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Junohugger
Oct '20

There'a lot of talk about how a lot of comics on Tapas are very similar, but I disagree, may look like that on the surface, but I love to see all those little signature things creators put into their work, like little in-jokes or references. So what's yours? Do you have silly little bits and bobs that you put into your work? that little thing that ties it to you.

As for me, I like to draw little burgers on the ground :3

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a.g.meade
Oct '20

Hmm, mine isn't as adorable as burgers, but there's a book (prop) that recurs somewhere in all of my comics.

Junohugger
Oct '20

Ah! Intriguing! Is it a specific book that has meaning to you or something random that just kinda caught on? (or both)

teacup_creations
Oct '20

Wow that is so cute! I should've thought about putting cute little things like burgers in my comics.
I think my stuff tends to be unified by my style which is round and bubbly. I also really love using a specific shade of yellow in a lot of my work but that could just be because I'm too lazy to create a new palette lol.

a.g.meade
Oct '20
Junohugger

Ah! Thank you for asking. It's a specific book that does indeed have meaning to me, inasmuch as it is an abandoned idea whose title ("The Captive in the Dream") I liked too much to commit to the trash bin. Then I thought it would be funny to have it pop up in my other works! :innocent:

Junohugger
Oct '20
teacup_creations

I also really love using a specific shade of yellow in a lot of my work but that could just be because I'm too lazy to create a new palette lol

A specific colour is valid! I think a lot of those little things like that sort of grow organically, don't they? You don't set out to do the same little things here and there, but start to notice you're following little patterns...

@a.g.meade Oooh, that's interesting, it's as if that book does exist now regardless, just in a different universe~~~ :shook_01:

KelheorRegular
Oct '20

Triangles in the main characters design I guess.
All my female MC have triangle earrings and other accessories, like Summer's hairclips, Ada's collar tips, Perry's gloves parts.
I use them on clothes a lot, because everything started from Gil's orange "nacho" t-shirt and Summer's t-shirt supported this idea and took it further :sweat_smile:

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Puck
Oct '20

I think one of my things is the way I draw eyes.
I do think that many comics have a similiar style on Tapas and Webtoon but that´s just
because I´m not familiar with manga/anime style comics and then this style looks very
similiar. I guess it´s the same when you look at american or european style comics

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Kann
Oct '20

Most of my characters have messy and fluffy hair. xD

Llyrel
Oct '20

Broody and grumpy characters are a must in my stories too :'D

Also: long haired dudes, large casts, bikers/Harley Davidson motorcycles and/or cool cars, rock/metal music and musicians, concerts.

TheGentleArtist
Oct '20

I guess expressions and maybe puns/play on words?
I never really paid attention enough to know what my signature thing is. :sweat_02:

nathanKmcwilliamsIn the making of Bunneh The Rabbit
Oct '20

Exaggerated poses, and lots of movement. I try to make my characters always moving, instead of standing still.
And I like to use song titles from the Metal bands I like as arc titles. And if I can reference lyrics, I will.

alextsarace
Oct '20

Alike anime charas have bigger eyes, mine have bigger ears. Like a real big lmao. I recently got a comment about my style makes my characters look like Cheburashka (it's Russian famous toon character), so it made me laugh. Yeah, now it's gonna be my local meme.

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WOSTR
Oct '20

There's always an underlying sea theme for me, no matter what the genre, even if it's just a little, it's there, even the stars I draw are starfish.

KelheorRegular
Oct '20
alextsarace

Now I cannot unsee it in your characters :grin: You need someone in Cheburashka's costume :+1: and Gena's too, I guess :green_heart:

DasIstWunderblyat
Oct '20

I don't think being similar is something to be dreaded of. No matter how unique your series are, there must be something similar to it even by one element, and there must be another series that just make it pale in comparison. Praise the ordinary.

Okay then to answer the question, none of them are unique to mine but those are recurrent:

  • Use of primary red color of different opacity for sketching.
  • Wavy hairstyles, defined cheekbones, men in dress, overall weird fashion.
  • Sweet, dainty, unsuspecting-looking but powerful and/or manipulative characters. Characters that are weak pushovers until they snap, yandere or yangire.
  • Humanoid/human-appearing creatures whose true forms are far from human, or "humans" that are not fully human.
  • Mundane can be cool.
  • Characters that are suicidal, have inferiority complex, or parental issues.
  • Hybridization (includes interspecies relationship)
  • Cannibalism. Yummy!
DokiDokiTsuna
Oct '20

I'd say my signature thing is my line style. I have yet to see anyone else who does it like me.


It's actually very simple: the lines are low resolution and anti-aliased. The thing is, that's not something they hand to you in most art programs (I guess it doesn't really look 'professional') so most digital artists would never get in a spot where they make lines that way. I'm not most digital artists, though. ^^

What gets me about it is that because it's so unorthodox, people seem to think it's intentional. :9 Like, if a beginner artist draws with really rough lines, you just say 'ah, they're a beginner' but if a mature artist who clearly has mastery of many techniques draws with rough lines, you say 'that's their style'. So people think this is my style...

But to be honest, it's not...like, I didn't really choose it. It's just a byproduct of my current process. If I was given a tablet and a bunch of convenient aliased tools to work with on the regular, I'd probably just go with those. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Junohugger
Oct '20

Ahh! This is all really interesting, folks! Thanks for sharing with me!

I'm really intrigued by what people notice in their work like that, and how it develops. Some things we pick up ourselves, some we may never notice until a reader points it out, haha! For me, the burgers developed from being stuck as to what I should draw in my backgrounds, particularly the floors, they're always so blank and I struggle to give them detail, hence, oh, someone dropped a burger here, I wonder why. It invites introspection.... Were they drunk when they did it? How did they feel when they lost their delicious burger? Is it still good? Why does everyone seem to drop burgers in this universe?