anons, i have an idea for a web series/graphic novel thats been in my head for awhile now, i dont know if it will ever be a success, so i need your help to come up with some ideas for the settings, characters, themes, etc, please email me if you want to talk about it
Okay I did not mean to spoiler all of that. No idea why that all happened but fuck it.
Anyways here's a look at a new character, Rielle, who is the focus of an upcoming Tom N Artie Tales story. Alessandro is returning to do the art for this one, he worked on the 'Office Job' story with me.
its an action adventure serial about a zombie apocalypse, humans transferred their consciousnesses into robot bodies in order to avoid getting infected, these robot bodies were given to them by an interstellar alien species known as the vulndel, the humans reached out to them in a time of great distress, they were nearly extinct and needed to be saved
the vulndel asked for something in return however, as long as earth would become a part of their mighty empire, the human race would be saved, the humans had no choice so they accepted
the universe is ruled by the vulndel, with each planet under their control being governed by a single emperor, humans were forced to abandon their culture and adopt the vulndel way of life
vulndel are giant anthromorphic vultutes, they are very imperialistic and prone to violence, they eat the alien races that stand against them
sounds excellent. like a quality way-out RPG plot. If this was well written, I'd read it. I do think anthro vultures are a tidbit overdone though. between the skeksis, choujin from metroid, birdmen from Mother, and some other ones i can't think of... I hope they're more unique looking at least.
Charles Smith
BRO I don't know if you wanna make this a comic. With the crazy character designs, it might be better to leave up to readers interpritation. Give this serious thought and that's a dope as fuck premise for a novel.
the vulndel pride themselves on their knowledge, they have a ton of literature about the origins of the cosmos, as well on how to stop the virus the humans started, the virus they created had begun to spread to other planets in the galaxy, so humans began to expand into outer space to help save the universe
however, the humans were eventually overwhelmed by the zombies and all of their civilizations on other planets they had colonized were destroyed, so the humans had no choice but to work with the vulndel
the virus was created by a victor frankenstein type man, he was similar to the le loyon cryptid or seth briars from red dead, he was a hermit, a very lonely man and created the zombies to be his children out of body parts that he took from people's graves, the zombies eventually went rogue and left the man because they were severely neglected and abused, you are able to sympathize with the creatures somewhat due to their history despite them going nuts and infecting everyone
Zachary Moore
I loved this update so very much.
Oliver Taylor
PART 3
the vulndel are not necessarily evil, they are simply self centered and care more about each other than other alien races, they do not tolerate failure and keep their subordinates on a strict need to know basis, if you do not go according to their plan you will become their dinner
the vulndel are also capable of some form of space magic, but i have not fully fleshed that out yet
the series takes place in the far future and has a medieval cyberpunk aesthetic because the vulndel have sort of fused their culture together with earths advanced technology, the vulndel have become more efficient since they met the humans
the series has three protagonists who have all left the vulndel empire to discover their own way of life in one way or another
protagonist one is a famous human scientist who has defected from the vulndel empire in order to search for colonies of other humans in outer space, he is very logical and intelligent, and is very optimistic about the future of the human race, he is also a brilliant engineer and mechanic, he built his own mech suit to explore hostile alien planets with and a rocket ship to explore space
Michael Hernandez
Sounds like you have a lot of this figured out already. What would you like help with?
Angel Ramirez
PART 4 his name is jayden grace btw, forgot to mention that
protag two is a complicated one, when the zombies broke loose they did not attack their former master, before they went rampant he was able to escape to someplace safe with one of his "daughters" who did not exactly go apeshit because she was kept safe, fed and calm by the man, the man named her daniella, and he kept her locked up somewhere on a different planet similar to a rapunzel situation, he sort of emotionally manipulated her into staying with him, daniella is kind of like a teenager because she is a newly created zombie, she and the man had an intense sexual relationship and she was convinced by him this was normal and acceptable, she was not aware she was being used so she did not go apeshit like the other zombies
she eventually ate him so she could be free of the relationship, she did not meet anyone besides the man so she is very clueless and naive about the state of the world, jayden found her while he was exploring, he was able to help clue her in and decides to help him in his mission, she becomes friends with him because she believes he is a nice man and trusts him
Dominic Thomas
i was wondering how people would perceieve the story, if it was too complicted or not
Julian Baker
Man, it's a lot to read desu. But the basic premise of humans need to give up their human bodies into robot ones because of the zombie appocolypse is solid. Lots of potential for an existential story of what being man really means. That's really cool dude. Maybe drop the alien shit, or leave it ambiguous.
Ian Morgan
>his name is jayden grace Gonna date it pretty badly, not gonna lie.
Charles Rivera
next protag was one of my favorites to write, his name is calbraith, he was a high ranking member of the vulndel race, like a member of one of their royal families, but he did not enjoy their way of life so he transferred his consciousness into a human android body, he is sort of like elma from xenoblade chronicles, he is a xeno that is blending in with the humans in order to help them, in this case, he is helping jayden on his mission to find other humans
also, his new android body was specially created for him by jayden, the bodies of humans were created for them to house their consciousnesses specifically, so this sort of thing has not been attempted by other vulndel before, it is considered blasphemous to dissent from their empire however
sorry if the story is still a bit rough around the edges and has some cracks in it, i am still trying to flesh out the universe
Lucas Thompson
the vulndels tech is very unique at least, as well as their social class system, they also have their own spoken and written language, they learned english from the humans but did not adopt the language
Jose Flores
wdym user chan?
Chase Taylor
i am not sure, i am just hoping that enough people will care about it to start in depth discussions about the themes, the themes are based on philosophical questions and things like that
Adrian Allen
thanks bro, i was planning on doing just that (having the readers figure out how the characters look by themselves), but i have already come up with a ton of concepts for the general look and feel of the characters, if this was going to be a webseries in the future, i feel like it would need to be animated in some sort of stylistic 3d, but i would have to raise enough funds to be able to do something like that
Liam Hill
Well, you gotta care about it without giving too much of a shit what others think and put the work in. Do you have a first draft yet?
Elijah Hall
Nobody is named that until today times.
