What are you working to improve on right now?

[zigmenthotep]

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]

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]

Going fast without falling into a black hole of research.

[jamelin]

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]

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

[IdiotWithPencil]

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

[vladitsvar]

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]

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]

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]

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

[shaylafarley5]

I'm really trying to improve on different art programs and brush strokes. I'm not really good with outlining my drawings which is why my comic dosent have any.
So to get out of this comfort zone I'm outlining my other 2 comics I'm working on, and its a lot faster to color them that way

[anitacomics]

I'm doing my best to choose a style, and improve colors. I'm terrible at choosing colors.

[IdiotWithPencil]

I think its more on value then colour theory what your lacking look

the values of your colours are too similar which makes your panels and pieces seem flat, make your darks dark and your lights light and you should see the difference immediately

EDIT: the values of your characters colours and the values of the background colours specifically are too similar

[spadesart]

i lump those two together actually, but yes im aware of that too

[LordVincent]

Writing. It's always been my weakness and since I'm finally freeing up time to work on comics only, I now no longer have anything holding me back from putting more planning and thought into my stories.
Also I feel so nervous and unsure with this thing I've had for over a year where I run into script-related crisis every other month. I mean I usually figure it out, but I want to provide professional results so I'd rather just... not.

Also trying to approach art and writing in more of a "cuz I feel like it" way rather than "k this has to get done cuz deadline". Usually get more done that way and instead of being stressful it's calming and enriching. Plus I'm improving my diet and exercise, so if I just poison myself with stress and bad sleep those efforts would go to waste.

I am quitting certain patreon reward tiers that require more work than they are worth (I would earn at least 5 times as much out of the hours they take, and have 100 times as much fun, if i put them into comics instead) and I am so glad to not have to cram out all these colored yaoi pics every month and actually be able to focus on comic-centered and health-related improvements instead ;w;

[Testaccount]

Since I write, I'm always trying to improve my craft. I want to get better at description, world-building, and plot.

Surprisingly, I feel I'm good at character development already.

As for drawing, I'm still working on the basics, like anatomy. My goal is to hopefully draw a one page short comic by the end of the year.

[lilydusk]

This is super important to me too. Working on - and completing - small pieces of standalone illustrations has helped me a lot, allowing me to get into the habit of finishing things that I started. Sorta like building that task completion muscle.

[lilydusk]

This is interesting! Are you referring to impact and the SFX artwork used to depict it?

[lilydusk]

Changing your approach to 'because i feel like it' is a great way to mitigate the stress of an oncoming post deadline. Thanks for that tip

[VibrantFox]

Though I really want to focus on backgrounds and scene composition I'm spending a lot of time lately working on anatomy and fluidity of motion. It's honestly painful when I look at a drawing I've done an the character's look stiff and blocky so working towards making certain characters feel a bit more lively and active while still remaining right in anatomy has been a big focus of mine.

Also just staying motivated