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Watch Thread How's Your Webcomic #167 Anonymous 16 hours ago No.73705932? >>7370
6383 >>73706920 >>73709015
This thread's activity:
Draw the poster/dvd cover of what your comic would be like as a movie
>Post ideas, art, comics you've done
>Share your website/portfolio
>Ask for critique, information, or advice on writing or drawing
Anonymous 15 hours ago No.73705965? >>73713180 >>73719837
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Scrub Authors GOODIE Bag, now updated: part 1
Here s a short list of sites that any new webcomic artist or writer will find hand
y:
>*-Let s start of the list with a useful guide for PANEL LAYOUT:
http://innerspace.notonigon.com/?p=8
>*-Struggling to find that perfect FONT? Create your own using this link;
http://www.myscriptfont.com/
>*-Don t forget to brush up on that ANATOMY:
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
http://www.quickposes.com/pages/timed
>*-What s a list without some reference STOCK IMAGES?
PEOPLE: http://senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/
Scenery: http://www.shutterstock.com/
>*-Here's a big fat compilation of CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCE:
http://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh/
>*-Finally, here are some links to get a rough WEBSITE started up:
Easy to use tumblr webcomic theme: https://www.tumblr.com/theme/39018
Do s and Don ts for starting a site: http://pastebin.com/kNR2W5mV (embed)
Get to know your fellow comrades!
>*-Here s the contact sheet if anyone wants to put information down, like their si
te and webcomic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwfOSHXfrgvcf--PkPz9jXL6p5RqIsrYvXYwgQpgT3k/
edit#
>*-We also got a SKYPE CHAT room going on, it s rather active too, and no you don t
have to worry about video or voice chat, it s all typing.
****READ****
I need an update on Skype group. Who's the active user that can accept joint req
uest?
****READ****
Wise words from John Cleese:
[YouTube] John Cleese on Creativity (embed)
Invisible Ink:
http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_in
k_part_1.pdf
k_part_2.pdf
k_part_3.pdf
Paper Wings
http://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035030/http://paperwingspodcast.com/
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Aaaand I finished my one page gag promo. Also woo shiny new thread.
I'll start on the thread activity soon lmao i need a break.
Anonymous 15 hours ago No.73706240? >>73706327
>>73706077
>lol idk
>nvmd
>heart in chomp
For what purpose
Anonymous 15 hours ago No.73706241?
>>73706077
haha, very nice.
okay, handy activities list for next time
>make a cosplayers' guide for your character
>do a quick onepanel gag exercise
>redo your first page at your current skill level
>switch animal and human characters
>draw a fake screencap of what your comic would be like as a tv show
>give a preview of your NEXT comic series, draw its first page
>draw your own characters in someone else's style
>>73706240
Because cute and i like the way it flows like they're gossipy annoying losers (b
ecause they are). Most of the other characters in my comic don't talk like that.
>>73705932 (OP)
So many possibilitahs. An animated movie? Done in the comic's style, or somethin
g better, with a bumped up budget? Live action adaptation? Should I 'cast' it? S
houdl it be utterly and horribly inaccurate? Hory shet. I can't even write a scr
ipt right now, I don't need this. How dare you try to stimulate my creativity
>>73706327
Okay, but the heart in chomp still doesn't make sense to me..
>>73706417
Because that horrible monster likes eating? What's not to get?
>>73706468
It makes the effect seem softer than OH SHIT GIANT FUCKING MONSTER to something
more like an adorable loli taking a bite that's a little too big out of a sweet
bun.
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color scheme suggestions? she's a chef with remarkable regeneration capabilities
; she can manipulate her sliced-open appendages freely, and cut them off when sh
e doesn't need them anymore so the main appendage can regrow.
>>73706596
Oh... hmmm. That's a fair point, I'll mull over it.
Anonymous 15 hours ago No.73706920? >>73706989 >>73707204 >>73707257 >>73708533
>>73705932 (OP)
So these thread activities are just "procrastinate and don't actually work on yo
ur comic" things lately, aren't they? No wonder there's like four people in all
these threads that actually manage to draw pages for their comic.
>>73706920
Pro-tip:
You don't have to do the thread activity if you don't want to.
I know, it's crazy, but i'm sure you can grasp the idea of an optional activity
if you really try hard.
>>73706920
And then there's the people who don't do webcomics, don't do the activities, and
just bitch about everything everybody else does.
Sound familiar?
>>73706920
I don't post all my pages. That would be excessive.
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How do you create extensive lore for your comic's world with such a limited amou
nt of space without any sort of exposition?
I personally would love to create a webcomic that would give any potential reade
rs a lot to discuss and ponder on but I just need to understand how to execute i
t properly without creating walls of text.
>>73707337
Things in the background. People seriously underestimate the story telling abili
ty of shit just lying in the back of scenes.
? Anonymous?
? Anonymous?
? Anonymous?
>>73706596
>Round teeth
>Eyes closed in delight
That monster was made to be cute
The whole page is suppossed to be cute
The chmp is the cherry top and it works
I like it
>>73706920
They're revitalizing a thraed series that people were starting to tire of and gr
ow bored with.
Besides this sort of thing helps you encapsulate what your comic is all about
plus part of having a comic is putting up other art on the site, something I nev
er do anymore unless prompted specifically, even though lots of people are like
>dude put more art on the site that isn't comics
? Anonymous?
>namedrop undines earlier in the comic, have someone have a little fun nerdy con
versation about whether they classify as nymphs
>wanna put some water nymphs in this arc, they're in the ocean
>fuck, undines are freshwater
>fine, have them have another little conversation about nymph nomenclature. Now
it's funny
>shit, I got the nomenclature wrong. you can't write a joke about people getting
it wrong if you get it wrong too.
>why am I sitting here researching this shit so long and writing it all down in
Word. Why are there even so many names for a bunch of hippie fairies
>realize it's because bespectacled researchers probably want excuses to study bo
oby ladies
>now i have another gag
I also realized I fucked up Huldre that one time I drew some. Fucking mythology,
so many fae, so many weirdly specific names for ones that live in specitic plac
es.
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>>73705932 (OP)
It went direct-to-video.
$3.99, or 2 for $5...
? Anonymous?
>>73703522 (Cross-thread)
I wanna see you do the action figure challenge. . Dem troll kids is hella market
able
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>>73709351
>action figure challenge
Okay.
Anonymous 13 hours ago No.73709897? >>73709923 >>73710195 >>73710299
Would anyone be interested in joining a skype group chat without Scribblehatch i
n it?
>>73709897
yes
? Anonymous?
Well, I give up trying to animate for now. I was literally stuck, making no prog
ress.
>>73709897
I'd be willing to join a group where Scribblehatch isn't in control. I could dea
l with him as long as he didn't get to kick people because he was mad and claim
he is joking.

