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Here’s a short list of sites that any new webcomic artist or writer will find handy:
>*-Struggling to find that perfect FONT? Create your own using this link;
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>*-Here’s the contact sheet if anyone wants to put information down, like their site and webcomic:
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>Wise words from John Cleese:
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>Invisible Ink:
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http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_2.pdf
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>Paper Wings
http://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/
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>Fonts for your webcomic on Blambot:
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>Writing Resources:
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>Guide to promoting your comic:
http://miss-melee.tumblr.com/post/143483233951/
2nd for little sisters
Anime
>>82540705
No memeing.
>>82540708
I don't even know what this is.
>tfw you go to bed after an update and wake up to no views on said update
>>82540705
Xth for edgy sisters
What are you doing with your sister right now?
wroops, didn't see new thread
>>82540720
>>82540747
>>82540770
>>82540928
>tfw no sister
>>82540928
Well if you must know, we're watching RENT
I paid attention, I just didn't do it because I dunno.
>>82541363
yeah. i miss those. i just missed it last time. also rain takes a long time to draw
>>82541404
No it doesn't...
>>82541535
You have to draw each individual droplet with the reflection inside. About 200 times.Why do that?
>>82541601
well i didnt mean THAT
but it is a lot of droplets and keeping them all parallel, making some difference in depth.. then there's drawing the character all properly wet, possibly with drops dripping off of them.. honestly it's a great exercise we SHOULD do
>>82541827
Just airbrush with a 500 px and pretend the droplets are very small.Please, I use SAI, you have to use the line tool to make straight lines. I should have listened to those fire alpaca users, I should have.
>>82540611
Because people will get their hands either busy on their comic or busy in shitposting.
is it normal for you guys to listen to music for whatever your doing? My sister does this and it kind of annoys me sometimes but apparently there's a certain asthetic it creates.
>>82541913
what is the difference
>>82542086
When drawing, yeah. When writing story, no. But of course. Different strokes for different folks. Lining a sketch and filling base colors can be pretty boring desu
>>82542086
Yes. I usually play three songs in repeat (Goodbye to a World by Porter Robinson, L.O.V.E by Sophie, and DJ Mason's Exceeder.) It usually annoys me so much listening to this shit I try to work faster to finish.
>>82542147
In FA, iirc, you can hold shift to make straight lines and you don't have to make a new layer for it.
Also, they have pre-programmed grids that locks your lines in place.
I downloaded it yesterday, but only to place text on a picture but I used to main on it until I switched back to SAI for muh textures (which I don't even use). FA also has better effects like the gaussian blur and the pixelater. gdi
>>82542171
That's strange, it's usually for writing the story. There where a few days non stop tango and Argentinian music was playing in our house, weird. Well at least I know other people do it now.
>>82542209
That's a creative motivator you've got there
>>82542086
it depends entirely on the kind of music. it can be distracting or really pumpupping
>>82542289
>tango and Argentinian music
fucking why
>>82542275
that just sounds like a more gimped version of SAI, which was already a more gimped veresion of PS.
>>82542593
I don't use PS because I like my layers and I don't want to mod it.
Plus, SAI and FA doesn't take 10 seconds to load like Gimp or PS.
Use Clip Studio if you can.
It's betterer.
>>82542366
That's odd, I wouldn't imagine it'd bother your drawing. What do you listen too?
>>82542493
Well it's always something different depending on where the story's at. One time it was Arabic, another time Gypsie, other times 80's. Other than that, it'll be her normal alternative music like Nervana and Marcy Playground.
>>82542706
nothing gets me as pumped as the theme song to bobobo-bo bo-bobo Wild Challenger
anything from Initial D works too
>>82542852
Oh that's cool, nice taste in music
CUT MY COMIC INTO PIECES
NO ONE EVEN READS MY SHIT
BAD DRAWING
BAD WRITING
WHY DO I SUCK SO MUCH DICK
>>82540928
We were watching the new season of Kimmy Schmidt for about 3 hours, while I drew a bunch from the upcoming segment of Lido to keep this moderately related.
>>82543843
i've heard good-ass shit about that
>>82543997
It's definitely fun. If you enjoyed 30 Rock it's basically just that but with an adorable main character and way more absurd circumstances.
This new season is a little meme-heavy for my tastes, but I've been getting a lot of good laughs in.
>>82542634
I have portable Sai and it loads faster than both Gimp and PS... I keep it on my flash drive so I can use it whereever.
