Mine was about 5-6 months maybe a little bit more. You do have deadlines. Chances are if your favourite artist is on "hiatus" they are actually working at the exact same pace as during non-hiatus season. Sometimes it's cause we are building up a backlog, sometimes we might need to organise or discuss other things regarding the comic. We do get breaks here and there but not really more than a couple weeks unless there's an issue that's come up in our own lives, which could totally be the case! Usually though, it just takes a really long time to draw hahah.
Any tips on gaining viewership on Webtoon Canvas? Kinda having trouble over there at the moment....
I've always said this, but it really depends on your goals. If your goal is to get "big" on Canvas, or webcomic websites in general like Tapas as well, you're probably going to need to take a very different approach to if your goal for the comic is to make an art piece. That's not to say these two are mutually exclusive, it is possible, but again, your priorities will be different.
If you want to be big/gain viewership, common factors are choosing to do a comic with relatable and high demand topics. Romance is always in, cute/handsome main characters are always in. Drama is always in. Comedy is always in. Pretty, Korean/asian style art that is coloured nicely is in. Regular and very frequent posts (once a week preferably, once every 2 weeks acceptable but probably no less than that).
Anything more "indie" in genre and look is going to have a harder time getting traction. There are plenty of amazing, artistic and emotional deep comics I love and many people enjoy, but there's a reason why one is called indie and one is called mainstream. People like reading the same kinda thing over and over again. You can take many of those mainstream elements and add that into your comic, but yeah, It kinda really depends on where your priorities are.
Feel free to let me know if you know which way your prefer and if you want more in depth explanation, but that pretty much sums it up.
How did it feel to get the email from Webtoon saying they wanted to feature you? (also i wanted to confirm whether it's true that editors are the ones that contact creators when they get featured hehe)
I actually think I blanked. I had to read the email 7 times cause I thought I was reading it wrong hahaha. Mine was a weird situation because it was in the middle of a chain of emails I had been having with someone at webtoons (not an editor) and the Head of Content.... we stopped emailing for like months, so many months, and then suddenly the Head of Content replied and was like... you wanna pitch your comic to us to be featured?
It was so out of left field hahaha. So I actually don't know if editors contact the creators.... I didn't ask any of my friends. I assume so???
Lastly, what are your favorite Webtoons atm? For me I really like Muted, Suitor Armor, and Brimstone and Roses - those got to be my top three, haha.
I'm more of an All Time Favourite, kind of person over a current favourites. So in general my favs are: Your Letter, Amongst Us, Little Rain and Bastard.