Reflecting on 2015 - comic creator edition!

[neonmeres]

Keep going Aron! Characters like Clarence really makes your webcomic fun and worthwhile to read!

[hades]

aww @keii4ii.

well this is a hard topic to do but here we go.

• I'm Proud that I survived this year. It was very harsh and unwieldy but there is an end to it in sight. Despite it all I kept moving forward and even worked on my comics to an extent. Tyree is up and going and that's a big deal! It's the first step! Now to just let my wrist heal...
• I'm continually thankful for the friends I've made and how they've helped me through this year. I'd list them all but I fear the list would be too large!
• Improvement is a fickle thing and something I always tell myself I need to work toward in art and writing but I think I need to improve my self esteem and worth. Constantly tell myself it is ok to make a few mistakes and I'm not going to fail and become worthless. Nor am I like that already. It is a large battle, but gotta try!

[efdvorsky]

Oh this is really something, and so many people have such good things. <3

It's a little hard for me to say things I'm proud of but here we go!

I'm proud I decided to keep working on Cosmic Fish and publish it here even if it wasn't that long ago.

I'm proud I've managed to keep a schedule and been practicing, improving a lot this year.

And although not directly comic-related it's helped me a lot, so I'm proud I decided to take better care of myself (although I fail at it sometimes) and keep on trucking.

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I'm thankful for my readers, so much. For interacting and joking with them. I wish I could get to know some a little more too.

I'm thankful for my friends be it online or IRL who keep pushing me to publish the work (to my editor for putting up with me too).

I'm thankful for a number of the artists/writers here who made me feel welcome and are all around great people. (shout-out to @Strontium @Riko @CelestialNavigator to name a few)

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I hope to improve on my art (backgrounds, paneling, anatomy, expressions, animation, lettering) all that. It's a never ending battle, haha...

I hope to improve in socializing and outreach be it on media sites or promoting the comic in artist meet-ups. It's terribly nerve-wrecking for me or I become overwhelmed by it.

And to improve overall as a person and self-esteem.

[mariusthered]

I thank you as does Clarence you may see him again!

[phen]

Everyone here... you guys gotta know you're all killer contagious! I'm uber stoked about the future thanks to reading everyone's hype and love for their work. Such a level of gratitude and optimism's beyond thrilling. All my love and respect to you creators, you're gonna rock 2016!

• I'm thankful to have this massively talented and positive network to connect with! Pepper, Emily Ree, @vincentprendick, @demthorshie, @joannekwan, @lizm, (just to name a teeny few!) have all helped me find a little place here on tapastic this year and it's been awesome.
• I'm thankful for and proud of my friends and family, continuing to support me while I flop and flail and throw paint around the rooms. The fact that there are people willing to put up with my many caveman moods is beyond me. You guys rock to the core.
• I hereby solemnly swear to improve my comic skillset for 2016 with Candour is Going Mad and There's No Such Thing as Jason -- I.T.! I've already learned so much with condensed work toward the end of this year, I cannot wait for the coming weeks!

So yeah, I've been totally rejuvenated seeing the dense number of creative, hardworking, and brilliant writers and artists on this site. I hope everyone has an awesome time bringing it in; I know 2016 is gonna be our year. We gonna pump up the jamz, y'all!

[shazzbaa]

Ahhhh agreed, this topic is really awesome!!

• I'm proud of my work on Chapter 4 for Runewriters this year. I actually scripted and thumbnailed the whole thing before I started drawing it, which I've never done before, and I'm really really pumped for the storytelling in that chapter. I'm super excited to start new updates soon!

• I'm incredibly thankful for the readers that have stuck with me through a 2 year hiatus. THAT'S A LONG TIME IN INTERNET YEARS, and I'm blown away that there are still people checking in and excited about RW's return! ; u ;

• I'm super thankful also for all the new readers on Tapastic! I can't believe RW has nearly 200 subs after just a few months of posting here, and it's incredibly cool to have found this community! ;u;

• I hope to improve the business side of things! I want to look into some methods of supporting creators and maybe finally get a patreon or something going!! LORD WILLING, WE'LL SEE

• I hope to improve my storytelling and pacing more and more, and I hope to improve my environment designs and give them the time they need!

[demthorshie]

Yay! Thanks for starting such a great topic! Here goes my little spiel! xD

• I'm proud of finally getting Cosmos Song out on to the internet instead of having only a script of it typed up on a word document! xD

• I'm also proud that I managed to upload 12 pages of the comic in less than a month that's a personal new record for me!

