*How Do I Get More SUBSCRIBERS?!*

[dylangandune]

thank you so much for all the advice...
this really is a good example on why Tapastic is so great...

thank you all,

dylpdx

[zwebb90]

yeah i wish i had the answer to that one, i read all the replies to your question and for the most part, they're all the same things anyone can really tell you "be active in the community and upload consistently" which like i said is really the only advice to give. but then again i see a random comics pop up with 3 or 4 pages, that in the first 2 days get 15K views and 2.5K subscribers....and i really have to wonder how it happens so often, you dont just meet and become friends with 2.5k+ followers like that, i do tend to wonder if there is something to all of this i'm not being told. haha ok ok.. well anyways my advice to you would be to do what everyone keeps saying i guess, be active and keep uploading and keep your chin up and all of that.....

[heterodont]

i see a random comics pop up with 3 or 4 pages, that in the first 2 days get 15K views and 2.5K subscribers....and i really have to wonder how it happens so often, you dont just meet and become friends with 2.5k+ followers

Sometimes, the people behind those comics already have a huge following on a different website (or the comic's own website) prior to uploading the comic to Tapastic! I know that that was the case with GaMERCaT, for a specific example. There's also another comic that was uploaded to tapastic who got like 200+ subs on the day the artist uploaded it, but that was because they have a sizeable following on tumblr who was interested & waiting for them to upload their comic : p

But yeah, patience is a virtue - especially in the webcomic world.

[zwebb90]

yeah that would make a lot of sense, i had also considered that, i guess the thought of having that many followers just boggles my brain, but then again everyone must have felt that way at one point

[dylangandune]

so, i got to working on this...
let me know what you think of this....a little more eye-catching?

http://tapastic.com/series/drawling-moment

i changed up the banner while i was at it....colour even
=)

[dylangandune]

i'm going to work on maybe re-lettering and/or finding/making a good font...i'm not very good with typography and i prefer to "draw" my lettering....the bad thing, digital drawing distorts my normally descent handwriting....it's not beautiful by any stretch, but using a stylus on a digital drawing tablet sure leaves a lot to be desired....yuk...
working on it....any advise on what fonts are decent? i'm no good with picking fonts...i just went and found a ton of them....hopefully i picked a couple good ones....

thanks for the advice and criticizm....i'm working to make my stories into realities....

[Noglastiaa]

Oh yeh! Thats much more eye catching!! I hope you'll be able to draw in more subscribers now

[joannekwan]

Most of the fonts on Blambot are pretty decent, and a lot of them are free!

[shazzbaa]

I hand-letter digitally, and I have to zoom WAY in to get clean lettering. Like 600-700% zoom!

But as far as good fonts, I second the Blambot recommendation --- I'm particularly fond of Ashcan, which is mixed case and seems like it might be a good fit for your indie-ish style!

here's what it looks like on one of your pages:

[dylangandune]

thank you so much
things that i've been meaning to do and just keep running out of time

thank you

[dylangandune]

i actually just re-lettered that one last night....slightly different font....
i'll post it for you later on

thanks for the kind words/advise

[Luie]

But as far as good fonts, I second the Blambot recommendation

I third it now that you've led me too it. I could read those font alphabets for days.

[dylangandune]

I was on Font Squirrel
there's some good stuff on there that I may try

[Noglastiaa]

Hey your comic was treading!!

[dylangandune]

hey thanks for the fyi
awesome to see that

[Tentakustar]

Everyone pretty much gave some pretty awesome advice. definitely want to add though is don't let the amount of years it takes daunt you from wanting to get out whatever it is out of your webcomic. I think definitely writing down small goals you've done for your comic would help out a lot. regardless if its just simply updating. because at the end of the year you could look back and reflect on it. ( do this with subscrbers too if you want to) if you'd like to it every month. almost like keeping a sort of database i guess. it might sound complicated, but I think it could work especially since it can be really hard to see where you stand and when it feels like no one is reading or paying any attention to your webcomic.

but regardless I think subscribers will always come. just very, very slowly. and that's where you'll have to be really, really patient. like everyone else said. keep grinding it out and pretty much just be awesome at what you do.:)

[dylangandune]

thank you...like you said, everyone has given some great advice...i've been doing comics for a little while....going to comic conventions trying to sell my printed goods...it's hard to sell comics at a comic show these days...i'm just trying to gain enough of a following that when i'm at a comic con, maybe there's a chance that someone is there that knows who i am....other than the other artists...i got a little spoiled with drawling moments...pretty much the first couple months i did it got a lot of subs and views...and then it kindof tapered off....i started out with one a week because i knew i could do it....then i bumped it up to 2...now i'm doing 3...with some success...i noticed when i did INKtober in Oct and i was posting everyday, i got alot of eyeballs...i'm just too busy to do daily...as much as i want to...this forum has really sparked something though....i'm feeling very inspired....
so off to the drawing board...
TO COMICS!

[whovianandwriting]

I've been working really hard on Hall of Heroes (my comic), and yet it only has 2 subscibers. I don't know how to get more, even though I always ask for reads.
PLEASE HELP!!!

[skads7]

Well, it´s complicated, but not imposssible, keep drawing. Try to comment other people works, make fanarts to make you known, have a deviantart, suscribe your work to groups... be patient!

I know how hard can this be sometimes dude. I´ll take a watch your and make some comments, keep it up.

[okellymx]

Don't just be a creator be a reader as well. Make sure you participate in the forums and other social media sites, makes sure your comic is linked in your profile in the forums and other sites. It takes time, your comic hasn't been up for a month yet. Worry about making a good comic instead of getting more subscribers, don't forget to advertise in appropriate places.