>>73710106
What is it you're stuck with anon?
>>73710195
yeah i guess if you ban autists like Scribs entirely the group would be dead as
fuck
>>73709897
I wish I had the energy for any Skype group, period. Everyone always talks too m
uch/often for a sloth like me.
>>73710244
Trying to do a shattering effect with a rigged 3D model.
I'll just stick to being a traditional webcomic, for now.
>>73706713
I wanna say some kind of soft yellow for the head and chest O and maybe a bluish
teal for the body. And to keep the spread multi-leg thing at the bottom until y
ou have a scene where they need to run really fast, so they pick up all but two
of their legs with their arm appendages and then bolts like a sprinter.
>>73706713
I would say the important thing is to use a nice contrasting color (dark purple
with bright pink insides maybe) for the insides, so that you can tell visually,
quickly, that she's sliced an appendage up, and then quickly in the next scene t
hat pink is now duller or even returned to normal purple, so you know it has alr
eady healed
? Anonymous?
>>73706327
now this is just an opinion but things like OMG make me think "bad Nickelodeon s
itcom" instead of "cute"
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>>73710635
the leg designs are just different ways she can cut them up. the flower-y one is
probably the one she uses most often
>>73710724
pic?
>>73711144
i want to fuck it
>>73711048
It's one thing to write it
it's another thing entirely if theyre saying 'ohemjee' (which no real person i k
now outside of disnick teen shows does) out loud. When I say internetisms out lo
ud, it's phonetic. burb. affck. etc.
>>73711144
It looks kinda like one of those sliced hot-dog octopi.
>>73711144
well now i'm hungry
god dammit I knew I would forget Hel's anklet. And multiple activities so far wo
uld have been a good place to show it off
anyone else have issues with keeping little things consistent

>>73711212
i don't think she's into humans
>>73711280
that was kind of intentional actually, or at least one of my inspirations
>>73711268
It's more like excitable girl fast babble where everything kind of mooshes toget
her. I guess it's more representative than anything else, but Ame (brown elf) on
ly ever talks that way to Maggie and Maggie (eyepatch) only ever talks that way
when she's super excited.
Like, trust me the entire comic isn't LOL OMG WTF
>>73711573
yeah that sounds about right
i'm in a neverending process of trying to make my characters sound distinct and
not just all like me.. so I try splitting it up. Let the smart one nitpick and u
se my technical terms and high vocab, let the brash one use the casual cruddy vo
cab and lowclass slang i maybe use ironically, let the goofy one use homestarism
s, let the young ones use internet slangs...
>>73705965
>>*-We also got a SKYPE CHAT room going on, it s rather active too, and no you don t
>****READ****
>I need an update on Skype group. Who's the active user that can accept joint re
quest?
>****READ****
What the hell is wrong with you
>>73713180
at least they fixed the embed thing
if you don't like it, then next time you make the thread
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>>73713329
damn kids' books i grew up with, i've imprinted on lines like that. they give me
the feelies.
Nunc 12 hours ago No.73713553? >>73713587 >>73713618
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update
webcomic:
belongingtonobody.tumblr.com
stuff:
dumcasta.tumblr.com
Here's the regular "uncolored" monochromatic version.
Nunc 12 hours ago No.73713587? >>73713713
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>>73713553
And a trial colored version of the same page I'm experimenting with. Feedback we
lcome.
There will be a movie poster shortly.