Eli James
here is some more backstory about the old hermit
he was a very mysterious man and he always hid his face, his true identity is never revealed to the audience, no one ever really knew his name anyway
like i said the series takes place in the far future, human society used to be a uptopia before it fell, where it was always happy and no bullshit ever happened, yada yada, experiments like the one the man did were forbidden or punished, stealing and engineering viruses to misuse them was also illegal
this man is a jim jones esque figure, he is based off resident evil villaine like morgan landsdale, he is very corrupt, he resented the uptopian society and wanted to create a cult of his own based around transcending the human consciousness, this cult only included zombies because he believed they transcended death by ressurecting them
before the man left he left tons of writings of his manifesto in his hideout, his beliefs eventually became popular with some humans, and some even chose to become zombies themselves, or created zombie creatures like the man did, which caused the apocalypse
Bentley Ramirez
i said the series takes place in the far future, like the year 4073
Leo Sanchez
I sincerely hope people aren't still naming their kids jayden in 2000 years
Samuel Martinez
Why not write a novel instead? Nobody is going to draw this for you, and you clearly can't draw.
Gabriel Jenkins
do you not like the name jayden?
Lucas Howard
good point, i just havent decided on a title for a novel yet, can you anons help me out with that?
Adam Morgan
Making a race of amphibian lizard people. Cannot for the life of me come up with a catchy name. Any play on the word Axolotl, Salamander, or Newt is what I'm trying for but I can't think of shit. Help.
Well it's the scientific term for the group urodela containing salamanders, newts, etc. I think it's catchy and sounds legit, but you could certainly go more fantasy-sounding sure. Or you could abbreviate it like urodes or rodels. I think -ite sounds better than -yte in a situation like this, but sadite or salamite sounds like a sexual deviant.
Charles Watson
I would say click. >Oh what left in the fr I can't tell which word you messed up here. Is the first panel a different person? The coat and collar have different colors. The shadowing made me think there was a moustache and beard at first but now I can see it.
Adrian Hill
Hydrans
Christian Jenkins
I feel like aquans would be better. OR even just like Aquami or something.
Christopher Sanchez
Royer! >left in the Fridge I think I'm gonna change the "tones" on the jacket on the last panel
Nathaniel Miller
>nig don't be racist
Hudson Rodriguez
>Royer! What? so should that be what's* then? Like asking?
Here's the results of the first character popularity poll than I ran on the site throughout spring! thanks to everyone who voted! I had to downscale this for twitter than downscale it again for Yea Forums. this thing is huge.
>peter Cute pencil-eating girl is a dude? Got me again.
Jonathan Reyes
I'm torn between humanders and hydrans. Humander sounds cute and childish and the story I'm aiming for is lighthearted with deeper undertones so I'm liking it a lot. But hydran is equally great. What about a name for troll/goblin type pirate creature?
Wyatt Reed
Arggs?
Christopher Powell
>You let the thread die overnight edition fucking lol
Alexander Roberts
English is not my first language, thank you for correct I changed it! in my country Negro is not a bad word
If you wont use it, I am taking neandertotl for my own devices. I was kinda proud of that one.
Pirate goblins >Rogres (rogue ogre) >Trollers (sea trolling and troll) >Buccaneerie (Buccaneer and eerie) >Pirvaterrors (privateer and terror) This one was really hard.
Liam Robinson
>Rogre Boys Land might sue.. >Trollers to combine sea trolling and troll surely Trawls.
David Reed
Yeah that one was good. If they were bad guys I would use that, but they're the protags. You should be proud of that one.
Parker Brown
how do the new anons feel about my zombie novel idea i wrote above?
Cooper Gomez
Excuse me while i draw up a caveman axlotl kaiju.
Brody Campbell
What are some names for male fairy tale themed characters other than fucking Jack?
Daniel Baker
Got a new webcomic idea about a witch who turns men into being submissive crossdressing thots
Blake Garcia
Samuel maybe? Matthew, Peter, any regular somewhat oldtimey biblical or semi-biblical name works. It might also do you well to look up lists of olde english names nobody much has anymore.
Nicholas James
make it a girl so it's neanderthotl.
Juan Adams
webcomic anons that don't have anyone reading or praising their stuff, what is the source of your motivation? i find it hard to focus sometimes because my comic gets 0 attention and I feel like I'm doing everything wrong and probably am.
I've literally got nothing better to do with my life. The way I see it, whatever abortion i shit out is just proof that i happened.
Isaiah Gomez
Cause I think the world is gonna be fucked in the next 15 years and trying to get as much comic stuff done before shit hits the fan. On a real note, I just like making stories and seeing them come to life. No other feeling like it
Parker Ward
what said I enjoy making it and it gives me something to do or draw when I'm experiencing art block. anything more than that is just a nice bonus for me since I don't do it for attention
To be honest I always kinda liked that it was hand written, but in some pages it becomes too illegible and I think it worsens the reader´s experience with it. I think pic its not related, dont really remember.
it's agonizing waiting for each tiny snippet of this story. I can't wait to find out what's going on.
Wyatt King
Lol thx! You have no idea how much I wish I could draw faster... but I'm getting there! thanks for reading :)
Luke Cruz
I just assumed you had hired someone, the art's so good
Aaron Richardson
It's my own fantasy world with waifus I got really attached to over time, even when it's going nowhere I still like my own work and don't want to give it up.
Matthew Peterson
yeah, but in some points i dont think its really fine pic actually related now
It's not so bad. and honestly, redoing the text without redoing all the art would be lipstick on a pig.
Ryder Butler
yeah, but at the same time, redoing the text its easy and might make it look better. A pig with lipstick might be 1 percent cuter than a pig without lipstick, and that counts.
Ill think about it.
Christian Lewis
>Any other reccomended font? I've always liked Anime Ace 2, but most of Blambot's font's look nice for comics.
I agree with the other user on the handwriting, to be honest it gives it's own charm to your comic. If you want some advice, you should look into actual hand lettering tutorials from comic letterers. It sounds intimidating but the basics come down to having a template with line heights that you use in speach bubbles to keep the words straight and consistent.
