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Basically I'm thinking about doing a comic and I'm not sure if my arts good enough for show my anatomy stinks bad but I really want to share my story to people because writing would be worse than anything and I love art better than writing it can someone give any advice?

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I say go for it and draw it, please follow what you love. I'm the kind of person who thinks that technical ability is something that comes last. If you have something inside of you that is asking to come out, do it unabashedly. For me personally, I never care if my anatomy is perfect; perfection is boring. I promise the idea of perfection the art world has sold us is the exact opposite of what art is.

I always think about it this way: my art is nowhere close to as good as my artistic idols in a technical sense. I'm no Moebius, Da Vinci, Hayao Miyazaki, or Michaelangelo, but I'm me, and that's something my idols can never be. And I can never be them. Legendary artists who we love got there because they decided to be themselves regardless of ability.

Who cares if my anatomy isn't as good? As artists we have stories to tell, so tell them! I find our doubts often are unfounded. You have just as much place in the art sphere as anyone. You might not have great anatomy but I promise if you have a passion that's all you need. Believe in yourself and your art and draw it despite your doubts. The thing about it too is you'll get better at anatomy as you go. Practice, create, and just be an artist.

We all start somewhere. People say, "Follow the rules, and then break them," about technical skills in art. I disagree. I say go explore first, find your style, your niche, and then learn the rules. These "rules," we have for art are arbitrary and meaningless in my opinion. Don't compare yourself to others, just create!

To my point, think about comics in general. One Punch Man started as a webcomic with not so good anatomy, but now it's legendary. Rob Liefeld(the creator of Deadpool), gets hate for his anatomy but look at the success he has. Even someone like Jack Kirby who's one of my top idols, his anatomy isn't technically that skilled if you look at it, but that's not why we appreciate these artists. You can feel their passion, their souls in their art, so let yours lead.

I'm hoping you create and give the world the gift of your art. Listen to your heart :pray:

This makes me so happy. I'll be on the lookout for when you finally release it! When you do make sure you let the world know and you can even shoot me a message and I'll subscribe. I'm wishing you the best!

My advice is to finish that story without thinking about anatomy, style etc.
just do it with the same passion like a small kid drawing something.
You will learn a lot by finishing a comic from start to finish.
Don´t pressure yourself with exspectations or thoughts of a target audience,
just finish it as good as you can. You can still redo it a year later or 10 years later.

I think it´s better to finish a comic with stick figures than not to finish a comic with
anatomically correct figures

As everyone told before, just do it!
You'll be surprised how much you'll develop with "only" drawing your comic. Use references, and study how your favourite creators draw.
I learnt, and experimented with my style so much with drawing my first comic while it was fun, and even if it looks a Frankenstein creature, I love it, and it had it's readers. If you draw with passion, people will see it trough weaker drawings too.

Ok after I finish the comic I plan to self publish it let me know if you think I should or not okay?

You're going to suck for a very long time.

Then when you get decent thanks to practice and study, you'll realize that you still suck.

Some years after that you'll realize that you'll never be as good as you want to be. And that the readers stopped noticing your suck a LONG time ago.

You still need to do it.

Um I'm looking at self publishing tbh here but I guess I won't do it since I suck so I won't share either since now I'm scared to share

Just go for it, will something terrible happen if you dare the post a series with "anatomy that stinks bad"?
Think about it like this:

Someone will dislike it, someone will find it cringe, bad, whatever. You're not getting paid nor there are actual consequences for not delivering something according to other's standards. Literally, anyone posts stuff online, especially on webcomic platforms, so what is stopping you? Nothing at all, there are comics done with stick figures, there are comics who are clearly done by 9 years old kiddos, you share it online, that counts as self publishing. Be it on Tapas, Webtoon, Tumblr or even on Social Media.

And even so, if you don't want to share it online, that is perfectly fine too, you'll at least take that story out of your head and it'll be in your hands to revisit, to re-read, to be proud of what you've done or if you're not proud, to learn and maybe re do it when you feel like it. And if you don't want to, then at least you can feel satisfied that you did it, instead of wondering if you were even capable of finishing a page or the whole story.

So you do you, work on your comic, there are infinite resources online and even if its overwhelming, there are threads like this one2 to pick your interest and practice stuff bit by bit. Making a comic can help you build consistency to draw everyday or at least more frequently.

Well, for one thing, the more you work on your comic, the more your art will improve. Seriously! I've been making my comic for 3 years now, and the difference between the first pages and the most recent ones are astronomical in my eyes. xD

You gotta start somewhere! And I say, you can't wait on "getting good." The thing about learning art is that you can always be better at it. There is no stopping point to honing art skills--it's a life long journey. Please enjoy that aspect of it!

Also, if you feel like you could use a boost in draftsmanship, basic forms, perspective... then definitely help yourself out and look into classes. Tutorials only get you so far, and there are a lot of TERRIBLE ones out there that teach bad habits for novice artists. Also, tutorials are usually made as a "step-by-step process" but they don't tell you that they can only do that because of their understanding of form and technique. I feel like this makes beginner artists give up faster because they aren't sure why they can't follow the tutorial, or even if they do they later feel like they can't do that thing any other way. :T

Hey! If you aren't feeling confident, even after starting your comic, definitely apply good practice to the comic while you're learning. That's what I've been doing. And I feel way more confident and satisfied with my pages now! :slight_smile:

I highly recommend these free sources:

Proko (An excellent channel with many resources available to artists.)

Marco Bucci (Super talented dude who makes video to simplify some art principles and techniques.)

And if you are able to put money into it, I am a huge supporter of these sources:

Schoolism ($300 for a whole year. This gives you access to over 30 courses with downloadable content, live/recorded webinars, and you can do all of it at your own pace.)

Kat Tsai color class1 (If you want a MAJOR boost in coloring, her class is the best. She's an excellent teacher, and speaking with her is a delight. I learned so much from the class and got to take recordings and ppts with me to look back on.)

James Gurney's books (If you don't have a couple hundred bucks to spend on Tsai's class, check out Gurney's book on light and color. It is FANTASTIC. The principles he goes over can be applied to any type of coloring, including digital. It's invaluable.)

Best of luck with the comic!! :tapa_pop:

Thanks I do have a stupid question about Amazon though like when my confidence boosts up can I then consider going to that route?

Create a style based off your limitations. Simplify it to its essence. As long as the story is good and the art is clearly giving us what we need to envision the story-- your fine.