22 / 30
Sep 2019

Drawing is definitely so much easier for me! It is taking me SO LONG to work out my scripts! So much respect to you people who are skilled with writing, especially dialogue!

I definitely prefer the drawing part!

BUT I think that the scripting/writing/pre-production phase is more important by a pretty wide margin. Since comics are a storytelling medium you have to make sure your story itself is good, which happens during the writing and editing phase. I'm especially the type that likes to spend a lot of time there and make sure that I know how the whole comic (or at least chapter or whatever) will go before I buckle down and actually start on it lol. I lack the skills to make stuff up on the fly that's still good, like some people can :joy:

I prefer the script,its more easier to plan ahead the story. And can add drawings for the mayor scenes if needed.

Scripts are important for planning but for comics I spend a lot more time thumbnailing because composition and paneling are arguably more important to the flow of story than the dialogue

I only write some dialogue for 2-3 pages, not really a script.

I guess drawing. Because drawing is what i'm really interpreting of what is in my mind. Sometimes i draw and then think of the dialogue.

I greatly prefer scripting...as much as I like to draw, I'm just too lazy to enjoy the work of drawing a comic. There's a reason my gallery is filled with static character designs...

Although I find it at once puzzling and mystifying that people can go without scripting entirely. '_' I mean, if you have a slice-of-life comic, it's probably not a big deal, but if you have your average drama comic that takes a year or two just to get rolling, I don't know how you can manage that without a little planning.

Generally, I find it easier to work with lines I've written in advance (Ctrl+F is your best friend~) than to retroactively keep track of every little random thing I've had the characters say in the past...either you'd have to know your story and characters really well, or simply not care about the inconsistencies that are bound to crop up...

they are slowly becoming one and the same for me; my writing process becomes drawing almost immediately after the outline - i sketch out key beats, then expand that to blocking, then layouts. my actual scripts are uber sparse. however, i think i prefer this part of the process to the actual production, bc thats where the discoveries are made - once i get into the inking and shading its mostly tracing - so its both boring and scary, bc its the dip in the middle where doubt sets in. but then i enjoy colours the most.

Definitely planning. Though my planning is writing the entire story without revising once and then going back to it after a while and doing edits.

It's a probably a mixture. The long term timeline stuff tends to be scripted. I'll have a better understanding of how I want to draw that stuff when I get closer to it's release. Individual pages are storyboarded with pictures. I find it easy to write in the individual pages as I'm drawing them. Finally, there's a lot of major events that will occur over the course of the comic but, admittedly, that stuff is pretty strictly in my head. I don't know if it's sensible to have it up there instead of on paper but it's the way I'm used to doing it.

Scripting and thumbnails are my favorite part of the comic
Drawing can be a drag because it is so time consuming

I have a script that probably only I could decipher but It works as a guide while planning panels. The majority of it is all dialogue and some vague descriptions of scenes that I match with images in my head. By no means is it an optimal way to work but it does the trick for me. I change so much mid working on pages and thumbnails that the script is more a light outline than anything else.

Funny enough I just had a friend ask about how I write my comic. I don't really write a full script, just the important story beats and what the character development should be. Then I thumbnail everything and kinda of write the dialogue as I go.
I find drawing and layout much more natural for me then writing a structure. I'm sure my methods has lead to some inconsistencies in my comic but I think it's also allowed me a lot of freedom in changing the story/layout when I think of something better. As long as I've written down the beginning, middle, and end I feel on track.

Writing is very hard for me. I just write down ideas and important dialogues and then sketch the scenes. :sweat: I almost never have a script when I am drawing the chapters.

For the longest time I've been only on the drawing side of comics, my boyfriend being the writer. With my second comic I've taken a more active role on the writing side, and I think I prefer drawing more, it's my comfort zone after all. I generally just write outlines for the strip and then my bf writes the actual script. XD

Working with someone else is definitely much more productive than working alone (as long as you keep the same pace)

I do almost all of my writing in the thumbnailing process so writing and drawing have never really been separate!