy and an older girl living together? Also, this comic isn't porn. I want a comic to post on blue boards.

>>94844145
Is there supposed to be romance or sexual tension or what?

>>94844145
Fun awkwardness about personal aspects of girls' lives, shamelessly unhidden from him.

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>>94844198

Yes.

The artist is TDK. Got some fresh blood for this little project.

>>94844145
If it's not porn I don't care and wouldn't read it.

>>94844277
Is she an actual giant? Because if she's meant to simply be a lot taller than him, the different head sizes are kind of jarring. Overall though nerdy shota living with giant Horo is always a good idea.

>>94844277
>tie
>tie CLIP
>strappy sandals
>cargo shorts
>shirt tucked in
>Burt Ward hairdo
good lord, the levels of dorkosterone must be approaching toxic levels in that house. Why don't you give him a pocket protector and some braces headgear while you're at it. He makes Kevin French look like The Fonz.
at least his glasses are cool

>>94844275

So far the plan is that the boy is letting her stay with him. The house is his. More on that later.

>>94844286

RUDE

>>94844384

She's not but I will let the artist know, although the cover is already finished.

>>94844454

Don't you be dissin' that cunt destroyer.

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Today in Comicide, Drae is stubborn and upset

>>94844145

Well, what do they do, anon? Is it a slice of life, or do they, like, fight crime?

Obviously /co/ is going to want moderately lewd, and there's always time for moderately lewd, but is there anything in particular happening?

>>94844466
Ah, a bit of Megami-sama in there. I'm down.

er, wait, Urusei Yatsura. I've never seen Megami-sama. I just now realized I've been conflating them.

>>94844505

Lewis is given a house by his parents to rent out and use it to create income because the family business is owning property and renting out homes. He gets there expecting the house to be empty but finds Kat, the werewolf girl, living there for free.

So instead of kicking her out, he will have her stay with him but because that house is now his business he will have to help her get a job so that she can pay rent.

The comic will have a lot of fan service but no nudity... in one version. I'm still mulling over what to do for an uncensored version. Naturally the censored version will be posted here and various places.

>>94844603

I guess maybe... I'd have to check them both out...

>>94844466
Because you see what I mean, right? they look wrongly scaled. Unless he's meant to be a kindergartener.

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I had a fucking terrible day, if anybody can cheer me up in the slightest I will really thank you. This place is the last place I've got.

>MFW didn't draw comic today

>>94844466
>RUDE

You asked. If I wanted cockteasing I'd watch softcore porn.

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>>94844629

His head could be a little bit bigger but I don't think it's that off to be honest.

>>94844685

I was being playful, anon.

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>>94844671

Have Liri being a cute

>>94844695

What are the heights here supposed to be? She's nearly twice as tall as he is. He could eat her out standing up.

Its hard coming up with a cool name for a character I want to design. I saw this on the super powers wikia and thought it would be cool to use in a story.
I was thinking the envisioner, but thats a little too close to the vision from marvel comics.

The character either uses an Alias or just sticks to his real name I guess.

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Entertainment_Empowerment

>>94844719

This was just TDK's first crack at the characters. There was also some tweaking for the cover.

>He could eat her out standing up.

Thanks for the idea.

>>94844628

I'd like there to be an excuse for the fanservice besides the "oops, I left the door open" I've seen in a million anime. Like, maybe Kat's actively fucking with Lewis. Maybe she thinks it's necessary to do that so he won't kick her out. Maybe she sleeps naked and Lewis is a creep who wants to peek on her. Maybe she sleeps naked and Lewis was dared to take a picture of her sleeping. Really, any premise is fine so long as there is one besides "What a clumsy accident!"

Any good podcasts about drawing and making comics? need something to listen to while I draw.

Any suggestions? Ive only really been listening to Jake Parker

>>94844748

Is the character a nerdy dork, or a normie who just happens to have these powers? Does he actively try to engineer "entertaining" situations to draw power from?

>>94844767

It's a beach house and it's pretty hot so she lounges about with little to no clothing. He just walks in because he expects nobody there. The start isn't entirely original, I will admit that, but it's straightforward and allows me to get to the meat of the conflict.

A broke hot girl is living in your house, do you kick her out or do you let her stay and help her become a paying tenant?

There's also how she repays him for his kindness. If you catch my drift.

>>94844792

He's a nerdy dork, so he has a collection of various nerdy things.

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>>94843761

Late night drawing. I'm going to regret it in the morning.

>>94845038
Looking real nice anon, don't push yourself too much though

>>94844628
I don't think you live in a house that you're also renting... and how is that a family business, or a business at all?
>nudity
yay

okay, actually, if he shows up and she's ALREADY there, then it's not like those examples I gave, the classic "guy lives a boring life, but a cuh-razy girl shows up, insists on living with him, and turns that life upside-down!" trope (which I love). It's more like.. the ones.. where he finds her already there. and that is great.

>>94845038
I hate to be nitpicky or sound like a jerk, but grammatically, there should be a question mark after the 'oh, and Adventurer,' not an exclamation mark.

The way it is, it seems like he's loudly stating the sentence rather than calling out to him/her.

>>94845543

It's actually a really common thing. People own homes and rent out rooms to other people. His family owns apartment buildings and land that various things are built on. They want him to learn the family business so they give him a home and tell him to make a profit.

>>94841899
Man, rarely do I read a plot premise and think to myself "fuck, why didn't I think of something like that"

That idea has some serious potential, especially considering your skill level. I just hope you'll actually do it and don't let it rot in the permanent planning stage.

>>94844695
yeah basically it's more of a proportion thing. She's proportioned like a relatively normal woman, maybe on the tall side, and he's proportioned like a regular young man.. so they should be a lot closer in size. if he's a shrimp or she's an amazon, the sizes of things like the heads should be different. I'm not nearly as good an artist as your artist here, but that much clearly appears wrong.

>>94844748
Sounds to me like he should be called Fan Boy if there wasn't already a character called that (RIP voice actor of Fan Boy)
so howbout The Viewer?

>>94845594

I will keep that in mind.

>>94844827
I'm excited. I don't care if it's clichéd
>>94845574
Yeah but they don't usually live in those homes, right? I guess it makes sense for landlords to give him a lesser job to start with, but you'd think it'd be working in the office as the property manager, not doing something even harder and weirder than renting apartments, renting rooms in your house.
>>94845589
seriously right? that is the best idea.

>>94845622
either way I'm stoked about the /ss/ potential and the idea of cunnilingus that takes advantage of the height differences.
Also if he's such a turbonerd he could probably be pretty young and get away with still being smart and mature enough to reasonably be in charge like this. Like that adorable british child who is the landlord in Bee and Puppycat.

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>>94845632
>they don't usually live in those homes, right?

No plenty of them do. I have a coworker who's mom lives with a couple and they pay the couple rent to stay there. I've also seen plenty of ads for it and have heard some people in similar situations. It's something like "hey we got this room nobody is using so we might as well have someone stay here and make some money for it."

>>94845651

Thanks! He's 12. I have a couple other boys around the same age from other... comics... and they'll be making appearances as well.

>>94845700
Right, that's what I'm saying. It's normal for a homeowner to rent out a room in their home. It's not common for a home-renter to intentionally live in the home they're renting.

>>94845749

Okay you got me. The parents just want the kid out of the house and waiting until he's 18 is taking too long.

>>94845785
haha, okay. i dig it
yeah if he's 12 he should definitely be bigger, unless he's a shrimp or she's a giant. i'm sure you'll work it out. In the meantime lookin forward to it.

night bump

>>94845613

Fan boy from Fan boy and Chum chum? Or some other fan boy? I kind of like the sound of that. Better than what I had in mind.

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>>94822258
Getting out of a funk, starting in on this.

>>94847293
what the fuck is with the real people/violin? looks terrible

>>94847293

I like the idea of having real stuff like a violin (if it's the main focus of the story) and used for textures. It reminds me of some of the old Cartoon Network music videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCDN7Gr3KU

But I do agree with the other anon about using real people. Too much and it seems to clash with your style.

>>94842269
>making half dolls that are bound to trees
Bound to trees with ropes? Or like blend into trees?

>>94842332
Is this pic photoshop? I see some nice pencil-like brush.

>>94842395
>>apocalypse idea that isnt the same ol shit
I'm sorry, but all apocalypse ideas are the same shit — they are "apocalypse ideas".
I secretly waiting for the times when we'll move on past them already.

>>94845038
How do you make that texture over panels?

Artist looking for story to draw
Need no credit

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Is it just me or is hyw getting a lot better these past few weeks? Lots of new talented people, more motivational (with the contest and all), overall much less shitposting. Not quite a return to form yet but we're getting there.

