First comic hate

[SpavVy]

Thank you! I actually was inspired by Hellsing, which as we all know is an older series.
I was inspired by Black Rock Shooter and Baccano as well along with Shirow Miwa's art.
I don't get why people get so judgey about style anyway especially if it's "not with the new times"

[getsuart]

Maybe because they think it's "too much seen" and "not creative anymore" ? Or something like this. Not that i agree with them, actually, the tiny nose looks very generic to me !

[Erena]

Seriously??? Lmfao I can't believe the nerve of that guy. Everybody has their own style and the whole point is that you want to find what makes your art look unique, not the same as the rest. Besides, I don't see why you can't bring back the "older anime" look, I actually find it nice to look at for a change. I kinda get the feeling that this guy doesn't really draw that much, and if he does, he's probably only drawn anime/manga.

[gateofselidor]

Even as a fan of older anime, I can actually understand why a judge for a Shounen Jump contest would say that. For a big magazine like that, having material that is fashionable and current is important for maintaining current readership and attracting new readers. Shounen Jump houses a fairly narrow range of comics in terms of both narrative and art style, so there are a lot of comics out there that regardless of quality just don't fit into their vision. It's a shame when readers, even in the webcomics community, have the same sort of negative reaction towards seemingly dated art styles.

[scullpanda]

@fanyart
Live action role playing and yes I am enjoying making my comic

[Erena]

So making a tiny nose somehow makes it more creative? LOL XD If people actually start to think with that logic, it makes me wonder how manga will look 10 years from now

[scottwuming]

@kurapikasuki I didn't like that site's community too. Everybody was so fixed on self-promoting that they'd forgotten they've already spammed my page just a few hours ago. It was even clearly written on my page that I am not fond of shoujo but to my surprise, almost all of the self-promoted comics were shoujo. I left because the mods looked like they're not doing anything about these. So yeah, if in my inactive account I get people like that then what more for those who are active. I pretty much guessed that's what's happening among the top creators.

@Savannah A suggestion is fine but to tell you you should draw a different style for your nose is something else. o_o

I remember something that happened to a friend. My friend found an amazing artist on Facebook so she shared it with us. [see our conversation on the photo. Red is the artist. Green is myself. Blue is my friend.] Clearly this artist is only about skill and has more other issues to deal with. ^^; After a few minutes, she deleted my friend's post. LOL What a sport, really. Let us not be like this person. I'm honestly tempted to reveal their name though. HEHE

ps. My friend has now greatly improved and she has found her niche! I'm so proud of her!

[scullpanda]

I don't get how tiny noses would make anything less or more its just tinier and a nose

[SpavVy]

He does draw and I have talked to him a lot, the thing is he's never had a positive outlook on things, he's more into the painted style like sakimichan's which is a mix between anime and realistic.

[ErithEl]

@joannekwan I hope you don't get any hate for your comics. I can safely say I'm not alone in my thorough enjoyment of Demon House (seriously, check it out!)

To everyone else who has actually experienced hate in regards to their comics, I'm so sorry. I honestly think some people just wake up in the morning and say to themselves: "What can I do to make a perfect stranger miserable today?"

I have yet to receive any hate for Burning Bright (although I haven't checked my notifications today, so who knows Haha!). I have a feeling it will start to roll in once certain plot points happen later on...

As of right now, I believe that the universe holds some sort of balance to it, and since I receive so much annoyance and hate in my job everyday (if you can help it, do not work retail!), it looks at my life and says "weeeelllll...let's cut her some slack on the creative front. We don't want to be THAT cruel!"

[PotooGryphon]

Hmmm, the few negative commenters I've had, I've eventually switched them into fans. Maybe it's the way their comments don't phase me, we end up having good conversations with one another, they start liking me as a person, and following my comic as a way to hang out? Maybe? lol idk

Basically, I roll with the punches. If I were to get something that was pure venomous hate (I never have yet), I'd delete the comment and carry on unphase. Little jabs and pokes at art/writing are easy enough to make a small joke back, maybe a silly pun, and carry on.

Main thing is to not let it get to you. Our comics can't appeal to everyone and that's ok, there are plenty of other people out their that'll appreciate what you're posting. Also there are a lot of people online that talk in sarcasm, and by not taking each comment personally you run less of a risk in misinterpreting a sarcastic poke for a negative comment.

One time at a convention, I had a father and his about 8-9 yr old son come up to the table. His son loved the look of our comic and wanted to buy an issue. The father read the first page and asked, "This character's name is Plague? How am I suppose to explain what that means to my son?"

lol He didn't buy the book that day, they left and next year we crossed paths again at the same convention. The son still wanted our book, and the father read another page and asked the now about 9-10 yr old son, "Heirloom? Do you even know what that word means?" The son sheepishly said, "No..." then the father asked me again, "How am I suppose to explain this to my son?" I answered, this time, enthusiastically, "It'll give you a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with him, learning something new." The son looked up excitedly, and the father bought our graphic novel.

My pro tip: Be kind. Be positive. Be thoughtful. And don't let things bug you.

