Express the pains of creating comics in a funny, visual way

El_Psy_Congroo 2016-12-15 07:48:45 UTC #1

I've been out of the tapastic/forum space for quite some time and I wanted to get back in the swing of things. Since we all know the struggle is real, I figure it would be fun to make a post where we express the pains of making comics in a funny, visual way. Yes, that probably means memes.

Here's something that always comes up for me, almost always just when I'm about to get started on some epic comic pages:

Also, every time I see "WIP", internally I'm always going "West in peace."

J.Lovelace 2016-12-15 08:03:33 UTC #2

I have a job in which I have to move my hands a lot, 8 hours a day, from Mon to Sat, and there are times I just can't draw properly because--

Yes that, thanks Dean.

Emma 2016-12-15 08:13:05 UTC #3

How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away

Shanny8 2016-12-15 13:15:11 UTC #4

@jutawi this was my whole spring/summer while working on Ray Thunder.

MST3KFan 2016-12-15 13:32:51 UTC #5

That feeling when you realize you just committed to doing a story arc for your comic posting a page every day and you have no buffer for it...

Yep...full on insanity.

spadesart 2016-12-15 14:04:55 UTC #6

when chapter 2 is already twice as long as chapter 1 and will probably already be at about 100 pages at this point but you still add ANOTHER scene to it because it looked cool in your head and you end up pushing the page number even higher

Kayke 2016-12-15 16:00:31 UTC #7

When I'm struggling to find motivation:

After I draw all day and want to spend some relaxation time playing video games or doing a puzzle or literally anything but I can't because I have to put on my wrist brace:

KSlinger 2016-12-15 20:45:17 UTC #8

Any time anyone comes into my office:

indagold 2016-12-16 01:28:49 UTC #9

Creating comics:

Animating:

mannykat8x 2016-12-16 02:46:37 UTC #10

Dude I 100% know that feel, it's why my comics have to be split apart when I print them

VikiKuli 2016-12-16 05:23:35 UTC #11

this gif just made my day. Thank you

MST3KFan 2016-12-16 07:46:17 UTC #12

I'm going to use bits from my favorite show Mystery Science Theater 3000 to express some more pains of comic creation...

That feeling when you realize you screwed up on something you can't simply go back and fix easily...

Also, that feeling upon completing a long story arc you've been working on for almost two whole months non-stop...

And of course, when you go looking back at your older pages...

spadesart 2016-12-19 03:28:19 UTC #13

i've just drawn my favorite image ever so here's another one:

when you're writing heartwrenching emotional scenes but you also love your characters and dont want to hurt them

El_Psy_Congroo 2016-12-19 04:36:51 UTC #14

When you lose your first subscriber:

When you're writing dialogue and you're trying to give each character their own voice so they don't all sound like you:

And when you post a thank you for subscribing to someone's wall when actually they only commented on and "liked" a chapter.

I think that's enough Genie gifs for now. Even the gifs agree.