Maybe hold off on going all in and just save it for a time that you need a break from drawing. You'll be able to step away from your comic to relax while improving it at the same time.
Joseph Cook
Yeah, guess Ill leave the redoing for later. I am however wondering whether to continue with my handwritting or just jumping to a font. Again, Ill think about it.
Random comment but clip studio paint its pretty good. Need to find better brushes but im slooowly getting the hang of it.
Summary: A boy falls in love with a girl. He is mysteriously gifted with her phone number. He calls her and finds out that she likes him as well. But the next day, she doesn't remember the confession. The girl he called is not the same girl he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn’t exist in this universe at all. She is the girl’s alternate universe counterpart, who likes his own alternate self. Hijinks ensue as the two tell each other their darkest secrets to conquer the hearts of their other selves.
user thats not an excuse to just rip something off wholesale
Jayden Campbell
>thats not an excuse to just rip something off wholesale it wouldn't be an excuse if I knew about the fountain comic beforehand. but I didn't. so I stand by what I said
Carson Nelson
read more comics is the only solution
Lincoln Ross
Rococo chapter 2 page 33.
I have technically a 3 days weekend now. I really want to release 5 pagers a week, and in theory I should be able to accomplish that. Although I have never been able to from scratch.
In the future I hoping to give the ringlet girl a lot of sick burns and bentz.
bogeys?
I think the size of the text is a little big, but its fine as it is, unless you have a lot of expositions.
I will always be fascinated by the fine line between pitiable and pathetic. I’ve heard so many different—and surprisingly strong—opinions about whether Edgar is worthy of pity or sympathy. At what point does weakness stop being cute and start being contemptible and repugnant?
Jose Rodriguez
I’m relieved to hear that. Quite a few people have thought it important enough to tell me—with genuine feelings, not just meanspiritedness—that my style is distinctly ugly. Im thrilled to know you like it!
Parker Evans
Not that guy, but your art style stands out to me to. Frankly, I find it dull and kind of ugly, but I think that's largely what you're going for. It just looks drab, depressing and gothic, which I feel is intentional given the characters and setting.
I hope you don't take any of that the wrong way, because what I'm saying is, I feel like you're nailing what you're attempting for the most part, and your characters have a good animation to them in their demeanor and expression.
Isaac Turner
The very moment you are in charge of an entire kingdom and its people.
Brandon Phillips
okay how about this
i think i am going to drop the alien shit cuz its kinda dumb, i think instead the novel is going to be about robot humans v mutated humans, there was a zombie apocalypse and some humans chose different ways of survival and the series is a didcussion about what it means to be human, prolly going to rewrite the old hermit cuz his character is kinda boring right now to me
Carson Hall
I understand. I wouldn’t say I’m chasing ugliness or even drabiness. That’s partly why I’m going full color in the next chapter, to try and solve that problem. Ugly is a dangerous game to play. I don’t think anyone should be deliberately trying for a style that could be called ugly. Ugly easily becomes repellent, and repellant is bad for business. I’d prefer not to be ugly—and so the work continues!
Alexander Rodriguez
i think i am going to make the old hermit a generic cult leader, he is not entirely crazy though and has a purpose in the story as some kind of major villain for jayden to face, his beliefs are dangerous and are being spread to a lot of places and jayden is trying to stop it
John Lee
i feel like dan is going to be connected to him somehow and is now going to be a mutated human and not a frankenstein esque zombie
cal is a weird one, i have no idea what to do with him
Bentley Morris
Oh no, /HYW/! King Gob just blocked your path! What will you do?
Comics are about people and emotions, setting is an excuse. is your MC interesting, what is his problem? how can you put it in the jorney of a hero? Don't think so much about set details, keep it simple. The characters are more important.
Wyatt Morgan
Hmm. I guess I don't mean ugly, because I certainly don't mean repellent at all. In all honesty, I wasn't terribly interested in your comic at first, but the overall look of it and your characters drew me in.
It'll be neat to see it in color. I'm not sure it'll be "better," which is what it seems you might be looking for. It doesn't seem fitting if you're going to make it too bright, so hopefully you keep the colors somewhat subdued.
At any rate, as I said, I do like your comic, and am looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future.
Ryder Thompson
the setting is integral to the story because it influences the question of what it means to be human, which our protagonist has to grabble with, jayden is a full human because he did not want to become a robot like other humans, he is ostracized by the rest of society because they believe he is a lost cause (and that hes dead meat), he must learn what it means to truly be human in order to save his race, cal and dan help him on this journey because they are both having an identity crisis as well
the series has discussed many philosophical concepts and has a clear message about discovering who you are and going against the grain because becoming part of the herd is not beneficial to society, by assimilating you are helping destroy the planet
the concepts discussed in the show are mostly due to how the environment is set up, it is integral to the story, the characters not as much, they do not have in depth backstories because that would be detrimental to the story, the story is about how humans are a small blip in the universe compared to everything else
the series is about extistenial horror as well, the characters themselves believe they are uninteresting and boring, they believe there is a greater power out there besides themselves that they do not control, however when they collaborate together they discover they have unique traits that help them in their endeavors, and that is how they band together and start a new society
Cooper Cruz
Then you've got the story already! And why aren't you drawing it right now? dont procastinate!
Jacob Brooks
While I do get your worries, I feel the "ugliness" of your comic its more like a "non conventionally cute" and, to me at least, it was a charm point. People who want to read ONLY about cute things are not your audience anyways. Working on improving your art its always a must, but Id advice against changing your style too drastically. It fits the story perfectly so far.
David Jones
Alternatively, make gasparro a cute grumpy young girl and hit it big with that audience.
Zachary Watson
How do i find my own art style?
Thomas Lewis
She's completely cute
Asher Brown
honestly dont take my views on pitiful characters to heart. i love writing really pathetic characters with lots of problems. selfish cowardly idiots are my thing. I just like to write terrible people and then force them to rise to the occasion. so maybe that is why i gravitate to king ed.
Isaiah Morris
a whole chapter at once! I guess this comic does read better in chunks. Really curious to see where this is going to go.
