What is your creative process when making a comic?

[Schwarze_Neko]

I know there is tons of ways of going about creating a comic. Everyone's got their own way, so I wanna know what goes through other creator's heads when they make comic pages What I go through normally when I make a page is first I make the sketch of the characters/backgrounds, then I do a more detailed sketch on top. After that I (try to ) make a nice lineart on top of that and then I draw the shadows under it. Finally I do the speech bubbles and the page is done! ^^ Feel free to leave your comics/pages you are most proud of ^^ Here's mine (cause it's wholesome ^^)

Nevermore | Tapas

[Random_Guy]

Well, it always starts out with the idea. Since my comic is based on individual comedic moments with no relation inbetween, I have to find the idea each week.
Then, I begin by figuring out the specific positioning of each object, and the dialogue that will make the joke work best.
Next, I begin making my comic. I plan out the layers I'll need, figure out what size and aspect ratio I'd like each panel to be, and figure out my color pallet for the setting.

When I really get to work making the comic, it's an absolute mess. I bounce all over the place, making assets as I need them on the fly and piecing them together into one final result, stitching and sewing the harmonic discord together until it finally takes the form I desire.
Thus, an R&R upload is made.

Rants And Rambles | Tapas

[magnavarra]

I'm working in a vertical webtoon format and I start with dialogue text first. to make sure it fits on panel and deside on panel composition next.
I draw some stickfigures or write comments on the panel content. and than I make a 3d layout and pose characters in maya or unreal and screenshot it and fill into panels. Than I do lineart on top of 3d without prior sketching or whatever. Than color and light. Than I render different passes of background and compose it to the panel and for some panles I just use gradient or halftone for the background

[Schwarze_Neko]

Oh wow! That's interesting, I guess some people work best in messes I checked out your comic and I liked it! Your pixel art is really good ^^

[Rhonder]

My process is kinda similar to yours! Especially with the sketching process I go through lol.

I first begin with thumbnailing where I go in with like... elementary school level super fast doodles to figure out the panel layout & # of panels (or if doing vertical scroll, just # of panels. I usually do page format though).

When I go in to actually do the sketch in each panel I do the same where I'll do 1 or maybe even 2 or 3 "rouch sketches" layered over one another- usually I do better getting poses or details looking right when I go at it with a thick sloppy brush rather than trying to be precise right away. Then I'll do a final "clean sketch" on top. That's the one I eventually ink.

After that it's all coloring and effects- I do a flat sweep, having the characters and background on separate layers, then I'll do all the shading on 1 single one, speech bubbles on a layer and the white fill on a separate layer under that. I hand draw all of my sound effects, and I'll do a highlights pass to add shine to metals and other reflective surfaces.

My latest comics that I've been doing for a DND campaign I'm in I've been doing kinda fast and sloppily, but they still give a good look at the final result. This was the most recent one xD

(the 2nd to last panel needs to have the dialogue edited a bit because I realized after the fact that it doesn't make sense in context lol)

[ChaoticConstellation]

I typically start with the story! I write out a bullet list of what needs to happen in each episode. This is usually between 10-20 points depending on how much detail I need to remember. Sometimes these include dialogue ideas.

From there I thumbnail on paper with with panel goal in mind. My goal is to have about 35-40 panels per episode (the 1st episode I think had like 60 or so despite my best efforts) and this is where I have my first pass at dialogue.

After that I scan my thumbnails and arrange them in clip studio paint. I do vertical scrolling format, and I try to use one very long file then cut it to size.

I sketch on top of the thumbnails. then I line, then I do a flat color, with a clipping mask to do the actual colors. Then shading, then backgrounds.

I typically build "sets" in the sims 4 to use as a reference for interiors that I will reuse like a characters bedroom or even the school theater.

After all that I do the lettering and move panels around if needed.

Because I work full time this process usually takes about a week.

https://tapas.io/series/Ready-Spaghetti

[inubasket]

Your drawings are really cute!!

My process is:

-Planning the panels
-Rough sketches
-Lineart/color of the people
-Backgrounds/background color
-Word bubbles/words

Ugly People's Club | Tapas

[jcmraz]

You mean for each page? I script then thumbnail. Then, I Just draw it all holistically for the most part in stages. I do a lot of under layer sketches to work it up to the finished sketch. Then ink and color. The pages I'm most proud of are on my patreon at the moment. But feel free to check out my comic still

Runner | Tapas

[kirayuin]

Since I'm adapting my webcomic from a novel, I usually:

• Read the chapter that I'm adapting from

• Quick storyboarding of the moments I want to include in the comic

• Panel and sketch out the draft with figures and rough speech bubbles

• (Here's a process I do which might be different from other artists) If it's a simple panel, I'll draw on the page itself with lineart, base colours and atmosphere colours. However, if it's a difficult drawing with tons of details, I draw on a separate file so that my full focus will be on that panel, and then I'll paste the image on the comic strip

• Add in the effects or pretty it up with sparkles and flowers (my webtoon is fantasy/romance so it works well with the sparkly stuff )

• And finally, speech bubbles and final checks

I've recently hired a colorist though so hopefully my work process will be faster now :')

(Example panel below with so many flowers and decorations!)

[SagaHolmgaard]

I usually thumbnail about 15-25 pages ahead, then I work in batches of 5 pages at a time. I place out all my text, and depending on how I feel I make the speech bubbles at this point (otherwise I wait until the end). Then I pencil out the characters and environments. Then I ink and add flat tones, then I add shading with like a black on a 30% opacity layer.

Ends up like this:

Reclaim | Tapas