>>73713553
I hate to say it but I think I like the colored version better. Do you think you
can keep up with the workload?
Nunc 11 hours ago No.73713682?
>>73713618
It's honestly no more real work than the monochrome. I concede there's not a lot
of color here, so more colorful stuff might get harder, but wouldn't be that bi
g a deal.
>>73713587
The contrast here between the bright planet out the window and their shadowed se
lves is kinda weird, a bit jarring, but totally believable. Like I'm really ther
e in the cockpit with them.. Pretty good considering it's not shaded. Obviously
shading is a lot of extra work, but I have noticed that even things which don't
do shading regularly (tv cartoons and such) will still put it in in high contras
t scenarios, just a bit of rim lighting from firelight or whatever. I'm just bla
thering now though. Neat! More and more I'm waiting to see what happens to them,
where they end up going
ScandinavianPrincess !hEpdoZ.tHU 11 hours ago No.73714077? >>73714125
>>73709351
whats that challenge?
>>73714077
Basically just draw us what it would look like if there were toys of your comic.
Double points for showing their hilarious packaging and all their accessories
i could see sonja dolls, I really could
Anonymous 11 hours ago No.73714274? >>73714491 (You)
>drew a comic with an interesting concept based off a dream I had, but since it
was about a dream I had, I was in the comic
>want to make an actual little comic about it but don't want to make a self inse
rt, but feel like it worked so well
What the fug do I do bros
>>73714274
many comics like whomps have the main character like an self insert and it's ver
y good, all depends of how you make the setting and writing
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>>73714491 (You)
Right but whomp works because it's all self-depricating humor. I guess if I made
the comic and it got popular for whatever reason, no one would know it was a se
lf insert unless they compared a drawing of the MC to myself. So maybe I should
just be one of those internet hermits?
>>73714583
snubbed for all the awards/10
>>73714583
Talk about a dream cast.
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Update: http://thesisters-comic.com/
Talking/Date! The Update!
4 pages of Connor and Erin, having a back-and-forth. Words words words. One ment
ion of fey we'll have in the entire comic.
Next week: Beatrice at the Strip Club, finding out what sort of night she'll be
having. Gunplay, cars, Craig, and a cop named Handsome Dan.
exeivier !ihnr5E58z6 10 hours ago No.73715420? >>73715564 >>73715610 >>73720510
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threads are flying these days... although most of it is silly, pointless discuss
ion i was looking for the "work on your art thread" but there is none. so i gues
s i'll ventilate my frustation here. I want to get ahold on working on commissio
ns again, i made some moves on tumblr, fb, DA and even fiverr.. but things seems
slow. hope i don't have to resort to irl stuff as clients around here are usual
ly difficult and want to pay less.
on comic news i have a couple nice ideas for short stories but cannot help on th
ose yet, fml.
>>73713329
this, me likey
>>73715236
Now you've made me wonder; back and forth dialogue like this is pretty important
in stories. If one weren't interested in filling up pages with text in a visual
medium, what's the alternative?
>>73714583
>Starring Ryan Gosling
I can't help but think of your comic as Drive in space now.
>>73715420
I gave your commission post a reblog, hope it gets some more attention.
>>73715236
Love this. their dialogue feels so damn real. not that I'd know what a date was
like
two things that kinda jumped out at me as a little off, I think ending a sentenc
e with "B-" is a little odd, it looks like it was cut off. Better to write 'b-mi
nus' that, and the flesh-tone wine glasses. little odd.
But yeah I love this
>>73715420
you have art clients that live near you? dude. cool.
also I like this drawing.
>>73715517
>alternative.
Well to be fair, this is a ramble. I've been rambling about it a bit lately. I d
isliked these pages because of the wordiness but they're essential because of wh
at a date is.
Providing mis/information, offering vulnerability, and advancing an agenda. Brea
d crumbs for things to come, lines in the water to be seen and developed upon.
And that's a pretty nasty way to look at it, but mechanically that's the point o
f a date small talk; to see what the person really is. And I think we accomplish
ed something here with that, balanced out Connor and Erin and let them blah it u
p a little while also naturally learning a bit more about them without it feelin
g like an exposition dump.

If not for our tone and pace (ie. nothing dramatic has really happened yet), thi
s wouldn't work. If we were a bit more action movie Dresden Files going on, it'd
be a messy conversation that gets in the way of action. Careful balancing act-goddamn if that isn't becoming my fucking catchphrase.
Depends on the story, depends on the context. Environment is important too. I th
ink Erin and Connor have said plenty with their body language and action prior t
o this about the kind of people they might be, so this is the first time they ge
t to say what kind of people they think they are. The truth somewhere in between
.
Compared to the next update which has some convo but between people who really k
now each other, I prefer the implications of a developed relationship over intro
ductions. But that's just me. Feels more natural to have a status quo en media r
es than to start a story at the beginning. Easier to buy into a mess already mad
e than to watch someone make one.
>>73715584
Yeah, we're still experimenting with stuff. The B- thing wasn't something I expe
cted a bubble to end on. He's trying out new coloring stuff and balancing it out
with a looser but more detailed style.
Glad you liked the dialogue. And give dating a try sometime, its fun and curious
.
>>73715703
>And give dating a try sometime, its fun and curious.
aww you thought it was by choice. That's the second time today I've been hella f
lattered
exeivier !ihnr5E58z6 10 hours ago No.73715829? >>73715929 >>73716053
>>73715564
thanks! is the same old story of "fanart posts>commish posts" on tumblr for me.
there was a thread the other day on /ic/ about having to resort to "i'm abused/n
eed to pay rent/non binary,gender plz commishun me" to get a litle attention 'ro
und there. i just think it depends of who gets to see your work and the moment.
i thought of making a snarky comic/post about it but i think that would be more
on the whinny side of things so meh, better let things unfold, i know some peopl
e will come along.
>>73715610
is more on the hipsterish/illustration way around here , right now i have some p
eople interested in doing murals and artsy workshops.
>>73715236
Fucking dig your comic.
>>73715829
dawg i'm bi/chubby/come from a background of abuse/poor/strange and it doesn't r
eally do anything for my commission posts. Or my patreon. Or my popularity.
People like to repost sob stories but it's not often they actually help.
>>73715703
Trust me, even your rambles make a habit of being pretty insightful. You're good
at what you do.
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Script was supposed to show Erin drinking more wine than what was presented. Art
ist showed me the first panel; napkins with wine rings at the bottom. Fucking su
btle, can't believe I missed that--I wrote the damn thing. Nice to see alcoholis
m is going strong.
Happy that detail was there.
>>73715859
Glad you dig it dude.
>>73715755
You'd be surprised what a sense of adventure and a haircut can accomplish. Had a
date with a guy, we ended up fight-clubbing it up on the beach, drunk off our a
sses. Well worth the price of admission to hear a man cry because he's never hur
t someone and he fears he'll do it someday.
Moments like this make me realize I'm probably a bad human being. But all you've
got in life are the stories.
>>73715829
How's your synergy man? Been reading your comic for a bit, started hacking some
Savage Flower Kingdom/DW/BoL RPG together mechanically. Dunno if you /tg/ much,
but if you've got a pdf copy of your comic together somewhere I'd have no issue
bringing it to completion. You've got a good tone and feel for a light-hearted g
ame.
>>73715929
Yeah, bitching spreads attention but rarely does it fix things. You have to go h
ardline about it, and that takes its toll. Exevier, you'll get the work you need
through integrity alone; in the long run.
>>73715982
Glad I could help. I guess if I had a general tip it'd be "Never have a conversa
tion where we don't learn something", even if what we learn is that characters s
ee the events differently than portrayed. Body language in conversation says mor
e than what is said sometimes too. And if you present it, try to develop on it l
ater without making an obvious callback.
This update will be a lot more useful upon the end of the issue. Double-talk is
fun.
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I can't think What to draw.
Can someone give me any ideas in Panel 3?
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Last page I'll show for a while here, so enjoy it.
exeivier !ihnr5E58z6 10 hours ago No.73716355? >>73716433
>>73715929
aww but i don't really think you're abusing the hell out of that to cringey leve
ls, i hope.
>>73716053
jeez i just completed what i think wraps the begining (and therefore something g
ood for a good volume 1) and this month i want to wrap it in a pdf for comixolog
y and oher digi pages, but i realized i need to make a big cleanup of chapters 1
-3 (a lot of scan dirt is still around the