Mason Collins
I certainly find it ugly, but it's full of personality and it's also improved tremendously from when you started. punch in the gobnobs
Alexander Thomas
explain how hobgoblins are meant to be for peace
Eli Rivera
thanks do you like the idea of bite-sized updates or much longer ones?
Jacob Williams
>How do i find my own art style? Keep drawing, keeping what you like and replacing what you don't with art styles you do like. When you get bored or tired of your own things, try taking two or more drawings from people with different art syles and start trying to make replicate each drawing with a different drawings style. Learn how each style is done, then mimic what you like from then on.
Michael Roberts
It really depends on the comic. If each update has very little that progresses the story or makes any sense on its own, you need bigger chunks.
Jace Cook
Thanks user, won't stop till i kill someone with cuteness overdose.
Thanks for the fanart, Ardi. I'm literally shaking, dude! Also, keep the digital font.
its the other way around, your style finds you, but only if you draw enough for it to discover you Nevermind, this user is spot on
Sounds like there might be some kind of shenanigans going on...
Michael Davis
When you guys are drawing cities, neighborhoods with house or anything else with objects constructed with squares, do you do the horizon line method to put everything into perfect perspective, or do you just wing it?
Lately I've been try to use proper perspective, so yeah I'll still occasionally wing it if the background is inconsequential like if it's going to be mostly covered up with word balloons, but it looks so much better if I take the time to make it look good.
i just throw random ahapes together until it looks like they are somewhere i want them to be. i have no understanding of perspective or vanishing points because i am retarded.
Ian Evans
technically one L in until, and thus in the abbreviation 'til but people do write till a lot.
Austin Bell
Thank you!
Tyler Perry
Nuther page. Catching up with the other characters. Im eugh about my art but I think I can notice a slight improvement recently. Of the kind only myself could notice.
God, the beautiful and subtle way the different things blend in with each other. It's like you weren't content to be doing something five times as artsy as everyone else, you had to make it six times.
Dylan Sanders
Hansel
Jackson Bailey
post sample script
Jayden Scott
Any old english name or these >Peter >Phillip >Jack >Hansel >Edward >Finn >Arthur >Aladdin >Eric >Gulliver >Merlin >Puck >Robin >Hans >Michael >Tom >Romeo >Ivan >Chip >Ichabod Crane >Christian >Caspian >Oliver >Percival >Sinbad >Lumiere >Sven >Shrek >Flynn
Isaiah Price
>CCWildWords Where do you download this? All I'm coming up with is medibang and ones that you need to buy
Juan Barnes
>What is it about? Bullying? the story is about a man, who could post in /r9k/, who has misadventures while trying to get a GF and earn money very fast (with terrible results, usually because of his incompetence)
Great page! love it *the shadow of the arm in the second panel is wrong
Alexander Powell
That looks stylish as hell. I love what you are doing with the lighting in panel two. Panel three looks a little over-saturated, but its not taking me out of it.
Also the nymph is qt.
Luis Kelly
Guys, I want to start an interactive webcomic with reader submitted commands in my native language for people who can't read english.
How fucked am I? Considering that: 1. It's 2019. 2. When it comes to interactive comics, people in my country are, at best, aware of Homestuck. 3. I've seen other attempts to make one in the past, but they were all quickly abandoned.
>God, the beautiful and subtle way the different things blend in with each other. It's like you weren't content to be doing something five times as artsy as everyone else, you had to make it six times.
Haha, thank you, user. I like my work to have a certain mood to it, so the hours I put into it are meant to give the work a presence. The subject matter I make has a cathartic motive to it.
Charles Lopez
bump
Hunter Sullivan
I can tell you put extra effort here man
Jeremiah Williams
CHAPTER II - DONE!
Whaddaya think so far? Should I continue with updates twice a week? How do you like the story/art? Any kind of feedback is much appreciated!
Eliminate the gap between "Wait till the girls in" and "The group see this loser", as they read like two separate statements. Split "this loser" across two lines and bump up the font size.
I have a concept that isn't fully fleshed out but I'm just going to leap in and work it out as I go I think. It's time to just to get something out there and start it before it just becomes note books of lore and nothing more. Have some fun designs I'm working on to populate the world.
Made a rough draft of the first ever page of my comic, this isn't completely reflective of my art style but wanted it to be a bit different, just don't know if it works
>no title >no signature >no site or blog where interested people can see more Come on man, you gotta market your stuff a little better.
Robert Gutierrez
Personally I hate it when artists shill their information on their art
Jose Hill
The important action - breaking the blade - is going off panel in #5. If you can find a way to have his right hand on the handle while it happens, so much the better.
Also I'd have the guy starting to raise his arms in #6. The hand holding the blade is getting lost against his leg because his pose doesn't have a strong silhouette.
Hudson Evans
we all know laundrymom already
Alexander Jackson
Thanks for the tips, pal. I'll get right on fixing that.
Chase Sullivan
Love that Ed didnt even get a bust there and Frosty broke Gasparro´s one.
lol. just realized it's her left arm throwing it in the second panel even though she's holding the harpoon with her right hand in the first panel. I'm retarded.
David Torres
I wasn't particularly sure of exactly how to implement your advice, but hey, here's an effort at least.
what's your webtoons address? the one on the page is just for a store with funny parody covers
Aaron Watson
That Panel 6 is an improvement, good work.
Charles Miller
I post my links for the page once it's actually on the site. plus, I dont need to shill more than once a week because if you already arnt reading the comic you probably wont read it. unless I post a page that really wows someone who was previously unimpressed
Another thing I have to read now because it's too good not to.
Asher Nguyen
>Personally I hate it when artists try to promote themselves in order to make a living
Anthony Myers
Why?
Brandon Allen
I think that user meant ON the art file itself. it's a little less tasteful there. especially when you're on another site reading it, but it's shilling this other site which is mainly there to sell books.
Aaron Torres
Are you braindead? This
Jonathan Morris
Dumb and innocuous question but I'm looking for a red cocktail to be a 'signature' drink of a character of mine. It's for a voluptuous but shy woman that's in the middle of an existential crisis. I was thinking Sazerac for some reason but I'm not sure. Recommendations? No wine or cosmos please, that's too cliche.
