As we all know, tapastic has a recommend width of 940px. Does anyone draw there comic directly at this resolution (if you're working digitally)? Or do you draw at a much larger file size and scale down? Considering drawing at double the size, and keeping a copy of larger file for that just incase.
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Yeah i always draw at print size resolutions. Regular drawings/illustrations I draw at 8.5x11 in. As for comic pages, I draw them at 11x17 in., then scale them down to 20% when posting here on Tapastic.
Definitely draw at a larger size if you plan on reproducing/printing at any point. My pages always start at 11x17 inches, usually 300dpi or 600dpi. Then I just have smaller versions of pages saved for the web.
I've done it about the same as @oliviasstephen since page 9 of Outside the Box126, pages 270mm*390mm at 300dpi, then scaled to 700px wide for upload.
I'll have to go back and redraw those first 8 pages if I ever want to print it (but I was probably going to do it anyway sometime because I'm not too proud of them).
I always draw at 8.5x11 for pages or 4.25x22 for strips, then resize to 700px wide. 8.5x11 is standard printer paper, and 4.25x11 is the same amount of space, but with vertical panels.
I pencil my pages on A4 paper and then scan at 600dpi. The web size of my pages is currently 850x1200, but I'll probably start switching to 940 wide now that I post it here as well.
Aside from making it possible to print one day, or at least use pages/panels in a physical portfolio, working at a larger size is the only way to get the level of detail in the colouring that I'm comfortable with.
Yeah, it's best to draw your pages bigger then when you post them. I also draw my pages 11x17 at 300 dpi because I do plan on printing it!
It seems everyone has it in mind to have the work print ready from the get go.
@Wognif What made you choose a larger scale?
@VeloursRose 
I was actually following your comic on InkBlazers before I believe. Have you been looking into printers? Or are you considering Tapastic's premium program.
@oliviasstephen I personally was getting worried that saving multiple versions of a comic page would start taking a lot of space, since they tend to become heavy files. Do you use an external harddrive for your comic? same to @raintowns
@Elm I don't really recall for certain what made me decide to use a larger scale, but then again, I've always found it easier to use large resolutions than small ones for some reason. That plus the longer length allows me to save some disk space by putting more than one panel in an image rather than each image being its own panel.
I don't know print sizes, but I draw the pages is A3 size, with a 350dpi. But I post them in 840px of width for things in book format, and different width for comic strips. I don't like to make them too big for people using a desktop (like I do).
I don't do that only for possible printing, but I used a different size before, and I the lines look WAY BETTER when your canvas is bigger o-õ
Oh, as @oliviasstephen and @raintowns said, I also have smaller versions for web, and now I am posting it Tapastic, Linewebtoons and Smackjeeves, sometimes I have to save then in 3 different sizes.
Line width limit is 800px, but I like to use 840px. And smackjeeves have a 500kb(?) limit for each page. It is the part I most hate while doing webcomics x-x
Ah... I should use an external harddrive for the day my notebook decides to die >< The space is not the problem with it.
I use Dropbox and Google Drive, mostly. I had an unfortunate accident with my last external harddrive so I trust online resources more.
i actually downscaled sometimes from 900 to 750 as pictures get cut off when my window's not at full width.
I use autodesk sketchbook pro for tablet and I use the highest possible level which is 1600 x 2560.. How do I know how many Dpis or whatever is that? I just want to draw with the highest quality my software offers, though sometimes is problematic because I can only use 4 layers that way x.x|
Btw is 1600 x 2560 good enough for printing? I would assume it is since it's the highest Sketchbook let's me draw on.. Unless it has nothing to do with Dpis or whatever x.x
@DragonPena
1600 x2560 is 21.33x34.13 inches at 72 DPI which is basically lowest web resolution.
At 300 DPI which is standard resolution for printing (on Laser/Inkjet), you're looking at 5.33x 8.54 inches which smaller than A4. It is a decent size for a small comic book. However, this means if you tried to print it any bigger than that on 300DPI or higher, you'd be looking at a pixelated or blurry image.
@Elm this is a revelation to me, I always assumed that 1600 x 2560 was good enough.. So is there a way to improve the DPIs of my images that I already created in 1600 x 2560??
I really.. Really don't know anything about DPIs and stuff..
What numbers do you need to have 300 DPI or 600 DPI 3200 x 5000? What software can I use..?
I just don't like the idea that everything I have donde isn't ready to be printed..
Sorry for all the questions but I'm just a big noob lol
BTW I uploaded a picture, it doesn't look too pixelated when I zoom it in, but maybe it would look different on print?
Edit: I can't get the uploaded picture to be shown here.. So anyway, could you check the pics in my comic32 they look more or less like a comic-sized page, would it look different when printed?
You can control the DPI of your image in softwares like Photoshop and SAI (these are the only softwares I use). For me, an 11x17 inch document size @ 300 DPI is 3300x5100 pixels. An 8.5x11 inch document @ 300 DPI is 2550x3300 pixels. These are just the particular specs that I use. It varies according to your document.