• I'm also incredibly thankful for all the awesome and talented new people i've met here on Tapastic and on social media, @dracoplato,@phenylketonurics, @novasiri, @Jaimmargot and the many many others
  who have supported and encouraged me since I arrived here in the month of December. My experience here on Tapastic has been purely magical so far! <3

• I'm super duper thankful I ran in to @dracoplato on twitter, he was technically the first person I really interacted with on twitter since starting Cosmos Song and he was kind enough to suggest I join Tapastic! Thanks again man! ;D

• I really want to improve on my art first and foremost. It's my life goal to keep improving on my art until the end of days. As an artist, I can never stop improving and I will always be my biggest critic!

• I would also like to improve on my writing skills and lettering on my pages. Writing isn't really a super strong point for me, I have improved throughout the years but it's still not exactly where I need it to be just yet! I've learned a lot of new things here at Tapastic and I can't wait to see what's in store for the following years.

[ashriott]

Great topic! For Malleus Maleficarum:

I am proud that I finish drawing one whole volume of Malleus Maleficarum(though not all uploaded yet). I've never drawn volume one of anything before! Heck, I've never ever gotten past chapter 2 of anything, ever!

I am proud that I have 99% finished sprucing and revising the contents of volume 2. It was a grueling process, but I'm almost there and happy with it! Which means I can start drawing it next year!

I am thankful obviously, to all my lovely fans! I'm always happy when I get a like and a comment, and enjoy reading what you guys have to say.

I am thankful to my shrektastic sister(who still doesn't have a tapastic account tsk tsk), who also happens to be my editor. She brings out the best in me, and has helped me through a lot of the ups and downs of story writing and drawing.

I am thankful to Tapastic for being the best webcomic platform like ever. I was originally on Inkblazers, and knew Tapastic existed. But I wasn't sure whether to join until Inkblazers shut down. It took a while to get used to Tapastic, but it's been amazing so far! Love this place!

I hope to improve on EVERYTHING about making webcomics xD I would like to improve on both storytelling and art, so I can portray my "vision" a bit better. At the moment, it's very lackluster, and I'm finding it difficult to tell and draw things the way I want to. This is definitely on the top of my list!

I'm hoping to improve my drawing stamina and speed. I don't know if I was overdoing it at the start of the year, but I was easily burnt out after couple hours or so. Admittedly it may be due to some personal reasons of mine. But I would like the story to move forward, and can't do it even if I have the time cause I'm all tired out. But I think I need to stop being so sedentary and be physically healthier - for art! xD

[StevenDacasin]

Im really proud of the fact that i my drawing has gotten better when compared to last year. Im also glad that i have a few more readers when compared to when i started. All i can say is i hope things will continue to get better.

[PotooGryphon]

OuO! Oh gosh, so much, so many, AH! Thanks for the shout outs. <3

For Oops Comic Adventure:

• Pride and Thankfulness go hand in hand for my comic. I'm both Proud and Thankful that we've reached 5 issues in the series. That it's grown so much since our humble beginnings. That Jeramy and I were able to find a system for creating Oops that allows both of us to equally contribute while also improving the art drastically the further we go.
• Super Thankful to the sweet supportive friends and readers on Tapastic that are enjoying the series so far. And I'm blown away when we receive fanart for our comic. I've made SO MANY new comic friends this year. @shazzbaa, @jacintawibowo, Mar Mai, @Riana, so many more! I love all my Tapastic peeps. <3
• I'm thankful to the long time supporters, @mrazrielblack, @gomezalexj, @vincentprendick, @aspiderjonny, @amingv, @Agentzap, so many <3!!!
• I'm very Proud and Thankful for what the 25 of us accomplished with the Tapastic Winter Fest, and Thankful for all of Tapastic's help in supporting us, and Thankful to how the community responded (we had no idea it'd even be noticed while making it) and glad that we were able to open it up for everyone to join in. I'm Proud that we were able to muscle through the crazy unorganized moments in the project. We were all there for each other during the strongest and weakest parts and for that I think we all became stronger friends from it. :group hug everyone:
• Improvements are bound to happen the more we go on. I plan to trail and error a lot in 2016 and keep enjoying it for all it is. The beauty of webcomics is it doesn't need to be perfect. Goodness, I'm thankful for that as well lol

Here's to all of us (comic makers, readers, all) and here's to the webcomic industry growing and becoming stronger in 2016!

[CelestialNavigator]

I really wish to improve in over all drawing and especially anatomy and composition.

I'm really thankful for all my readers, new friends I made and old friends I met here ( shout-out to @Tentakelgottheit, @Elli Puukangas, @Mar Mai, @JOMO, @joannekwan, @insideunder, @Sid Bane, @Zimeta08, @efdvorsky and many others).

