Why did you picked drawing over writing your comic?

[Chocolate]

I’m interested in reading what other artists decided to do with their story.

[BoomerZ]

Why not both? Most indy are one person.

[VibrantFox]

i enjoy writing but visual storytelling has also been a long time passion of mine so it only felt right to do so even if it takes a long time. Plus i just love art in general since it's been a part of my life thru family since i was really little so beyond just interest it's pretty much second nature

[dan_thepainter]

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[Lensing]

I´m not sure what you mean but I write and draw my comic

[Chocolate]

No I meant why did you picked drawing to tell a story vs not just writing a novel for it?

[darthmongoose]

I make comics because I can tell a visual story, more like a TV show or movie, but on my own. It's a very labour-intensive medium, but also one with really strong creative control.

It also plays to my strengths, like drawing dynamic poses and telling jokes, while mitigating some of my weaknesses like how wordy I am (by limiting how much text I can actually fit into a panel or page).

I like telling stories, I like drawing, so telling stories by drawing is a good medium for me!

[Lensing]

I think it´s content related.
Some content is perfect for a movie, some for a book, some for a comic.
It all has pros and cons.

I´m a comic reader, I like that it´s a fast and in your face medium, it´s
perfect for the stories that I like to read and for the stories I like to write.
It´s my favorite medium and it´s also part of my personality to be a comic
creator instead of a novel writer. I grew up with rock´n´roll and comics
and it made me play rock´n´roll and draw comics

[stiatent]

As an artist, it felt more comfortable making a comic vs writing a novel. Enjoy designing rich backgrounds and throwing lil' hints within scenes, so for me it would be a challenge to write that in text without making it obvious to reader. It started as an action-horror videogame idea and wanted to retain that visual aesthetic. Comics felt like a better choice to attract the target demographic (gamers, action & horror fans) vs novel format.
I'm honestly more of a gamer than a comic reader, but I do enjoy and collect some comics Udon Street Fighter comics are one of my faves.

[DarkSena]

Writing is not really my niche... I was really thinking hard before I even decided to start my own webtoon, since it's so much dedication and work you put into it. In the past I'd probably prefer to pair up with a write who has it all thought out and I give to that story my visualisation only But it's the visual side I enjoy doing to most as an artist.

[thepenmonster]

It's easier to draw Spider-Man than it is to describe Spider-Man.

[TheLemmaLlama]

Well I've mentioned elsewhere it's not because I like drawing. But maybe ... it is, in a way? As in, I dislike writing prose even more Just because I like drawing better than writing prose, doesn't mean I like drawing on an absolute level XD

Now that makes me wonder, if I liked drawing and writing prose an equal amount, which medium would I choose? After all, prose is faster to produce, so choosing writing means the story costs me less time to produce.

... still drawing tbh. The illustrated medium is just closer to my vision for my stories (which I mostly envision as anime or video games in their 'ideal' form), and there are certain things that I just cannot imagine ever conveying accurately and vividly via prose no matter how gud I git.

If my solo-produced version of my story will be the final version, then drawing is unavoidable. (Even if I am banking on it being adapted, having a visual version gives it better chances, I feel.)

It also plays to my strengths, like drawing dynamic poses and telling jokes, while mitigating some of my weaknesses like how wordy I am (by limiting how much text I can actually fit into a panel or page).

In general, I like to find a medium that best intersects with my vision of the story and my strengths and weaknesses as a creator, even if it doesn't fit neatly into the category of 'comic'/'novel'/'film'/etc

Like, bitwam is basically a glorified storyboard with all panels being the same horizontal rectangle so I don't have to deal with composition, and I plan to have animated sections for the more long-winded monologues/dialogues because I find talking and expressions relatively easy to animate, while also making the section more fun to look at (and thus less boring to get through)

And I also plan to experiment with visual novels, which replaces the parts I hate most about prose (describing scenery) with something I sometimes find satisfying about art (drawing scenery) while also letting what I find sometimes fun about prose (describing character expressions/mannerisms) take over for some of the art

it´s also part of my personality to be a comic creator instead of a novel writer.

Not so for me; I personally am not attached to being a creator in a particular medium and I wouldn't mind writing novels for the rest of my life if I happen to finish all my comics and all the stories I think up since then happen to work best as novels

(For instance, The Metaphysicist is something I feel works best as a piece of prose; it just wouldn't be the same without the footnotes and everything, and I never even considered making it into a comic XD)

[river121693]

Because English is not my first language, plus I'm 90% sure I have dyslexia, leading to this edit icon next to all of my posts:

My brain also thinks more visually-- its much easier for me to draw a scene out than write its description

[Insanebaker92]

Because I’m dexterity. I do well with any job involving with hands. And so I can draw very well than writing

For writing, I’m not good at using words as I suck at using it.

[darthmongoose]

In general, I like to find a medium that best intersects with my vision of the story and my strengths and weaknesses as a creator, even if it doesn't fit neatly into the category of 'comic'/'novel'/'film'/etc

Like, bitwam is basically a glorified storyboard with all panels being the same horizontal rectangle so I don't have to deal with composition, and I plan to have animated sections for the more long-winded monologues/dialogues because I find talking and expressions relatively easy to animate, while also making the section more fun to look at (and thus less boring to get through)

(I'm sorry, I had to).

[DanielRKM]

I'm not going to lie, I stayed away from drawing comics for years because, despite absolutely loving comics, I never felt good enough to make one myself. Words always came fastest. But the dream never died down, so after I got over myself and my fears of inadequacies (I am... Still working on it from time to time), I found that I really loved drawing comics and it's my preferred way to tell stories. It surprises me how much I love it, but rendering out the emotions of the characters just feels really damn good.

If anything, it's hard to stop at this point.