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Sep 2016

Could I perhaps get some technical advice? I'm unsure about my font, its size, and the coloured borders of the speech bubbles. 😣
I'm still working on the art style, but I think I'm experienced enough to be able to experiment myself (over 12 years). c:

https://tapastic.com/episode/4319215

I'm working on the series banner for an upcoming comic of mine; could someone please tell me if it is legible?
Thanks!

Your logo is a bit difficult for me to read. Overgrower?
I like the idea and the colours of the leaves and flowers are looking great. You've put in some fantastic little details in the branches and twigs and it's looking super cute. smile Unfortunately, logos will often be shrunk down to fit business cards or link banners and these details can either disappear or become clutter. frowning
One option for you could be to use pre-existing font as a guide. This will keep your design level and the letters even in size so you can focus on arranging the plants in creative ways while the font acts as a sketch underneath. Then you can delete the font afterwards to reveal your clearer design. (Make sure to not follow the font like a cookie-cutter of course.)
Or, if you prefer to keep it more organic (pun intended), just keep the plants closer to each letter. When the leaves and flowers get too close to one another, my eyes get confused. (Especially around the OW. The leaves make me think it's an AW... and I'm not certain it's an ER I'm seeing at the end.)
Overall, it looks very cute and I'm liking the sweet and gentle atmosphere of your logo so far. Hopefully that helps! blush

The font size on the first two pages is just fine IMO. It seems a tad small on the third page. open_mouth

I hardly noticed the coloured border around your speech bubbles so I'd say it blends nicely with your style.

Looks good to me! smile

Hey guys! I'm sketching up this panel and I'm not sure if the perspective is working. Or if it's working in general. I need some fresh eyes on this sucker. What do you think?

Hi. I'm working on a manga at the moment called Devil's Day1. Its just in the beginning phase and it's an action, shonen manga. I'm just looking for some feedback on whether it looks enough like a manga you would read in Jump. My inspiration for the art is Boku no Hero Academia.

Heres the before. It looks a little more sketchy and has more pen strokes for the shading.

And here is my latest page. I made the shading a little more manga like and it's a little bit smoother. I'm wondering if i should stick to my previous style or the new one. Do you think it looks mangalike and somewhat professional. Also am I using too much tone ? Please let me know your thoughts ^^

bwomp how does this banner look so far??? im looking now and theres parts i should tweak but it looks charming

So I'd really like an opinion on coloring styles, for a particular character. See, the background for my comics, are made with a particular sharp, almost crude, design. See here:

Now, do the characters contrast a bit too much with their surrounding environment? I don't want to venture into digital painting territory just yet. Uncanny valley isn't a destination I can hop over. So I hope to keep the characters this kind of line/style but the wolf to me looks a little flat. Therefore, I hope I can get an opinion on which looks better:

Left or right? Personally, the right looks a little too sketchy/unfinished for my taste but the left still rather flat. Any thoughts on how to reach a midpoint?

I think both look great, but I personally think that the second one looks more like a professional manga that could be in Shonen Jump. To be honest, if I didn't know better I would have thought it WAS a page from Shonen Jump!
Also, I love the amount of tone you're using. It's darker than some manga I've seen, but that's not a bad thing. I think you should leave it the way it is.

Wow thank you so much for your encouragement ^^ And phew , glad to hear I'm not too heavy handed with the tones. I'll keep doing my best smile

Personally, I like the second one that doesn't have boxes. I think it brings out the softness and shadows of your artwork beautifully, almost giving it a dreamlike quality.

(Hopefully that made sense!)

My advice probably won't be helpful to you since you asked how to reach a midpoint, but I like the wolf on the left. He (or she) doesn't look flat at all to me. I think the shading/colors on the wolf on the left looks better than the one on the right. It's... blended better, I guess is what I'm trying to say. I also don't think that your characters contrast too much with the background.
So in my opinion, I think your art looks great the way it is!

Thanks! I'm glad it looks okay either way. My comic is mainly for me to practice various styles haha so I'll probably end up using a bit of both and find out what I and my readers prefer.

It does seem hard to read... I would simplify the design to allow the letters to be seen.
A good way to check if your letters ar legible is to silhouette your design, and see if each individual letter can be made out through shape alone.

Oh, that's a great idea! I will definitely try that! Thank you!

Hi guys, it's my first time on this forum and I'm amazed at how much the Tapastic community communicates !
My situation right now is that I'm thinking about making my story a webcomic. It's a concept I've been polishing for some months now and I've drawn 4 First Pages for a contest (for a International Comics Festival, sort of a Comic-Con, in Algeria). Tthe thing is I don't want to rush things and come up with some half-baked Webcomic (Or webtoon, or whatever you like) just because it's on the web. I'm taking my time thinking the characters, the story, the background,etc.. and making sure that it's graphically good... Why, I guess "graphically OKAY" is pretty satisfying. Sooo, this is precisely the reason I'm posting on this thread, and I hope the post is relevant to the topic.
I really want some creators and readers feedback about these pages in order to be able to progress in the making of the Comic and stop the undecided and procrastinator me I so often am. So please give me your most sincere and objective opinion on it.

P.S : The text is in French cause it's a rule in the contest, I would've translated it right before posting but it's 9am and I still haven't slept so... Maybe next time ! stuck_out_tongue (Or certainly next time)
P.P.S : Can't seem to find the spoiler button to put the images in a spoiler so they don't take all that space. If someone could help me with that so I can edit the post, thank you !
P.P.S : I found out I couldn't put more than 3 Images (being a new user) in one post when I pressed the reply button so I took one out ! :s

You may want to use a more complete font, and just add the leaves & flowers to it. You want balance- a clear concise title that readers can identify with/read, while keeping elements that will make it your own. Dont put too many flowers & leaves on it though.

I have an update image that I link back to my comic for every update, it's been a placeholder image for forever and I'm not too happy with it. I made a new one today finally, how's it look in comparison? you think it'll attract more attention with the cleaner look?