Why did you start making your comic?

[djwaglmuffin]

Well...I was in college learning animation. The teachers were awful to me all the time because "you draw anime" and I was convinced by one instructor that I would never make it in the industry. He insulted all of my work and failed my projects because I wouldn't use clip art. (i swear, that was an actual thing)

So, someone gave me a manga from Yuu watase and I said to myself "Huh...what if I just did comics instead of trying to get into a studio if they're really not going to be interested in me." And that's how it happened. I have been practicing and writing and drawing ever since. ...but I'm 35 now and was thinking about quitting.

[amortelito]

Well, I have been writing and sketching stuff related to Amorte since I was a teen. It was always a secret project and even when I made some covers and the first pages I was not planning to share it until I realized that when we die we take nothing with us and all that is left is our legacy. This comic also helped me to have a good time during my depression. It means a lot to me.

[Cavechan]

I draw comics in general because I have to draw comics.

For my completed/sequel series, True Power, I had a dream I was flying around on a flashlight so then I took that idea and expanded on it.

For my current main comic, Celestial Chronicle Shion, I have been wanting to write a story where I can really torture my main character (who ended up not even being the MC......) and I wanted to do some fun occult stuff. But I'm not really interested in doing just a straight up occult story, so I decided to make it in space.

[rajillustration]

This is a fascinating thread. For me I just want to get good enough at comics in order to do justice to a StarControl II comic one day. It's a very nerdy dream of mine, and strangely, this keeps me motivated. One day it will come out of copyright limbo and when that happens, I will be ready.

So I've made about 4 not great comics (not on tapas) and am now on my 5th, and the method and pipeline is finally clicking and for the first time, I'm actually making a good comic haha. My current comic is mostly about kid's failing magic school and while I do feel strongly about that, I continue to draw and write it because--and I mean this--I very seriously want to learn to be better in order to draw Captain Zelnick crushing some Illwrath one day in the same way I felt it when I was a kid, playing that game every summer.

[Anithia]

I love stories, every story is amazing in its own. And i have a lot of them in my mind filled with memories, fears, dreams, and the way i see the world.
I started writing them to not forget, but deep inside me i had the need of sharin these stories. However, im not very good at weiting, so i used drawings!

[saak]

so, i was writing novel here for about 3 weeks and i heard about webtoon so i went there to post my novel only to find out there is only options for comics so, i tried making and doing sketch for the first time in my entire life and on the same day I AM A ROBBER was born around 2-3pm of 2 june

[Domae]

Warning: Long post, but worth the read. TL;DR: Always loved story telling, but SO's encouragement made me take the plunge.

I participate in an event called Flash Fiction Month, where I write a short story (called flash fiction) every day for the month of July. In my second year of participating, I came up with the vague premise of my current comic. I've always loved plot/developing characters and worlds, so I continued to develop the world of TNS throughout the July of 2017.

I'm also an artist, so I painted a large 3 -panel acryllic painting of a scene from TNS, and hung it in my dorm room for the last two years (I'm a college student!). I worked on the comic off and on between 2017 and now. I created a basic plot and some character sheets, but didn't take the plunge to make the comic until this April with my current SO's encouragement.

He had asked me the story behind the 3-panel painting, and commented on how my eyes lit up when I talked about my characters and the story. He got really adament about it, actually, considering I was pretty depressed at the time. He told me that the comic brought back the fire that he used to see in me before some life events, and the next day I laid the groundwork for the first act of The Nymph's Story.

The Nymph's Story | Tapas

[Rhonder]

The main "why" of TreasureHUNT!! was to unshackle myself from a story I had been working on for like 11 years prior lol. I've always drawn as a hobby, and have been interested in comics since I was a little kid! Sometime in middle school I came up with this giant shonen manga/anime inspired story that I was super enthusiastic about developing and working on~

The problem was that I was still at the stage in my art journey where I was rapidly improving all the time, so I fell easily into the infinite redo loop. The farthest I ever got was like... page 2 or 3 of Chapter 2. But that was just on one attempt. I probably have like 5-6 versions of the first 2-5 pages sitting in my piles of old drawings lmao. But so I kept slowly working on developing the story and characters surrounding the comic without ever really getting to the comic itself, all through middle school, high school, and university. Granted, in Uni I actually stopped drawing as much as I did prior- school work and other hobbies took priority during those years, so I kinda stagnated for a while.

After graduation I spent several months job hunting and just kind of lazing around- and sometime in that period I realized that I missed drawing and wanted to give my old story another shot. So I started yet another reboot. Fast forward a few months, I got a temporary holiday season job in retail that left me drained after every shift, so I stopped drawing again. Fast forward more, I landed my current job in an architecture office and decided that I had finally stabilized enough to actually get back into drawing this time. I participated in Inktober for the first time in 2017 as a kick start for that process, and it worked! So after Inktober I decided... to start another-nother reboot of that old story LOL By this time I had been lurking around these forums for a while though, I think I had discovered tapas the summer prior give or take.

