Alyssa
Alyssa
Creator of the wacky, sci-fi webcomic Time Travelling Sherlock and Hipster Watson
and the haunting, mysterious webcomic Mr. McAbre's Masquerade Menagerie
- Joined
- May 17, '17
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- Jun 13, '20
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Oh, that sucks! I know the part about no sales solicitation but missed the part about Tapas specific. I have been gone for a while and didn't realize the guidelines were updated to include that! That is unfortunate since the Tapas creator/viewer community is so amazing it really can't be beat and …
Who here has a comic on Tapas they've also entered into the Webtoons 2020 Short Story contest? I got started really late so would love some extra eyes on my work Webtoons "Asphodel" and Tapas "Asphodel". I'm staggering my posts between Tapas and Webtoons, so one is a week ahead of the other. Sorr…
Me like. I agree with Memai that the plot isn't necessary that integral as you might think (imo), but how you choose to tell the story. If you dissect some of the best stories and comics out there, you may find that several of them have very simple or common plots, but the way they construct their c…
Yozhikisblue, that's so cool to hear you've been reading it, thanks! That's good to hear it's a common comment, I tend to get caught up in my head about things and overthink them! I think because I've never gotten it on Tapas before, and then a few back to back on Webtoons, I started doubting my ent…
Hodge, thanks so much! That's good to know about subscribers, here I was thinking it was a setting I had to turn on or something 
Beta1042, I've just posted on my personal social media, but nothing very aggressive. I've also been pleading with my Tapas readers, as I have 8x the viewers here, but I stopped when I felt I was annoying them with the constant urging :3 Do I have any other advertising options? I have heard Webtoon…
Hi everyone! I'm having trouble with Webtoons, quite a few readers now have commented that they are surprised there isn't more readership. I'm just thinking I have to plug away at it and put in my time, but so many people have pointed it out now that I'm thinking I may be doing something exceptional…
I'm late to the game, so I hope I get done in time! Please add my entry to the list, I would love if some Tapas peeps would check it out! It's Supernatural, so it would be in G category
@DiegoPalacios @rmdooley My shining stars of genre definition! Thanks!
I'm trying to figure out what makes these genre - how would you define them? I know there are often overlap of several in many stories, and I know they overlap in my mind, so how would you define each to make them distinctive from the other? -Thriller -Horror -Supernatural -Mystery -Fantasy -Sci-f…
Thanks everyone, I think I'll do a tester and see if it's working for my series or not... I redid a couple pages and I'm really liking the flow. @wumblebumarts readability was totally my issue! I'm such a traditionalist, and so love the printed comic format, but it seems to make several of my pag…
Long-scroll, vertical-scroll - is that what it's called? I currently do my webcomic in a traditional printed-style layout (since I used to print them), but after analyzing the panels I think they could be somewhat easily converted into long-scroll format. I'm working on another comic I am designin…
Oh my gosh, one of my favourite things to do is draw comics in different styles! One of my comic shorts I did in school was faaar different than the style of the comic Time Travelling Sherlock and Hipster Watson I do on Tapas. This is a page from the other example: [image] I went rubber hose-…
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I think she definitely looks different enough, though if you changed the colour of her clothes it just might make it a little less easy to guess who she was based off of (imo)? I've run into the same issue where I've made a fan comic/story, but I end up changing many of the characters so much they…
@FlareyWorks I'm actually tempted to take that as a challenge too... it'll force me to get stuff done 
@tafastik You're right, I used the median, not the average. The median weekly income in the U.S.A. is about $750. I don't know the average.
It's funny, I have so many stories with twists or secrets that I'm just itching to spoil, and a majority of them I haven't even started on yet and would likely never get around to making, and there is a strong chance those reading this forum would ever read them if I do get around to making them, bu…
Could we have assistants too? If I was getting $1,000,000/week, I'd hire a colourist, an inker, a letter... I'd go all out, and still have at least $9,995,000/week left over for me. Though they may form a coup if they find out how much I'm earning, and how much I'm paying them...
I defined 'insane' as $1,000,000/week. But what minimum price would make it worth it to everyone? Assuming you can do it, would you do it for $5,000/week? $2,000? $1,000? $500? Consider, the average weekly income in the U.S.A is about $750. Also consider, you are making comics for a living.
Good, that's sort of my style... Monday-Friday, that would be 10 pages a day For simplicity, I'll say I'd work 9:00-7:00, so that's an hour a page I could definitely do weak pencils within that time, maybe inking if it's by hand and I simplified the style even more. It wouldn't be quality controll…
How does everyone generate their speech bubbles? I've always hand-drew mine, so I've never actually learned how to make the nice, clean ones.
@NeonKnight I care :3
That's why I got into comics too!! I always loved drawing, but I also absolutely LOVED creating stories. And since I don't have the skill to form a clear sentence, I knew I would never get into writing books. I never ran into people missing my storyline due to nice art, but that's a great reason …
Try researching popular Tapastic comics by genre and compare number of subscribers, maybe? As others have said, you should just make whatever genre you want, but if you're like me and love making stuff for all the genres, then I suggest scouting out the popularity pages. Also keep an eye on what gen…
I ask this because I add comics to my library that fall into both categories. Some are purely eye candy, and I couldn't care less about the story, where others I'm incredibly invested in the story but the art is definitely not a priority (sometimes even shudder worthy). I also find I tend to add c…
As a reader: Do you place more value on gorgeous looking art, or are you more interested in how the story progresses? Would you follow a visually beautiful comic with no story? Would you follow an interesting story with (in your opinion) ugly artwork? As a creator: Do you put more energy into th…
Kyle Webster has a few "pay what you can" brushes. I'm pretty sure you could just pay $0? I don't know for sure. When I bought these I think I still gave $2. I got the Mr. Natural Brush first, as it was highly recommended to me and I loved it. Then later (when I had $$!) I bought all of them - LOVE…
I love silent comics! They were my specialty for a while, as were children's picture books. They are especially good for shorter, more powerful/emotional works. They are also great for works focused on the environment or a specific ambiance, or, as mentioned, exploring surreal worlds. If I have a co…
I absolutely love pencil and paper. Art school has been heavily biased to move into 100% digital, and I've had teachers strongly encourage me to work sketch to finish in digital. Although I'm more comfortable with digital now, I must at least do sketches traditionally. It seems my brain just can't w…
Are your characters your babies? Something you made but cannot control, where you are sad when they get hurt and proud when they succeed? Are they your creations? Did you form them with love and then release them into the world, omnipresently watching and sometimes interfering? Are they actors y…
I love this question! Clothes, clothes, clothes, my favourite thing! In my current comic, the clothing of the two main characters are incorporated into part of the storyline. They time travel, and the one character makes a point of changing his clothes to suit the time period (but he's a hipster, …