FIRE ALPACA is a shitty meme program only weeaboos use because of their shitty meme mascot
What is the sound effect for a person accidentally sitting on the back of another person's head. The butt hitting the back of the head.
>>82544430
SKREEONK!
>>82544430
Blop.
>>82544430
"Bump" or "fwump", probably. Not much of an onomatopoeia to go with that, it's a quiet action.
>>82544637
This is the worst advice I've ever seen? Have you ever sat?
'how's your webcomic' but the s stands for sisters
>>82544887
your ass doesn't make a godzilla roar every time you sit? wow. i don't know what to say.
>>82545011
this and "there's g g girls here?" is making me too embarrassed to post in these threads presently
>>82545029Turns out my boyfriend made that post without me knowing. I got joked on by my own partner.
>>82545097
LONDON
O
N
D
O
N
>>82545135
what is this london meme so I can complain about it also?
>>82540611
um, hello, test test
is this the real thread? what happened to the last one? did the site go down again while i was gone? i just started working on my page again
>>82545432
this is going to take forever to color AND paint out the backgrounds
i color everything with the pen tool because it looks a million times better than using the paint bucket tool
Princess Rosebuster lives in your heart
>>82543097
practice, child.
start to choose what you like feature wise on different books by different artists
combine said styles into an amalgam of traits that embody what you love to see.
new character is created.
do this over and over and over and over and over
never settle.
keep going.
keep trying.
Update! What do you guys think?
>>82545770
bump, live wip updates of this page: http://jesse-the-art-maker.deviantart.com/art/FATES-chapter-4-page-39-wip-25-607530873
>>82546072
looks great man
>>82546303
looks awesome
>>82546303
The logo on the back of that biker's jacket in panel 1 looks strangely conspicuous, I can't quite explain it. Like someone else drew it on after the art was done.
>>82546303
It doesn't really feel like her arm would be able to reach the biker's face in the third panel. It's not like a page-ruining problem or anything though.
>>82546303
Well, this is embarrassing. I didn't notice the error until the page went live.
Oh well, it's been fixed!
Also, it's officially Free Comic Book Day, so I'll post it here again: Collective of Heroes did a gimmick for today and Miss Melee is a featured comic within! Check it out! http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/182447/Fcbd-2016
Do you guys do fun comics that doesn't make sense but you keep on creating them.
>>82546831
No, I'm not autistic like you.
updating with another panelI sure hope that the wobbly panel sizes isn't going to be an issue when its done
>>82546867
Aren't we all autistic?
>>82546889
Well, no.
Actually, maybe. Which of the 200,000 and growing definitions of autistic are we referring to this time?
>>82540559
Yeah, well you see here's the thing.
My sister has been drawing Jello and pup since she was like 5 years old, and the parents loved it. I guess I got sort of jealous of her so I started my own little fan comic called Yogurt and Pappy. Eventually we both stopped doing those and went our seperate ways, with our comics. I moved on to west tree, and she moved on to fanart.
She's currently loving doing fanart of archer, hopefully she's finally getting over her Hamilton phase.
>>82547364
It really is unreal how much better your sister is at art than you.
>>82547417
meh. I'm ok with it. I'll get there someday.
>>82547354
4chan definition: Weird, Lack of self awareness, A dumb nerd, Roleplayer, Terrible fanfiction writer/artist.
>>82547727
The word's acquired complete uselessness.
>>82546329
wow im almost done, i keep taking coffee and youtube breaks but little by little i get more and more done to it here and there, it just needs some backgrounds which i will paint from scratch and some quick shading, and word balloons and then its done!
Punch time.
http://vigormortis.co.uk/
>>82547364
>jello and pup
wow your sister is talented as fuck, guess it doesn't run in the family does it dewd?
>>82547876
Because the "oh, right" bubble is on the left, I ended up reading it before the "help!" bubble, which is the opposite order from what you intended, right?
>>82547876
Why did that line make me laugh?
>>82547851
wow, the tiniest bits of progress make it look like a completely different page every time!
hey sister anon, tell us about your sister
Mines now IN TECHNICAL-COLOR!!
>>82546072
So cute! I really like your anime-style, don't let anyone tell you it's not great
>>82544174
It's easier to make brushes in Firefox and make them do cool stuff, like in photoshop, except not.
Comic Tournament.
Round 4 is a work in progress. And some of these pages are complex as hell.
>>82548682
http://fpc.smackjeeves.com/
>>82549954
That's great, anon!
