What are you working to improve on right now?

lilydusk 2017-09-23 01:48:04 UTC #11

Sweet, it certainly feels good knowing that people appreciate the what you've put out there enough to want to subscribe.

As for speed, Nanowrimo really helped with increasing my writing speed. I duno about you, but I find it much harder to write faster than to draw faster, if only because it's so difficult separating the actual writing from the mental chatter going on in my head

lilydusk 2017-09-23 01:49:25 UTC #12

I'm bad at drawing characters facing the right too! But since I'm doing everything digitally I just draw them facing left and then flip the damn thing over to the right

KoreanTacos 2017-09-23 01:50:30 UTC #13

But you must be a master of the left right?

lilydusk 2017-09-23 01:51:19 UTC #14

Same here. Speed is so crucial. For me I feel like it would help if I could significantly reduce the number of ctr-zs that I use

dawgofdawgness 2017-09-23 01:54:43 UTC #15

Yep, that's RIGHT slaps knee

dawgofdawgness 2017-09-23 01:55:16 UTC #16

Oh gosh i do that too.
IT MAKES ME GUILTY EVERY TIME I UPLOAD SOMETHING

KoreanTacos 2017-09-23 01:57:52 UTC #17

lilydusk 2017-09-23 02:00:16 UTC #18

(I really shouldn't be endorsing this )

Hodge 2017-09-23 02:47:09 UTC #19

The good ol' perfect practice makes perfect. Hmm aside from speed, I'm just trying to get better at coming up with interesting poses. After so long, I worry that my panels and composition are too repetitive.

Shanny8 2017-09-23 02:54:28 UTC #20

Getting better/more efficient with the tablet, DEFINITELY coloring(more along the lines of choosing better color schemes), stronger/more solid lines.

zigmenthotep 2017-09-23 03:19:49 UTC #21

Dynamic shading and poses, I really love that super bold film noir style shading (ass seen in Hellboy) but am not very good at it. Also that thing people do sometimes where words come out of characters' mouths to advance the plot. And getting back into using my tablet, I've been doing everything in either pen or pen tool for so long that I've completely fallen out of practice with it.

shazzbaa 2017-09-23 03:32:38 UTC #22

Right now I'd say definitely colour. Good colours have always been the most difficult for me, and this last chapter I made a conscious effort to not just use obvious or easy colours in every scene -- I tend to default to "golden light, purple shadows" to make things look nice but there are like... ten billion other possible colour schemes. I'm trying to break out of being afraid of non-muted colours and figure out how to make stronger, brighter colours harmonise.

A friend who is very good at colour has been critiquing my in-progress stuff and helping me figure out how I can approach colour better, and I've also been (very slowly) giving myself a few chances outside the comic to practice putting colours down without a lot of overlays and multiply layers to try to force myself to think about colour more! It's all very challenging and I don't feel like I have it yet, but I've definitely hit some points I'm really proud of!

joe_galindez 2017-09-23 11:27:26 UTC #23

Going fast without falling into a black hole of research.

jamelin 2017-09-23 12:27:30 UTC #24

I work on forces.
Yes, that sounds strange, but I actually struggle to make the force that is applied somewhere visible. It doesn't matter if it's the thing that gets hit or the character that hits it... That's kinda bad when you want to draw fight scenes, even if those are magical girl fights.

punkarsenic 2017-09-23 12:36:17 UTC #25

nothing rn, actually, bc im too busy. but im in art school and taking life drawing classes now so? im still improving.

IdiotWithPencil 2017-09-23 14:48:47 UTC #26

Anatomy, Anatomy, Anatomy ANATOMY, did I meantion anatomy? cause ooooh boy ANATOMY
also traditional painting with acrylics, ANATOMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

vladitsvar 2017-09-23 15:11:11 UTC #27

Like almost everyone, anatomy. But i'm trying to improve backgrounds too, first they looked like models, artificial structures made by computer, so i stopped using computarized lines.
Now i'm trying to make straight lines by hand... And it's hard -.-

375 2017-09-23 16:32:30 UTC #28

Since I write things, I'm working on the description of scenery, people, things, etc I find it challenging to do these things which is why I normally go back through my work and edit the smol shit. The second thing is emotions. I doubt that I gave my charcters the right emotional response to when things happen.

spadesart 2017-09-23 17:45:26 UTC #29

my color theory, ive began noticing my contrast and color choices arent super strong
i think im getting somewhere?

ive been trying to use more colors and effects that pop harder against each other

natchevil 2017-09-23 17:49:48 UTC #30

Finishing what I start.
Basically, setting a story goal and achieving it in a satisfying way.