ed a non commercial font, so now i need to
ika, in case someone is looking for fonts)
lthough i don't know how it meshes up with
therly on the skype chat)
pages wtf) and i was a dumbass and us

change it for a free for use one (kom
so yeah these days i might have it (a
the game, you may have to explain fur
goin' for the day.

>>73716267
i thought that was Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler in he thumbnail
>>73716355
Oh, ew, no. I *tried* to exploit it around last year while my computer was broke
n but it didn't work and I learned my lesson. I don't talk about it unless it co
mes up.
>>73716415
Maybe the guy wanted a jelly jiggler show but He was afraid of getting sue for i
t.
>>73716053
>Well worth the price of admission to hear a man cry because he's never hurt som
eone and he fears he'll do it someday.
I guess it's not enough to just tell someone that verbally. That's kind of my pr
oblem, The sort I'm interested in dating would be... not.. adventurous. Or into
someone who was.
>so go somewhere where people you like are hanging out
... basically what I'm doing right now. Heh.
>>73716267
aw why not keep posting?
The Dewd !!8LwvK4f2+Yp 10 hours ago No.73716620?
>>73716415
>>73716492
>>73716433
Not really guys, She's been making this comic sense she was in kindergarden.
>>73716415
Judging by this, and the weirdness that goes on in dewd's comic, it's safe to sa
y bo-bobo is watched in that house.
>>73717528 >>73720586
Should style reflect the tone?
If it's serious should I go for a more realistic style? I'm really torn on this.
>>73716758
There's something almost off about a cartoony style on a serious topic.
Like cartoons talking about drugs or molestation.
>>73716813
Yeah, but I don't feel confident in a realistic style. Do you think it's possibl
e to have a comic with some serious topics (nothing like rape or drugs. More lik
e murder and shit) and not make it seem goofy?
>>73716758
Depends on if the style will upset the tone. Some chick made a comic about gay/q
ueer hitman the other week and it looked cute and easily digestible, and by no m
eans was it -bad-; but the lack of grit and dissonance to the characters ruined
it for me.
>>73716813
Clarissa shows that a more cartoony style can subvert and make the topic all the
more uncomfortable.
Depends on how well you can handle it Anon, and what you're working with. Got an
example of your work we can see?
>>73716895
I've posted everything here but it wasn't really how I liked to draw so it all e
nded up looking shitty. I'm working in a style I'm more comfortable in so I'll h
ave something in a bit. I'll make sure to reply to this series of posts.
i haven't started my webcomic yet
but how do you guys feel about authors revealing stuff about the setting/charact
ers via asks/twitter? personally i think it should only be done to clarify thing
s that are potentially confusing, or at least wait until the work is complete to
answer any lasting questions
>>73716758
I wouldn't go as far as to say that it must reflect it
it just shouldn't reflect the opposite
is there something more up to date than the Google Docs page? I want to follow a
ll of you goobers on tumblr (literally just made one today). alternatively you c
an just link yours here
also what's up with the Skype chat? is it productive-people-only?
>>73717009
there's two skype chats
there's the webcomic lounge which is just a place for bullshitting about anythin
g at all, and then there's the production chat, which you have to make an easy a
pplication for, and smalltalk/offtopic discussion is discouraged
>>73716895
>Clarissa
it's important to point out that cartoony type comics are pretty much all europe
an comics. They grew up on them, for decades they've seen them as an acceptable
way to tell any story for any age. The only time they find it necessary to bust
out more realism is to make something more erotic
>>73716986
As long as it's big and visible (or even better, included in the updates so that
as i click 'next' i see them in chronological order) then that's no problem. I
just hate missing out, i don't care HOW you tell the story.
By all means, hold details back if they wouldn't be right to reveal at that poin
t in the story
>>73716758
Yes, but I think it's more complicated than "cartoony vs realistic".
Digger, for instance, stars a cartoon wombat in a mostly serious fantasy story.
Works just fine.
Haven't read Cerebus the Aardvark, but from what I understand it similarly does
the "serious story starring a cartoony protagonist" thing.
It will be a little harder to get the audience to suspend their disbelief that m
ore zany-looking characters are having serious problems, but it's something that
can be overcome.
How cartoony were you going to make it?

