Eskhar

Aug 29, '20

Do the titles of your webcomics/novels have meanings?

I chose a latin title too ! Psychomantium is the mirror of the dead. It's a parapsychic experiment or ritual with a mirror and a candle in a dark setting, that is said to allow you to see beyond the veil of reality and see the soul of the dead in the mirror / or know of your death. On the more psy…

Jul 6, '20

Is the scrolling format the best layout?

I was asking myself exatly the same thing ! Scrolling format blows out all the work you put in composing and arranging you panels to make action more dynamic. So I did scrolling format as I thought it was kinda a rule to have "episodes" of 3-5 pages. But I see so much comics with one pages updates I…

Jul 6, '20

Show one reoccurring trend in your character designs?

Scars are always great on characters. It gives them a heavy background and badass vibe without telling anything (maybe they just tripped on a rock) And thumb up for buff characters, those aren't easy to draw @___@

Jul 5, '20

Updated Your Comic or Novel? Share It Away!

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I updated last night too (or yesterday, that's kind of hard to tell as I am GMT+6 or something xD) Have you an update hour you prefer above others ? Like, square on midnight, or in the afternoon (for after school and afterwork) or any other. Episode 6, still fresh : [image]

Jul 5, '20

I just updated! Any recent updates post your stories

Freshly updated episode 6 yesterday ! [image]

Jul 5, '20

I want to read your comics (and promote my own)

Really interesting story ! I like sleepless characters (if he's not he got the eyes at least) and his claws are just amazing ! It seems like you would't mind Sci-fi / horror stories with monster-like beings, so here is my comic, if you want to give it a shot (it's also a manga style, even if the b…

Jul 5, '20

Show one reoccurring trend in your character designs?

I would definitely say bracelets. Belt-like, leather bracelets. Almost all of my characters wear many, and they're all from the same comic (and it has absolutely no point in the story, but I begin to think I should find one xD) [image] [image][image] [image]

Jul 4, '20

The “Don’t do your Magnum Opus first” argument

Oh, I thought "Magnum Opus" means "longest piece of work", like a 20 volumes saga comic ^^' Your comment makes me see the whole thread from a new viewpoint.

Jul 4, '20

PSYCHOMANTIUM - ep1 p7 [image] Comics commented : INTO THE SHADOWS TWO FACED LOS LAND ACROALIS

Jul 1, '20

Haha, I'm fond of gardening, but maybe I made an hazardous translation there xD It's a neologism for a substance which induces a vegetative state in the patient and get his neural activity near zero. Like a comatose, except worse. If someone more experimented in english has a more meaningful world, …

Jun 30, '20

@prodigiumcomic : Nice colors ! The hair in particular. @centrifugal : OMG ! Mythologia seems like a real classic painting taking life to tell a story. That's some awesome work there. It must take eons to make ! O_o Also, the way you depict the mythological deities is really interesting (your "Mo…

Jun 30, '20

When to start publishing?

Writing | Novels

A buffer is life saving ! I agree with @jcmraz on the fact that no buffer gives you a steady goal if you find it hard to motivate yourself. It works well with short stories/comics, when the ideas multipliate and you write a lot. But in the long run, you're bound to have some impromptu in your sche…

Jun 29, '20

If you're 25 or older show me your work!

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Wow, nice, there are people above 30 ! Interesting to see some of you have been in the comic / novel world for long and still have the fire, and younger ones still aim to make a living of their art. I'm 33 and I've been dreaming about being a full time cartoonist for many years. But when I made …

Jun 29, '20

Long time no see, the end of the year has been quite busy at school. I see many new comics on this thread, that's great. I will try to stick a bit more to the daily schedule @sanoan : I love your screentones with the "paper effect" (or sand effect ? I don't know how to call it, but it's really nic…

Jun 29, '20

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

That's really a great design. So retro, it's just perfect ! (As a fan of horror, it gives me the urge to click and know more, great job)

Jun 29, '20

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

Side projects are a real breather when you're focused on a long comic. I like to do sketches sometimes too (even if it's essentially storyboarding for my part) The last thing I drew was for my comic /o/ I'm so glad I could do some new panels and keep advancing in the story >w< ! There's still let…

Jun 29, '20

Post your latest comic page - JUNE 2020

Latest page from my postapocalyptic and sci-fi/horror comic : [image] https://tapas.io/series/Psychomantium

Jun 29, '20

Let me see your armored characters!

Wow, you have great designs, and very funny ones too. Dimo is just hilarious. For my part, I love rusty and worn-out armors which are not really a set anymore. When your warrior has to pick parts everywhere and make do. The downside is when you want to draw the same character with their same armor …

May 3, '20

How do you write your comics' scripts?

Oh, I'm the same, I've been thinking about it for 15 years or something. But, don't you ever have some new ideas that pops into your story ? (in worst case, something like neverending expanding xD). How do you manage to keep track of everything ? After so many years my story has become more of a pat…

Apr 30, '20

How do you write your comics' scripts?

I don't see the point of doing both a detail script AND thumbnails, unless you work with someone. But I think it can help a lot in the long time, Without working the plot at first, it inevitably ends up unfinished as nothing makes sense anymore and the drawing process become difficult... Still …

Apr 30, '20

@guroweekly : nice art, it's so detailed. I love horror stuff so I'm hooked ! @whiskeyClone : that page turns out getting pretty intense for a beginning of a story. Great job. @blingoxxide : I like how your character can't stop to rant and be angry xD blingoxxide @juniorguilherme340 : Thank you fo…

Apr 30, '20

What is your regular warm-up routine?

I'm wondering the exact same thing... Warm-up is more like "getting in the right mood to be productive" for me.... and I often end up on Internet procrastinating. The hardest part is getting on the real work (even if it's just sketching, which is rarely before 4pm...), after that I can stick to it…

Apr 29, '20

Thank you very much for your answer o/ (one of my student was asking me it there was any software that could help him make comics as he has a lot of ideas but drawing is difficult for him. I'm quite sure rendering has its own challenges, but I think this might be a valuable help for him ! <3)

Apr 29, '20

Thanks o/ The colours are all thanks to a friend of mine, she lend me her talent for the prologue. I'm working on improving, but colours takes me too much time and I find really really hard to keep the dynamism of action scenes in colours @___@ !) @blingoxxide I was wondering, how do you make Hoo…

Apr 28, '20

Wow, really nice. Your greytones give a feeling of pencil / watercolor (a traditionnal vibe)

Apr 28, '20

Ah, no, not quite haha, but I've been wondering if that sentense wasn't giving a bit too much. Finally, I'm glad I let it if it arises some wild guessings. PSYCHOMANTIUM - 2 [image] Here'the link : [LOSTLAND] [Darkalice3012 manga] [Cervie manga]

Apr 27, '20

@jmhenry : I love the dynamism of your page. You're really good at drawing action ! @darkalice3012 : that page is really nice. It makes me curious, is there a link to read your comic ? @Cervie : Great art ! Expressions are really natural. I would like to read your comic too, but I could'nt find a li…

Apr 27, '20

What is your weakness?