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Jul 2016

So this is my first comic, and it's kinda cringey but not as cringey as the first time I drew it.


Should I keep using this style or this one:

I tried Medibang Paint Pro as @YoungAdventurer recommended more than a month ago. I really liked it, and I hope I got gud since. Same OC, btw.

Any advice, of course, is highly appreciated.

13 days later

Hi there! I just uploaded my first comic on here. My boyfriend mentioned he wasnt a fan of the linework I used but can you guys give me some feedback too? I wanted to go for a more childrensbook-ish feel to it but maybe it is too sketchy looking? What do you think? My comic is here: Rin 'n Pip1

Or you can take a look at this!

1 month later

So for my comic Wait...What1 I keep feeling like I'm missing something like background or something I tried some in this strip but kinda just divulged into colors the second one. Would having (and working on) backgrounds be good or should I do colors and or white background?


@scullpanda I think it depends on your comics needs. Some comics, especially gags get by with little to no backgrounds. If your story has an actual narrative structure and location is important you should probably start making backgrounds.

I'd like some feedback on which thumbnail to use for my comic. The picture will usually be pretty small and the goal is to see which one is the most eye-catching:

NP, and thanks - that's actually my original one. Let me just show two more I just made:

I liked the use of blank space for your first one ---These two are nice I like the top better then the bottom

I usually do a lot more color and shading in my works - but that's been taking so much of my time that it made making new pages a real chore. So, I'm trying out a more 'traditional' approach to the patterns and shading of the webcomic. How is it looking so far?

NSFW: Mild artistic nudity2

My question-- does this thumbnail look interesting enough for a comic series?

I think if you layer them both- the cell shaded over the top as depth you'll the more serious, somber tone that you may be looking for. However you could easily grab one penal from the sepia tone on the left to make one part more impactful- that way you could choose which panel to highlight as the main idea of the moment in this scene.
Both work individually, but you would also combine them for depth. I kind of just like the sepia tone too, but I think that's because the way you shaded adds realism to the story.

Doesn't Irk me, but I'd say unless the title include that style as a feature (like '8 Bit Stories' or something) people may misunderstand that it's chosen on purpose, and not resized incorrectly.

Her off-focus and intense expression makes me want to see what she's seeing- this could be used as part of a title page, even.

Hey, everyone! I'm pretty new to Tapastic, and want to present the best possible work I can. So I'd like to get some opinions to help me out. First off, I always draw my cartoons by hand, but after scanning my completed work, I do the coloring via Photoshop. With each Tapastic post, I share the final colored version, but I also like to tack on a black-and-white version of the same cartoon. My hope is to show folks exactly how my work looks on paper as well as the final result. Some "old-school" readers have told me they really like seeing the black-and-white ones, but I've also heard suggestions that they take away from the main, colored cartoons. So I'm posting an upcoming episode in my Candace 'n' Company series to show whoever's interested how they look together. I welcome any and all thoughts. If you like it, let me know. If you don't, ditto!
Thanks!
If you REALLY like the colored version, there are lots more on my website!2

I personally prefer the black and white version. I find the coloured version to be rather bright and distracting with the extreme saturated red cyan and blue.

Although I do find the black and white version lacks detail in the background which makes it feel a litter empty, especially in the last panel.

A good job on the standard tree, but that isn't practical on a time crunch. Please continue to practice that tree as always, but also try drawing a group of trees together in a more abstract way, that way you're not spending 10 hours on backgrounds and only have time for one hour of character drawings.

It's a good start, tho it seems a bit too geometric, which makes it look like a mushroom cloud. Maybe have some branches and some roots.

What's at the base?

Shatterjure, depends on your characters I suppose. In my opinion characters will always take the focus away from the background. Looks good enough to me.

Here's a page from my webcomic: Planet Thundersnow
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Trying to generate interest, but it's just not happening. I think I should have uploaded a page a day instead of all at once. Perhaps I'll re-upload the pages as I color them.

Anyway, let me know what you think!

So, just want an opinion on my art. I have art that i made earlier, and art made more recently.

8 days later

Heyo! I'm new here and eager to start doing stuff. I saw this topic earlier and thought it was a perfect chance to ask people what they think of this current style

This took me an hour or so, I'm still learning/nervous >.<

One other thing, just in case someone is confused; Those red things are NOT blood drops or scars or cuts, its a rash stuck_out_tongue
Just thought I'd clear that up sweat_smile

Anyway I'm really happy and excited to finally be here. I'm looking forward to any helpful hints people may give me smile

9 days later

Ok, well, one piece of advice i could give you, is move the head a bit forward, because now the neck is kind of coming from the chin, even tho its a side view.
And another piece of advice would be this: At least TRY to shade a bit, it will add so much more depth to the drawing.
I guess that's all.