How long does it take you to fully draw a page?

[BarBarKetrab]

I know that these kind of topics have been done to death many times on this forum, but it's still really fun listening to the huge variety of answers that come with them.

So, exactly as it says on the tin, around how much time does it take you to fully finish one comic page?

[BarBarKetrab]

For me, it usually takes anywhere from 1.5-3 hours to fully finish drawing one page of my series, with the average being 2.5 hours.

[kaetana]

It's been a while since I timed it so it may have changed, and it varies a fair amount depending on the detail and number of panels on the page. But my average tends to be around 10 hours per page. Wish I could do it faster but I haven't found a way to do that while keeping the pages looking the way I want, so oh well haha.

[DreamyPastel]

I only post one page per week, mostly due to time constraints. Though I'd say it takes me around 1-2 hours total for each page. It takes longer the more characters there are in a page (which means more shading for me). Shading overall takes up the majority of that time rip. I always appreciate when I can have 1 - 4 panel pages those don't take long at all haha

[Scarlet_Cryptid]

.... hehehe. Uh.

14 hours on the low end.

Yay traditional art...

[maseba]

Like 9 hours in color

[Ranty-cat]

You guys are experts and quick. It takes me couple of hours just to draw one character lol

[Bokyongyo]

As I've gotten further along in posting comics it has gotten quicker from where I first started.

I'd say, ignoring things like rough thumb nailing, it takes me around 9-10 hours approx for one completed page. Of course not in one sitting, I usually chop this up in between two days. This is also ignoring stuff like digital clean up after the page is done traditionally.

[Kittyfox]

It used to take around 1-2 hours for me to get a page done, but now it takes around 6-8 lol
and that's just the procreate recorded time

[FafasMcMelt]

3-4 days
so around 20 hours i think

[monochrome0M394]

hmm 3 hours. but if i decided to add more background details (like the one i did in my comic) then it will take longer. and yeah i will probably add more background if i focus on that

[BlairFujin]

3-4 hours, depends on how well I can focus

[Legendofgenii]

Lol! Takes me hours just to do one panel.

Hats off to those who work so quickly.

[thecrystalrook]

Probably about 3 hours to draw, ink and color

[Caro]

I draw traditionally but color digitally.
My dumb daily lil 6 panel comics take anywhere between 1 1/2- 2 1/2 hours sometimes 3 and my other comic can usually take me 2 to 4 hours. So between those two if I were to start and finish a page or two of both of them thats amounts to a full work day for me.

[Rocksteady_Comics]

Probably around eight hours, I think. It varies depending on how complex the page is.

[TheDoublekey]

Takes me about one or two days to do a whole page. Yeah, I'm slow as heck.

[Llyrel]

It... depends on the page, really pages featuring 5-6 panels with simple backgrounds usually take me around 5-7 hours to make, but the last few pages of my current chapter feature quite a bunch of different sceneries and more panels than usual and are taking me from 10 to 13+ hours to make D: and that's without even counting the additional Photoshop edits and/or the lettering part!

[MeltingCORE]

About 2-3 days for mine! I insist on doing full-color because purty.

[Rhonder]

Man, I'm not too sure anymore The last time I did a pseudo time test was in 2019, and I think the pages took about 8-12 hours at that time iirc.

My more recent comic was vertical format with more panels so I'm not sure how it factors in too well. I think those were taking like... 2 months-ish in 8 2 hour sessions per month to make 20-25 panels? 8x2 = 16 hours per episode, 20ish panels / 5 panels per page average = 4 pages. 16 hours / 4 "pages = 4 hours per "page"?

That sounds incorrect I think my next project will be page format again so I'll have to do a proper timing later this year.