I'm also proud that I've learned to cook properly. It helped me to understand bird anatomy better.

[blastryoku]

I'm proud that my writing, world building skills got better while doing curse lineage, it really looks so good compared to when i read older chapters.

I'm eternally thankful for all the fans that stick with me so far(even though I'm in hiatus right now, building a buffer)they are great because they keep reading my little comic especially want to thank to @Volucris @BraveHeartTatsumaki @FixerTheWise @rosette for always leaving some comments and liking my stuff!

Things i want to improve: hmm...well, a lot of things XD
I want to improve in action scenes, perspective, backgrounds, paneling, writing, world-building, on creating better characters, pacing and my update schedule (I really want to be able to post more pages per week)

[aspiderjonny]

Thank you. It's so weird to think it's been a year since I started reading Oops. Good Luck in 2016

[aspiderjonny]

Jonny Web Series & Valve Web Series & Tales from the Other Side:

I'm proud that Jonny Web Series finally hit the triple-digit subscriber count. That I've even managed (with some slight scheduling hiccups) to get almost 6 chapters across 3 series out since August 2016.

I'm especially proud to finally have a website up.

I'm thankful to both @CyndiFoster and @kambreapratt for making me want to do webcomics in the first place. I'm all too thankful for every subscriber and friend I've gotten over the past year. Also to @starlightcityentert, @davidgallaher, @elixiadragmire, @winglesscomic, and @Kamikaze for helping me to continue with comics, either by commenting on my pages or just making really cool stuff to read during my free time.

I also want to thank everyone who participated in my art-trade-event-things during the year: Alternate Universe & Monster Mash. Please click either one to check out what they made and to see their awesome comics!
BTW: I'll be starting a new one for Valentine's Day very soon

And thank you @WintreKitty for the great review, as well as including me in her Tips & Tricks page.

Also, thank all the gods for my Kaspersky and Adware cleanser at the beginning of the year that even made it possible for me to make a website (My computer was cluttered with dang ads for a short time)

Looking back at my pages in January, I'm shocked how much improvement I've had in both drawing and coloring. Here's looking forward to next year!!!

[Tentakelgottheit]

Thanks! I hope we´ll be able to talk more in the new year!

[dracoplato]

I'm touched by your kind words @demthorshie (;∀;)ノ♡ I'm really happy to have met you and I'm super happy you joined Tapastic because I always look forward to updates of Cosmos Song~! You have a lovely and unique art style, a fascinating story, and beautiful characters~! I'm looking forward to what the new year will bring ♡

[AffectedMind]

That's such a cool idea! : D
I'm joining in!

This goes for my series Bite Me:

• I'm proud that I managed to finish more than one chapter of the series. I have a really bad habit of starting things and not finishing them, so it's a huge step for me.
• I'm proud I re-vamped my series. It helped me improve in storytelling and visuals.
• I'm thankful for everyone who supports the series. It's a wonderful feeling seeing how many people enjoy it, to read all the feedback, it really motivates and encourage me to keep going! Special thanks for @FixerTheWise for helping me out with the grammar. He's a creator by himself, it's worth to check his series out. Also big thanks goes to people who hang out on my livestreams, I have tons of fun everytime I go online.
• I'm also thankfull to Tapastic community and Staff, you guys are amazing! I really love to hang out on the forums.
• I hope I can improve my anatomy and perspective as well as storytelling. I'm proud of my work as it is now, but there's still so much room for the improvement.

[kambreapratt]

Thanks so much! I'm glad I was able to help you in some way and I am happy you are doing so well!
You made my day!

[kambreapratt]

This is a great idea!
For Shadowbinders and other things going on...
I'm very proud of things we have learned this year. It has been a great year for growth behind the scenes.
I'm proud that we have held on, even when we have had to pull back on updates for various reasons.
I'm proud that we have a lot of other things started (our podcast and now youtube stuff) and some other possibilities coming. I hope to be able to talk about them at some point.

I'm Thankful for all the people who read and support the comic and us. It means the world to me.
I'm Thankful for how well we have done on here and for the awesome community that is in place on Tapastic. It's nice to know there are people who get your issues and understand where you are coming from. We don't always have such a support system in our daily lives, and it is amazing to have that.
I'm Thankful for the opportunities that have come our way and for all we learned in 2015.

I hope to improve our updates next year. I know they were lacking this year, but between equipment issues and other things going on, we got off track. I hope to be able to do more in 2016.
I also hope to improve on being on here more.

[CelestialNavigator]

Welcome! I hope so too!