I really like your art style for both Mercenary Inn and Moglin Tales, but particularly for Mercenary Inn as there's not much to go by yet for the latter. The exaggerated, animated poses with the long limbs go really well with the expressive facial expressions. It's a good amount of cartoon-i-ness - cartoony enough to be endearing and efficient, but with enough of a twinge of realism to be taken seriously story-wise.

I would love to see a bit more shading, even if it's simple. Even just a bit of grey to help distinguish foreground and background would help a lot in making the overall pictures make sense to the eye immediately upon first glance. There's not too much that can be said about the story - as it's only just started, but it seems like it'll be fun with both action and quirky humor at the same time. I also really like your character designs.

Good work, and good luck!

If anyone wants to review Waffles and Pancakes,5 please go right ahead. Just keep in mind that the lines are pretty messy in the first ones as I'd only just recently gotten the tablet. Don't judge the entire series on that, please, haha.

HEYYY awesome! im always down for a review!
so lessee here Waffles and Pancakes:
this comic is really easy to read! i just figured id read a few pages to get the idea of it but i really cant stop reading. all the panels go into eachother so good and the jokes are really funny. i like aidan so much holy crud. i mean i like kaia too but i can totally see where aidans comin from and the way that he thinks so that kills me. theyre friendship is also really great. i like those kinds of friendships where theyre opposites so they fit together so good. especially when the dark one is a softie for the goofy one. i think in the beginning the jokes were all the same-ish. where aidan says somethin stonery and kaia shuts him down. but the jokes seem like they had more to them later on so it didnt bother me
for the art i think the character designs are pretty good. but i think the whole look has a sorta MS paint look to it. i dont know what youre using to draw it but its just kinda suuuper computery lookin. and its not your fault! its mostly just the program. i think if ya switched to drawin it in real life or to a different program itd turn out a lot better

heres my comic if anyone wants to give it a look! Robo Hole6

Hello Trusty,
I read up to the first 10 pages of chapter 1 and I have to say I'm impressed with what I saw. You're an artist that gives a lot of attention to detail and it would look great on printed page if that's your goal (if you haven't already done so.) I'm very interested in the story and already subscribed so that I can continue reading later on. My favorite part is the random things people say and other funny things going on in the background. It's the kind of comic where you can get something new out of it if you come back to pages already read.

I don't have any criticism except that some of the faces sometimes look just a bit weird, couldn't quite figure out what it was. But you have a unique art style and you should keep it that way so that it stands out from everyone else. I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. Keep up the great work!

I only have 2 small episodes released so far so mines should be very easy to review.
https://tapastic.com/series/Random-Time-Encounters3
(I don't draw too often so go easy on me )

So to start off you have a real knack for interesting and unique character design. Each of your characters have so much personality to them you can kind of tell how they are going to be just by looking at them. I think part of this is due to the color schemes you chose for each character. while I do understand that it's a short comic but the pages feel a little flat a solid colored background instead of just a white background could probably fix this problem. Overall I liked it I thought is was funny (EBIL lol) and charming.

So Kings3 is fairly new and right now I'm going through a recoloring process (I was too busy to color it to begin with) so theres a bit of inconsistency with it.

Hello @dragonfly_kites I'm @Aspie_Gamer creator of Life of an Aspie2, a shoujo inspired slice of life comic that's currently on hiatus while I work on a buffer of updates for the rest of Chapter 2. Anyway, I'll be the one reviewing Kings.

Story: Kings being killed so that somebody, anybody, can be king? Sounds interesting. I assume this is some long form type of story because other than that, there isn't much I can comment on story wise.

Art: Is serviceable. I like the colors in the later pages. Other than that, always strive to improve upon your art. I've been doing just this with Life of an Aspie as I'm slowly settling into a shoujo esque style that works for me. i.e something not distracting as you shall see in the early pages. Speaking of which, you will notice the first page of the series looks awful. Do keep in mind I'm in the process of revamping it with an improved page so that it looks far less awful. Blame me trying (and failing) to increase the size of the original panel so that the text is more legible. lol.

Hello Aspie_gamer, so I looked at Life of Aspie3

and I see what you mean by text being distorted by resizing. I do see improvement in the drawing in the later pages and a shojio-esque style emerging that fits very well with your story. At times though some of the tones used I found very distracting I would recommend using less tones or use tones that have smaller dots.
By far the strongest point of your comic is your writing. Your characters are good and I liked how your lead has Aspergers I feel like I haven't seen that angle much. It's good to hear that your always striving to improve your art you've got a solid story. If you ever feel the need to you can always go back later and fix pages you aren't satisfied with. ^_^

Thank you for reviewing and subscribing to Kings3

Hello @dragonfly_kites! I read through Kings4. There isn't a lot to go off of yet, but here are my thoughts and my review.

story: the story is definitely interesting. The first part of chapter 1 (about Astrid) almost seems more like a prologue. As soon as she wakes up, the story shifts focus to Alek and world building lore. The lore is certainly original, and it doesn't drag on for too many pages, which is definitely a risk (so good job avoiding it). The only caveat I have to offer is that some of the conversation between Alek and his father does tend to sound a bit expositiony at times.1 But in any case, you've got an intriguing set-up, and it's clear where the story is headed (at least the beginning). The characters are fun and intriguing as well.

art: the art improves through the pages, and the pages you color are really quite nice. It seems like you spent a bit more time on them (not just coloring, but overall). I recommend that you keep drawing and improving! You have a good basic idea of anatomy, but one thing I'd watch out for is proportions. They're tricky for sure, but you'll get the hang of it, I know it.

technical: there are a few grammar and punctuation mistakes. It happens to the best of us, but make sure you double and triple check your writing before you finalize a page. If you have someone else to ask, that's even better. Another thing to watch out for is how you space your lettering. Sometimes the words ran right up along the edge of the bubble, and even if it's legible it looks a little messy. One other thing for you to consider is paneling and panel flow. There were a couple of pages that I wasn't sure what panel to read next. The first couple of pages (Astrid's intro) shows that you already have pretty good panel intuition, but I think introducing a bit of variation will really take your comic to the next level.