[brunoharm3]

I've only been doing this since January, so I'm sure it's coming, but so far , the criticism has been pretty constructive. One person told me they didn't like Bruno's eyes. I wasn't sure how to feel about that. I'm trying to tweek out my own look for this comic and the half-cartoony eyes are part of that. Most of the flack I got was for bad line quality due to me not knowing how to use photoshop. But I have improved by leaps and bounds, and I don't seem to get those complaints anymore.

[Jrej]

Crazy people are everywhere!

[hades]

I don't think I've received any flat out HATE directly or at least that I've been told of/seen regarding my comics. But I have been through a few fun instances over the years.

• Complaints that I didn't have enough gay sex or I was taking too long to introduce the gay romance. This was before it was even implied that the main character was homosexual and that there would be any romance in the plot whatsoever.
• Told that my comic would only be successful due to it having a canon gay couple even though I constantly enforced that it was only a background information and had nothing to do with the actual plot of the story.
• Asked if I was into furry fetish porn due to having characters that are anthromorphic.
• Poked fun of for not currently being skilled at backgrounds even though it was when I was still learning how to even draw comics and trying as much as I was able. Then later told a year later that I was good at backdrops and I wanted to smack them. xD
• Told no one would be interested in my series when I mentioned that few characters are reoccurring through out it and deemed foolish before I could fully explain as to WHY the series was that way.
• My plot was too dark compared to my art style.
• That I wouldn't be a good writer due to not constantly reading books? Even though I tried to explain that I have a reading disorder that makes it difficult for me to read novels.
• That I am disgracing comics for taking techniques from film and animation and applying it to my work????? That was a really strange one.

I've prooooobably had more but I can't remember them off the top of my head. THOUGH I've received much more positive feedback and I much rather focus on them.<3

[ratique]

Holy crap, so many horrible convention stories! I somehow expected more hate mail/comments than actual people walking up to a booth and starting to rant. Now I am a bit scared of my first convention. Even though it is pretty hard to mess with me nowadays, but I just really would not want to deal with that (Reminds me too much of my past as Barista).

he froze and said "I'm a professional graphic designer/illustrator AND a teacher at [another videogame] school".

Man, I totally want that guy to be my teacher... not.

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I myself have never experienced hate against myself and my art yet. Criticism yes, but nothing I would consider hate.

[EiraQueenofSnow]

On a different site I posted Bento Battle my comic and like five pages in someone decided to comment to tell me that my art was terrible and that the story was bad. I took a screen capture of it and showed people because I thought it was a little funny.

I did delete the comment though because I just don't have time for non constructive criticism. /=
Still kinda makes me laugh a little though, also makes me feel a little bad too. >///<;;;;;

[Erena]

Hey, I'm subscribed to your story on smackjeeves! I'm new here too :3 I can't believe someone said that, your art is amazing, I'm envious!!! I can see how much hard work you put into it. I don't believe I ever commented on your story before (shame on me for just lurking around) but keep up the great work! It's very cute! <3

[EiraQueenofSnow]

@Erena You just made my day. >/////< Thank you so much. I like to think I draw really well but sometimes I get nervous about my skills and It was like the first comment I got on the comic so for a while I got really upset that I was ruining my sister's story (I'm the one who nagged her into writing it ^^;;;) But then I was like well I can draw places so I think I'm at least okay at drawing.

You don't have to ever comment, but if you do I'd love to talk with you(or anyone but you seem nice). >/////<

[Delete]

This happened to me a couple days ago

Haters gonna hate.
I think I got off easy. Seems like other people had worse experiences. I mean, what kind of random person unhelpfully berates somebody's art in person at a convention, internet or any other place? That's super rude. If somebody ever dissed my art in person, I'd probably end up fighting them (don't worry, I do martial arts. KI-YAH!).

But if anybody has the courage to put their work up on display for the world to see, that is way more impressive than anything a hater/critic can ever do.

[AnnaLandin]

Holy crap, so many horrible convention stories! I somehow expected more hate mail/comments than actual people walking up to a booth and starting to rant. Now I am a bit scared of my first convention. Even though it is pretty hard to mess with me nowadays, but I just really would not want to deal with that (Reminds me too much of my past as Barista).

I'd like to point out that 99% of the people I've met at cons have been perfectly lovely and wonderful! So far, sword-guy is the only one who has been rude regarding my comics (and like I said, I'm told he has some sort of Aspberger's, and therefore has a very hard time picking up social cues) - almost everyone else has been really kind and welcoming and enthusiastic!

As long as you stand up straight and smile at people, they'll be smiling right back!

This particular con just seemed to be a little cursed for me; I had a really bad cold, with a high fever and a runny nose, there was sword-guy who came by several times, the number of visitors was fairly low in general, and then my table-mate and I got to finish up one of the days by talking to a snooty big-city couple who, random and unprompted, decided to start a conversation about how people living in small towns or out in the countryside are hopelessly backwards homophobes and racists, and we should probably just give up on them altogether. :T My table-mate and I are both from small towns/the countryside. Neither one of us is homophobic or racist. I was literally selling an anthology of lesbian lovestories. It was a very weird conversation.

On the bright side, I met a LOT of other very nice people, and the people tabling on either side of us were super-friendly and supportive, and I managed to cover my costs for the con despite the low visitor-numbers. Even a bad con has its bright sides!