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I tend to really like the charming, intellectual powerhouses with a compelling story. Something where you can understand what got them to that point and even sympathize a bit, but ultimately the end can never justify their means. Bonus points if they're tactically minded, have strong ties to the pro…

Jan 12, '21

What’s Your Dream?

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Loved reading all these and seeing all the range there is~ My current goal is to make a livable wage off my art through a combination of my comic, merchandise, and freelance. I'm 7 years in to building my career and I'm "full time", but scraping by really... I'd need to at least double my income b…

Dec 12, '20

How important is art consistency for webcomics? (and later ebooks)

I think it's more similar than you think. We're often blind to our own styles, so it's common to look at two things of ours and think it looks SO DIFFERENT when really, it doesn't. Like yeah, I can see you trying out different techniques and stylization, but that's normal. I wouldn't worry about c…

Dec 11, '20

Should I restart my comic? Trading feedback for feedback

Reviews | Feedback

The short answer? Don't reboot it. You said yourself that this is a recurring problem for you, where you scrap it all the time. If you keep starting it over it'll never get finished. It's better to finish something and move on than to regurgitate the same ideas and try to make it work several times.…

Dec 11, '20

How Did You Decide Your Cover?

Oh, I absolutely put a lot of thought into my covers. It's important if you want to sell your work! I admit I might overthink some of them though... Since I print my comic, I do both issue covers (about 40 pages) and volume covers (200 pages, paperback book). With the issue covers, I can get away …

Dec 9, '20

Promote Your Protagonist By Showing Their Pics From Your Comic

My man, Nox. Did a mix of illustration and comic pages! [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] He's a bit older than your average protag~ https://tapas.io/episode/166970

Dec 8, '20

Age gap between young couple?

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imo, it depends wholly on dynamic and maturity level. There are plenty of couples with that age gap (as teenagers!) who meld together just fine and can be in healthy relationships. Can a 19 yr old take advantage of a 16 yr old? Absolutely. And the risk is higher the bigger the age gap is. But that's…

Dec 7, '20

How did you learn to create digital art?

It really is just another medium! The flexibility and technical aspect of digital can't be overstated, but all those details are irrelevant in the beginning. I would definitely just draw, experiment with brushes, see what every tool does, etc. Pick through the tool and menu options and see what each…

Dec 7, '20

Good art without shadows?

The inking does a lot of heavy lifting in those styles! As long as it looks interesting as just lineart, it'll look interesting with flat color, too. It speaks to how well the characters are designed as well. If you feel like your art is missing something without shadows, try putting in more lines…

Jan 27, '20

How do I color when I hate coloring?

What about coloring makes you hate it? It's possible you haven't found an efficient way yet or a style that you actually like, or just that you haven't built the skill so it's frustrating. Usually if I'm coming up on something in my comic that I hate or feels tedious, I ask myself "How can I make it…

Jan 26, '20

That overly detailed feel (Chat)

I had a scene where my main character who dresses in a lot of accessories was fighting in a place with a lot of environmental effects and had sustained injuries, so I had to keep track of drawing all of this on every character shot: -oxygen filter -earrings -rings x4 -watch -shoulder wrap tattoo -…

Jan 26, '20

What's so special about this girl, huh?

You managed to capture that balance between simple and complex that makes a design just work. Your color palette is limited and repeated in the right places, it's readable at a distance, the pose is pretty natural, and she has good energy. Basically, she looks solid without it seeming like you were …

Jan 18, '20

About collaboration

Collaboration is a means of bringing in each person's specializations into one project. Going in solo means you have to work extra hard to cover your faults, if you recognize them at all. Working with people that excel in the places where you falter elevates the quality of the work as a whole AND de…

Dec 28, '19

I don't need exposure. I need to get better

Somewhere in this thread you mentioned that you don't read any comics. That's going to be your biggest failing--if you want to get better at creation, you need to consume it. You become a better writer, a better artist, by looking at other works and seeing how they do things and how they impact you.…

Dec 25, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

Here's something that might help with expressions! It was my go-to for a long time. I think your problem right now is that you have a lot of the generi-expressions she talks about. https://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333 As for the dialogue, I think it felt repetitive especially…