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>>94847343
>>94847594
Trying to make it in the vein of Russian constructivism. Playing around with photo's, graphic design, painting, and other things.

>>94847707
post a sample of your work so we know what kind of stories suit your art

>>94847707
Give me a contact, I'll send you a script.
I'm doing mostly fantasy and some sci-fi and sol/comedy. I have a couple of finished script ranging from anywhere from two to ~sixty pages.

I use mostly word and page2stage so let me know if I need to convert files...

>>94847782
I think the reason the people collage stands out so negatively is because your art is not that great at this point. The violin works just fine because it's an object, it doesn't come across as jarring at all. Lose the people if this is really a trial and error process for you.

>>94847293
These are some ODD stylistic choices anon.

>>94847770
We are. Thread much more useful and chill.

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>>94822258

i feel like this is a stupid but important question...

when starting a long-form webcomic that will have detail compareble to pic related (wich is a meme that i did not draw, i know it's obvious but i want to make it clear) should one go with full color illustration or something monochrome?

i know that ultimately its up to me but i don't want to quit half way through because the workload is too much. i know making a comic is a commitment but i feel like color is a lot of work for one person and if you start black-and-white you can't really swap to color without it being a jarring change.

so i got to make a choice.... any advice? perhaps a simple shading style will be ok in fully color?

>>94848070
>i know that ultimately its up to me but i don't want to quit half way through because the workload is too much
If this is your concern even before starting the comic, you'd better drop any long stories you have in mind and start with a short one or two for practice. It's also the best way to realize your shortcomings in terms of writing, composition, panelling and so on without diving into a huge project you'd want to redo/restart after a year or two.

Also post your art, it'll be easier to answer your questions.

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>>94847788
>>94847812
Here's something I made just now
as for sending the script, why not use pastebin?

>>94848460
I like it, nice shading.

>pastebin
Um, I guess I need to make an account since I don't have googleplus, facebook or twitter, but okay,
How does it work, you send me a link?

>>94848698
>first you need to create a social media account to create this social media account.

Well this is fucking annoying.

>>94848460
Would you mind just writing me a mail, so I can write you back? Sorry for the hassle.
[email protected]

>>94848738
pastebin let's you share a text without having to create an account

https://pastebin.com

>>94842125
Whats the comic name and whats it about? Looks like something up my alley.

>>94846573
Fan Boy from Freakzoid, of course. That other thing is some other thing
>>94847627
when I hear 'bound to trees' i think like elves or vily

>>94847667
uncorrect. there are huge areas we never see
for one thing: successful rebuilding
for another: a totally non reality-based world so that the ruins aren't just the same ruins we see over and over

>>94847770
if you look back over the past... wow, 400 threads.. you'll see this is the norm, we just get turbulence every so often
best not to pay any attention to it one way or the other

>>94850202
Btw, is there an archieve of these threads?

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This came out cuter than I expected.

>>94850280
there's multiple sites that attempt to archive 4chan, but they all have problems and there's no complete record. Sucks, so many memories.

>>94822258
What did it for all of you? What clicked in your mind that made you go from dreaming about your comic to working up the courage to start making it?

>>94851144
ONE

>>94847707
>>94848460
So uh, this offer still stands.

>>94851205
Great, same here.
Please excuse me for being so fucking retarded about the pastebin, I'm really bad with that kind of stuff (hence I don't have any social media accounts).

I think I've figured it out now:
https://pastebin.com/QKKT6Q0f

i'm afraid to post my webcomic anywhere because i keep getting made fun of

>>94851666
If you can't deal with criticism hyw is the wrong place for you, Satan...

>>94845589
Yeah, you and me both.

>>94847627
Blended. He only carves them out enough to define them but not enough that they can escape from the central trunk.

>>94847639
Clip Studio Paint

>>94849463
IV

You can read it on DA, but it's easier viewed on IMGUR or Facebook since you can scroll through the pages rather than have to click through them one at a time (Deviant Art still has no comic reader)

>>94851733
it's less criticism, more just people telling me to kill myself.

>>94851773
where do you think you are?
Insults and threats are just part of any discussion on 4chan, just ignore it. If you show a little bit persistence and will to improve you will get lots of constructive criticism here, which will be much more useful than any stuff you hear in places with safe space mentalities like tumblr, deviantart and (to a certain extent) reddit.
hyw is the best community for webcomic discussion I'm aware of. It's not perfect, but better than the competition.

am I being baited?

