SEHarrison

May 3, '18

Give me those Twitter links

Promotions

This one is mine: https://twitter.com/harrison_elinor It's about my only social media account which is active on a regular basis, haha Some of my favourite art people/accounts! https://twitter.com/RBIllustration https://twitter.com/kroovv https://twitter.com/haridraws https://twitter.com/djami…

May 3, '18

What Is the Longest Story You've Ever Written?

Writing | Novels

well, I've never posted on Tapas before (I came over from using Wattpad, and am not currently posting novel work anywhere so posting frequency is not something I've had to worry about for a long time haha) so I can't draw on any experience posting on the site. But my longest story was 184,000 words …

Apr 25, '18

How long does it usually take you to finish one page?

Writing | Novels

For one page of a novel, which with my usual formatting is around 500-600 words, it takes me about an hour on a good day. On a bad day, it takes me two or three. (I'm a slow writer, most of that time is just me thinking, haha) For one page of a comic, anywhere between four and nine hours depending o…

Apr 17, '18

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

Art | Comics

I finished this drawing last night! One of my book characters. [image]

Apr 12, '18

Tools You Use for Comic Making and Writing

Art | Comics

For my planning (both comics and novels), I use a lever-arch file, highlighters, post-its and just organise my notes into sections according to topic and project. I use Trello for organising individual tasks and time management. I write my books in Microsoft Word. For my comic pages, I use 220gsm …

Apr 12, '18

What other hobbies do you have?

Off Topic

Writing and Reading novels (actually webcomics are very new for me, my main gig has always been books before now) Painting/Drawing/Illustration - both traditional and digital. Traditional has the edge, though, I just love pens (pen hoarding could also be considered a hobby in some circumstances, ha…

Apr 11, '18

Should I give up on creating a comic?

Questions

*not every idea is necessarily the best one, is what I was intending to say. Sometimes even with fleshing it out it just doesn't sort of 'click'. I tend to sit on my ideas for a long time before I actually write them, so the ones that don't capture me as much just sort of fall away and I'm left with…

Apr 11, '18

Should I give up on creating a comic?

Questions

I would suggest doing a shorter project, and using techniques and materials you enjoy and are most comfortable with using. I chose to do the bulk of my comic traditionally, simply because I'm more comfortable with traditional inking, despite digital being the more efficient option, and when I decide…

Apr 2, '18

Camp Nanowrimo!

Off Topic

I'm doing it! I'm working on a comic and a novel this year. It's my fifth time doing it (I don't like the November one, but I always do the camps). I'm going for 25K on my novel and ~30 hours on my comic, which I can't verify, so I'm doing it on the cabin chat and making my cabinmates hold me accoun…

Mar 13, '18

Story Writing, Planning, and Motivation

Off Topic

My general strategy for story structuring is to ask myself a) what does my character want? (It could be an object, it could be a sentiment e.g. a solution to loneliness) and b) how do I stop them getting it? (I'm nice like that, haha) Even if you don't do like a full outline, this could give str…