Transition from comic to webtoon format

[uhokhjol]

Looking for advice here - I'm planning on changing a format of my comic, since the webtoon format seems more demanded nowadays... And how do you think, would it be better to just draw next chapters in new format, or to re-do previous chapters as well?
Besides, the first pages were drawn a few years ago, and later pages look quite different from them, and I don't want new subscribers to expect every page to be colored, when in reality they are not.

Here's the first and last pages of my comic. (Jesus, I just noticed how crudely I used to crop frames lol)

[usarin]

I like the colored pages

Hmm.. if the dialogues are added digitally and you still have the original/raw files, it's possible to just edit and rearrange them according to vertical-scrolling format and therefore avoiding crisis of redrawing!
Having colored pages (or partially colored in a chapter) and then continue with black/white also wouldn't really bad too, you can even mark the colored pages as change of arc, or an important event is about to happen.

[ailatte]

I like the watercolor style, I think you should keep it when you move to webtoon, if you don't want to use color all the time you could chose how to implement it, a good example would be The Flower that was Bloom by a Cloud I think it's the title, the creator has a very interesting use of color.
I would start a new if I were you, specially since some of your content is from years ago, it would also give you the freedom to plan your panels according to the webtoon format. (Also the text in the examples is a bit hard to read in my opinion, but I'm also obsessive with readability)
While researching my thesis I found this webtoon that uses watercolors, maybe can inspire you: Ko Dong-dong’s ‘Jiokch’o˘l’ and also Spirit Fingers

[TRMcLeod]

I have a comic that I converted the first couple of pages to vertical format.

Some tips include pacing and dialogue. I ran across a lot of dialogue that had to be manipulated a bit to fit vertical. The max in a vertical balloon is usually two sentences the most. Some of my panels had to be cut in creative ways to accommodate that.

Also, spacing between panels seems to be a controversial thing. The majority is that there should be more space while some believe there is less. Pick what works for your story.

I have since decided to switch back to traditional due to time contains. I also want to collect the pages and print a book one day. So I rather focus on story telling in that format for now.

Crystal Visions

[puddle]

I converted my comic Street Magic from a similar layout to vertical format- it takes some time if you have a lot of pre-existing pages, but it's worth it. It really makes the work you've done so far feel like so much more when it's spaced out vertically, too! TBH even if you don't have the raw work file, if you have the images backed up in high enough quality/dimensions, you should be able to still convert it to vertical format with ease.