Why did you become a creator?

[KennethLopezJr921]

I thought this would be an interesting thread idea to ask you guys why you became a creator. As in, what made you start creating comics or novels to begin with. It doesn't have to be something profound so dont get discouraged if you feel like your story isn't interesting ^^

As far back as I can remember, I always loved creating stories, weather it be with my toys or drawing them out. I had (and still have) a very vivid imagination growing up so often times, I would have stories play out in my head like movies. Around the age of 10, I started concocting more elaborate stories that were akin to full blown series. Most of them revolved around things I liked at the time like Dragon Ball Z and Bionicle (Through fan videos and the lore. I was too young to fully experience Bionicle in its heyday). And I would feel so strongly about these stories that I would try to draw them out in comic form, and this is where I ran into issues. While Imagination is limitless, the same cannot be said for artist skills and at 10 or 11, I was a crappy artist. Whatever looked good in my imagination would not translate well to paper and this would cause a lot of frustration thanks to my perfectionism and wanting everything to be exactly as I had imagined it. These would prevent these story ideas from being more than something to thank about during classes and would eventually fade away once my interests were peaked elsewhere. But that would all change when I came up with the idea that would eventually become my comic when I was 13 going on 14. It was the same scenario as my previous stories, where it looked really good in my imagination but I was limited artistically. But, I didn't feel as inclined to let it go. Unlike my other story ideas, this one was original. As in, it wasn't based on any existing properties. And I began thinking, "What if I try to improve my art skills so I can turn my idea into a reality?" A had a little more motivation this time around and my teenage self was more patient than I was at 10. Looking back, I definitely motivated by a "what if I could do it" mentality more than wanting to become a professional artist. And its thanks to my decision of trying to turn this story into a reality is the reason why Im on the road to becoming one and why I'm the creator I am today.

[CarltonIsaac]

To make...

[abigaillmartin]

Solely to express myself in ways I can’t in real life. It’s sort of an escape but it’s also fun. I mainly became a creator since I was 11 years old. At the time I wrote fanfiction up until I was 15. From my experience writing fanfiction my writing grew as well as my drawings skills. I just want to create stories that help me express my wild imagination, create different kinds of characters and have fun no matter how stupid the idea is. I also just really really love to draw and it makes me feel good and happy.

[XiuLyn_12]

I always admire people who can come up with great stories! Especially those who can express it through comics. The first story that got me into making comics is an anime called "Inuyasha."
Right after I finished watching the anime, it gave me huge motivation to recreate it (my version was awful, by the way)
I'm glad I watched Inuyasha because I can discover a hobby I can never be bored of.

[SnowMan]

It's pretty typical to say especially for a guy in my age range, but I grew up with Dragon Ball and it played a major factor in me getting interested in art and writing in general. I would practice drawing my favorite characters like Bardock and Gogeta all day. I eventually even made a Saiyan OC and I'd just make little fanfics in my head of him beating up his own villains.

That being said, what got me into comics specifically was when I started reading Berserk as a teenager. Still one of the most influential works out there for me and I try to emulate both it and Dragon Ball in a lot of ways while trying to find my own voice. Miura's work on Berserk even motivated me to re-experience Dragon Ball through the manga and appreciate Toriyama's actual art skills and panel compositions which pretty much set in stone the fact that I want to make a comic. It's kind of cheesy, but both series have really helped me be a better person and overcome a lot of stuff, so I want to hopefully help someone out in a similar way with my own work.

[OneArtsyBeaver]

A long time ago I was a voice actor working on small projects, well one time I was working on an audio drama and ended up writing for it. It eventually fell through and I realized that I loved writing and decided to work on my own story. I felt like I had to do it.

[GumshoeComix]

I've been writing and drawing since middle school-ish?, i don't remember which story it was that got me into it. but I know that I love it, I love making things and I have stories I want to tell the world.