Good work so far, and keep it up! I think Kings has a lot of potential.

My comic is Reus2. There are about 50 pages so far, so if you don't want to read the whole thing (which is fine!) then start at chapter two.

Hey @Cielle! I've been following you since last year sooo... TIME TO REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS SO FAR!

Art: I'm going to start here first, because its the most prominent of your progress.

When you first started with the prologue, I can see you build it up with location and lore of the fantasy world you created. But I think your art skills doesn't do your world justice at the time since well... they're pretty shoddy (WOW I feel hypocritical when I type that!)

BUT you didn't let that stop you. You applied whatever way you know and drew us futher more into it, which is for me is very much admirable! As the pages go along I noticed you experiment quite a lot things, from Panel, Colorings to the backgrounds, Character proportion and facial expression.

People will say inconsistent but I say BAH! Its the evolution of Artistic Talent! Dont be scared! Keep doing whatever you can to improve your comic, even if to change or introduce a new style to it. For people that reading this:

Not bad, eh? This is within the span of a year. Think of the potential!

Story:

Its still to early to say about the plot. I am still not familiar with the characters yet, since their past, motive hasnt been fully explained/ revealed yet. But from what I see so far, definitely interested to know! Though, I'm in love with the lore you create. Theres so much of the world/society you mention, that I feel I havent even seen 90% of it! (I know they serve sunshine chicken at the restaurant! 0o0) So I say GOOD JOB on the world building!

Whats next?... Oh!

I would say what to improve... But I'm seeing you addressed the thing as the pages go along so... lol
There are some things you could still improve: body ratio proportions, aligning the background perspective and the characters. Full body, along with buildings. Here's hoping to see your improvement in the future (once they come out of the house XD) And I KNOW you have the potential to make it better!

As mention before, you have the lore of the world fleshed out. Now all you need to do is sharpen your art!
Whoa! Thats a little bit too long! I think I blather on too much already.

tl;dr

Reus1 has potential on the story, and you see the improvements of the artists. Though it reads like a detective story.
(Which, is exactly what you plan Cielle? LOL) Its a little slow, (with minimal action) the majority is dialog exchange. While I love the characters talking, I want to see the TOWN! Show me how is it OUTSIDE

Well, if anybody would like to review my comic, here it is: IMAGICA=verse3.
Dont be shy to speak your thoughts on it!

I really like the simplistic style of your art! Your characters are really expressive and diverse in their looks o3o I know it's only like 11 pages in but I'm not entirely sure of whats going on. I think Harrison is in love with this one girl, and it looked like there would be a proposal but it just kind of suddenly switched scenes? I feel like things are moving really quickly and a lot of important events are happening at once.

I guess more will be explained later, but seriously try to slow things down? The transitions are really sudden :o But overall, nice comic.

Next person please do: https://tapastic.com/series/Destiny-Awaits5

A great read! o3o I didn't like the style at first, but the aesthetic grew on me. Eris is a badass and a lot of the dialogue makes me laugh. The premise seems interesting enough and the characters each have their own unique look. The pacing was pretty good in some parts, but sometimes it's hard to understand what's going on? For example, Chapter 2 starts with what I'm assuming was either a really cool spikey-power or instant death, but then some lady(?) appears and it cuts to some other dude and some mysterious figure who may or may not have been on the previous page? I dunno .o. I just feel like the actiony parts could be slowed down a bit. I'm not sure what else to critique though, I really did like it o3o

I've got two, but either one could use some critiquing (thooouuuggh, I'm in the middle of redoing Destiny Awaits... Again).
https://tapastic.com/series/Destiny-Awaits1 or https://tapastic.com/series/RoyalPain1

At first i was vanished from your gifs. that work! i loved it because it was a BIG start into your comic. really stunning the second thought i had, was about the pixel. well, your drawings are full of big pixel. that makes it look cheap. iam asking myself if you are using jpeg? because that happens if you use jpg. i would strongly recomment png. your drawing also needs some improvement but it is not that i would hate it. it is on a good level :). Your drawings is improving with each page though. I love the pictures outsite its grid. Somehow I have the feeling its all a little to much though. Sometimes it`s blinking and moving and the coloures are so bright. You should have stopped with the good start.
the story kept me from the beginning. I love your character design. Well, if i had to tell one thing that keeps me from subscribing, than it would be the rough pixel-like lines, like i said before.
I hope i could help you

My comic is parenthood: https://tapastic.com/series/Parenthood

thank you for your words! that helps me very much. do you think i should colour the whole comic? (my husband insists doing this). are you swiss or german? because iam from switzerland and your comic is called edelweiss it looks nice, i`ll take a look at it.

sorry for putting my answere in between. i hope it doesnt get a mess. For the next one, who is looking for the link, its the comic of the one above me: https://tapastic.com/series/Edelweiss2