My characters rarely get misgendered. Occasionally someone might mistake one of my long-haired male characters for a woman, but it’s not a big deal and easily corrected. If it was happening a lot, with characters who weren’t designed to look androgynous or gender non conforming, it would bother me b…
I’m not a huge fan of F2P otome, so I’ll suggest checking out Otome Obssessed, which is a good source of info and reviews for F2P mobile otome games. Idea Factory have a couple of their paid titles up on iOS/Android. Hakuouki was one of the first otome titles released in English, and it’s still a …
What was it about Mystic Messenger you liked? There are plenty of otome available in English now, although nothing quite like MysMes in terms of structure. What platforms are you open to? The PS Vita is a good platform for more traditional otome games, and there are an increasing number on the Switc…
I'm comfortable drawing men/BL, and open for work. Price would depend on depend on what you're looking for. You can see examples of my art here. I have my own style, but I can also imitate other styles, push it more towards anime etc. Drop me a message if you're interested.
I value speed a lot (though you wouldn’t know it from how long I’m taking to update my comic lately). Rather than rushing things, I look for ways to make my process more efficient. I set up some actions in Photoshop so that after I scan a page in, I just press a button to get it set up with all the …
If it looks a bit rubbish and would be a pain to fix, then I leave it. For any fundamental, complete redraw-level mistakes, I catch those at the pencil stage and redraw them, or leave notes about what needs doing for after I scan it.
I never used to tell people. Now I do so whenever the opportunity presents itself, and I often link them to it as well. I work in a creative industry, so it benefits me to throw my work at people from time to time, and it never hurts to have a few extra page views. I don’t usually share links with f…
I’ve been working on an illustrated novel for the writer’s camp. It’s been quite a challenge to keep up with, but it’s a lot of fun. You can find it here: https://tapas.io/series/cityofstorms Here are a couple of the illustrations: [image][image]
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Unless you’re using US English, ignore the Tapas spellchecker. You’re better off using the built-in spellchecker on whatever software you’re using to write it. Having said that, if you’re only using some UK English spellings, not all, you’re going to confuse any spellchecker regardless of which d…
There’s little point in chasing the ‘most subscribers’ prize, especially if you’re not already on the top row. Popularity contests are never fair. Just do your best, enjoy what you’re writing, and hope you can impress the Tapas staff instead.
This sounds like a great way to quickly identify things I don’t want to read...
Obviously do what works for you, but there are keyboard shortcuts for changing the input language. It takes a little while to get the hang of it, but after a while it just ends up as muscle memory, and you do it without even realising.
You don't need a Japanese keyboard to type in Japanese. On Windows, you can add Japanese input from the language and region section of the control panel, on Mac you can add it under Settings>Keyboard>Input Sources. Both of these allow you to type in romaji, and it will automatically convert to kana …
The basic/intermediate/advanced Japenese grammar dictionaries published by the Japan Times are also excellent reference material for learners. I got a lot of use out of the basic and intermediate ones when I was studying for my degree (they are often cheaper to import from Japan than buy overseas. A…
The writers camp collection is on the front page of the desktop and app now. I don't recall it being there before, and I've had a sudden increase in subscribers, so I think it's a recent change.
For comics, you can post up to 40 images per episode (which is so that the site can support those long, vertical, Korean-style webcomics), and a lot of us initially put whole chapters into single episodes without realising that it's actually really hard for readers to handle a single episode with 40…
The Tapas novel system isn't designed to work like a regular fiction host, just like their comic episode system isn't designed to work like a comic chapter, which confused a lot of comic creators early on. The idea is that you post shorter episodes that are quick to read. It's a bit weird to get …
Mine took a couple of days to show up. They seem to update it in batches.
I work on the whole page at once. Some people do the panels separately, but I like to see the flow of the whole page while I'm working on it. That said, it may be more practical to do them individually for a long, vertical layout. Definitely use a larger size than you're going to export at. I scan…
I posted it in the discussion thread, but here it is as well. Good luck, everyone!
I just started a new job, so it's been difficult, but I finally got my first episode posted. I'm so glad I had a pile of old NaNoWriMo projects to choose from, even if I've rewritten it all anyway. It was originally a pretty straightforward superhero story, but I cut a lot of the superhero tropes fr…
Early concepts: [image] Chapter 1 in 2013, chapter 5 in 2015: [image] Chapter 7 in 2017, including bonus flashback panel of his original outfit and hair: [image]
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I prefer longer episodes. Reading 500 words is nothing, like eating a biscuit when really you're hungry enough for dinner. Outside of Tapas, my own chapters run about 4-6k, for the story I've been posting here, it varies depending on the length of the scene, but I've definitely had some that near…
Finally, an excuse to do something with one of my several years’ worth of NaNoWriMo projects I have gathering dust on my computer.
A few things off the top of my head: Sensible ToS that protect the author’s rights. Robust commenting system that allows easy interaction with readers, and is properly equipped to deal with trolls and other problem commenters. Works well on both desktop and mobile (I’m thinking here more of …
Line Webtoon’s app is rated 9+ on iOS and 12+ on Google Play. It should not be offering comics that feature sex scenes (even ones that don’t show penetration) unless it bumps the age rating up. There is no mention of sexual content on the App Store or Play Store warnings for the app, which is mislea…
I really like A Place Further than the Universe, and I didn't expect to. Cute girls doing cute things definitely isn't my genre of choice, but the show is surprisingly charming, and the girls behave like realistic teenagers.
If you're going to post your prose as an example for potential artists, don't just give them something you jotted down, that you admit has errors. Would you expect an artist to show you a doodle they did on a scrap of lined paper as proof of their ability to draw high-quality comics? This forum is…
I don't think stories about rebellion are hated. In fact, I think they're quite popular. Look at all the TV/film adaptations of YA novels about rebelling. Sure, there might be some vocal complainers, but they still made plenty of money. Stories like those can be quite cathartic for a reader/viewer w…
With regards to making your own site vs using a hosting service, if you don’t have the time or skills to make your own, some free hosts will let you use your own domain name, which is a cheap way to make it look more professional.