Is my comic art good enough to bring to a convention?

[Azureheim]

I've been working every day to learn the ins and outs of CSP, and practicing my art in general.
I know 100% I'm going to have to rework my older pages before I print anything to present to anyone. I would like your critique, though. on my most recent pages.

I ask this because a. I want to estimate how many pages i'll need to rework before printing, and b. I'd like to gauge how close I am to being presentable in a print format. So here are three of my most recent pages.

Also, in the chance that someone who enjoys my comic doesn't want things spoiled, SPOILERS AHEAD.

[Kaydreamer]

If you have a convention coming up, just do a small print run with whatever you have prepared and see how you go! I doubt I'll have of my early pages refreshed in time for the June/July convention here, but I intend to have a small inventory of my comic, up to the first major location change.

After all, authors change things in later editions of their work all the time. You can save the polish for the second edition.

[Puck]

I like that the characters look consistent, well done
the text is readable and you chose a good font
the lineart looks clean

here are some things which can be done better:
-there are only close ups, there is no full body shot, panel 2 is the best because there
you show one character in the back and one in the foreground
-the background is too limitied
-the panels are too full, everything is close up, the panels and characters are
squeezed in, it would be better when the panels had some space

[Azureheim]

Ah thank you!
Now that you point it out, things are pretty close. I'm still working on my background skills, so it might be time to put some hard focus on perspectives and further-back shots.

I'm also exhausted and may just need to take a break, since I feel like maybe the close up shots were me being too tired to draw out big shots haha. I'll probably be redoing these three pages with that in mind, I appreciate it.

[Puck]

Modelling, tracing + changing backgrounds is a good way to solve that problem with the background skills.
A little bit of background can change the whole impression

[Azureheim]

Hey, so I redid one of the pages, and I wanted to see if this version was better

[Puck]

way better my friend. that took your comic to another level in my opinion

[thirdly]

Don't get wrapped up in your current level because every time you turn around, you'll realize you've improved and will find flaws in your older work. Go for the experience of running a convention booth or exchanging tips with other artists. Bookmarks, magnets, and pins. Keychains.

[Mallory]

Honestly I've tabled next to a guy who drew professional art (think like, the kind of art you'd see in a big Image Comic title) who was selling art from his comic and made no sales over a 3-day convention so... It's less about the quality of your art and more about how good of a fit the convention is for your product, and how good you are at selling it. This was at an anime convention, and one particularly known for having lots of fan art in the artist alley (and the cheaper, the better), so there weren't a lot of buyers of original content there to begin with - and especially not for art that wasn't manga-style. I don't even want to say he was bad at selling his product, I just don't think he had a chance to being with.

Don't expect to make more than a few bucks your first few times and use it as a networking/scoping out/having fun opportunity.

[Bokyongyo]

In reference to your first example Bouncing off what others have said I do like your style, but I think to push the work up a notch try varying how characters are represented in each panel.

So you have a headshot in one? Try doing a behind the shoulder shot in another, of course every panel don't need to be a huge difference but just those little changes between each can go along way from not only improving as a artist but also improving the viewer's experience when they actually scroll through and read your comic.

Regarding the second image, that's a solid improvement, and much more enjoyable to look at (even though both aren't lackluster in any means).

Great work