How big is your team — and how do you divide responsibilities?

[shovay]

Hey creators! We’re curious to hear how everyone organizes their workflow.
How many people are working on your comic, and how do you split the tasks?
Some people do everything solo, others work in pairs or full teams. How do you handle writing, art, coloring, publishing, and everything else?

We’re currently figuring out the best setup for our own project — would love to hear how you all manage it!

By the way — are you doing any promotion on Instagram?
We’re trying to grow there too and wondering how other creators approach it — do you use it mainly for art previews, behind-the-scenes, or community building?

[Red_Dog]

It's just me who works on my comic. I do it all on my lonesome.
I assume it's how it is with most people.

[conventurecomics]

I do everyting on my own.

[shovay]

had a look at your comic — and wow, huge respect for doing it all solo! The world feels intense and layered, and the visual style is beautiful: dark, textured, and full of atmosphere. The storytelling really fits the horror vibe.

Do you enjoy the creative freedom of working alone, or does it get overwhelming?
And how do you manage your time — do you plan ahead or go with the flow?

Super inspiring!

[shovay]

That’s awesome — mad respect for doing it all solo! It’s a huge amount of work.
Do you find it helps you stay fully in control creatively, or do you ever wish for a teammate?

[Leyelle]

i'm the only one working on my comic so I do the whole thing myself. I use Instagram to promote my work as a whole, so I share art, WIPS from my comic, covers for my novels, etc.

[Red_Dog]

Thanks for complements.

I do enjoy the creative freedom where the only thing I have to argue with is my inner critic.
I'd say if you have any friends who you trust to be honest with you, you can asked them for some feedback on your work.

Does it get overwhelming? Not often, but sometimes I do need to take a break.

I do plan ahead, but only somewhat, but probably not as much as I should.

The best advice I got is that if you wanna start a comic then start.

[shovay]

That’s seriously impressive — doing it all solo and keeping up with promotion takes real dedication! We'd love to check out your work — could you share your Instagram link?

Here’s ours, by the way: https://www.instagram.com/joyfulnib
— feel free to take a look! We’d really appreciate any feedback or support

[shovay]

Thank you for sharing that — it really resonates!

We’ve definitely had moments of overthinking before starting. At some point we just decided to go for it, even if things weren’t perfect yet. That first step really unlocked a lot for us.

We're a small team, so having someone to bounce ideas off helps fight the inner critic — but yeah, that voice is still always there

Taking breaks is something we’re learning to respect too — the long game matters more than constant output.

Your approach is inspiring. It’s great to hear how others manage the ups and downs creatively. Thanks again for the thoughtful reply!

[enderdragon]

I do everything myself. My projects are written and illustrated entirely by me.

If I ever did want a teammate or another person working on my project, I'd want it to be an illustrator or someone better at art than me. My primary forte is writing and conceptual stuff, but my drawing skills are more limited so I resort to using very cartoony and non-realistic art styles. Sometimes I wish I had some sort of help with the illustrations, but since I don't, I have to do the writing AND the art all by myself.

[Leyelle]

https://www.instagram.com/leyellethecreator/

[shovay]

Love the vibe of your page — your characters have such distinct personalities, and it’s cool how each one feels like they comes from their own little world.
I especially liked the softness in the "Citrus" and "Rattar" pieces — the color choices are gentle but expressive. And your OC sketches feel really personal, like there's a story behind each one.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work — do you plan to develop any of these OCs into full stories?

Here’s ours, by the way: @joyfulnib — feel free to take a look! We’d really appreciate any feedback or support
https://www.instagram.com/joyful_nib/

[shovay]

I do everything myself. My projects are written and illustrated entirely by me.

If I ever did want a teammate or another person working on my project, I'd want it to be an illustrator or someone better at art than me. My primary forte is writing and conceptual stuff, but my drawing skills are more limited so I resort to using very cartoony and non-realistic art styles. Sometimes I wish I had some sort of help with the illustrations, but since I don't, I have to do the writing AND the art all by myself.

Makes sense — your storytelling really carries the work. And honestly, the style fits well!
If you ever team up with an artist, that could be an amazing combo — but you're doing great as is.

If you're ever open to it, maybe you could look for a collaborator through comic forums or art communities — lots of artists are looking for writers to team up with. Could be a great way to bring your vision to life with stronger visuals.

[BoomerZ]

Think you'll find most people here do everything themselves. So we are the writers and artist of our own stories and not a team of people. In my situation I like just doing it all myself, I find it easier. Plus I'm not getting paid so I won't ask anyone to do anything for free.

[ArtGremlin]

I do everything myself, but I’m not sure what I would want a teammate to do even if I had one I want to write the story, draw the characters, and color them, so idk maybe a background artist? Probably not. I want to learn how to make backgrounds myself. Maybe just having someone to bounce my ideas off of would be enough. Whenever I talk to my sister or my friend about my stories they sometimes give me good ideas that have made my stories what they are today.

Of course if someday I had the opportunity to make a tv show or something big I would definitely need a team to make that happen. But for my current projects I’ll do better by myself. Besides, the people with the right skill level for me to want to work with would probably be adults, and I’m still a minor. So it would feel kind of awkward for me to lead the project.

[Leyelle]

Thank you. Many of those OCs already have stories ."Kattar" (it's not an r, my hand writing is weird) is the male lead of my novel "Damsel in the Red Dress" which is available here on tapas. Texas and Chili are from my comic strip "Sketchy Business" also here on tapas. Some of the other characters are for upcoming projects, and others are random OCs who may be included in something some day, but nothing is set in stone for them yet.

[moontokkym]

I'm also on my own for my personal tapas comic, but I'm also paid to be on a team as a storyboarder, sketch artist and lineartist, and there's about 5 of us on the project, so it's quite a big team for a comic. The solo one is a huge amount of work and I have self published in hardback form and the crowdfunding for that was one of the hardest things I've ever done because I'm really bad at self promo and get easily overwhelmed. Like I know my art speaks for itself a lot so I put a lot of my energy into actually making the art and forget the promo.

From the workflows I've seen teams are usually organised by specialities and skills, so here's a couple of options for typical team jobs:

1) Divide by production step:
- Writer
- Storyboarder
- Sketch artist
- Line artist
- Colourist
- Letterer

2) Divide by speciality
- Writer/Storyboarder
- Character sketch and line artist
- Decor sketch and line artist
- Colourist
- Letterer

Some of these jobs can be fused or adapted, like I'm not the best at backgrounds and in my personal comics my backgrounds actually have no lineart, but I'm fast to line so I work well as the liner on the team I'm on. Also the writer even if they're not an artist can be the first storyboarder and then give that over to the sketch artist to do a kind of "second storyboard" with an artist's eyes. Basically work out who you've got and play to everyone's strengths.

Sidenote: the bigger the team the more "organising the team" becomes a full on job in itself, so once you have over 4 people in there it's a good idea to cut some slack to the person who's organising the team and deadlines and stuff because that takes up way more time than you'd think. Over 5 and i think it's worth it to bring on a dedicated organiser if you can.

[KevinReijnders]

I think you'll find most people here are doing a solo project, including myself.
After all, this is mostly just an unpaid hobby for most. A thing we do out of passion, not for monetary gain.

[Oriflamme]

It’s me and my editor, who’s actually just my mom. In exchange for calling her regularly, she corrects all of my mistakes, gives me a second opinion on creative decisions, and makes sure what I write makes sense.

[kyupol]

I'm a one man army. Like in solo leveling.