Tyler Howard
I dunno from cocktails but I feel like voluptuous ladies drink sangria
Jaxon Evans
Hokay part 2 of my character redesign is finished. I was a little iffy about the new color scheme but i think it'll grow on me.
nunya binnis, user. everybody was a kid once, or drew like they were.
Austin Bennett
Why wait? Do it today
Nolan Edwards
is it that bad
Jose Ward
its not even the bad art being the problem its the fact you used crayons to color ill give you some slack if you are a low functioning autist, otherwise stop drawing
Jayden Rodriguez
I mean, you show promise, but you can tell your art's still like a kid's, right? There's no shame in that, but no point in denying it. Literally everyone starts that way. You'll probably be fantastic in a few years.
John Bell
Tons of famous artists use crayons, don't spread anti-crayon fear.
Jonathan Gray
Yeah, LIKE CWC
Michael Thomas
you give off horrible vibes with that art, similar to pic related
Tons of artists can use crayons well. This artist isn't one of them
Anthony Anderson
oh no, vibes!
Lucas Martin
user/Anonnete
you need: 1) buy print paper (or better), is cheap 2)learn to ink, dont use pencil 3)get copics(or similar) or use paint tool sai for the colors 4)Learn to draw better, keep going 5)learn how to narrate visually, what is happening in the scene?, the vignettes are not connected 6)use rulers for rect lines
AND Never give up!
Ethan Walker
be honest are you capable of looking at your own work and seeing what's bad about it
Luis Martinez
could you when you were a kid? I couldn't.
Jordan Gomez
im assuming theyre a grown adult
Juan Baker
what difference does that make? your drawing ability goes up alongside your art-judging ability.
Noah Garcia
new episode is out, you little discord trannies you
Ha, joke's on you, I already read it. It was good.
Isaiah Scott
Not saying its any good or that it passes, but that feeling I get when I read a badly drawn author´s first comic or an obvious ESL comic its so endearing. Its the will of creating in its purest form. Keep it up.
Evan Rivera
Yeah it resonates. Because we were all there at one point.
Evan Brooks
if you are severely autistic you will never be able to judge your own art it doesn't matter how old you get, you simply won't have the literal capacity for it
Isaac Hernandez
Never read it, but I am now. I fucking love gas mask girls.
hey gusula, it's me, your art is still fucking beautiful and your characters are still weirdly sexy, just in the lines of motion and the way they're drawn. every time i see your stuff it gets better and better. i am unironically excited every time your art pops up on Yea Forums, you're gonna be really well-known really soon. i'm so excited for you!!
Xavier Cruz
fuck yeah your stuff is so good
William Hernandez
She'll invite you over for tea and cake. However she only serves green tea and yellow cake. So enjoy at your own risk.
Good, I've bookmarked it So what are they if not dagrons?
Hunter Butler
Their lizards, original idea was that Liz the main character just pretended she was a dragon and people calling her crazy! But i enjoy the family dynamic alot more! I have more ideas with each character but i wanna develop them a little bit more!
David Watson
aww horned lizards. super cute. I don't think that comes across in the comic, just FYI.
just start making a webcomic, it will help you practice and you will actually make something
Camden Morris
well first of all, I think you should try thinner lines. at least turn pressure sensitivity on on your tablet (please tell me you're using one) so the lines can taper. next, instead of making really rough, vague shapes for your sketch portion, make them tight and deliberate (the lines themselves can be rough, but you want something regular to follow, not a wobbly shape)). After that, it's time to work on getting the facial features (and I assume this goes for other things) consistent. That means once they're sketched out, you stretch, shrink, grow, and move them around until they're the right size, shape, and placement. A good sketch with a good solid understanding of 3d shapes will help a lot with that so you're not just guessing.
Blake Taylor
I do have a tablet, but I turned off pressure sensitivity because I couldn't keep the facial stuff consistent with it on.
Kayden Rogers
nothing wrong with practicing with more consistent lines first, that's how I did it. And you've got a lot of practicing to do. But you're already keeping the hair pretty consistent, so I know you can do it.
Isaiah Hall
>on a first name basis at the local Blockblaster What year does the story take place?
the resolution is so low i can barely read it, and i have no idea what gender either is suposed to be,but the bunch of fufus at the last panel are cool,they remind me of kaiji
Joshua Perry
girls with thick eyebrows are so rare. bless you my man.
Dylan Baker
Well, there are other pages before this that show you. Also, the resolution is kinda fucked. Let me fix that.
Cameron Bailey
ah, a fellow gentleman of taste I see.
Nathaniel Wilson
>tfw you haven't updated your webcomic for 15 months
How do you guys do it?
Colton Martin
the secret to comics is shitposting>not posting
Jacob Walker
It keeps me busy and it feels precious to me even when I hardly have any followers. Sometimes it feels like it's best to completely abandon drawing because it blinds me from discovering new meaningful stuff in life when spending hours a day working on it.
Jonathan Miller
Mine ended 15 months ago, what's your excuse?
Jason Morris
I still have an arc planned that requires to be done in a different style and that scared me enough to not attempt it at all. send help
Shitposting some silly panels actually is easier than completing new main story things. I don't even know why that is. Main story feels like a chore but silly things are fun.
Ethan Robinson
What does it take to make a successful (not necessarily good) webcomic? Is consistency the most important part? A strong web presence?
I suggest reworking that arc so it can be done in a style you re more familiar with and adding more silly panels if that what you like to make. It is for the better to compromise your vision sometimes. Perfect is the enemy of good.
Gabriel Ward
I already set up the arc. The style it's done in watercolors is also important for the story. I keep telling myself I'm going to finish some actual paintings and then afterwards I'll work on my webcomic. But I've been telling myself that for over a year now. Oof.