Anyways I got... 8 pages into that reboot before I finally put my foot down and was like "this is dumb." Several reasons: too long for a first project, my drawing was way too slow relative to the project length (I realized that it was an action/fantasy series and it would take me like a year to get to the first small action scene at the pace I was completing pages...), the whole story was kinda meh as written and needed major overhaul, same with many of the character designs, etc.

I had seen several people on these forums suggest new creators try starting with a shorter project or two or 3 in order to get their feet wet and get a feel for the process, so I was like "yeah, that sounds like a reasonable idea!" And shortly thereafter, I began brainstorming the story that would become TreasureHUNT!!. Finally the first new story I had worked on in like 12 years, so liberating! So yeah, that's the story behind why I started this comic~

[Moshimitsu]

The main reason I started to create comic was because I had to make something for my final project at university so I could graduate. Even though I was doing fine with programming subjects, I had problems with one of them. This made me lose all self-confidence, I had little breakdowns every project we had and then I cried a lot at nights. I wanted to make a visual novel with some other game mechanics as my final project, but all those insecurities caused me to believe that I fail anyways.

Then one time professor said there were a few students that created comics as their finals and with encouragement from my family I decided to do the same. I wanted this for some years now but apparently I had to have something to force me to start. Now, after final exam, I'm just enjoying making comic and draw them to help myself gain my self-confidence again until I continue studying

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[moonfixer]

I started the comic I'm working on now because I needed to draw more often, despite my work schedule and other responsibilities.

[azzy-m]

To test out the vertical scrolling format and develop my art and comic creating skills before I create my MAGNUM OPUS! It's a fantasy story based in space, I made it so it kind of works like a comic MCU, which will take forever to finish (i estimated that it may take 9+ years to finish, more if I add more installments and if I'm busy with personal stuff, esp since I'll be in college by the time I start making the first comic in the series). I really want my art to be up to par when I start making it. Anyway this is longer than it needs to be, I just love talking about my second pride and joy and brainchild, lmao. 12 year old me would be freakin' out

[inkycharland]

Because it's a reason to draw and I don't know what else I'd be doing with my time.

[sekabead]

Because I'm quite stressed with sheer load of web app development concepts

[JRHoch]

I started my comic because I stopped drawing for a number of years while concentrating on personal writing and writing for clients. I wanted to see if I could get my skills back and also wanted to create my own universe. I just didn't realize how much work it would take.

[tristandeencomics]

Welp, this one I'm making this one so that I can practice writing long form narratives, because it's a goal of mine to make a graphic novel. Also, I'm really excited to have a 100% complete and finished story under my belt, and I like the story.

Life In The Forest | Tapas

[BlueWorldComics]

I have been making comics since the 6th grade (and without revealing my age, I will say that was a LONG time ago). I basically never stopped since I started. I haven't always MADE the comics, but I have never stopped coming up with ideas and planning.

I spent a good chunk of my life practicing art, but it was taking far too long to be "good enough" to pursue my dream.

Eventually I discovered webcomics… in particular, I discovered One Punch Man... Suddenly I knew I was good enough. In webcomics, mediocre art is perfectly serviceable if paired with a brilliant story. I'd say my art is above mediocre, and I don't know if my story is brilliant but I have faith in it.

The Skyman | Tapas

[alexhoel96]

I'm really enjoying this. Hearing everyones story is really wholesome. Keep them coming, and if you've already shared, tell me the amount of art background you have. I personally have none, but I'm sure there's a huge variety here on tapas. Keep sharing!

[Theworldleader]

I spontaneously wanted to.

A comic is done faster and easier than a movie, or animation, or book, so i ended up choosing this medium. Sorry that i don't have a childhood dream or depression story.^^

Swordmaster | Tapas

[SuperRazz]

I started making my comic mainly because it's addicting. The only thing that bothers me about making comics is that I don't have infinite energy for it. If it's possible not to take rest days, I would do it haha. I get inspired from other webcomics I read too. I'd be amazed of what they do and I'd find a way to translate it to my work.

As for the idea of my comic...one day I was just mindlessly complaining about stuff. The Romcoms I watch and romance comics I read were mainly giving this strong message that you have to find this one person in your life and everything will be better, loneliness will end, your acne will clear up, etc. I wanted to make a story that rebuts that whole concept.

My art background started when I was in 6th grade. Tracing anime stickers and designing my own pokemon . That sounds so cringy. Then I moved to acrylic painting, murals, watercolor, and then enrolled at Uni for an Architecture degree. I discovered webcomics 6 years ago and started making one but I got diagnosed with GAD and Depression and took a loooong break from a lot of things, including webcomics. But when I recovered I realized I'm still in love with making webcomics so here I am!