>>73717080
Cartoony isn't the right word, I don't think. I'm the guy making (still planning
) the comic with the robots from a couple threads back.
>>73717009
I would hope that by now, anyone who WANTS to be contacted has filled out the go
ogle doc contact form. But if anyone here has neglected to and wants to, please
go fill it out
>>73716986
I feel like it's fine, but only about things that aren't important to the plot.
The comic pages need to work as a standalone.
>>73717080
>Yes, but I think it's more complicated than "cartoony vs realistic".
God I wish more people understood that
I'm so sick of hearing "This is so bright and colorful, yet..." as if that means
diddly goddamn squat. Go read The Killing Joke. Notice how there's a black and
white version, a neon-ass colored version, and a more muted normally-colored ver
sion in between. Try to tell me that the bright colors of Dick Tracy somehow mea
n something about its tone.
>>73716986
It's shit.
It's like the whole "Dumbledore's gay" thing. It provides nothing to the plot of
the story, and it's better left implied.
>>73717187
I know It should be a rule, "Don't believe in nothing on the internet" rule.
>>73717120
ah yeah, I thought I recognized that little spiel we've heard many times
>is it okay if maybe i don't go full realism because my skills aren't there yet
look.. do what you can with what you have, absolutely. But... your comic? Being
what it is and what it's about? You really should be at least as realistic as, s
ay, a Tenchi-type anime or a BTAS-type western cartoon. Simplify if you want, bu
t you're going to have to study and train before you're good enough to tell this
story the way you want. It's okay if you have to wait a little while, we can he
lp. So far your art is definitely lacking, but in the few times you've posted, i
t has already shown that you're improving
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>take requests in the /v/ draw threads
>do pretty good drawing other preexisting characters
>try to draw my own character concepts
>they all look like boring ass
I give up
>>73717187
That anon was asking "should i do it on twitter DURING? because I think it's bet
ter to do it after it's done"
the dumbledore thing is doing it after it's done. That fucking sucks because if
it mattered so much, it should have been in the story.
but doing it DURING is good. Lots of good series do that sort of thing. They cla
rify little stuff just to help fans understand , in case they have come to an in
correct conclusion that won't help them at all
>>73717243
I help you give design your characters.
Just give me details description of your characters.
>>73717243
So redesign them 'till they're cool looking, anon.
Post 'em up, we'll help give you ideas.
>>73717234
>BTAS-type western cartoon
this is much more like what I meant.
And I know it will sound like an excuse but I haven't this tablet in over a year
so I don't think those times I posted I was really improving. I was just very r
usty.
>>73717243
>trying to be original
just throw shit together, man
>>73717243
Don't worry. Design ideas are available in large numbers for small amounts of mo
ney. Of all the things to be having trouble with, this is one of the better, mor
e luxurious ones. Trust us.
>>73717276
I CALL IT FIRST! Back off, You slut!
>>73717271
>>73717271
But if it doesn't matter, then there's really no reason to put emphasis on it in
the first place. And if they reach an "incorrect conclusion," then they'll even
tually realize that they're wrong, or they just put it to head-canon.
>>73717279
even better. what you need is just practice!
So yeah, you can tell a story like yours absolutely fine with simplified drawing
s. You'll just want to make sure they're of the sort that make the reader not ev
en realize what they're looking at isn't totally realistic. Try doing some abstr
act drawings and see just how much detail is necessary to get things across. Try
constructing people as geometric shapes and seeing how you can connect them tog
ether with as few lines as possible. Simplify your robots down as just the indiv
idual rigid parts, held together with simple joints that you can draw in a simpl
e way (i suggest making all the joints black, that way you don't have to put a l
ot of detail into them).
>>73717337
There's a huge gap between "Doesn't matter" and "not going to put it into the ma
in story" you know. The best books in the world have footnotes. Think of them th
at way.
Nunc 9 hours ago No.73717500?
>>73715517
>Drive in Space
I'm... not going to object to that.

>>73717050
who do I add for the lounge?
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>>73716758
>>73716813
>>73716883
>>73716895
>>73716972
>>73717003
>>73717080
>>73717234
>>73717279
Here it is.
>>73717345
>Try doing some abstract drawings and see just how much detail is necessary to g
et things across
That's a good idea. I'll try it sometime. Thanks.
>>73717133
off the top of my head the people that make Monstrous, Jello and Pup, Love Me Li
ke an Autograph, and Fjordson aren't on the doc
>>73717528
This basic style would be adequate (even if the detail i can see in the sketch l
ayer is pretty cool)
so basically what you need to work on now is your proportioning. Because that's
not very good. But the shapes aregood. I like how the thigh cowling overlaps the
knee area, which is fine because it wouldn't need to bend forward, only backwar
d. Elbow joints might not be good but we can work on that. It helps to play with
(or go look at) posable action figures to get a feel for how much range of moti
on you need. But it doesn't have to be 100 percent realistic either, a lot of br
uce timm robots/armors have to cheat a little for joints
>>73717527
scribblehatch if you don't mind being guilted into staying on his friendslist un
til the end of time
>>73717635
otherwise add starlinemike
>>73717587
>so basically what you need to work on now is your proportioning. Because that's
not very good.
So the head is too big. What else do I need to fix?
>Find out Matt Chapman has worked on two webcomics, one with Craig Zobel
>Both about outer space, but one is really dumb looking and cartoon-ass and the
other is adult and really awesomely drawn
>Surprisingly I'm bored by the latter and love the former
webcomics, man. the hell.
>>73717697
that's not what it means. it means that the size of body parts compared to other
body parts don't match up to real life.
do some people studies, then come back when you git gud

