Then and now (comparison)

[TravisB]

Looking back on my first few issues of my comic book im thinking yo wtf

And now it looks better

It's a learning experience. I'm learning alot as i create this comic book of mine, more than i learned when i was doing single drawings. my characters have improved over time and im hoping i continue to improve every single page i draw. Im still trying to outdo myself each issue i put out. i hope that i keep getting better. If i had started out as a young kid drawing comic book ideas i think I'd be even better at drawing now.

Id love to go back and redo my older issues so they're easier to understand.. might be a future project I'll do some day. I look at them now and laugh at how silly and wonky it looked lol

Here's my latest issue... Number 29

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[jwabeasley]

Here's the oldest Etherwood-related art I have on hand:

...and here's the most recent completed page:

I like to think I've grown a bit!

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[penxpanel]

Dont worry, in 5 month you'll be looking back at this page and also going "bro, wtf"

And its as wondefull as it is cringe everytime it happens.

Cause you've improved so much but also; bro, wtf.

[TravisB]

Actually tbh i like both pictures.. you're good at coloring. I dig the whole watercolor painting aesthetic

[TravisB]

Hahaha yeah that feeling is definitely two sided...

[KevinReijnders]

Kyara in the very first panel VS the most recent completed panel.

I've gotten a lot more solid and defined in my drawing. More detailed too! (though that latter might be too my detriment as well, seeing how it takes me a looot more time to finish a page )

[jwabeasley]

4 layers of cel shading has to be a lot of work! Also, it's pretty rare for a webcomic to decrease the size of a female character's bust over time, that's an interesting development.

[KevinReijnders]

You'd think so, but honestly the shading isn't the biggest workload! I think I spend the most time on mt linework.

As for her bust, I don't really feel like I shrank them haha. There is probably a bit of size inconsistency from panel to panel, especially early on. I also got a better grasp on the anatomy compared to 6 years ago.

Plus, with the redesign of her leather armor in Ch03, there is a, euhm, 'squeeze' going on on her chest, so they're not as pronounced when in her scrapper gear.

((Was not expecting to get so technical about her boobs, but here we are ))

[wolflu66]

His watercolor is amazing

It's been about a year and a half since I published chapter 1 of RAW. I feel like my drawing skills have improved, but only a little. However, as I worked, I discovered more handy brushes, which brought quite a few changes to my style. I really enjoy trying out different, crazy painting techniques!

Ch.1

Ch.24

[TravisB]

Looks awesome man! I always liked watercolor type paintings .... Its really nice. It just sucks for me because coloring was never my area...im strictly pencil and I've never been good at color. But we all have strengths and weaknesses so

[jwabeasley]

((Was not expecting to get so technical about her boobs, but here we are ))

I get it, we have to think over every detail... I only mentioned it because it's much more typical to go the other direction as a webcomic ...develops!

[jwabeasley]

It's been about a year and a half since I published chapter 1 of RAW. I feel like my drawing skills have improved, but only a little. However, as I worked, I discovered more handy brushes, which brought quite a few changes to my style. I really enjoy trying out different, crazy painting techniques!

Your art is really great straight through! I appreciate how you've slowly expanded your color palette as you've expanded their world.

[KevinReijnders]

I only mentioned it because it's much more typical to go the other direction as a webcomic ...develops!

Ha fair. I guess I'm just not interested in providing that kind of fanservice.

Funnily enough, or well if it passes for funny, the OG animated version of Kyara was actually criticized by my teachers at the time for "looking too much like a boy". I was legitimately told to give her big boobs and hips. Honestly it felt kinda gross for this group of middle aged men to talk like that...

[ThunderChicken]

Kyara's smallish boobs fit well with her athletic build though. Female heroes don't all have to be Laura Croft

[CoInkedPath]

the puzzlement page of the weekly running ad that just ask to be seen. lol the pages are cut in Ps into 6 parts of a twisted view. Jon Bastia meets Andy Warhill in the thought of an over work graffiti wall

[KevinReijnders]

Kyara's smallish boobs fit well with her athletic build though.

This ️

Boobs are mostly fat tissue anyway, so when a woman has low body fat, they're smaller.

[abigaillmartin]

As a small lady I say… YES!! 🥺

[abigaillmartin]

Hmmm let’s see…

First Abbdini art:

Latest Abbdini art:

Okay technically this is a comic but it’s still art

This is all I have on me at the moment. Elsie is too painful to come back to right now.

[abigaillmartin]

That is really weird for your teacher to say. Yuck!
I’m so sorry that happened. Draw your characters however you want them to be. The hourglass mold sucks!

[PeteLensing]

Can we agree on: "it´s really weird what the teacher said and none of their
business, but drawing hourglass figures is also okay if the artist want that?"
Everyone should draw their characters like they want to.

And...hour glass rule