SkittishSmile
tapas.io/series/TROL
Amateur Comic Artist
Maker of The Rules of Life and How to Cope with Them
https://tapas.io/series/TROL
This. SO much this. I want to draw everything in a downward motion from 12 to 9 o'clock. ....unless it's eyes and eye brows, in which case it's an upward motion from 9 to 12.... Oh, and collarlines are a downward arc from 12 to 6. Sorry, I'm done, now...
If you're drawing in Clip Studio I highly recommend drawing in vectors so you can just--sort of scooch the line over after you've drawn it. I don't use Clip a ton, but that's been really nice so I can keep the parts of the line that were on it, and just kinda scooch what's not. There's a hotkey (don…
Doesn't everybody though? Inking is the worst part of drawing a piece
I can't undo, I'm working by hand 
I gotta get it right the first time
Yes, I just find it faster than trying to adjust the vector layers for most situations (it really depends on how many control points it's giving me to work with) The tablet also doesn't have the drag of paper and has a more slippery surface, so it's more common for me to mess up or be a little off…
Glad I'm not the only one lol - my entire family makes fun of me for it
Funnily enough, inking is one of my favorite parts of the process, mainly because it takes me the shortest to do. I have the stabilization pretty high for my lineart because of how angular it needs to be. I think what can keep people from constantly undoing is spending more time cleaning up their sk…
Yes, stabilization is key! Though on some apps I've used it causes a delay in the cursor movement that completely defeats the point.
Yes, I redraw every line like 50 times. And then I get frustrated when I'm doing traditional art because I can't undo (though as you said, my line control is much better with pen and paper). I think using traditional materials gives you a sort of tactile feedback (I swear there's a term for this, I …
What are you app and tool inking with? It might be that you need to tweak the stabilisation setting on your brush up or down? I still spam undo a lot, but having the correct amount of stabilisation helps a lot for me. I also often cheat on curves with the curve tool if I need them really smooth, or …
I sometimes use my comics to exorcise thoughts that can swirl in my head for months, though not my true feelings, are thoughts that become persistantly lodged in my head. [image][image] For the most part, I try to keep a positive message at the end of each of my comic. I don't want it to be too da…
Thank you so much!! 
I'm honest, even when it's not pretty. I think its important to help disassemble the stigmas around mental health.
I drew these a while ago to revolve around my feelings of loneliness, anxiety, unrequited love, and catharsis. I hope you're able to find some meaning in them as well! [image]
Love how openly you express yourself about anxiety and addiction, that are really complicated topics. } Myself having experience anxiety and being, aswell, friend with really good persons struggling on drugs made me related to what you have said and showed very easily. Thank you so much for rep…
I am a waitress in an Italian restaurant and a university student! (I consider it a job aha)
One time I drew this after a whole day of frustration. It was almost like a silent war between me and the rest of the world. I felt that needed to be portrayed in a somewhat eerie picture of that "war" ahead of me, through one of my many comic characters: [image]
I was diagnosed at a young age with a mental health condition that was unfortunately exasperated by someone who was meant to be caring for me. Because of their refusal to originally get me help, I suffered for a long time. All of my stories and almost all of my art have pieces of me refracted throug…
[image] I have misophonia, sometimes I post comics about it. But I also made this illustration that is about it.
I've unfortunately been unemployed for 3 months now since COVID shutdowns claimed my job of 14 years. But after taking a break from most of the internet so I could be depressed in peace, I finally found a new job that if all goes well I'll start next week. I can't actually remember what my future bo…
I'm a postdoc, currently studying the brain and lung vasculature.
1 2 Otterly absurd comics 3 "Does it work?" 4 - As the female half of a two person team, it feels all too easy to fall into the background. This is especially true in the field of comedy, where the frustratingly overused "women aren't funny" stereotype still persists. I make all the art, and with …
Logline: Aspen Ralvath is the young daughter, and most controversial creation, of the infamous late wizard Calpurnius Ralvath. Without her father to protect her, Aspen must brave the world outside of her charming seaside hometown if she hopes to resurrect him, potentially facing many of his power…
Logline: Two students working on telepathy system while dealing with trust issues. Quote: (I think, the biggest strength of a main character Aster is her intelligence, but it is really hard to find a quote to show this, because it's just shown throughout the story, and has a meaning mostly in co…
Read through every episode! Subbed!
Sometimes by creating a base in a 3D modeling programs, sometimes references, often freehand, and often like this: [image] 1) GRID 2) Plan your room/environment layout 3) Use Free Transform to put this in perspective 4) Build up the room/environment! Sorry for the rough example, I just whipped…
I used to worry a lot about perspective and that everything is concrete and fleshed out. With the comic I'm currently making this would take so much time I eventually landed on an approach where I almost tease at how stuff work and almost draw stuff orthographically but I split each environment into…
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I've read the beginning of "9-C Droid, 'Girl Sleuth' (Original 2018 version)" and the most of "Bikinis And Blades Battle Arena", so I will talk about what I've seen in these particular comics firstly. The main flaws in my opinion: There are TONS of text and huge info dumps, and, in the same tim…