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parceeena
Jun '17

Does anyone have the problem of drawing a page in your regular style then on the next page shifts into a different style? If so, how did you overcome the problem? Thanks in advance for your help

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Mocha
Jun '17

Yeah I have the same problem. I sort of have three main different art styles that I regularly use so the way I got around this was consciously choosing to stick to only two art styles for a comic. Then what I'd do is use my more simplified style for the majority of the comic (mainly using it for calm or comedic panels/pages) and then I'd only use my more detailed style for more serious parts of the comic or just for dramatic effect. I also found this helped me draw pages faster since I only used a detailed style when a scene needed it instead of the entire comic.

Muffin
Jun '17

Well keep in mind that the more you practice the better you become and that makes your old pages look outdated. That happens with everyone including pro comic artist .

Now, as far as the style change between pages that comes with practice as well. It's no big deal making your characters a tad different between pages as long as they are still recognisable. With practice you'll notice that you become more consistent :wink: you are not the only one struggling with inconsistent art, happens with everyone :wink:

Evan
Jun '17

No, I've managed to keep my style consistient throughout the whole year.

My secret is:
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V

Rueleer
Jun '17

Tbh, it's largely just a matter of practice. :'D The reason our styles tend to be inconsistent at the beginning is because we're still trying to figure out the 'right' way we want to express things on the page, like faces, hair, basically anything.

As we get more used to how we like to represent certain things in our art, the more we solidify our style.

Personally, the first two pages of my comic, I literally drew half in vectors since I couldn't figure out what I wanted them to look like (or how to get the look I wanted \D).

Thankfully, I'm getting better, but I'm still pretty far from having 'consistent art'. You just gotta bear through it, and keep in mind the proportions you want for your characters. Use a reference/model sheet if you have to~

Good luck~~

LeoDormouse
Jun '17

I'm not really a comic artist, but as someone who draws a lot, I think changing art style is to be expected. Most of the time, the style settles when you have found the one that feels the most natural to you.
It can be frustrating to see that happening when you want to work on a project consistently. I believe it is better to see is as a mark of your own improvement than a default of your skills :slight_smile:
As long as your characters stay recognisable, your style changes should be bearable !

parceeena
Jun '17

Thanks to everyone who replied :slight_smile: I guess it all boils down to practice. Good luck to your art journey as well!

NickRowler
Jun '17

I tend to use previous pages as references. I never had a dramatic style shift from page to page however, there is a subtle shift over the course of drawing the series for several years.

Overlord_Thundersnow
Jun '17

BIG TIME!

My style constantly veers between comic and realistic.

I am finally sitting down though to nail down character sheets that I'll crop down and cram onto an 8x11 sheet of paper to stick in my sketchbook.

parceeena
Jun '17

Hahaha! I'm Posting it on the wall. It kinda gives me the animator feels :grin:

shiftingverses
Jun '17

My main issue is colouring style, sometimes I go in with a more painterly brush for certain things, but most of my colouring is bold and simple. I don't think it looks that bad here and there, and certainly a lot of older comics I'm inspired by (Watchmen, Sandman etc) do this. Especially when you look at old DC/Vertigo comics like Sandman or Swamp Thing, which had two or three artists on some early issues, so you'd spot a difference in style between pages. However these are still fantastic comics and it feels relatively consistent (less so with early Sandman).

I guess the big test is - "Does it still read well and look good?"

gpyrus
Jun '17

It does happen to me as well but I try to see it as a good thing since I prefer evolution in style over the alternative. But yet, I don't consider my comic to depend on uniformity to work and consider the whole thing as an exercise of sort. I think that to be able to deliver consistence, you must necessarily use a great deal of restraint.

parceeena
Jun '17

Hahaha I thought was the only one. Good Luck to you buddy :slight_smile: We'll get over this