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Here. For. It. >D
i had no idea tapas even hosted writing! fictionpress became such a deadsite, it'll be grand to have a place to put original stuff again. 
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as a reader, i definitely prefer not having to pinch-zoom in on everything :< so as a creator, i promised myself to make the pages phone-readable, with mixed results so far. i doubt that it takes away much if browsing on a pc or laptop when a page is formatted to phone use, since most pc screens a…
ooooh noooo see i wasn't looking for a paygig or anything longterm - and believe me when i say i know what it's like to have more ambitions than free time. so i recommend starting small, just to practice getting a project down and out. simplify your goals, simplify your story, and at the end of…
WHAAAT, YES, i have been watching SO MUCH boardwalk empire it's not even a joke. i could actually do a short (maybe 20 eps, 7-10 panels) from that description, perfectly - it tells a story, has a conflict, and a tragic resolution. ; h; i would just need character descriptions for rivel and quinto…
Have a finished short story or fully developed plot idea you want to see in comic form? Peppersoap Opera comics are collaborative by nature, so script that idea up and pitch it to us! Worst case scenario, we're not interested or too busy, but at least you'll have the information out there in a for…
[image] First off, this is one of the better collaboration threads I've seen around here! Secondly, ∆ that's my general style, but I tend to stray more cartoonish or more realistic depending how much work a scene requires, and, Third, I would love to convert a short story or even just a scene t…
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Look at Puu, drawn in unconventional style. So long as your art can communicate your story, it will work! see also: rice boy
I'm in a poly relationship and would love to see more of that expressed in media and entertainment as a normal, chill thing! 
i mean i guess nobody's stopping you from making it a crux of drama, but it'd be great to see poly characters expressed as emotionally mature people who communicate and act …
Aaah, yes, generally you will want a warm relationship with the artist or team whose project you want to support if you're asking favors. Of course you can just give links to stuff that interests you, and hope eventually someone somewhere is doing the same, buuuut say you have an instagram or twi…
get good. just kidding! you're fine, lulls are normal, especially the time of year people are doing a lot more for holidays and outside hobbies or yard work. since you know your updates are slower, you have your answer right there. i doubt readers are turned away by large comic volume; quote …
update and launch schedule matter less than sheer content volume and frequency - i will sparingly glance a comic just a few pages in, but if it pops up at its twentieth or thirtieth page again, i'm more likely to bookmark and follow. keep in mind readers have wildly varying schedules, and the best …
i guess i don't know whatchu mean by scratch, then. html? css? making an app? cross-platform compatibles?
i want to break every single rule about not genericising brands (and do, actually!) the stranglehold that the advertising machine has on society is vast and evil and i will dismantle and declaw it at every turn. Kleenex is supposed to be a brand, but in michigan we use it to say tissue. coke use…
(o i am not participates, i have crew waiting and can approach similarly genre'd artists for the mutual support cameos and in-universe reference swapping ehe. just wanted to thumbsup this whole thing because yaaaas psychology and anthropology and human cooperation i want to see u all get famous as …
wanna marry this post sociological research?? in a visual media interwebs?? WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATION THAT CAN BENEFIT REAL HUMAN BEANS???? gooooooaaaaaaaaalllllsssss
er... can i ask why? no need to reinvent the wheel if we already have useable blueprints for the car engine, and Python is a code system you can customize to a great extent, just RenPy helps give you resources and tutorials in using it.
ditto, that sounds really great. is your vn through RenPy? 8D
i'm sort of flying by the seat of my pants rn, no backlog or buffer for emergencies bcos... yolo. one comic is slower, but more refined and the other a fast dumb mess and i honestly cannot WAIT to see which wins out i mean 20 bucks riding on the fast dumb mess, cos fml, fml and fmcurrent terrifyi…
bruh download irfanview for free and get a search on for that sweet sweet batch resizing honest to GAWD lifesaver when i was doing stop motion anim, and great for camera photo batching if you went too high res on the wedding photo binge or w/e
think about your comic like cake; you want to offer that cake to as many people as are looking for it, but they can't eat what they can't see, so no use in keeping your cake to just one storefront. distribute your cake to every bakery and cafe and more people will be able to get the thing they love…
ahah, yes, that is just a phone pic. i inked and digitally colored the first few pages of both comics because introductions have to grab, natch. but seeing your comic expressed so well and with such detail is really inspiring, because i actually do love traditional drawing like woah. might enhance…
the 'episodes' format is a departure from the usual page update you might see, too, so like, i will probably update tapas twice a month so the episodes have coherency? i goofed and did jist a page on an episode, gonna edit that when i have more content to round it out. what's the panel count per …
I WANT TO. i think i'm gonna. you've given me the courage to. ok i will. [image] seriously this is a longstanding problem, that pencil always seems to look better than ink. and with today's technology, can print out just fine.
all good answers, and yep, yeah, yes, style cohesion is #1 important thing, not only for readability and telling the characters apart, but also for IP branding and staying recognizable to your fans.
homestuck fanart bcos IM WEAK [image]
aaa, see, this is the exact opposite of what i would do for a panel that expresses such quick information without much emotion- i mean yes you have improved at coloring and a bit at anatomy, but this scene is way too generic to require all that realistic shade and coloring! this looks like an examp…
aaaa, i know this pain well, and part of the reason i started this thread! see, you can always finish your story to end the snowballing misery, dial back some of the detail, or save those epic art urges for really important scenes / splash pages. my style can go eclectic depending on tone and moo…
[image] HECK YEAH I AM HERE FOR IT all my life, it seems like something gets lost from the sketch when you ink it, some mysterious organic lifehood goes flat! mechanical pencil and multiply layer is my jam, my modus operandi, my habeus corpus carpe noctem. and why should a sketch be denied …
i juuuust updated my forum profile to provide comic links. if you're on mobile, might have to hit that expand button to see them. one is planned to have a simple line style, minimal color but realistic anatomy and drama-themed pacing (so, atmospheric panels where nothing happens, just like came…
Aaa, just peeking in real quick to share : most of the skills that seem to apply to a well-executed comic can come from classes that have little or nothing to do with comics! I have seen an architect / engineer move on to draw comics, and myself got loads of inspiration and layout knowledge from fi…