ChanYE

"Your in the same age group as my mom" [image]

Jun 29, '20

Do you know website that can translate text on images?

Google translate works just fine for that- You can switch to camera mode and depending on the language it will either provide an on demand translation or you can take a pic and it will scan and translate the word. The translations are terrible but you'll more or less get the gist of it lol. (me…

Jun 29, '20

How do you get Tapas HQ to read your book?

"you gotta keep the chanting and dont stop holding hands until the medium eyes becomes white"

Jun 29, '20

How do you get Tapas HQ to read your book?

Maybe we can attempt to summon them? [image] @ratique we need your wisdom.....Is there a way to ask or see the criteria to get someone on the HQ to read your work?

Jun 29, '20

How do you get Tapas HQ to read your book?

but how do i bribe them and what do i bribe them with? You think they would like feet pics?

Jun 19, '20

How long did it take to get a following?

Honestly, when I started sharing in the forums, I felt more momentum. I had made the mistake of dropping like 30 chapters in one go at the start (cries) and hardly got anything out of it. But I realized consistency updating helped me gain readers and followers. I went from uploading every two days …

Jun 19, '20

How long did it take to get a following?

Ok well. It kind of... isn't? It can be but novels are extremely hit and miss on any website. I've been on barely a year and this is my main novel's stats for just views. [image] The spin off novel by comparison is violently changing in views. [image] And mostly any other novel is hit or miss,…

Jun 8, '20

Thread to boost Black comic creators here on Tapas!

Events | Challenges

Oh! These are both great to see here! Thanks for sharing!

Apr 29, '20

How many total characters do you have?

[image] Lost count. Some aren't named or in the process of renaming, and some have no names and are for character study purposes only. It's a LOT, my comic's cast doesn't even get close to the amount of larger universe characters and unrelated ones.

Apr 26, '20

We need more technical writing threads

*Instead of starting a technical writing thread, starts a thread to complain about the lack of them * I don't have time right now, okay...it takes me a while to create teaching material-type stuff. Right now I just want to dash off a thing before I go to work. '3' Anyway, thanks to this thread, …

Apr 26, '20

Observe the interactions that you usually have with your family and friends- how they might bring something up or start a conversation and how you respond...or vice versa. I always keep this in mind when writing, to make my dialogue to feel more natural between my characters who have had a history b…

Apr 26, '20

Yeah I was reading a webnovel and the characters went into a conversation about the MC's clothes and I skimmed over it asking the whole time "is this necessary? It's not even revealing anything about their character/personality." I stopped reading that story after I realized there was more dialog…

Apr 26, '20

At the same time, recognize that dialogue not meant to be perfect recreation of actual speech. In real life, people stutter, repeat themselves, interrupt each other. Actual convos very messy. Aim not for realism, but verisimilitude. Never forget that dialogue am meant to either advance the plot or r…

Apr 26, '20

Listen to others! Seek out a variety of youtubers! People will have different ways of speaking depending on their personality and backgrounds. It's so flat and unnatural when everyone in a story sounds and speaks the exact same, using the same lexicon and pattern of speech.

Apr 26, '20

For novels, comics, screenplays. Aside from reading the lines aloud, what are some tips to make dialogue sound natural yet productive (towards the plot)?

Apr 25, '20

How much should I pay an artist to draw my webtoon?

My advice is to ask the artists about their rates. Describe what you need and they should have a rough idea of how long that will take them and how much they'll charge. The choice to do get sketches will definitely pull the price down a bit, but be prepared for the fact that pages may well still c…

Apr 25, '20

Oh I thought of storyboard thumbnails (rough sketches for drafting panels) when I saw the topic but then I read you meant the promo pics. I'm generally turned away from thumbnails with cluttered composition and too many characters...it makes my tiny brain hurt.

Apr 25, '20

I usually don't like thumbnails that don't have the love interest along with the mc Which sucks cause for my work I can't fit my 3 mcs and their lovers without it looking crowded

Apr 25, '20

Typically I'm more likely going to ignore a comic with a bad title, but a bad thumbnail will kill something on arrival as well. Thumbnails that are just text, thumbnails with a character with giant white circles for eyes staring into the "camera" (usually slice of life journal comics have the sam…

Apr 25, '20

I hate thumbnails, where characters exaggeratedly grimace with unnatural expressions, reminding bad actors on posed photography. I mean when they look like: "dude, did you take a picture already? My face is numb after being skewed like this for minutes!". But it maybe fine if the comics is comedy, …

Apr 25, '20

Show your artistic improvement!

Me am your father ChanYE and me approve of drawing. But why you still not marry doctor? Where am grandkids?!

Mar 21, '20

Tagging Chapters

Writing | Novels

I don't think it actually works at the moment, but in case they ever do, I tend to tag with the content of the current page.

Mar 21, '20

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

[image] my pupster

Mar 6, '20

The new Tapas design is

Promotions

Yeah, I can feel the trauma

Mar 6, '20

Website updates and collecting feedback

Events | Challenges

First priority really should be fixing the novel section bugs, as entire sections of missing text (italics) and no breaks between paragraphs are rendering many novels completely unreadable.

Mar 6, '20

Website updates and collecting feedback

Events | Challenges

imma be honest, the Website visual interface wasnt really a thing to prioritize...

Feb 1, '20

Discord severs where comic artists can unite?

If you type 'discord' in the search, you'll see that a couple of users have started a chat. I'd start there. Also, @33rdCenturyCaveman you're not wrong. One would basically be relying on the kindness of others when they should be charging for some kind of content to live sustainably.

Feb 1, '20

What I love is useless because it has no monetary value (RANT)

Off Topic

I can't understand parents who expect to be paid off for raising a child. When you have a kid, raising them properly is part of the deal. A deal it doesn't sound like she kept. You deserved so much better and I'm sorry she couldn't work through her own pain and be a proper parent. Also I looked at…

Dec 19, '19