What is the most boring / fun thing about making comics?

[niinasalmelin]

I have recently started enjoying the coloring process of Numb more and more! It's so relaxing. Also drawing is always fun to do. Most boring would be scanning and doing all the photoshop things, adding speech bubbles and text and so on.

[heterodont]

I don't mind any part of making my comic? It's all pretty enjoyable, just a tad bit tedious.

If I had to choose the most boring, I'd say sketching the page just because of how I sketch.

My fave part is lining and coloring though.

[joannekwan]

My favorite is writing the dialogue and script!

The thing that puts me to sleep is coloring.

[SpavVy]

The things I find boring:
Writing a script
Storyboards/thumbnails
sketching the whole thing on the final.
I dread using perspective even though I have grids to make it easier.

Things I find fun:
Inking
Adding tones
Sound effects and text.

So basically I'm only having fun when I'm almost done.

[Shanny8]

The boring part of making my pages? Getting motivated...once I'm going, I'm good, but getting myself in a mood/zone to draw/ink/color is a pain. Secondly would be drawing sometimes...that's why when I am in a zone and I'm cranking out good stuff, I push myself to get a lot done- coz I dont always be in that zone everyday.

The fun part is inking, coloring(except laying down flats some days), and lettering.

[stephensharpe707]

I find the colouring process extremely boring, I use the magic wand and polygon tool method which can be very time consuming, especially with fiddly bit of the line art. Also sound effects, when you can't quite put sounds into words.

I have a lot of fun thinking about what I'm going to do with a page, laying down the sketch layers.

[BlackMantaStudios]

I enjoy the whole drawing process, but I especially like the shading and highlighting stage, because that's where I can make my drawings more vivid. The part about making comics that I hate most, however, is typing the words in. I dunno, but is there anything exciting about typing letters? xD

[R.n.P]

For me the most fun thing about making my comic is the fight scenes since I really love action illustration
Then the most boring thing to do when making my comic is inking though when done I normally like admiring the ink job
THE LAST SAMURAI

[alaingrey]

I love inking, especially big black areas or architecture or details. I like coloring, but my comic isn't in color, so that part is a bit dull.

The part I hate is definitely lettering, and for some reason I get really caught up about measuring page margins and panels. I never want to do it, so I have to do huge batches at a time.

[sarrowsmith10]

Love:
*I enjoy reading the new scripts to the pages the very most. LOVE to read what happens next from the writers.
*I really enjoy paneling with the writer of Goblins of Razard, I like to see her vision sort of come to life, and going back and forth and working on it together.
*I like inking
*Drawing backgrounds (I'm weird, don't judge me)

Not so fun:
*Doing the initial sketch before inking. My brain sometimes has a hard time getting started.
*Fill in flats for the base colors (blah, which is why someone else does that usually, I whine about it too much)

[Shanny8]

@stephensharpe707 I use the polygon lasso/paint bucket when laying down flats. It's gotten easier since I started using a tablet. Used to be a real pain when I was coloring with a mouse.

@BlackMantaStudios @alaingrey @dragonfly_kites I onno...maybe I'm just a font/lettering junkie. LOVE the lettering process.

[NickRowler]

Love:
-brainstorming story ideas
-writing a script/thumbnailing

Boring:
-Inking/Lining (it's the most time consuming and if I am having a bad day, it comes out all weird)

[aspiderjonny]

Creator of The J-Man Web Series and The Valve Web Series here.

I don't really hate any aspect of making a comic. My favorite part is probably thumbnailing and penciling, though I do like coloring.

I do find inking and writing dialogue to be less interesting then the other parts. If it counts, the most boring aspect is promoting. It's so time consuming and I'd rather be drawing.

[MissMagicGirl]

Yeh, weel I dont hate the backgrounds but they are a lot of work. I guess that is way I dread them sometime. But you are right, making comics is amazing so even the parts I like less is still a nice time.

[MissMagicGirl]

Wow! Your art is amazing! I can understand that it was fun to draw the first picture.

Haha I struggle with colors myself sometimes it is hard ^^

[MissMagicGirl]

Yeah, I can relate. It can get tedious with the panel / word bubbles sometimes ^^

[MissMagicGirl]

I feel exactly the same. Closeups are so much fun and hands are... my enemy...

[carloswebcomic]

Colouring.
Fuck colouring.
I really don't like at all, but you know, readers and stuff.

[Shanny8]

@carloswebcomic dont mind coloring; just groaning coz it's gonna be a bitch learning color/theory. Right now I get by with some stuff, but I want my colors to be better than what they are now coz I dont have a full grasp on applying theory; was NEVER taught to me at art school.

[Aspie_Gamer]

Its getting started that I like the least. Once I do it however...I find that inking/toning flies by which is great.