Show off your comic improvement!

[juyunseen]

Here's an early page of mine,

And here's some panels from my newest page 11 months later

[agentfink]

nice compositions in your panels!

[agentfink]

I think my coloring has improved and overall page layout.

Issue 1
My gutters are skinny and my ppl are not colored in...

Issue 2
I'm more happy with my gutter size and overall page presentation. I'm also playing more with contrast (tho this is an interior page vs the above which is ext and day time)

Issue 3
Things are finally coming together! I'm playing more with gray tones and coloring the skin tones and clothes. I'm enjoying where I ended up and feel that I leveled up in this issue.

[spadesart]

aaah im really happy with the improvement i've done over the course of the comic

some pages from chapter 1 & 2

vs some more recent chapter 3 pages

i think my color quality has gotten a lot better since i switched to clip studio paint. i almost want to include a disclaimer that the art turns out way better because honest to god its starting to get hard to look at (so many wonky panels aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah)

SPIRE | Tapas

[akemikae]

Here's my first page, from about a year ago.

And then my most recent page.

Even I'm surprised by the difference.

Long Shot | Tapas

[thatphilippekid]

I think basically everything has improved in my comic? (Bad Stew)
A page from 2015:

..and a page from October this year:

Obviously there are similarities between the two, but I think I've made great leaps in learning how to draw backgrounds, more sensible anatomy, and just visual balance/contrast in general.

[TheKawaiiGarden]

Its kinda funny to see how my comic jumps in quality every few pages since I started

[March 2, 2016]

[April 21, 2016]

[June 8, 2016]

[January 4, 2017]

[September 24, 2017]

[November 30, 2017]
Its not a page but I'm going on a short break to focus on my finals so I decided to post a little shading/coloring test I was working on. I feel like it comes together much better and has better contrast than my previous pages. I'm not that happy with the facial proportions but I decided to leave it like it was since I ran out of time.

Legends of Kayal | Tapas

[Tanako]

With my earlier lgbt work I must say, my guys weren’t as sexually appealing. It wasn’t bad, but not as good as I can draw them now. So here is mine. Feel free to check out my latest work here:
Strings and Time | PATREON

Strings and Time | Tapas

[ziplequick]

Love that exaggerated action. Well done!

[ziplequick]

I dig that evolution of style.

[TheArgoNinja]

The funny thing about this is the fact that my first and latest comic pages line up perfectly

Page 1 (2015)

Page 68 (2017)

A bit of a difference but very fitting for a thread like this.

[TheFalseVyper]

My comic Those Called Wolf is only in its 3rd month of being active. However, since starting my comic, I have seen an improvement in most of everything from paneling, writing, and color.

Here is one of the first few pages of my comic (Posted Sep. 21). While I think it looks okay, I feel that the skin color is bland, the paneling could be better, and the writing is cringy and too predictable. Most of all, the woman in this page looks too "stiff" - her pose doesn't give her much life.

This page is from Nov. 11th. I really liked the paneling in this page. At some point in working with my comic, I realized that I could use diagonal lines for panels too, and I think this page flowed more because of that addition. The skin color has more red in it, which makes the people not look so dead, and the poses at the bottom half of the page really makes these two look more lively.

Come take a look and let me know what you think! I would love to hear from you guys

Those Called Wolf | Tapas

[colonel_ressentiment]

I didn't notice the improvement myself until I finished, but it's kinda gratifying to look back and realize I really have learned something in a year's worth of drawing. Below is a comparison between page 2 and page 96.

Page 2: still getting the hang of Clip Studio, still trying to get out of the default mindset that sketchy = better, didn't care too much about cleaning up lines, just wanted to prove I could draw perspective.

Page 96: more attentive to clean lineart, more familiar with tools in clip studio and more willing to add a gradient to everything. Compared to page 2, the close-up panel is clearly smoother and more carefully shaded, and the action panel is cleaner and more dynamic.

[Chrispykreme]

gawd, I've improved over the course of writing this comic, to the point where I've been sneaking back to pages that haven't been updated yet and re-doing them!

New (unfinished) version on the left - I got better at drawing buildings in such a short space of time that I felt I really had to go back and re-do this shot.

page 2 on the left, and page 19 or something on the right - much better at colouring, poses, dynamics, etc. It's a pretty positive feeling to actually see a visible improvement on your work, huh?

Crossroad City :: Chapter 1 | Tapas

[YangKoete]

I actually have a whole comic related to this! ^w^ Check it out if you'd like~

The Fox's Art Studies :: 45 - Requests - The Succugang | Tapas

[Wumbl]

OH the difference I've made as I have worked on Flirting With Death...

Early page:
The poses are pretty lame. Anatomy is good, but there are some slip-ups.
The lineart wasn't ugly, but I didn't like it and it made creating pages frustrating. There was just no flow in my lines. Facial expressions are good - they give the realism I want but at the same time many panels lack implication of background, when it should only be facial expression ones. That's just laziness.

Later pages:
Not the latest bc that one has full on nudity in it.
Coloring and lighting are way more attentive and effective, lineart is more distinct and flowing... The colours look great compared to older stuff and anatomy is the best it's ever been for me.

The first issue just finished and I'm working hard on the second!
Check it out here:

Flirting With Death | Tapas

[ArhyaM]

It's been two years since I started working on The Glow (https://tapas.io/series/The-Glow) and I really think that the drawing evolution is clear. Even some readers show surprise while watching it evolve haha
I always avoid checking the first chapters because I'm a bit ashamed of the drawing, but it also makes me feel proud of the change:

Second scene (2015):

Scene n.852 (2016, probably the best backgrounds I'll ever draw):

Scene n.1140 (2017, actual):

The Glow is arriving ot its end, and I'm proud of the way it has taken. My mind already thinking about the next comic, but I've promised myself to finish this one before starting anything else.

[Isfet]

Wow, some of you have improved quite a lot over such a short amount of time!

I have only one comic with one chapter uploaded, so there isn't much improvement there, since it is all from 2017. I've got another comic that isn't uploaded here (yet), it's been going on for quite a while ...
I started it in 2010 and here are the Covers over the years (the most recent one is a WIP, though almost done):

[UrMom]

I always think my stuff hasn't improved much since I haven't had much time to study up, but looking back at my first page things have changed more than expected. Then again this is my first ever attempt at a full colour comic, so I guess I'd naturally improve as I got used to everything. Anatomy may have also improved a little bit from the looks of it maybe? Lettering too, even though it's still pretty iffy.

2016:

2017:

Void: The Guide to a Healthy Relationship | Tapas

[Shanny8]

Starting off, I was still getting used to drawing digitally- plus I hadnt actively drawn comic pages in a few(translation: LOT of) years; was still learning to color(still am)...

I'm used to drawing digitally now; I've been actively doing my comic for about 2 years now, and while I still have a ways to go- my coloring has gotten a little better.

Def been taking advantage of how to use the black borders/gutter to maximize my paneling & art; almost 90% of my pages have a bleed panel/panels.