Do you happen to have a background in animation? You've captured the movement and the weight of it really well
Me and my sister did a comic in high school called 'real motherfuckin' vampires'. Van Helsing hires a bunch of Crips to help him fight the vampires who have taken over the Bloods. The art was bad but we liked to laugh about it. Then she got teen pregnant and started talking down to me because I never grew up or whatever.
>>82546072
Cute design. Now give her radically different supporting characters.
>tfw you change word bubble shapes in your comic and nobody notices
Should I just post my comic in Tumblr? Does that sound like a good idea? Or should I make my own website? But I don't want to make a website specifically for a comic.
>>82551649
>But I don't want to make a website specifically for a comic.
Why not? A lot of webcomic creators have sites specifically just for their comic.
Tumblr is one option, but you should research appropriate themes. There are also comic hosting sites like Tapastic, Comicfury, SmackJeeves, etc. If you go with your own site, then WordPress with ComicEasel or another webcomic suitable theme is a good option.
I have my own site running WordPress w/ ComicEasel.
>>82551945
There's also other webcomic-oriented gimmicks like Grawlix.
Ah, feels so good to draw with a more cartoony style every once in a while. So easy and effortless to throw a couple of curvy lines together and create something cutesy. Sometimes I wonder if I've made a mistake when deciding to make my ''official'' style anatomically more realistic and accurate.
Btw, I don't know why I do these warm-ups before starting to write.
>>82545194
already explained in the last thread
>>82546731
errybaady gets sump'n
>>82546888
they're evenly wobbly, i like that
>>82547364
>jealous fancomic/knockoff of own sibling
ouch. glad you've moved past that. that said, best name ever.
>>82552105
warmups are fun!
>>82552293
Yeah, they are. But I just don't know why I draw to warm up for writing. Usually when I start drawing something I never do warm-ups for that.
>>82552345
I warm up for writing my comic by shitposting on /co/.
>>82548402
i actually finished this page like 40 minutes ago.... but wasn't sure if i should change the dialog or not
but i feel like its artistically necessary and appropriate, so.... yeah...
the page is done... i might add some hair shine to it, but thats about it so its basically done.... more pages of FATES here: http://fates.thecomicseries.com/
perfect music for this page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1vVR4VaVIk
>>82552197
ah. well knock it off. it's embarrassing that you all are this excited about "grills" and underage little sisters because you hope we'll be your qt 3.14 webcomics gf.
>>82552517
I warn up for drawing everyday by posting a quick sketch on a site called Draw Every Day.
They give you prompts to draw of and shit.
I only missed one day of it and it was my birthday.
>>82552797
It's a dumb 4chan joke. Chill out.
>>82552734
sometimes you just have to live life to the fullest with no regrets
i regret none of this dialog 4chan
/co/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQOkmHqBTGI
>>82552797
>>82552830
besides that, it's not our fault we're desperate
>>82552830
>>82553115
1/3 of that last thread was SHOW US PICS OF YOUR SISTER XD and "Yeah, there are girls in these threads c-cute ones too!" Notice how the women in these threads, despite being nearly half the posters, never post about wanting a QT comics BF or speculate about how cute you may or may not be irl. I want to just draw and not have my fucking romantic potential touched on every time my gender is made apparent. Godspeed to the Mimi author in this regard.
>>82553422
yes. you think one is the fault of the other, but it's the other way around.
not asking for an apology, just understanding and perspective
>>82553422
Most if not all of the female regulars of these threads are already in relationships.
gentlemen behold!
the only comic I've ever completed.
It was for my high school game design class where we had to pick from a list of generic titles and come up with a game concept for them. My group's was "Princess Sunshine's Cupcake Quest".
>>82553567
aw, cupcakes
... is she adopted?
>>82553567
BLACKED
>>82553517
I understand why people make posts like that, I "know where I am", etc, but just make a blog or okcupid as an outlet instead of the webcomic thread, you know? /soc/ is only a click away.
>>82553538
What's the relevance of this and why do you even know or care?
>>82553813
The relevance is you never see the female posters moan about not having a bf because they mostly already have them (or husbands).
>>82553813
oh god, /soc/. not even once.
anyway, there are no satisfying outlets, the hunger doesn't go away until it's satisfied. this problem isn't going to be solved until women stop seeing men as an annoyance and hate how they're always reacting excitedly when they hear there's girls around. best make your peace with it now.
>>82553927
I've been single for five years and do not feel so anguished about it that I have to make comments about dudes in the threads (and I only mention it now to prove a point.) Then again, I don't find the state of singleness to be a problem that needs to be solved either.