>>73714583
>Melanie Lynskey
>voice of Beatrice from Over the Garden Wall
I'm going to be reading it in her voice now.
>>73717777
what an odd response
>>73717697
in this drawing, the most important mistake is small hands and feet and short sh
ins.. It also appears from the shoulder cowling that you were intending on makin
g the shoulders bigger, which actually would almost suit the head size. I think
you're falling into something easy to do, which is making each part in proportio
n to the part it's touching, more or less, but not the whole thing in total
that and eyes too close together, mouth too low, face confined to too small an a
rea on the head.. You're going to want to take a holistic approach to proportion
ing.
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Not really a webcomic just yet, but I think I finished up this little one-off. T
hinking about making a full series, but I'm not quite sure where to start. What
do you guys think?
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>>73717777
>>73717909
Alright. this one was done with a reference. Is this proportioned correctly?
And do you know of any sites with a lot of poses? Or some affordable posable fig
ures that aren't utter shit?
>>73717928
You're the same guy who did 'human on the loose' thing right? With the alien des
cribing the guy's human durability as something really threatening. Is this the
same thing?
>>73717992
There we go, much better.
As for the resources, I wanna say there's something in OP's many links. I'm sure
someone else would be able to point you to something, as there are a LOT of gre
at sites full of poses.
>>73718019
Yeah, that'd be me!
And nah, this isn't the same, but the characters do look a lot like each other d
on't they?
It's because both of them are placeholder self-inserts. The one in this comic is
exactly what I imagine I'd look like if someone made a comic about me :^)
>>73718053
>what I imagine I'd look like
I-I'm so sorry. I'm just fucking with you. But real talk, I like how you draw st
uff but I'm not sure what the one off signifies so I couldn't tell you my opinio
n on how I think a series would be.
>>73717992
What, for like, gesture drawing?
Try this
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
>>73718124
>http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
Oh, shit. This is fucking great. Thanks, dude.
>>73718115
I mostly just based it off a dream I had. It was really surreal and vivid, and I
decided I'd draw it out. My friends say they think I just need someone to hug m
e more or some shit, but I felt like it had some deeper meaning than that.
I always liked the theme and feel of stuff like Gravity Falls, and I think this
could be a snippet from something along those lines in terms of a story or setti
ng- paranormal/mystery stuff- but with a more adult tone. Who knows.
>>73718157
>I just need someone to hug me more or some shit
You're here. They're probably right.
>theme and feel of stuff like Gravity Falls, and I think this could be a snippet
from something along those lines in terms of a story or setting- paranormal/mys
tery stuff- but with a more adult tone. Who knows.
Might be good. Dunno. Still not enough info for me to give a thorough opinion.
>>73718201
I'll try to get a more thorough idea roughed out and bring it to the next thread
, or whenever I finish getting it on paper.
>You're here. They're probably right.
Let's not get too heavy, anon
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Feeling kind of boring.
I know, I going create a villain that can control every outcome to his decision.
Like if he get hit by a ball from behind, He can control it to his best outcome
and catch it.
A villain who should have die years ago but find the way to see the "stings of t
he universe". If he pull the yellow sting, Good-luck will come to him. He can al
so pull other people stings, If he pull the "black stings" or "red stings". They
will die or suffer from a injury
>>73718157
dude we could ALL use more hugs.
man I have had some pretty awesome dreams but most of them come off more like mo
vies or video games.. there was this one about ghosts coming in from a ghost dim
ension, unable to harm or even touch anything, but still wreaking havoc in all o
f society because they can't be stopped in any way so they just interrupt litera
lly everyone and everything everywhere with their irritating loud presence, and
the hero has to find a way to stop them.. and the whole game is making you think
it's just the early tutorial part, and you're gonna find a weapon that can harm
them.. . finally you do, and it still doesn't work. Then you discover they can'
t get back to their own world even if they want to, which makes their world a re
spite for us to flee to, if we empty theirs out first.

>>73718331
A villain just like that came up in a recent thread about making up our own vent
ure bros villains. The idea being that the guy can see 10 minutes into the futur
e, and uses it to spoil movies for people, NOT warn them about spoiled milk, jus
t be a jerk in general.
>>73718331
English isn't your first language, is it?
The first villain sounds cool, but kinda OP. What are his drawbacks? Is he just
kinda shitty in the grand scheme of things? (Is he limited by something? Like ma
ybe he's just human who has to contend with super humans? What balances him?)
Sting? I think you mean string.
And this idea seems. kinda 'meh' to be honest.
>>73718361
>there was this one about ghosts coming in from a ghost dimension, unable to har
m or even touch anything, but still wreaking havoc in all of society because the
y can't be stopped in any way so they just interrupt literally everyone and ever
ything everywhere with their irritating loud presence, and the hero has to find
a way to stop them
Isn't that Danny Phantom?
>>73718396
That's fucking hilarious. God dammit. Adult Swim needs to learn how to produce t
hings in a reasonable timeframe.
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I like absurd stuff.
>>73718404
Eh, I been traveling, I don't know much about American language.
ANYWAY! Black "strings" (death) are pretty rare for him. It only happen if someo
ne get shot or got some disease like cancer or HIV.
Yellow strings unlimited for him, But if You found way to get him into "unavoida
ble" situation. The yellows strings will disappear.
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>Draw the poster/dvd cover of what your comic would be like as a movie
>>73718863
[YouTube] Jason Mraz - If It Kills Me (embed) Movie theme song.
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Why does a robot even need big hips? I gotta stop doing that.
>>73719491
Presumably, the robot was created by nerds.
If given the option to make a robot look like a hot girl, I can imagine some wou
ld.
>>73719570
True enough. Plus I guess I gotta fulfill a waifu quota or something.

>>73705965
>>*-We also got a SKYPE CHAT room going on, it s rather active too, and no you don t
>****READ****
>I need an update on Skype group. Who's the active user that can accept joint re
quest?
>****READ****
It's 'scribblehatch' or 'starlinemike'.
Please please PLEASE actually update this next thread. For the love of pete.
I tried the skype chat once, didn't work out. They barely talked about webcomics
or anything related.
>>73719944
Did you? I mean obviously you didn't have to stay there but I don't know what pe
ople really expect from a chat room. Other than occasional webcomic talk but mos
tly company while you work. These threads cover the rest.
>>73720023
It was heavily hinted that it was going to be web comic related, but it wasn't a
t all. What's the point of it if it isn't.
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>>73718396
You're gonna get... an ice cream headache. It's gonna hurt real bad... right her
e, for about eight, nine seconds.
>>73720078
>>73720023
>mostly company while you work.
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>>73720276
Don't need company
>>73707533
Seconding this.
It's what I've tried to do as well to prevent my pages to become walls of text
Alternativelly, as you're doing a webcomic, there's nothing preventing you from
having a LORE page on your site for stuff that couldn't make it into the pages
>>73711474
>anyone else have issues with keeping little things consistent
I often forget one of my characters had a small bag hanging from his belt, and s
ometimes in doing the pencils I forget one of them is left-handed and have to re
-draw her using her left instead
>>73715420
>threads are flying these days...
I've noticed it too, they barelly last more than two days, before I think you'd
get two threads a week and often in danger of falling off the 10th page
I'm guessing it's partially thanks to the activities which do get people more in
vested (I thought the self-portraits were fun, I don't get where the hate came f
rom)

