Quantity over quality? Or quality over quantity?

[KSlinger]

I'm quality over quantity for both my own stuff and other people's. I'll happily wait five months for an update if I have to, but if a comic takes a serious dip in quality I'm quite willing to walk away (albeit unhappily). Generally I subscribe to works on Tapastic that I admire in some way- be it for great writing or paneling or drawing, whatever- so if quality takes a dive I'm a bit like...what am I learning here? Granted if I'm hooked, I'm hooked, but I'd way rather a creator take their time and produce something of the caliber I've been anticipating then rush and show me something they aren't happy with.

[SpavVy]

As a fellow creator and a reader, I prefer quality over quantity any day!

[zetina]

People often forget that there's more areas that need quality.
what am i talking about?
the writing, of course.
cutting the writing quality is unforgivable imo.
naturally, making comics is a form of visual storytelling so the visuals are important in conveying said writing. but. the art just needs to get the job done. doesn't mean it has to be stunning.

tl;dr writing quality > quantity > art quality

[nerosmoke]

Well like many on this site you start with good artwork and as you go you then do meh artwork as your fanboys will then fight your critics for you. see here https://tapastic.com/episode/439178

[nerosmoke]

True that, Writers are way more important in artist will ever be.

[scullpanda]

So Im all for quality over quantity , in the long run looking back its what will make you as the artist happy this is your baby and although your readers may be bugging you for more updates faster remind them you are a human and can only work so fast. I know people who ave taken the sacrifice of quantity over quality and when they look back on those pages they want to go change things almost always I have even had a few swear by never doing it again.
Just you do you Whispy<3

~~Love Scully

[shazzbaa]

You're asking a forum of creators, we're only a small percentage of the audience and our answers are all gonna be skewed! We tend to (not always, but often) appreciate art that's treated like, well, fine art, with a lot of time spent on it. I keep thinking of my mom, who was very enthusiastic about the webcomics she read, and was always frustrated by comics that took extra time or missed updates to finish a ~beautiful perfect page~ because "I just want to see more of the story!"

@zetina took the words right out of my mouth about writing, and I think even in art alone, there's a BIG difference between "I'm being a lot more loose but I'm still pleased with how it looks (and I want to be able to finish this story before I'm 50)" versus "ehhhh I can let the quality slip because nobody really cares about it." Gigi D.G., an artist I have a lot of respect for, has talked about being a LOT more loose with her pages lately because she wants to be able to finish them more quickly... but they're still thoughtful and beautiful.

I think "thoughtfulness" might be an important factor. We think of that as an inherent part of quality, and the first thing to go when something is rushed, but if you can speed up your process without losing your thoughtfulness, I think that can still be really great work!

[Ringarune]

I try to do a healthy balance. I make sure the artwork is at least of decent quality, but I also try to get pages out in a timely manner

[Puppisama]

Why not try to make more quality comics that doesnt take that long to do? Pushing it more to find a balance between quality and quantity, because if you take toooooo long to make a quality page, makes some people drop reading because they just forget you're doing something.

[the_elven_starship]

I'm not only a creator, I'm a reader too (more a reader than a creator now), and I agree to what zetina said. The writing is equally important, or more, than the art.

I like to see comics with great art, but if the story isn't good, I'll drop it. And, sometimes, a comic with a simple, but well done, art and with a catching story, will get more readers than the "eye catching with poor script" one. And quantity doesn't matter too much for me.

[apocryphagraphics]

If you're capable of doing quality art then I say you should take a little more time and do it. What's the point of blasting out sub-par work? So a lot more people will follow you as a mediocre creator? God knows the last thing this medium needs is more mediocre comics. Don't compromise for popularity or more followers. Strive to be a great creator. Just my opinion.

[indagold]

Quality always over quantity. Besides this site is weird and likes slow update schedules.

[lunaartemisasama]

I would say quality, but you are so good at drawing lol, so I don't think it's so bad to "drop" the quality. I read webtoons that are not so "polished" but their story entertain me and they upload regularly so they keep me hooked up.

Sometimes it is good to simplify things, that's what people do in cartoons. But I suppose the treatment is different because they are serialized and have to keep deadlines and schedules . In the end is up to you.

I will probably read your comic anyway.

[HVOICE]

I haven't seen your comic, now do I know what your style is like, but I'm just gonna say this:
You won't improve much as an artist if you dish out shitty looking pages, you'll just be practicing bad habits.
If it's an important project to you, don't half ass it just for more views. Focus on making the best piece of work.

I've seen soooo many comics on tapastic that would have been AMAZING if they had just taken their damn time on the artwork. Some how they managed to nab over 1000 subscribers even though their art looked like rushed shit. Like you said though, most people don't care what it looks like unfortunatly.
It really all depends on what you want.
Do you want to be popular? Or do you want to make something that you can be proud of?
(That isn't to say good work can't become popular, you know what I mean).

For my original comics, I personally can't bring myself to put out any rushed work.
I end up redrawing entire pages if I don't believe it's good enough.
I update one page a week, and I get at least 5 or more subs with every new page. No, I didn't get a million subs right off the bat like most popular tapastic comics, but I'm gonna keep going that route because thats whats working best for me right now.

[HVOICE]

You read my mind man.
We need more artists thinking like this.

[apocryphagraphics]

Thanks. I should clarify that it's of course okay to not be a great creator yet, but we should all be striving for it.

[whispwill]

haha I'd like to say I'm pretty good at the art thing and my comic is the second most popular fantasy comic on tap... so skill and popularity aren't really a major issue for me.

just hard to balance comic and job and school

[whispwill]

that's kind of my philosophy as well, but some times I feel less motivated when it seems my audience doesn't really care.

[MylCreates]

if your story's really good and people are hyping on the story and really egging for more I guess quality drop is ok.

I did the opposite though and over-pumped the quality, now I barely egg out a page a week. People have been rather quiet-ish thus because there's less content to talk about

hopefully over time though I'll eventually get to some good parts in the story that people will start commenting again.

[HVOICE]

Hey, that's great man, good for you.
I didn't mean to make it sound like anything popular on Tap has rushed artwork. There are a lot of comics with great artwork that are popular as well. Its just discouraging to hear artists consider lowering the quality of their work for the sake of popularity.
I can definitely understand when it comes to juggling a job and school though.