>>82553932
Okay, but can you imagine going into a male dominated area to show your work and the focus being how cute (or not cute) you are? This isn't even exclusively on /hywc/ - this happens to me irl too. Men act interested in your work so that they can "get to know you" - the big appeal of 4chan is you can post your work without having an identity; your work is evaluated objectively. I don't want the same bias I experience irl to creep into these threads, potentially diminishing the caliber of comment/crituque the women artists in these threads receive. So it's not being annoyed so much as being worried that I won't get told when my shit stinks.
>>82554270
yeahhhh THAT is a problem. It sucks having to secondguess everything. I'm with you there
Still, beats being shat on automatically for being male.
>>82553813
I don't even want a boyfriend, I just say stuff like that because it's fun.
Do you WANT me to whine to every male in this thread to date me? That would be annoying and I would be lying.
It's not even girls who are affected by that LONDON maymay. I have seen gays that do it to girly looking guys. I have seen women (probably) do it to guys.
>>82554270
Then again here. You're anonymous so it doesn't matter at all. I use a pseudonym on my comic to pretend to be male because I know (hypothesize) more males would read my sort of comic and I don't want to place any politics in it. And I've seen other women and men do the same and it's kind of funny.
That said, I only know for sure the gender of two posters here and the rest I just don't even think about.
Blacklining the third panel. I'm wondering if I should just have the area behind her as a block colour.
The water pouring into her flask and along the drain is just going to be colour so as to remain I dunno, watery looking compared to everything else.
>>82554450
Looking great!
> The water pouring into her flask and along the drain is just going to be colour so as to remain I dunno, watery looking compared to everything else.
I think you could either do that or maybe try a different line color? white maybe?
>>82554388
It sucks that you feel like you can't even use your name without worrying somebody will assume you're going to be political literally because you are a woman comics artist.
Both genders get shit on in different, totally real ways, but at the end of the day male is still the default. You can mention you're a dude casually without being accused of being a snowflake or attention whore.
>>82554607
it would be nice if the one thing in life that is almost evenly 50/50 could get treated like it
SATAN IS HAUNTING MY COMIC YET AGAIN
>>82554607
I've been using pseudonyms since I got a computer when I was 7 for privacy.
Plus my persona is a male.
>>82554388
>hypothesize more males will read my sort of comic
I'm curious why you think that. I also think you might be surprised, depending on your comic. I'm writing a typically male-aimed genre with a male-heavy cast and most of my few vocal fans have been female.
Inking page 2
>>82555115
Shounen jump rather than shoujo whatever.
>>82555115
yeah man, you never know. i made a fruity guy to make fun of and the girls loved him
Bumpo.
>>82541296
>>82542706
>RENT
>Nirvana
>Marcy Playground
>>82555171
The placement of her hand in the first panel is odd, I would try fixing that the placement is off.
>>82542086
I listen to Eurobeat mixtapes when I write.
This is the last one I was listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mw4F4G7jCE
>>82556406
Are you a girl?
>>82555171
Be careful. You've got panel after panel of close ups of heads, with the "camera" about the same distance away each time.
>>82556598No.
>>82556356
wtf is RENT?
>>82556396
Shit, you're right. Thanks, I'll try to fix it.
>>82556752
Hm, yeah. It's a sort of tense conversation. It's immediately followed by a fight scene (actually cropped from there) where there should be more distant shots, so it shouldn't be too bad hopefully
>>82554693
My comic's all about Satan (not really, but he still has a big part) and he's a pretty cool guy. Very misunderstood. There are worse things to be haunted by, trust me.
Anyway, fuck I'm so into witches right now. I told about the zombie detective on the other day and the witch who brought him back to life, and I think this is more or less what I want the witch to look like. Just a hint of mystery and cat-ness, but not too enigmatic. Mostly she's just an ordinary girl, with ordinary girl problems.
>>82551649
this is just something Ive pulled out from /ic/, okay? if you go to Tumblr, the views and clicks are inconsistent in amount. Like you'll get many for today on one piece and then it'll slow down as it gets buried in your archives, unless people will be willing to dig deep in your blog for older shit. Sometimes you might get lucky and have 2 minutes of fame but lord knows what happens after that. The thing about tunblr thp is that many people are still migrating to it. Even Pixiv artists are going to it.
NO. None of you guys can call yourselves artists if you've never seen Rent, and fuck you if you don't like it.
>>82557011
Have a watch little man https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8CmwIKiDw
>>82553422
LONDON?
>>82554450
these things looks so refreshing to the eyes. Also, you're really taking your time there, arent you? not a bad thing though.