Dec 25, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

I admittedly only read Ch0, but as I've done more of these I've given them more of a chance so I'll go back to yours and read more later today. I try to write morally grey characters a lot too, and I think it can definitely be tricky. From the little bit I've read, it felt more like his morality…

Dec 25, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

Thanks for the feedback! Can you clarify which fight scene you mean when you say it could've been avoided? I'm assuming you mean when he fought with Garrett (the unicorn boy), but I wanted to be sure. And yeah, the fight scene energy is a known issue! Definitely working on improving that. I think …

Dec 24, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

Honestly, now that it's all actually UP on Tapas, I think it'll be fine if you don't revisit it or at least wait awhile until you really feel the need to. I think I would've lost interest had you asked us to read it before the reveal happened, but I was able to stick it out because I was interested …

Dec 24, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

Hey thank you! I absolutely agree about the tropey-ness of the first chapter. Ironically, I am also really not a fan of starting out with a fight scene! But we were new writers and saw the advice everywhere so we were like, "welp, I guess this is how you get people interested right??" I'm glad chap…

Dec 23, '19

"Why won't you read my comic?" A thread for getting honest reader first impressions

I'm just gonna go up the thread by several posts and do a handful! I hope it helps. @denaliah The art and concept are really cool, but the dialogue and characterization are... odd. I think you got a little too repetitive with the whole hero complex of the protag, he just comes off like an entitled…

Dec 15, '19

Is creator sympathy a thing?

I think this happens in any field. If you're in a creative profession, you understand the effort that went into it, how recording and posting a paid show can be harmful, and how interruptions impact the person performing... so you're more likely to be considerate of it. All it comes down to is how c…

Dec 15, '19

I just migrated here from Smack Jeeves, and I already love it

Ooo, your comic is great, you just gained a new subscriber from me! Awesome stuff! Welcome to Tapas, I hope you have a good time here! And good luck in your schooling too, I'm so envious of people who are able to get actual education in the field! I don't have any schools that offer degrees for…

Nov 10, '19

Inconsistency or just growing pains

Oh, I don't have a problem with heavy questions at all. I guess they sounded more like anxiety questions, which in my personal experience, can ultimately drive me mad instead of being helpful. I totally understand wanting to talk about it though. But no, I don't think your style suddenly changed d…

Nov 10, '19

Inconsistency or just growing pains

This may come off as totally rude, and I apologize in advance, but I see no difference in your style from page 1 to page 3. Maybe it's because the harsh shadows are covering it up, but really I see nothing discernibly different. Just like someone else said, there's harsher lighting, and that's re…

Sep 27, '19

Thinking of Doing A Kickstarter

This is a bit of a tricky situation for all the reasons mentioned earlier in the thread--it's a little harder to fund something brand new if you don't have a lot under your belt as proof that you won't abandon the project. That said, Kickstarters are an excellent way to raise funds for people just…

Sep 21, '19

What's the fastest way to ink?

Honestly, if your sketches are relatively clean, you can just use those as your lineart too. I see some people go through several sketch layers when they don't need to. I go from messy af stick figure person to a refined sketch, which I just clean up to make my lineart instead of taking the time t…

Sep 21, '19

Changed my URL... was this a good idea?

Honestly most people (sans creators, perhaps) read on their phones nowadays anyway, I don't think it's a big deal at all to change it!

Sep 10, '19

Quitting day job to work on comics looking for artists!

Collaborations

I know you haven't responded to me directly, but I wanted to let you know that I've been in your same exact spot. Stuck feeling like I'm not making any real progress and that I need to just take a leap of faith. I'm in the middle of that right now, in fact--I've literally decided I am not taking a n…

Sep 8, '19

Quitting day job to work on comics looking for artists!

Collaborations

Hey man, I know you probably have the best of intentions, but this is straight up a bad deal. If you have the financial security to drop your job and only rely on Kickstarters for your income, great (though boy howdy I would lower your expectations). You might even be able to find an artist that i…

Sep 1, '19

Should I redo some pages? feedback needed