Dominic Cooper
>Is consistency the most important part? A strong web presence? The former for sure, that latter does help if you don't already have a close knit group of [popular] friends to promo you. I wish I could say you need to make sure your audience can understand what's going on, but I've seen too many zany nonsensical comics that are incredibly popular to say that in earnest.
qc is one of the laziest, most uninspired webcomics ive ever seen even peak B^U wasnt as much of a retarded hack
Jaxon Reed
style change arcs are always rocky. remind yourself that even the professionals suck at it.
Charles Wright
>Is consistency the most important part? I used to think this before Coldfusion.
Christian Adams
based as you are, these multiple-times-per-day updates are really messing with my ability to follow this excellent story
Blake Ramirez
AAAA sorry based friend! I just wanted to be more active on tapas to get those sweet views hence why I upload every page separate (though the numbers game hasn't been really good) is it too distracting for the story?!
Jose White
any good tips for coloring? I have been using the fill bucket and it makes things fucky because i always have to close gaps and it ruins my lines.
I cannot emphasize how little i know about what i am doing.
Ayden Baker
First of all, use a program that allows you to create new layers. I cannot imagine a single art program that doesn't have a layer function other than MS Paint. I like to use FireAlpaca, it's pretty nifty for beginners. When you color something, do it on a layer under the one that contains your lines, select the fill bucket and check the menu at the top to make sure it expands a few extra pixels so you won't have to fill many gaps, and it won't affect your lines either.
Blake Bennett
MS Paint is for wholesome webcomics only.
Jaxon Robinson
seriously, don't make the same mistake I did. Consistency holds everything else back, and in the end? It's STILL gonna look wildly inconsistent. There's nothing you or anyone can do, short of switching to premade assets.
The problem isn't consistency, you're just a bad artist. Plenty of artists can draw consistently and make their characters look lively and interesting. It's just your own lack of ability in gesture and construction holding you back.
Post latest art to prove this guy wrong. I believe in you CF, don't know why you're not drawing comics anymore like a quitter tho.
Robert Myers
Huh? I remember him quitting his big 10,000 pages and counting thing to start a new thing which looked somewhat decent in comparison. What happened to that?
Carter Jones
Okay, i am using Clip Studio. I have been coloring on a separate layer to minimize my damage, but I still have to constantly close gaps so the entire screen isnt filled with one color. Makes my stuff look really messy. I guess i thought i was being lazy using the fill bucket and was wondering if there was a better strategy.
Carson Edwards
Working on page 2 of chapter 1,not finished, obviously, but opinions always welcome
By all means, but why not schedule the next update for the next day, when you have two pages?
Noah Turner
>i always have to close gaps that's something you should already be doing >and it ruins my lines. unless you have tolerance set to not-zero, that shouldn't be happening. And you should only have tolerance set higher on the fill bucket if you're trying to fill in anti-aliased lines. and if you're doing that, you should have a separate line layer.
Chase Nelson
obsession with consistency was holding back liveliness and interest, and especially gesture, that's my point. I needed to loosen up. no comics are ever consistent, everyone's art changes over time. You have to let go of that and just let it grow and change.
Oliver Howard
wait what? I didn't quit, it finished. The 2nd iteration of it. and there'll be a 3rd, but I'm waiting to be better, first. and in the meantime I'm gonna do a somethin else. something totally different . but I'm not ready for that yet either, so in the meantimetime I'm just drawing shit for my own dang self (and anyone who likes monsters (and pretending it has to do with the next comic project when it really probably doesn't))
Charles Powell
is read from right to left or from left to right? the last 3 panels reads
Austin Jones
Left to right, I'll change the speech bubble positions on the first panel in the actual thing since I flipped the canvas before adding the little text box
Jaxson Gomez
post some art fag
Adrian Diaz
Okay, i guess my issue is that the gaps are super small, and then i start painting and realize they arent closed. So when i go in and close them, i get little nasty edges which look like shit. I have tweaked a ton of settings, so maybe i need to check that. The tolerance may be off. I am using a separate line layer which has helped, but things still get a bit funky as I color.
Oliver Stewart
I guess if you work large enough that could be a problem. Clipstudio has a setting to ignore small gaps in the lines. Most professionals color entirely by hand though, which just takes ages.
Charles Morales
I meant consistency of updates. You know, like how the Least I Could Do webcomic never missed a week.
Ohh, my stnank. Though I was pretty good about consistent updates, and that definitely did cause me to periodically rush. The end of the comic I wanted to go out on a good note, so all the improvements and care meant the strips started taking a week to make. Definitely gotta get a better balance (and like, planning the writing) before the next kiwi day. ehh okay.. you like stalfos? I got stalfos fo days.. Everybody, stalfos.
Looking good. King Ed is still huggably pathetic.I hope he gets a redemption arc.
David Thomas
bump
Josiah Ward
Might've been cool a few decades ago. It's time to stop drawing this aimless 90's zelda artbook crap and start thinking about a comic.
Sebastian Hall
I am only interested in things that would have been cool a few decades ago. That's my primary focus as an artist, and has been since a few decades ago (when it was cool then). But I am thinking about a comic. couple of em. I promise it's all going to be as 90s as possible.
Nathaniel Hall
>But I am thinking about a comic. couple of em. What are the synopses for them?
Ryder Evans
Ok, I fixed the resolution. i think this is as good as it's going to get.
1. zelda CYOA starring a wee gerudo that escapes her life of drudgery. basically Prequel with better update frequency
2. eventually more kiwi day. with shading, actual planning put into the writing, and a more reasonable cast size. have the main characters decided but I'm refusing to plan much more because I know it'll just suck me in and I don't want to be leashed again so soon.
Xavier Watson
What is this, an image for bees? what program are you using? do you understand the options it gives you while you save the files?
Dominic Martinez
im using Fotor
Brayden Gomez
I don't know what that is. care to show us or explain to us what it looks like when you save, or options for the image size? Because you're saving it too small. Most people in these threads have the opposite problem, so it's refreshing at least.
Kevin Ross
Can't at the moment. But will update later user. At god speed!
plans to make your own 'growing up gerudo' basically?