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Manga Studio is on sale for $15, you guys.
>>73720510
It's summer.
>>73716758
A more serious tone doesn't necessairly need for realism.
There's SO MANY things to take into concideration on what you want to try to evo
ke from your audience and what yout think how different styles will be recieved
by the audience.
Plus, you also got to concider the genre. Serious action/sci-fi/thriller/etc...
comics often do go for a realistic style. But dramas and works which are intende
d to be a character study often go for abstraction instead (see stuff like Aster
ios Polyp or Jimmy Corrigan).
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Whats a good website to host webcomics and whats a good computer program to draw
with, preferably free.
>>73720626
photoshop is free if you know how to get it (and it's not hard, google it if you
don't know)
>>73720659
as in just torrent it.
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>>73720626
>website
Tumblr is good for getting your stuff reblogged
Tapastic will pay you and is good for being read on a phone
Comicfury is super simple.
>good drawing program
For free stuff, I use GIMP for my pages but I think Krita is probably a better p
rogram overall.
For "free" stuff, Photoshop is the industry standard for illustration.
>>73720486
Sometimes I feel like maybe I shouldn't have given Skalmld so much jewelry and da
ngly stuff*, but it's kind of hard to get around that kind of stuff and still se
em historically accurate (authentic?) because it seems dangly stuff was the heig
ht of fashion in the viking age.
*Two tortoise-shell brooches, one trilobe brooch, two chains connecting the big
brooches, gold arm ring on the right, three beads, a pocket knife, a comb, a key
and a tiny bag of runes
Anywho, does this dialogue read okay to you guys?
>>73717928
This guy again, I've finally started being able to put together a decent story t
hat doesn't feel TOO done-to-death.
Basic outline is this:

