Does art precede story?

[joannekwan]

I actually thought about that post for this thread but couldn't find it!

[abbastudios]

Art can be created without a story. A story can becreated without art. A comic can be created when a story is written and art illustrates it.

[marshal]

Whaaaa!!! I think I've actually heard about this comic, maybe in passing. That's amazing!

[TAMAnnoying]

I was just lucky that I reblogged it recently or it would have been lost to me also XD

[punkarsenic]

Overall, story > art.

there is a certain minimum standard required, but really it depends on your target audience. age? tastes? how good at art are they?

if your art isn't all that, your story better be. but so long as the story's good, the art will improve with time anyway, and people will be interested. there are some really successful comics with art that's often quite ugly, and while some of them may sell on name alone (long standing franchises that is,) others, like Runaways, had 'bad' art from the beginning but was massively popular in its time. (also, funnily enough, the original Runaways artist makes amazing artwork these days)

[ridokauchi]

Art don't precede story, but if the art isn't good enough, it doesn't matter how amazing is your story, it won't be atractive to read.
Try to make your best on art, and draw as much as you can, and, when you're good enough, redraw your pages

[Freith]

This kind of strays from the original question, but I want to hear what people think - what if it's the other way around? If an artist has decent art that they don't mind putting out there, but he/she's not so confident about their story idea or delivery? Should they also just go ahead and start as long as they love it and believe it's good, or should they wait until after they grasp a good sense of what a good story consists of?

Then again, who knows when that will be? Telling good stories is a skill that one can always improve on, so I don't know. ><

[GouFigg]

I feel like it's sort of a 50/50 situation. Some people might read because of the art, others because of the story. In my opinion the writing is far more important but I think most people prefer style over story telling.

In terms of "when" to start or "the right time" I'd say there won't ever be a time when you'll think "the time is now", there won't be a "right time" to start, ever. You want a right time to start? Do it now, so what if people don't like it? So what if "it's not that good"? You're learning and that's the most important thing. Don't worry about how the art is gonna look, as long as you're willing to improve YOU WILL improve. Besides if you're planning to do comics in the future is good to have some experience before hand. Enjoying the journey should be your priority.

As Shia LaBeouf said: "JUST DO IT!"