I'm not progressing in my comic

[dbeirigo]

I keep rewriting again and again then I draw the comic over and over again, and never move forward, I keep second guessing my decisions, it's becoming frustrating, can anyone help me with that?

[llobucervallince]

in my case, don't overthink. but you could also ask people for opinions, analyse what part you don't like specifically. and think of different alternatives to those.

you could also pick references and check if you're doing it the way other artists would do it,

if it's similar to what they do, congratulations! you're doing it as well as them, if not, congratulations! you're being original and unique in you're way of doing things.

here's a topic on which people have been posting examples of their scripts.
https://forums.tapas.io/t/wait-hol-up-comic-maker-do-you-write-scripts-of-your-comics-before-starting/79329

[dbeirigo]

My process is like this:

Chapter 1 part 1

A round space ship flies trough space
Two triangular space ships follow
The triangular ships shoot
The round ship dodges

Inside the ship:

Jackie drinks straight from a bottle while piloting
We see kamso and Yuki as well.
Kamso: I don't think it's really right to drink now.
Jackie:relax I...I know what I'm doing
Yuki:ya don't
Jackie: shuuut...up!
Computer: you go a new client, would you like to accept?
Jackie:no we rather fucking starve stupid computer
Computer: your mom is stupid.
Jackie:I accept the client.
Jackie:thanks for the fun suckers.

The round ship enters a portal.
The portal closes.
One of the triangular ships says:fuck

We see a man holding a gun.
He says: what's your Last wish princess?
We see a woman she looks scared.
The man shoots.
A energy shield apears around the princess.
We see Yuki, kamso and Jackie.
Kamso's hand is glowing the same color as the shield.
Jackie:we...guarantee
That...that the client...
Stays alive until
They reach their destination.

Problem is that I keep changing stuff, this script is how the original ep is, but I'm redoing it so I don't know how much I should change, I'm afraid of making it worse when it's suposed to be a improvement

[UrMom]

If this is your first comic just do it? Move forward, don't look back. Like anything comics require experience to get good at them, your first project won't be a masterpiece. You will, and should, make a lot of mistakes. Just go with the flow, if you don't like your past pages than use that knowledge you've gained for your next project, or if you're dedicated to this first story then fix mistakes once you're close to finishing. If you keep going back to fix mistakes when you've only just started, all you'll do is get stuck in an unproductive loop. Is the script and pages you have now good enough to get the job done? That's all that matters, move on the to the next pages. Even if they're not up to your standards still keep going, you can learn how to get better as you go.

[dbeirigo]

It's my second story based comic but the first I didn't finish it, I have little experience at this, but the project is something I been working for years so I don't wanna ruin it

[llobucervallince]

oh yeah, I completely agree with @UrMom on this!
here's one of my first pages of my comic. and one of the latest

In less than a year I made a lot of progress in my art and how I write.
in my first script I just wrote the dialoge and actions, now I also add details like emotions, details I should add like spider webs, stuff like that.
and like I said before, don't overthink, like UrMom said. it won't be perfect at first, but as you go on, you'll feel more comfortable in different aspect of your work.

[UrMom]

Well, the great thing about fiction is you can't truly ruin a story. If you made it through the whole thing and found that you didn't like how it played out, you can consider it a first draft and either redo it, or fix what you didn't like. The whole point is to finish it first, because you never will if you keep redoing it from the beginning. The funny thing about comics is you're going to have very obvious improvement as you go, just ignore the quality of the old stuff, pretend it isn't there until you're done and can look back on it without it negatively affecting your progress.

The best experience you can get is finishing your project, and using the knowledge you've gained to do better for future stories. (Or for fixing up bits of your current project that don't work objectively for print or something. Usually webcomic creators don't doctor up their finish comics unless they want to self-publish or find a publisher.)

[dbeirigo]

One of the things I learn from my first comic is to plan things ahead, with my first comic I was making up as I went with only some vague ideas and concepts about the story.
In this one I already have a better notion of where I'm going, the major stuff is pretty much defined but I get caught up in the details

[delladz]

I like to repeat this mantra to my fellow artists out there:
The opposite of perfection is DONE

But that's a lot of what everyone else has said so far, so I'll give you another take that may help you.

The two components to "improving" is understanding where your current taste is and where your current skill is. Current skill is obvious, its how well you produce the stuff you make. Taste is basically what you can objectively "see" in your own stuff, in others, etc. For example, if you see the Mona Lisa, your taste will notice the style, the technique, objective qualities. Taste is your baseline for "What's Good" which is subjective of course, but tldr its that.

A lot of artists get stuck in that art block because as their taste grows, the skill starts to fall behind because being able to find observations and make those big brain connections is usually quicker than the ability to physically learn the techniques and understand how to execute them well/consistently. What they SEE as "good" develops faster than their ability to create "whats good"

SO TLDR; take a step back and look at what others are doing. What do you like about it? What DON'T you like about it? What are some elements about THEM that makes their story effective TO YOU? And then flip the script on yourself. What's still working for you? What isn't? Comparison is a very slippery slope, but if you tread carefully with an objective eye and patience, it will really go a long way as you grow as an artist