>angry directionless 20 year old has seen some shit, gets into a bad fight and s
eriously hurts someone
>this isn't exactly his first offense so he'll be doing some hard time if he get
s caught
>gets away without the cops figuring out it was him (right away), parents aren't
exactly responsible human beings so they send him to live up in Maine at his la
te grandfather's lakehouse to lay low for a while under a new identity
>takes a job working at some restaurant and volunteer fire department that gets
like 30 calls a year
>starts getting weird vivid dreams about random locations and people from the to
wn he's hiding out in, paranormal/mystery shit ensues with adventures
That's all I got for now. What you guys think? I've switched up the character de
sign a little bit too so it's not like a straight up cartoon of myself. He still
looks similar but not entirely. Think more like a young Luke Glanton from that
movie "The Place Beyond The Pines". He even rides an old honda dual sport bike l
ike he did.
>>73721088
Definitely sounds like a workable premise.
? Anonymous?
>>73720693
>Sometimes I feel like maybe I shouldn't have given Skalmld so much jewelry and d
angly stuff*, but it's kind of hard to get around that kind of stuff and still s
eem historically accurate (authentic?) because it seems dangly stuff was the hei
ght of fashion in the viking age.
Well, she generally doesn't seem to have THAT much stuff on her; at least not ac
cessories which are visible from the front waist-up. Though I understand why som
e of those tiny things would be easily forgetable and tedious to draw. Mine have
quite a bit of stuff on them too, so I do get how frustrating it can be to desi
gn some cool clothes to then find out that re-drawing them panel after panel is
exasperating.
BTW, I've noticed you're getting real fast at getting those pages done; they use
d to take you +12 hours and now you've finished your last one in like 8 so good
job there! I still have a hard time going under 14 hours for mine
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Forgive the shitty arms. I was focusing more on the character's face and express
ion.
Not quite sure what to name him yet.
>>73721088 is my other post
>>73717366
I think a good way to handle this would be an ask-blog. That way you could answe
r questions but using drawings and the characters themselves to explain them rat
her than half-assedly shooting shit on social media. Having some art behind an a
nswer gives it a certain weight.
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>>73721808
Yeah, it's not incredibly hard to draw or anything, it's just that "wait, I forg
ot to draw Skalmld's comb again" that happens every now and then. Even worse back
when she was carrying around her sword because I gave it a fairly complex set o
f straps.
>BTW, I've noticed you're getting real fast at getting those pages done; they us
ed to take you +12 hours and now you've finished your last one in like 8 so good
job there! I still have a hard time going under 14 hours for mine
Yeah - I hope I'm just getting more efficient and getting more stuff right in my
first attempt, rather than skimping on quality. I'm leaving for another country
for a week early tomorrow, so I might be rushing a bit to get these pages done
before then.
I'm considering increasing my update rate a bit to take advantage of it if I can
keep a proper quality, but I think I'll wait for school to start first so I kno
w how much free time I'm gonna have and just build up my buffer 'till then.
Anyway, decided to put a dog chasing a girl in the 3rd panel.
Here is my pitch.
>Theres this girl knight named Mindy who lives in this kingdom who works for the
kings guards because her parents kicked her out for freeloading (she and all 3
of the main characters are 25 years old.).
>Mindy gets fired by the king for being to reckless after a dragon attack where
she killed the dragon when the other male knights got either bunt to a crisp or
ran away like chickens.
>Theres is also this shop keeper named Lily who is a magic user and is secretly
a cat girl as she always wares a hat & dress to cover her ears and tail because
of some people hate cat people, her shop almost got shut down because she can't
pay her rent on time but when Mindy and her meet they end up being BFFs and end
up saving her shop which also ends up being her house.
>Along side the 2 ladies there is a male freelance knight named Jacob who wonder
s around the land, being kicked out from a boarding house because he did not get
along with it's owner, he ends up finding Mindy & Lily and ends up living with
them as the money he brought in was enough to save Lily's business/house.
>First story plot involves Mindy finding a reward poster for killing a bigger dr
agon who happens to be the head dragon of the dragon she killed when she was sti
ll working for the king, she kills the head dragon only to have the king take al
l of the money to repair all of the damages caused by the last dragon she killed
.
>The project will be if Futurama & Gummi Bears had a baby, but takes place in th
e present.
So, what do you think of my idea?
>>73722291
>but takes place in the present
I was with you up 'till this point.
>>73722316
Again, if Futurama & Gummi Bears had a baby this will be it.
>>73722318
Let me rephrase - you're taking a bunch of classic fantasy archetypes, parodying
them, and then setting them in the modern day?
At that point it's so far removed from the fantasy it's parodying that it doesn'
t seem like parody anymore.
Anonymous 1 hour ago No.73722382? >>73722408
>>73722348
So what should I do then.
Future?
>>73722382
What's wrong with having it in a medieval fantasy?
What are you trying to achieve by setting it in a modern setting?
Anonymous 1 hour ago No.73722477? >>73722561 >>73722589
>>73722408
>medieval fantasy
Overdone, plus that cake is handled by Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon
, plus there is also Harpy Gee as well so my idea needs to stand out.
The modern setting has been tossed out for a future setting.
>>73722477
A future setting is better than a modern one because people have less preconcept
ions of "things work like this" but if you want to stand out, I'd advise revisin
g your story rather than just cludging a medieval fantasy parody plot into a fut
uristic setting. It's a rather poor fit at present.
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>>73722477
>Overdone
Hate that people use this as a reason not to use something. Just because you mak
e your thing different does not make it inherently better than the thing that is
overdone. Just focus on characters/narrative rather than a gimmick.
>>73722561
You have a ideas then? I have been using a modern day setting for a wile now.
Anonymous 1 hour ago No.73722636?
>>73722589
Thanks I keep that in mind.
Anonymous 60 minutes ago No.73722654? >>73722687
>>73722596
Personally I'd just go with a generic fantasy setting because it's an incredibly
loose genre that people never really seem to get tired of - maybe something bas
ed on feudal Africa or Asia rather than Europe if I want to look memorable.
Or did you want my opinion on how to adapt it for a futuristic setting?
>>73722654
I stick to Europe as it's set in Ireland.
>Or did you want my opinion on how to adapt it for a futuristic setting?
Lets hear it.
>>73722687
K.
First off, what exactly is a "knight" in this future setting? A mech pilot? A su
per soldier wearing power armor? It seems unlikely that a guy on a horse with a
long pointy stick is the best way to deal with a giant fire-breathing serpent in
the 25th century or whenever this is happening. Even with modern tech, you'd ex
pect to send in a gunship helicopter or something. Whatever the knight's exact g
ear is, it's gonna seem strange and need explaining that the military lets her j
ust keep it after they fire her - imagine a modern day fighter pilot getting to
keep their jet after they retire? Shit, there's nowhere in the world where it's
even legal for a private person to own that kind of stuff.
Second, the king is kind of incongruous with a more developed setting - having t
he king interact personally with his elite troops is a convention carried over t
o fantasy from stuff like the Song of Roland or the Arthurian cycle, where the k
ing knows his elite soldiers personally because he's also the head of the milita
ry. That's not even going into the issues of how differently a monarchy seems to
the reader when it's not in a context of "oh, they just haven't come up with de
mocracy yet". I'd suggest having the kingdom be a republic, and having the MC em
barrass and get fired by someone within the military.
Cat girl works as-is. Maybe have cat people be the result of genetic engineering
?
Free lance knight is gonna run into some similar problems - what kind of person
has access to the supply network required to keep himself stocked in mech fuel,
repairs, ammunition or whatever without being affiliated with some larger organi
zation? "PMC" has a very different ethical ring to it than "free-lance knight" d
oes.
Reward/bounty posters, again, are more of a lawless area thing - suitable for th
e wild west, or a fantasy setting, but really out of place in most modern contex
ts where the government is stable. I can't think of how to fix that.
Anonymous 14 minutes ago No.73723232?
>>73707337
Just do it. when you create a part of the world expand upon it. for example in m
y comic there's a character who uses a unique fighting style that originated fro
m her pacifist ancestors culture. They'd shift between weights to create ripples
in water and dance on them without the water becoming too chaotic. When her peo
ple were dragged into race war an unrefined version of it was created to out fig
ht the far superior ironblood race. however after the decline of her people it f
aded into obscurity until the age of the freelancer at which point a prominant s
urvivor of her race adopted and refined it. After two generations of clones from
that survivor the character perfects the fighting style and teaches it.
>>73723010
I'm just going to stick to my modern setting as it's a comedy.
Anonymous 5 minutes ago No.73723387? >>73723428 >>73723446
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What's the secret to make a good tridimensional form?
Anonymous 3 minutes ago No.73723428?
>>73723387
http://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Animation-Collectors-Preston-Blair/dp/1560100842/
You will thank me later.
Anonymous 1 minute ago No.73723446?
>>73723321
How does it being a modern setting contribute to the comedy?
>>73723387
There isn't one. What are you having trouble with?
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Anonymous 13 hours ago No.73710244? >>73710333

anyone else have issues with keeping little things consistent

There will be a movie poster shortly.

g like an exposition dump.

-3 (a lot of scan dirt is still around the

pages wtf) and i was a dumbass and us

goin' for the day.

How cartoony were you going to make it?

I'm... not going to object to that.

Anonymous 9 hours ago No.73717805?

Anonymous 8 hours ago No.73718396? >>73718439 >>73720253

True enough. Plus I guess I gotta fulfill a waifu quota or something.

Anonymous 6 hours ago No.73720577?

Basic outline is this:

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