crayon_witch
I'm Lee!! I tell stories and pet dogs. they/them My comic is Monster Galaxy!! https://m.tapas.io/series/Monster-Galaxy
I might be the unpopular opinion here, but I personally think art and writing shouldn’t be thought of as separate entities in webcomics. The art should serve the story. A lot of the time, the art is what is communicating the story, not the actual written dialogue. For a plot to work, there needs to …
Omg! This is so cute, thank you so much!!! Dogs make everything better!
I thiiink that in order to be diagnosed with a disorder, it has to cause you trouble functioning in your every day life? Most people who get diagnosed want treatment, after all! If you genuinely think there’s something wrong, I feel that going to a professional might be more helpful than here! Good …
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[image] Have a doggo(s)!
The colors are gorgeous! So is the shading— you do a good job of using contrasting values. I think your poses could benefit from a line of action to make them more fluid! https://line-of-action.com Practicing figure drawing will help you quickly see the shapes that make up different bodies…
Ah, okay! Thank you!
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I’m close to 25 subscribers as well!! Exciting!
[image] new series icon!
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Not every webcomic needs mental illness as a theme, but we absolutely need proper depictions and discussions of mental illness in comics in general. Representation is so important, and how something is depicted in media is in turn internalized into our society. Missteps can have very severe conse…
What upsets me is that many people rely on tumblr for gaining an audience/money for their art or sex work. In a blink of an eye people will lose their source of income. The staff 100% knew about the issues regarding illegal porn. They only chose to do something about it when they were forced to af…
3 Go with the flow or plan it out? The answer is frustrating, but it really is different for everyone, just like the art process is different for everyone. I personally plan out the important story beats, but I don’t go into specifics. For example. I might say, I want X to go to the grocery store …
How does your comic begin and what genre are you writing in? Mine begins with my protagonist breaking into a space pirate ship to steal some sort of treasure, and running into many obstacles along the way. It’s science fantasy! 2 How did you come to the conclusion to begin like that? I had a lo…
Thank you everyone! It was lovely to hear from you, and I’m glad we could have this discussion!
Ah, okay, I see what you mean now! You’re right; I did misunderstand. I agree, the romanticized idea of Starving For Your Art is...Harmful, to say the least. Wanting popularity or money to support your career isn’t superficial in itself, and I agree that sometimes it’s treated that way in artist c…
I adore the direction the new she-ra took with catra! long story short, she has a rivarly with the main character and feels betrayed because they are on different sides. she essentially goes through a reverse hero’s journey; her arc mirrors she-ra’s, but she spirals downward into villainy instead of…
I think it depends on the medium for me. Like, video games— I will absolutely put myself in the main character’s role and experience the story from their eyes, even if the character isn’t supposed to be a blank audience substitute. The interactive element makes that fun for me. Movies and comics, …
I like that everyone is kind here. And to be honest, the handful of times that someone did need a reality check or tough love, the community responded appropriately. I don’t see it as sugarcoating; webcomics are so so so hard already. A lot of the time the people that make the kind of threads about …
Lots of comics use both! It helps reach more people because the sites have different demographics, and it at the very least won’t hurt! There are lots of threads on here about the pro’s/con’s of each if you’re interested as well !
I love found family stories! Friendship and genuine love between characters is my jaaaam !!! Stuff like Avatar the Last Airbender and Guardians of the Galaxy !
I really dislike colonization and imperialism being romanticized in sci fi (this is where the idea for my comic came from, actually) I think a lot of writers don’t think about it because it’s so ingrained in our culture, but hm
It’s much easier to figure out who, what, where, how, and why before worrying about making it a mystery! Then you can choose what information to give the readers and when so that they can piece it together.
I feel like Zootopia, while not Sci fi, fell into this issue super hard unfortunately. Using non-humans as a metaphor for race gets....Very messy if done wrong.
I start with an outline where I write what happens in a scene; usually this is just a sentence long unless I need to emphasis a feeling. I thumb the scene all at once and write the first draft of the dialogue as well. I write the final draft of dialogue after sketching, since I do the balloons be…
This is Beans. She likes to yell and poke me in the face at 3 am and I would die for her. (edit: found better pictures!) [image][image][image]
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I have memory problems, so I have a habit of writing any new thought I have related to the story down in my notes app on my phone... Sometimes I look back and have no clue what I was trying to say, though lol one of my last notes just says “PETER PAN” in all caps (??????)
Thank you for your kind words! <3 I love how you draw faces— I’m excited to see where your comic goes! I can’t wait to get to know y’all more! Thanks for sharing your twitters with me !!
My plan has succeeded! /cackles
I think that equating success with subscribers and activity is a road to discouragement, because you don’t really have that much control over how popular your comic gets in x period of time. Setting goals that you know you can work towards is more encouraging, at least for me! I didn’t think that …