Do you have a separate tumblr for your comic?

9outofPen 2017-05-13 18:03:48 UTC #1

I have a tumblr as a way to get out there as an aritst, but I'm not sure whether to share my comic stuff there or not. At the moment, my comics are the main bulk of my artwork, but I'm not sure if I should have a separate blog dedicated only to each comic (I have two main ones, 1 short comic) All of the series I follow seem to have a separate blog for it, is that a standard practice?

Would it be annoying to have a tumblr that shared stuff from all my projects? I'm not confident I'd have enough content if I split it up right now :/

I'll also have a different pen name for each comic, since I form a team with each writer, so one blog seems more convenient. Is that reasonable?

joannekwan 2017-05-13 18:14:43 UTC #2

Yeah I have a separate tumblrs for posting comic pages as I use tumblr as a mirror site for two of my series, but I will post stand-alone illustrations and doodles with my OCs on my main art blog.

In your case I would have separate blogs for the series since the writers might want to get in on them too. Like if I were a writer on a comic I'd want a space where the artist and I could share equally and post things. I wouldn't want to "piggy-back" on their art blog.

Nugtown 2017-05-13 18:33:46 UTC #3

not really. I've tried a couple of times in the past but the issue is that it doesn't really get any attention. Secondly tumblr is horrible for posting large images, so I prefer dedicated hosting sites. I post art too my tumblr under my own tag, but never anything like pages themselves

shazzbaa 2017-05-13 18:37:33 UTC #4

When I started out, I posted all my comic stuff on my main tumblr. After a little while I moved my comic updates to their own tumblr.
My reasoning for starting out on my main tumblr is that I wanted folks who followed me for my art to be able to see that I have a webcomic. I could reblog updates on my main tumblr, but then it might feel annoying or pointless to follow both? So I kept them together at first so that both my comic and my non-comic art could be a draw for my main blog.

My reasoning for switching to separate tumblrs was that, when I started posting more art on tumblr, I wanted folks who weren't interested in, say, undertale and deadly premonition fanart, to be able to still follow updates of my comic on tumblr. I reblog my ComicTumblr's update posts very occasionally on my main blog, but it tends to be more of a "hey, did you know I have a webcomic, you should check it out!" signal boost rather than an alert to every update-- I still encourage folks to follow the comic-tumblr if they want to get alerted to the weekly updates.

You could always have specific tags for each project, and let people know that if they like Project A but don't like Project B, they can use tumblr saviour to filter the tag "#ProjectB" and avoid those posts?

9outofPen 2017-05-13 20:26:16 UTC #5

I like that idea, thanks! Many of my followers joined for one short comic I made on asexuality, so maybe it'd be nice to let them know I do other stuff too. I'm definitely gonna give each comic its own blog to include the writers, but for now maybe it would be okay to put the occasional post in my main blog too?

punkarsenic 2017-05-13 21:40:38 UTC #6

i dont think itd be annoying to have a blog sharing all your projects. thats basically an art blog, which lots of people have - its also good as a kinda informal portfolio.

i personally dont have an art blog, i just post my shit on my personal, despite the fact that i dont rly want ppl finding my personal. oops. but i do have a blog where i post my comic... its very neglected.

ToxicRamen 2017-05-14 14:59:47 UTC #7

I was considering on creating two separate Tumblr blogs for my webcomics but I figured I would do just one which would feature both since I already have three Tumblr blogs (My main one which has random stuff, my art blog, and one that I'm going to use as portfolio website)