This was a big one for me too. I should have researched first.
ooooh this one XD such a rookie mistake I remember my first painted drawing I used that like it made the art look so professional :'D
Drawing on white.
It's so much easier to draw on a darker background (maybe it's just for me. Try it out 
And then the result was just plain dirty.
Ohhhh the memories. I'm glad to share it with someone else. 
I literally had a model sheet just for color reference - which was pretty annoying to open whenever I needed - without knowing that my art program has a little palette where you can add colors. Felt really stupid back then 
Oh... I still have no clue. Darn it. 
Yeah i didn't know that either so don't feel bad, lol. Now I have a pallet for a future color comic. Lucky my comic is in black and white so I don't think anyone noticed that sometimes people where darker on promo color art.
Not bothering to learn the shortcuts for my illustrator program
Uploading comics without using preview
Eating something messy near my sketch pad - but I'll never learn from this delicious mistake.
I like this.
My mistakes so far.
1. Not setting a buffer. Because of that Chapter 4 of Background People was put WAYYY too far. I was supposed to be done during September, and now it's October, so...facepalm. It's coming out today, I promise!
2. I rushed a few bits of Chapter 4, and it came out kinda hurried for me. I guess try to take your time, even though your subs are slowly dying?
3. Don't use YT while writing. It distracts you further from the job. Trust me, I've tried.
Hope this helps!!
My biggest mistakes... well...
- making stories from the first idea that poped out of my head for each episodes
- forgot about important details that must shown in one episode
- suddenly the story become dark and edgy because i drag the arc too long, it's hard to come back from it
- never consider to create Logline first
thats my mistakes when i created comic in Indonesian server (Webtoon), i wish i wont repeat the same mistake here
My mistakes so far:
- Not drawing regularly (longer breaks means changes in art style for me and so Remember1 looks a little... jumpy in that respect)
- No buffer pages! @_@
- If you want to print it, don't put speech bubbles TOO close to the page border, also remember the 3mm trimming around a page!
- it's no shame to do some research when you don't know how something looks, better than just improvising and ending up with something definitely wrong XD
- Building up a readership takes time. Don't let yourself get frustrated, if you stick to your comic, you WILL gain readers over time
- You won't be able to make a living from your art that easily. As said above, it takes time and patience - and for the time being another source of money.
- HAVE FUN DRAWING! Because if you don't have fun, people cann see/feel that when they are looking at your pages and they perceive them as sort of "lifeless" and - what's worse - "loveless". Always enjoy what you are doing, even if you are running late. Bad time management does not justify bad quality!
...just my 5ct to the topic =)
I don't know...I never tried to do a logline. I just wrote whatever came in my head.
Does it help though? I'm kinda curious...
well, i just try it now (for reboot of my failed webcomic due of those mistakes) and i think it's really works for me! it helped me to focus with the chatracter's goal, traits and plots. it make everything easier
Using words like "just" too many times in my dialogue.
Writing page after page of description without actually advancing the plot.
Being too minimalist. Trying to use as few words as possible is generally good advice, but not if it gets in the way of clarity.
Not understanding speech/text composition
Not being dynamic
Not introducing and establishing side-characters properly
If i write it can be about making a pbj sandwish, it's gonna be two pages long. I go on and on, so I wish i had that problem.
Is it really that bad though if there are people outside that actually bother to go check out your comic? Wouldn't that just be more audience for you? Or you rather just keep it to Tapas only? How does empty views work? Is it just people that read your comic without subbing to you? And it's... bad? - I'm just curious haha.
For me:
- Not having a buffer. (My updates tend to consist of 40-60 panels nowadays, it's getting longer and every update I'm still rushing to finish it up just in the nick of time)
- Not having every plot planned out completely. I know it's my style of writing story, but sometimes because of this I overlook plot holes and it's horrible when I look back.
- Give into my multitasking habit more often than I want to. I draw 5 minutes, take a 15 minutes break. Repeat.
- "It's fine, I still have time-" No, don't listen to that procrastination evildoer in your head.