[Lensing]

Why does someone become a parent?
I think it´s a human instinct to do the things you are doing and it´s good and bad to know
what you want. Bad because every path you choose means you have make sacrifices
and it´s good to know that and live with the sacrifices

[ShidoDraws]

For almost a decade of my life I wasn't able to write, once I discovered that writing stories could help me better instead of memorizing vocabs that I'll never use, I instantly fell in love with writing stories. Though this wasn't done on my own I had a teacher who realized how I learn, after that it was easy for me to pick up English. I also fell in love with novels from there, I feel the need to read them for inspirations and grammar references.

I've been writing stories since then. I almost wanted to become a teacher just like that teacher who helped me, just almost. xD

[Flios]

Writing has always been something I appreciated because its an outlet for me away from my life. I always read lots of webcomics and webnovels on tapas, so one day I was scrolling through a random series when I had the thought "why can't I write a comic/novel like them?"
My art is terrible though, so I chose creating a novel. At first my prose and grammar was below the standard, but I created a series here on tapas as soon as I felt I could do it. I had been planning this story for months, so I was very excited, and I'm still stoked about releasing episodes to this day

[Kelheor]

Can't really say the "why" occurred to an 8 y.o. me making my own characters and drawing them was fun. More stories came into life, more characters, at some point I found myself drawing characters for a few more stories from another people, my friends. They loved what I drew for them and we enjoyed the process of creation together, it was a lovely time. I was never a great writer, but I enjoyed being hugely involved with creating whole universes together.
But even though I loved to draw my characters and read manga, I was always afraid of doing comics. I wouldn't start doing them if it wasn't for Bakuman. It inspired the hell out of me, "you always wanted to do it, you can do it", it told me

[Takaki03]

Mine is more primitive. It's like an irresistible urge to create something so that I can vent out my feelings in a way that I can make sense of them, especially now the world has a lot of ridicule going on. I think it's become an important part of me.

[WildMoon]

I was always a creator, I can’t no create, it’s like telling me to not breathe

[TroyVSTheWorld]

Some asshole made a line of NFTs called Game Punks and I said fuck that and started a webcomic with the same name but with actual heart & soul

[annaportia]

I just always had/have so many story ideas, that I wanted to build, and create. Additionally, I love art, so I love putting these two interests together and creating comics!

[Bella_Artz]

My entire family is kind of gifted in the artistic department. Bed time stories and TV shows filled my imagination with tons more, and I started reading longer stories at a very young age. After reading 'Harry Potter' I became fascinated with writing my own story. The first try was kind of like a rip off of the original series but right after it I got to writing my own original works on Wattpad, and I haven't been able to stop since. That's about five years ago, I graduated highschool two years ago and I'm happy I still get to share my stories.

[TheAuthor]

I have always loved writing stories and because of watching large amounts of anime and reading webtoons, I wanted to make a comic on Webtoon. The problem is that I suck at drawing. Like really suck. This led to me abandoning my dream of making my own comic but then I came across Tapas. Seeing novels on this reignited my spirit for writing stories and that ended up in me making my own novel which is now on 46 subscribers. I love reading and writing stories so with my novel here I want to show my family and friends that not only can I write stories that people love, but also make money and a career doing something that is my passion. Which is why I will not give up until my novel has been read and enjoyed by hundreds of people around the world.

[Archetype_Moon]

I have been telling stories since I was a kid, so I thought I'll make a career out of it. So far, I am still in the starving artist phase but with a little bit more perseverance, I'll succeed.

[NickRowler]

I really liked the Dragon Ball manga when I was in middle school and doodled little gag comics about Goku and Akira Toriyama. I then decided to make original long form doodley comics. It inspired me to come up with more characters and such.

One of the comics I made as a teen was called Crow which I think I always wanted to convert into a webcomic. I did eventually do that. I was in my mid 20s and depressed and I wanted something more positive to focus on.

[YS_og]

Had a story a friend and I wrote in our early 20s out of spite since at that time we were so discontent with how the mecha field was trending. Decided to write it just for fun, and since it was horribly written at at that time, I decided 15 years later to rewrite it properly and only post just to see if it could possibly be a story someone would enjoy (because why not? ^^; ).

No goals for money or followers as I am not an author, just another dude out there.

Novel is about 2/3 done.