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Mar 2019

Things to not do when starting your comic [or continue during]

While working upon my comic I've just realized there's a lot of mistakes I've made and I want to make sure the community can avoid those little mistakes that I've made in my comic so that they don't.

[Disclaimer: To be fair this' my first ever time working on a comic, but upon my first publish I've decided to write down these mistakes so that you can save some mistakes for yourself~!]

You can look at my comic to see what these problems look like

Number 1: I wish I didn't improvise...


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"Come ON!!! Pick a film already! You take Forer..." <---- Forer?

Already the comic has begun and there's a typo in the first thing he said. To make matters worse you can see that the lines of the text is sharper than the drawings meaning that I DREW OVER THIS AS AN EDIT... I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. You'd think that going along with the flow and fixing the mistakes as you go would work, but honestly it just makes the problems multiply~. Make sure that you know where your story is going before you start working on it. It'd be best if you prepare a script, a story board, or even a web graph to begin before starting your comic!

Number 2: You can be lazy :D... But not that lazy... D:

If you look through the comic, having the limited colour pallet honestly does look cool. It is the only thing in the comic that is good with it's laziness... However, looking at the figure above, I literally blocked out his body for absolutely NO REASON~, other than the fact I didn't feel like drawing it~. I mean I was pretty busy, but just finishing the body of this character would've prevented it from being obvious and icky to look at. If you want to be lazy, make sure you get CREATIVE N' CLEVER WITH IT (else don't do it at all~).

Number 3: What is happening!?

As an excersize look at this panel I've used in my comic... Exactly tell me what is going on?.. Come on guess? Don't be shy... [Man I really love how I constantly tell you stop reading throughout the comic, lol~.

Seriously, fundamentals of design is the ability to NOT ASSUME. That the audience know's what is happening in your comic. Trust me, if you can't read minds than what makes you think we can too~? Pretty much this

ANSWERS: Orlando (the main character) is watching his own baby videos, which is coincidentally of himself reading awful comics! Which is embarrassing to him because his friends are laughing at it?..

To be fair I feel his place, it is kind of embarrassing sharing my bad stuff to you but that's OK~...

Number 4: EADGBE

Every Amatuer Does Get Better Eventually, this' the acronym I remember for my guitar strings and my artistic ego~! Don't get started with your comic thinking it's going to be amazing in your first try, after all

when you first learned to walk I'm sure you fell...

When you first learned to draw it wasn't a Da Vinci...

Same things go for anything, especially comics. Don't be afraid of making mistakes [It's like vegetables, it tastes icky but it's good for ya, trust me~]. "Winner's don't quit so never give up".

----Ah well... That's what I got in the moment...

If you're interested I'd really appreciate if you add to your library of my comic, and await to see how it improves in the future. [It'd be doing me a favour]. If you got any other advice don't be afraid to share it below, and if any of ya'll wanna be my friend be sure to follow my instagram @Alpine.ShowTime and don't be afraid to DM me [I don't bite~]... I really would love to talk with another comic artist who's been working longer than I have [after all I just started~]

Thank you,
Possibly a Future Friend~

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Off to an interesting start, and nice write up! Some aspects of your work remind me of some of the comics @frixelkind and @niah146 make, in terms of character design, color scheme and overall aesthetic. cool stuff! I threw ya a sub, will stand by for more ;>

You have a very interesting style and it will be cool to see how it develops as you get your footing. I've thrown you a sub as well. I like ready comics that have a unique style.

I've found writing the script first is key. I still have my fair share of spelling/ grammar mistakes that I try and fix as I go, but it is a very important step especially when hand lettering!

Tapas made a quick guide book to help with this as well:

this is certainly a weird way to promo your comic, one episode and you're telling us why it's bad? gotta say though, love that newsprint aesthetic. nice color choices.

good advice my friend! :slight_smile:

ill keep these in mind :relaxed:

your comic looks good, cool colors! :grin: