I want to make a comic all by myself, and I want insight

If that drawing took you two hours you're a really slow artist.

Honestly it sounds like you don't have the skill level to do what you want to do.

But that's OK, because it's good practice. Read Scott McCloud's books on making comics and really strive to understand the psychology of how comics work. Good storytelling is what's most important, even if your drawings aren't that hot (don't take that as an excuse to make bad drawings).

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>>2997311
I like the drawing. I'd say you can downgrade your art by using consistent materials and making a concscious effort to kind of style your work. You can create a style on paper more easily IMO, for example conte carbon pencil will give a much more angular quality to your rough sketches than markers, etc.

What are your influences?

>>2997338
I don't consider myself an artist, I think that that would be an overstatement, I do like what I draw sometimes but my drawings are only half decent, and since it's my hobby, I don't like to entitle myself with "artist"

Thanks you for the book recommendations, I'll try to check them out

>>2997368
My only influence is Kentaro Miura, and yes, I like to draw in paper a lot more, mostly because the only thing that I consider myself good to draw with is the regular ballpoint pen, but since I don't have a scanner I can't draw in paper.


Forgot to mention, I don't know how to color my drawings, but since I want to get

>>2997384
I want the comic to be in black and white, it's not important*

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Invest in a scanner. This page was done by drawing each element in pencil,scanning it and assembling them in PhotoShop. This way you can recycle stuff like background elements and some character poses as needed,bolstering your production speed. But for the traditionalist, you can rough out panels and pages very quickly and get a feel for the storytelling aspect from character and word balloon placement,then do all of it again on the Good Paper with this gameplan in mind. Remember,since you are by yourself and not tied to the whims of either timelines or collaborators,take as much time as you need. Generate a dozen pages or so before posting them so you can understand the processes involved in making pages and spinning yarns with them. And as badly as you may think your stuff is,just Google webcomics and see just what is out there:and tell your tale.

>>2997489

To tack on to this, try to find a deal on a wideformat printer. Life is so much easier when you can scan and print at the right size and print onto good paper. You can draw small thumbnails on scrap, enlarge and tighten them digitally, then print them onto bristol and ink right over top.