Brody Bennett
chip off the old rock eh
Caleb Ortiz
Hey dont judge, I dont know much about this file stuff. I'm just starting to learn. Is there a video explaining this stuff? >3>
Charles Clark
actually the main idea with that zelda one is that it could actually be popular, because I kinda wanna get some attention with something palable and appealing for once. wait shit, that's already a thing? Lemme look that up >AU where Link is raised by G-dog and the gerudo very no, but that's interesting. and cute. People sure are fond of their AUs, but they always go so very off the rails. Lookin at you, A Tale of Two Rulers. So much work put into the setting, and yet such errors that would be unforgivable to any nerd who would care about most of that work..
Caleb Sanders
save up and wait til a 50% sale. all the extras are so worth it
Luke Sanders
In almost every program (and I don't just mean art programs, but like any computer program made in the last 25 years), when you go to save, you get options. There might be something in settings, options, or preferences. These might be under File or Edit. But most likely it's a dialogue that's going to appear when you go Save or Save As. or possibly Export.
Tale of two rulers aka idiot plot + self insert fanfiction
Nolan Cook
You are using a tablet and your programs' drawing features (so you clearly know how to operate it), on top of the fact you set the original file resolution at the very start. Unless you are 70 years old there's no reason why you wouldn't know how to manipulate image resolutions.
Josiah Price
Well im not 70, so there's that. And im still learning; you win some , you lose some.
Noah Brown
Bruh, cyoa is dogshit now. It was entertaining when the internet was newer, but you are now competing with so much cheap/free entertainment (Netflix, F2P games, Youtube, PS4/xbox/Switch, twitch, Crunchyroll) that no one wants to read a crudely drawn story on the level of shitty Goosebump novels.
Levi Gonzalez
Every day when busing home from campus Id see this nasty building in the city part of my county and was sure Id use it as hildas apartment, and I can finally do it. Next page I finally get to show her apartment and decided this one is PERFECT. I love speculating what the fuck happened to it.
the insides are just going to be based on my apartments layout since I like how small it is & I don't have to go out of my way for references
320x512 is good thumbnail size for developing page structure and panel/bubble layout you're going to want your 'final' width to be 800px or larger. it's a good idea to work at two times the size of your 'final' size and shrink it down after your page is complete.
hmu on this post if you need additional direction
Luis Hughes
k. Thanks!
Ryan Fisher
>still in college so laundrymom is confirmed younger than dewd?
Joshua Martin
Does anybody have a guide for the do/don't of character pages? Is it better to do headshots or fullbody? Should the blurb about the character be personality, job, or goal based? What about the trend of sexual orientation going on right now; good or bad idea?
Michael Gomez
Why do you think you need a character page?
Parker Miller
Yeah, but the initial stages is always scary... although I have been at it for a few years now.
Yup, although I am reworking it to see if I can make it presentable. Rework the proportion in this way, however she might break 5 feet in this form. She is suppose to be only 4'7 but I can't make short stubby legs look good somehow.
I got angry and start drawing over it because I suck at 3D.
The story sould tell the reader everything they need to know without need for character pages. They are usefull if you need to refresh your audiences memory if you dont update very regularly though. What they should contain is dependant on the story obvously, it could range from the characters superpower to their dong size. Just remember not to use them as exposition dumps.
Luis Campbell
Dewd's in like his early 20's now. He's a grown man, despite the way his art looks.
Hunter Baker
>better than colored pencils Colored pencils are fine. You should try to purchase and practice with a colorless blender pencil to even out your coloring.
Jacob Gutierrez
As a reference for the readers of course. What rhetorical point was your question trying to make?
>The story sould tell the reader everything they need to know without need for character pages. They are usefull if you need to refresh your audiences memory if you dont update very regularly though. This wasn't informative. I asked for a guide and specific questions. You provided no guide or non-generic answers. > range from the characters superpower to their dong size No shit, I'm trying to find commonly used and acceptable boundaries that don't alienate readers. >Just remember not to use them as exposition dumps. It disappoints me that the actions of common users in these threads instigated this statement.
Luis Edwards
While often times I would say its not about the tools, but each tool have specific properties that can dictate what type of art you create with it. While you can lay down flat color with color pencils, that's not what color pencil are most useful for.
Its good if you want to leverage the texture of the paper to cover a even transitions in shadings and color mixing, or if you are familiar with standard pencil cross hatching and shading techniques. It doesn't need to be very expensive materials if you can take advantage of its properties.
How do you expect to recieve non generic advice when you ask such a general guestion? If you gave some information about what your story is like(tone, scope, how character/plot driven is it) you could get more usefull answers.
Xavier Hill
>guide for do/don't of character pages >headshot or fullbody >blurb = personality, job, or goals >mentioning sex pref good or bad idea
These are generic questions to you? What logic are you applying that these require story structure for you to answer them? Reading comprehension do you have it?
John Phillips
Do you think the answer to these questions would be the same for every comic?
Alexander Martinez
Lol wow. You ask for advice then have the nerve to bitch about it not being up to your standards? If your'e so smart just answer your own question.
Eli James
you need to work in (at least) 800*1200 is the standar for webcomics
i do them simply for fun and to practice my character design. there really isnt a right way to do a charcter sheet. i just do a bunch of poses and faces, throw out any dumb jokes i can, and vaugely explain the character. the real character work is in the story itself. i havent posted any character sheets for my most important characters because i dont want to spoil anything. nearly all my character sheets are for minor and joke characters. i kinda use them to guage interest. if a one off is endearing, then i know my important ones should be just as likable, and if they are really popular, i can try and do more with them.
>guide for do/don't of character pages Could not find anything from my immediate google searches (character page guide, cast page guide). From a small sample pool it seems to get pretty creative--
>headshot or fullbody A mix of headshots, body shots, and illustrative pieces. At the very least there ought to be a headshot.
Pic attached, example 2 (Stand Still Stay Silent), there are fully body pics but the most I get out of it is the silhouette. I don't think it's enough to use as a reference.
>blurb Most are short. I don't really like long descriptions, and I don't think many people are willing to read it. I do like how Kurt's profile is linked to areas in the comic, it'll make talking about the comic and characters easier. Whatever you write about them should persist in the comic. I would keep descriptions on personality short, brief, and vague, because people can be contradictory and claims can be argumentative - so it's not very helpful. Jobs and goals are good if it something that persists in the comic. (This is Pikachu, he is a electric-type pokemon who travels with Ash and remains outside of a pokeball.)
