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Jun 2021

Hey hey!!!
Thats great though!

honestly I started out small with a vroid thing, that way i got used to people just
being there
i did that for a little bit before doing the full on showing the process lol

But still!
I bet you'll be able to one day : D

I get that!!!!

word dumping is how i did most of my stuff in school lol

it's also how i started my writing most of the time, word dump then go back and edit.

and yes!! people listening, must work!!

WORD DUMP IS SO GOOD

I learned that with a Stephen King's autobiography where he says that he works just like that: write whatever comes to mind, then edit later. It works so good because I hate planning too much. Part of the fun in creating stories for me is to figure things out on the run hehe

exactly!! goodness i got in trouble in high school when they made us turn in outlines

I could never do one

at least in college they let me just turn in like 'paragraph 1-followed by bullet points' and so on

But planning just the Worsttttt

Listening to music and video essays helps me get through the longest part, lineart. Breaking things up into small pieces also helps, like having a script before starting my rough sketch, and locking layers as I finish each part of the lines or shading. The most important thing is staying excited about what I'm doing and it helps to talk to friends about your work to keep a streak of good work going.

the small tasks does help immensely as well

just
breaking it down
sadly for me, unless i've done the streaming, i have trouble breaking them down too much
like the "when i finish the line art i can take a small break'

thankfully i'm working on it

For me, it's mini-deadlines and a very consistent schedule. I know exactly what I need to have finished by the end of each day to get an episode done on time, and will just keep going until I get there. Storyboards and sketches need to be done in a day-and-a-half. Lineart and flats need to be done in a day and a half. Colours need to be finished after three days.

That prevents me from ever floundering around with no clue what I want to draw, which was what happened for most of last year. Making a webcomic gives me direction, and it turns out direction was exactly what I needed. I've drawn more in the past five months than I think I have in the past five years.

I don't get bored with the project because I absolutely love the story, so that's helpful too. I may wind up burning low a little in the future; this week was the first week where I've really been like "Uuuugh, I don't wanna work," but that's where the structure and mini-deadlines jump in to save me. I know what I need to do, and I can do it, regardless of whether or not I really want to that day. (And once I had the sketches done, I bounced right back!)

i can get that!
doing this comic is probably the best thing i've done! it's helpedm e draw so much more!

Yo, idk if thats good or not xD but i just make the pages and post when I feel like it xD. about keeping yourself interested or concentrated in it i would say, listen to some music maybe, I cant draw without music, it keeps me up

I watch pokemon while I draw :joy::joy: fortunately this is long but idk what I'm gonna do when I finish watching the series :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: will have to wait for new chapters in Spanish or watching it again in English to see if i get it xdddd i could watch other series but that means wasting time looking for some series dubbed in Spanish and i could minimally enjoy without being too distracted by it :cry:

Me too xddf that's why I can work a lot of hours while watching it, because it makes me wanna draw to watch pokemon HAHAHAHA
It also helped that I finally decided what comic I was focusing on.

My only problem with music us that I always end up listening to the same bands and songs and I don't want to end up hating them :joy::joy::joy:

hey, ive been diagnosed with adhd like 3 separate times since I was 8 and I prefer being unmedicated
I switch from task to task a LOT so I don't get bored or feel braindead
like I'll do a few minutes of concept sketches then do some writing then do some lineart then take a break. Rinse, repeat with whatever seems fun.
rn I'm avoiding coloring ;w; but I know I have to ;;;;;
and I try not to worry about how much I get done per day cause overworking is bad for you

i also usually have TV shows or youtube going on in the background

But I've only ever gotten bored when I didn't know what I was doing with the story or the characters and had to take a break for a few days to recharge

sometimes having my music helps and or doing some physical work like cleaning gets some ideas flowing,but also taking a break here and there lets me see some errors as i go along

I gave up on trying to keep a schedule a looong time ago lol. My thing is that I have to want to do it. If I feel like writing is becoming an obligation and not a hobby, I’ll absolutely lose interest.

Hahahahahaha i just needed something to distract me more cause.i ended up bored of listening music during hooours and hours of work 🤯

maybe some podcasts? I use music a lot so i have to keep finding something new so i travel from anime openings to Friday night funkin music (which i'm liking a lot lately for some reason xD) i even tried so instrumentals and another weird stuff that i prefer not to mention