Have you had a mentor for your comic?

[azureXtwilight]

Not sure about mentor, but every time I wanted to post something I have doubts with, I'd PM @phenylketonurics Not just that, they are a great influence and their comments usually changed my perspectives about what I am doing!

[ashriott]

I don't have a mentor, but my sister is the only one I trust proof reading my work before I draw it on paper. She gives me advice on plot holes or if things don't make sense. She also helps pick out parts of my art that look weird. Essentially she's my "editor", but in other ways she is my mentor xD

[fleetinginfinity]

No mentor specifically, but the best advice we've had has come from professionals at conventions. A few in particular who are always glad to talk with us and offer advice on what we have done since the last time we spoke with them.

[XzynderVexymous]

Yes, someone did help me with the format of my comic. They helped me extremely and I'm very grateful cx.

[revisionstudios]

No, not particularly, BUT I've gotten feedback from a few professionals (also at conventions!) back when my comic was in its infancy and it was REALLY BAD writing. Bless their hearts for slogging through it and still giving me advice. It definitely helped shape us back then. I kinda wonder what they'd think if they saw my stuff now!

[Testaccount]

I've never had a mentor for my writing, but I would love to have one! Maybe in the future I will =)

[KoreanTacos]

No senpai wants to notice me... but my wife is there to stop me if a comic strip I make is going too far.

[sarrowsmith10]

I've never had a mentor. I've always really wanted one. I have, like many people, got snippets of advise from professionals at conventions but that's really it. It always bothered me as I was learning that no one wanted to give me the time of day to help me. So, now that I've learned a lot (usually the hard way, by failing) and I've published and feel pretty good about what I have created, I try really hard to help other artists. So I've done mentoring for a number of comics.

I do however have a mentor for marker and commission work. She has done work for Copic and has a bunch of how to draw manga books out. She really got me started and keeps me supplied with Markers. She taught me so much and is all around awesome. Here is her page:

Mireielle

[DiegoPalacios]

Yeah, older brothers are the best editors. I always show a page to my brother before publishing.

[phen]

Oh yo, I am always so excited when you tell me your plans for your pages and how you want certain scenes to feel, IT IS SUCH A SYMBIOSIS! I'm extremely lucky being able to take part in your work as you do in mine, you know? It's the most amazing treat~

[NanettesClouds]

So I have an open hang out and a bunch of artists have popped in there over the past few months, some of the regulars like @MinNCompany and @LordVincent have been very helpful, giving me loaaaads of advice and feedback. It's been neat being able to work with such big fish as them on a regular basis.

[Luminosophy]

Sort of. A couple years back my boyfriend (writer) and I attended a short night course at a university about comics. It was taught by a professional editor + writer who had done work for Marvel in the past. Because we took his course he offered us some free continued critiques and we caught up with him again this year at a con. He always has stuff to point out but it's great because I'm working towards him eventually saying "This is perfect". xD

He seriously helped me though. I restarted my series a couple times based on his feedback and I'm glad I did because the previous ones were just straight up hard to read. I had no idea what I was doing with panels. I'm also grateful for my illustrator friends who'll always point out egregious anatomical or perspective errors as I work on pages.

[joe_galindez]

I've had many writing teachers, but my dad was my first editor. Might seem a bit extreme to go over a five-year-old's work with a red pen, but I learned a lot. He said I should take my first draft and cut it down to half its size, then cut it down again and maybe I'd have something printworthy.

[Heliox14]

I don't have many editors, but I'd have two friends who'd read my stuff and tell me if it's good or not.

[Strontium]

I had an editor - Hannako Lambert - for chapters 2-4. However, I wouldn't call her my mentor, because we were really in a mutual editing relationship and both knew how to make a comic.

My comic mentor will always be my cartooning teacher Cheryl. She was the one who introduced me to comics. She helped me discover my art form. Although I started making my webcomic long after I had graduated from the class, she taught me the fundamentals I still hold to today. She is a wonderful teacher and I'm saving the dedication in the fourth book all for her. I still see her around and I visited the classroom a while ago to show my book to her current students. Apparently they were really into it! Cheryl is the best.

[Vanesalisa]

sadly no just me , myself and I

[sandpaperdaisy]

I've got this awesome guy I always make sure to bounce ideas off of. He's a HUGE comic book fan with an impressive collection of Indy and unique comics. He's also an artist like me but mainly focuses on guitar and writing, both of which he's AWESOME at, so since art is my main focus and writing is more secondary I'm getting his input on my writing and ideas for my upcoming long-form comic. I also like illustrating with him as the main writer. He says he thinks we compliment each other and I agree.

If you want to hear some awesome jazz, here's his page:

http://talesfromtheclarkside.com

And here's his instagram which is awesome ink drawings, comic fanboying, and guitar porn. He has some COOL guitars!!

Carl Clark (@carlclarkmusic) • Instagram photos and videos

[Aspie_Gamer]

Nope. Been flying solo with Life of an Aspie since Day 1. I've tried reaching out a while back for a mentor (art wise), bbbbuuuuuuuuttt that didn't play out the way I wanted it to. Honestly, the best thing I can really do is embrace using reference material which for the longest time I was really militant about not using because like many young artists, I fell for the lie hook line and sinker that ref material is "cheating" or that its somehow the same as "tracing".

[Puppisama]

Youtube is my mentor, I barely have met any people that are doing comics, most I've seen are too noob

[keii4ii]

The one person who could be my mentor is sadly very busy. I yearn to learn from her, but life keeps getting in the way...