On a chart I like seeing the age and gender which are some defining traits of a character. It holds a lot of expectations already ("They're too old to be acting like this", "He's already this old and he hasn't...", etc).
>sexual orientation Neutral, I won't be angry if I saw it, but I don't consider sexual orientation to be a character trait. If it's a subject of debate and not an important aspect of your comic, I would include it to shut up any arguments over it.
It's visually hard to read. The word bubbles have a good flow to them, but the way the tail swipes across the character in panel 2 makes the entire panel appear more cramped. Panel 6 has got a weird shape to it. It's an inefficient use of use space, I would leave this panel borderless and extend the background.
Thanks! Was thinking about making the letters bigger too, they may be hard to read as is
Jaxon Johnson
And here's a character who will appear in Issue 4 of main Tom N Artie. The WIP name is Bug Queen but the outline of the plot for that issue is completely done, I just need to get off my lazy ass and write it.
I got my friend (creator of the webcomic Cyborg Kale) to draw up the design as she's got a good background in making kickass creature designs. It also saves time on concept art for when me and my main artist start up that issue.
it's neither of those things, it's just a very unlikely bodice-ripper romance novel written by Mallory Archer
Julian Adams
>I asked for a guide and specific questions. there isn't one. stop wanting that.
Dominic Evans
You should look at the scanner settings. First thing you do is turn off any automatic mode. Then you tweak the knobs until you get a reasonably good result. Then you write down or screenshot the settings because you can bet the scanner application forgets them. As for settings, start by lowering the gamma as far as it goes, make a scan, look at it and gradually tweak the gamma up until it catches your scribbles but not everything else on paper. This will take a bunch of scans of the same drawing but will give you more raw feels for how things work. Pencil or ink - scan in grayscale. Saves time and space.
Daniel Robinson
I love the titty pipe
Christian Hall
later you're going to wish you were neater with that. unless this is just a sketch of the dialogue stage.
Jordan Johnson
outmazing
Cameron Mitchell
Im never gonna make a comic again and I'm totally fine with it
It's unfinished, I still have to do the backgrounds and add proper speech bubbles instead of my hand written scratches
Julian Price
Debatable. I have EX and I find the extras to be helpful, but nothing is make or break yet. We'll see if they're ever going to get around to adding plugins like the Japanese version if I change my mind
I'm pretty proud of this one, It's some full blown Quebec Patriotism with Qc(a province in canada) meme of a governement add campaign when weed became legal about risks of smoking it, and to encourage people to read on the effects of canabis. At the end it says ''Impossible Canabis Can Do This''. The add campaign always, would take some strange wacky stuff and make the cause be smoking marijuana and at the end tells people that it's not true and tell some fact on what it could do to your brain.
Justin Brooks
Such beauty
Dylan Allen
I don't like dislike what I'm coming up with but I can't get the vision out of my head and on 'paper' yet.
Some kind of squid alien sitting on a human-mecha for disguise.
Oliver Sanders
Poor people don't go barefoot, they wear broken shoes, give her some bad newbalance
Owen Jackson
close enough
Jason Evans
It ain't gonna draw itself.
Alexander Gonzalez
She's not poor so much as a little nutty and obsessively cuts away at her hair and clothes but I wasn't 100% on the design anyway so I need to tweak some stuff to have it read better. Mainly bare feet are fun to draw though.
Jonathan Russell
You could always go for the classic bandages wrapping the feet
Asher Ward
she's cute! maybe a cap or beretshy people hide, in the same way she wear a hoodie
Henry Moore
>nazi he's clearly from the Helic Republic
Ayden Miller
means for sorry
Christopher Taylor
>making a Reefer Madness and then explaining it's not true, but here are some actual facts That's... one of the most clever and even-handed things I've ever heard. who would pay for something like that?
Justin Perry
I love this so much and now I love it even more.
Liam Howard
I guess a gov who is legalizing weed?
William Bailey
but it's so sensible. Nobody with that kind of mindset gets into government.
Cameron Reed
you could always turn it to push some biased facts too.
Samuel Wright
You're forgetting that they get to tax that shit making them some serious cash. Plus it's going to continue being a political point for a while. Might as well make sure it looks as good as possible
Isaiah Ortiz
Damn..we're all getting old.
>despite the way his art looks Savage and true
Jose Morris
this is true. the ol' triple-bluff. holy shit that's webcomicworthy.
Can do! I'm going to post about webcomics. I like webcomics That thing you posted is also good. I do both versions of most of those.
Angel Green
I feel sad when comics from these threads stop updating, especially as soon as I find them.
Lincoln Robinson
Hear, hear It's like when you're favorite tv show gets cancelled before the plot points get all wrapped up and you wind up having to find something running to fill that void in your week
Cooper Moore
WHY HASN'T YOUR COMIC MADE A BILLION DOLLARS YET?
Oliver Harris
Because it's a product that relies heavily on charisma and being popular which I'm not.
Robert Jenkins
because i havent posted it yet. i am trying, stop yelling at meee. im sorry dad, ill do better! dont take off your belt!
Daniel Green
are there that many dollars?
Charles Phillips
Now that I think about it, outside of the DC and Marvel superhero comics, has any comic made money in the millions?
Tyler Peterson
dark horse?
Ethan Ramirez
Oh, yeah forgot about them What about webcomics? The most profitable webcomic I can think of is Dresden Codak, but I don't think that's ever hit the millions cumulatively anyways
Isaac Young
I wish Bug Quest 2 would update again
Ethan Price
What even is dresden codak? there are some popular enough webcomics... I wonder how much kazerad makes on patreon
John Allen
do any of you make ANY money off your webcomics? because I sure don't
I don't know how old dewd is but I turned 20 in January. I've been going to community college for about two and a half years now and I graduate next semester. I would have graduated last semester but I dropped a couple classes over the course of each semester cause of scheduling and such.
