Devika
Aldesi
It seems that there are a number of us that have the same worries! I'll tell you my current decision, in case it helps anyone else struggling with this. I decided to make my main genre "Drama" instead, LGBTQ+ second, and Romance third. I also added an lgbtq tag, a romance tag and a mythology tag. …
So I had a similar problem where my main character is Bi--he just doesn't really call himself that because he mostly likes women--so initially, I did tag it as LGBTQ+ (not on tapas, but in other places) but then I realized...rather quickly...that I'm writing a fantasy, mostly about him trying not to…
Ah yes, the question I'm asking myself since years.. Still no definitive answer, but I went for the pros/cons strategy, and see how the proportion of pros vs cons evolves as my story advances. This is for the case of Tapas or any other case where I can change category/tag as I go. Pro putting my s…
Lots of good points on the work itself, but here's a pratical reason to put LGBT+ first - secondary tags don't work unless people search for them, just like work tags. For now, it'll only appear on the first genre you have set - so if you keep Romance or Fantasy, you might get buried at the start. …
I disagree with that period. Bisexuality/pansexuality is still LGBTQ+ regardless of your final partner (even if its Het) If he dates a variety as you said until the end. Put the tag to ward off the weirds. Really have that tag even though my main relationship only comes into play much later) …
You laugh but I’m literally that clueless. Not a homophobe thankfully, but I was looking at a pic of butts the other day and I thought they were eggs for a full 5 minutes.
Excellent advice from @AVXP and @Kelheor there. There comes a point where you really just have to go "screw it. I'll work out the rest as I go along." I did a fair bit of beforehand planning on Errant, but by the time I finished the prologue, a lot of script details for later chapters had changed,…
I think if you're designing a character for animation or comics, a 'less is more' approach is SUPER important. Sure, putting a ton of stripes and spots and jewelry and 40 separate colors works good for one of illustrations, but you're going to realize after a page or two of a comic, or after 3 frame…
Like, specifically the process, not all that stuff about shape language and silhouettes and whatnot. Those things are just knowledge; tools. Even professionals who already know all of that still have to go through a process to create a good character design. So that's what I'd like to talk about. I…
I love seeing these 
so funny here are some of mine [image] That's a cat btw XD [image] [image] background extras are also funny [image] againg with the kitty 
I draw traditionally with no resizing so... [image]
Snafu is kind of a dead site, Bleedman is the only one who seems to be posting comics regularly, once a week at least. The only other comic that is actually updating, Kayos Gaiden, seems to be every few weeks. All other titles have not updated in years. I don't think you'll get much traction there…
I found that making lots of smaller projects and doing commercial work made me stop thinking in terms like "THIS is my comic! This is my one shot at greatness and if it isn't good what can I possibly do!?" turns out... life is kinda long and if you're regularly making content you can make a LOT of i…
The impressive thing about his drawings is that he not only reads the story, he studies it even when one puts effort into leaving some things secret or subtle; but he just carefully inserts them in his fanarts, trying to gift back with the fanart the same feelings that the author of the story wants …
Oh my... oh my freaking... oh my fuck, oh my... Oh fuck. I wanted to sound professional about this but I cannot, I FREAKING LOVE THAT, dude, I love it. Thank you a thousand times, friend. It is my turn now. Hope you like it at least 1/1000 of what I fucking love yours, man. [image] People, ple…
As promised I did one of @Ramonkey. Here it his:
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Hope you like it my friend! 
You can find the great comic where this badass OC appears at:
https://tapas.io/series/Litanies-to-Stars-and-Other-Stories
Alright kids -cracks fingers- prepare for an essay: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the fact that there is a dedicated BL category, but not a dedicated GL or LGBT+ category says a lot about Tapas and the state of the community in general I’ll start this by saying that there are sever…
nope, you're not just lucky, the whole "character is too perfect, can't have any flaws and can't have any struggles" thing is a reoccuring problem in gay or other minority media that doesn't fall into the more traditional negative tendencies. I hate to say it but I think it's an immediate result of …
Hello, not sure if this can be related to actual comic writing, but I thought it was a concern. If not, please don't bash me This is actually for those who create 18+ material - When creating any sex related scene, please consider safety issues like a possible contraction of STDs. Not all readers…
Been holding off since I don't feel like taking away voices from LGBT+ folks, but I don't think I'm totally cis/straight either? (but that's another discussion entirely) ANYWAY aside from great points already mentioned. I'm somewhat frustrated with people's aversion to body hair. I get if it's not…
Is anyone else bothered by the misplaced buttholes on the cis-male "ukes"? Like, they're always located where a vagina would be? Am I the only person anal enough to be bothered by this? Since everyone else already mentioned my peeves several times, I'm just going to add onto the mental/physical il…
I read a lot more of BL when I was younger and I noticed something that kind of freaks me out now that I noticed that was a thing was gang rape. Like usually the submissive one was kidnapped and gang raped so the dominant could rescue them and have sex. Only once I noticed that the couple tried to d…
I'm straight so I don't know if I should comment on this, but for BL in particular, I just know what I want to see less of and it's the main character ending up with their damned rapist. As a student psychologist I know the data and the amount of young men who were assaulted when they were underage …
I find that a lot of the things that frustrate me about BL/GL comics are things that frustrate me about written romances in general, even straight ones: stalking and cruel behavior seen as romantic, one person wearing the other down into "giving them a chance" at a relationship, and unrealistic sex …
Since the origin of BL/Yaoi are mainly from straight women, they depict the "ukes" or bottoms as females. (Someone already mentioned the self lubricating assholes so I'm not going to mention than again XD) In reality, bottoms need more preparation than females before sex. "Spontaneous" sex happens…
Just thought I'd poke my head in here and saw "self-lubricating buttholes" and now I have spent all my laughter for the day.
HAHA I run into this problem too, every damn time I read a comic where they say "wow you are already so wet down here" (unless they say it after adding lube or something) I just go "WOW EW NO ESCAPE THAT BOOTY" because the only wetness I can imagine is either shit, or worse, BLOOD Which I wish t…
A lot of stuff has already been mentioned, but I'll add this awkward one I constantly seem to run into. Impossible sex that is impossible only for the fact that rolls are gendered. I mean to say when the sex is just straight sex but with a bl cover. Self lubricating butt-holes are not a thing. I…
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A lot of good points are made here and I agree with most of them. Sometimes you can just smell the stereotypical writing based on straight stereotypes from afar. Both BL and GL seem to have these ridiculous hetero ideas where one must be feminine and one must be masculine. It's so frustrating and i…