>>94851737
>He only carves them out enough to define them but not enough that they can escape from the central trunk.

Jesus Christ, how horrifying

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Panels are hard.

>>94851880
>hyw is the best community for webcomic discussion I'm aware of.
Not with ColdFusion and dewd running the show we aren't. Why do you think they haven't been banned yet? Think about it.

they're mods

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>>94847293
>>94847594
>>94847782

The first thing that came to mind for me was Tomodachi Life, which reminds me I haven't played that game in forever.

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>>94852032
>dewd and coldfusion secret mods

Fuck me. Fuck us all.

>>94852094
nah they're not. I recently left but about a month before hand cold fusion left on his own. and dewd is usually constantly shit on.
the only shitty mod on there is mabel. she's fucking retarded.

>>94852032
I mean sure they would do it for free, but I doubt any of them are mods seeing how /co/mblr it gets with other threads.

>>94852032
>>94852094
I don't know either of them. Are they bad people?

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>>94847667
Post apocalypse fiction has been running strong since the Victorians. As society gets more and more industrialized and automated the individual feels he has less and less control over his environment and projects these feelings of powerlessness onto society as a whole. The slight uptick in individual freedom caused by the information age saw a decline in apocalyptic stories, but with google trying to tighten controls over the internet I expect a surge in apocalypse in a few years.

>>94850158
>Successful rebuilding

This is why I loved New Vegas so much. Other Fallout games give you the feeling the bombs fell like a week ago. New Vegas gave you the feeling that society had really started to rebuild.

I'm trying to do something like that with Metal Animals http://www.capeworldcomics.com/comic/metal-animals-1/ . I want to really give the feeling that their society can stand on its own without constantly referring back to the plague war that spawned it.

Could you take a look and tell me if the lore is going okay?

>>94851737
>>94851906
>He only carves them out enough to define them but not enough that they can escape from the central trunk

WHY

>>94852197
They are just very adamant people who refuse to improve and disregard any help we have tried to give, which is kind of against the very purpose of this thread. And that only on the actual webcomic aspect.

We are also 99.9% sure they are both pedos. Well CF 100%. CF is also infamous for bringing some weird -and plain wrong- opinions on menstrual cups, mothers and daughters sharing fleshlight being cute, and panties being more unhygienic than going commando. Seriously when even dewd dislikes CF you know he got some shit.

>>94851144
>>94851197
not this, but the equivalent from years ago: someone that seemed to not be putting much effort or quality in but still publishing
if they could do it, I could

>>94852197
>>94852533
just FYI, that isn't true. you're talking to one of the asshats.

>>94851773
So just don't. Do the opposite of whatever those people tell you

>>94852492
I side with those people who feel that fallout 3 was probably originally meant to take place much closer to the bombs dropping, but they were pressured to make it a more distant sequel instead. the original games were much earlier in the timeline and even they had a lot more rebuilt

>>94853321
Don't try to gaslight us ColdFusion and put your trip back on

>>94853377
3 was just all kinds of weird from the perspective of the lore. Enclave taking orders from a computer. The Brotherhood acting goody two shoes. Another strain of FEV crops up years after the Master was waxed because. GECKS are now reality altering superbombs.

I will say 3's story was better than 4 though. Nothing will ever feel as anticlimactic as 4's ending.

>>94853321
too late to deny it now, the FBI already know. just give it up

Yo
scrublord
multiple updates per day is kind of sensemake for a new CYOA, but when I go to your front page I only see the newest, so that messes with my ability to follow the story. just FYI. maybe you could add each new update within a given day to the same page

>>94854339
You know being a pedophile isn't a crime, right?

>>94854489
best not to reply to it

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>>94854489
check out this expert on pedophilia

>>94854489
There were better responses you could have made Coldfusion.

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>>94854489

>>94850802
I really like your faces, keep it up.

>thread suddenly becoming shit again

STAHP GUYS

>Despite having a god tier bee girl character, the first time someone wants to buy an OC of mine it's the kinda generic rocker chick

People are weird. None of them are even for sale regardless.

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>>94854728
And this is why we don't bring those names up

>>94854767
Show us your bee girl!

>>94854767
>selling a character
how would you even

>>94854767
>buying OCs
What kind of deviant art trash business is this

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>>94854790
Pic related
>>94854807
>>94854810
I haven't done it myself but it's a thing for some reason. You just transfer the rights of the character to them.

>>94854829
you'd have trouble defending the rights of a character that generic anyway