>>82557295
>cockblocked by Sony Pictures
i tried senpai
>>82557461
It's shit anyways.
I need to get myself a scanner that isn't broken. You guys have any suggestions for good, yet low in price ones?
>>82542086
I always listen to music when I draw. It makes things easier to picture, especially when I'm trying to come up with fights.
>>82546072
I dig it.
>>82557576
Forgot my pic
/Co/, what is best in a web comic?
>>82557667
Updating on time.
>>82557461
there's a movie on Netflix too
>>82557534
2complicated4u
>>82557805
it's shit jim
>>82557874
>2016
>not being able to appreciate the artistic genius behind Rent
>>82557295
More like "you never were a theater kid if you haven't seen RENT" or listened to multiple poor audition renditions of "One Song Glory" and/or "Out Tonight"
I had so much RENT from 7th - 12th grade that it's like a really good food I can't eat anymore cause I had it too many times.
What other musicals do you guys like? Personally my favorites are A Chorus Line, Next to Normal, and (of course) Avenue Q. Rock of Ages is a close forth, if only for the unbridled camp.
>>82557667
Doing it as a hobby and not shilling fans for your support constantly
>>82557667
quilting while your a head
>>82557667
being tru to urself and doing what u luv
>>82558149
fuck that. sell out hard and fast, milk those patrons before the bubble bursts.
>>82557011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywp1e_nRnQ
one panel to go
>>82558207
the bubble will not burst m8. Once goys get a taste of the shekels, you know theyre not going to settle for no-donation options. Plus there will always be suckers willing to pay irl bucks for drawings. Even the carebear reddit 2.0 site a former leddit employee built has "tipping", I think ita called "Imzy", allows people to tip other people for posting something they liked/enjoy. Imagine if that site took off. You can make easy shekels granted you have amassed quite a number of followers that arent your own relatives and friends already.
>>82558262
The arm looks better.
I'm getting excited.
>>82557017
ah yeah nothing wrong with borrowing from one comic's budget to pad out another.
>>82557667
Infinite canvas. Actually giving a shit about paneling and/or pacing.
>>82558065
All my friends were in music or theater growing up. But musicals never really did much for me. They're just a fun crowd to play D&D and shit with.
>>82557667
Crush your deadlines. See inspiration before you. Hear the lubrications of the women.
Starting to work on the final line work and coloring for that animation background I've been posting. I took that one anon's advice and started using more cel shading and less gradients. It does look waaaay better, thank you, stranger. If anyone here cares to see the full thing because they didn't see it in the last few threads I'd be happy to post the previous version again.
>>82558065
I've... never even thought about seeing musicals in my entire life. We get theater musicals here from actors who came from abroad, but the ticket prices are insane. Like.... it can go even higher than 15000, so in dollarydoos, that's +$300 FOR A TICKET!
>>82558514
Verrrrrry nice.
I didn't even notice the Wired reference the first time. Good details.
>>82558592
and for something really really gay that would make a better movie anyway, and usually does. i grew up on the movie versions of fiddler on the roof and sound of music, why would i want to watch people on a stage acting it out? surrounded by a bunch of other fucks drowning out the noise
>>82558065
Only good musical is little shop of horrors
>>82558065
I hate musicals.
When I was very little, I went to the on ice version of the little mermaid.
My parents bought us really good seats so whe Ursula was transforming and growing huge and smoke was passing right under us, I got scared and tried running outside of the theater but my ma grabbed me down the aisle and brought me back.
>>82558769
what a faggot
>>82558730
that was a parody of musicals, so that helps.
>>82556406
Does it effect your writing?
>>82557576
So you can visualize pictures to the music, is that right?
>>82558065
Yeah she is a theatre kid actually. She also likes Moulin Rouge, but the theatre version of that was awful.
>>82559051
>Does it effect your writing?
No, not really. I want to say it helps me focus but to be honest I really can't even say that for sure. It's just what I do when I write.
>>82559073
Oh that's interesting, she says it helps her tap into the culture or the story more. Do you guys ever use specific songs for insperation?
>>82559051
Yeah. I do it at work all the time, where I play out entire scenes and dialogue to what I'm listening to.
It's all weebshit, but here's some examples of what helps me visualize fight scenes and other scenarios.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqsx8OohVKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOCbxoQTxGM
>>82559111
I wanted to base an entire section of my comic off of 3 music artists but I'm seriously reevaluating it because one character would stuck in some area that wouldn't be part of the plot at all but then that would mean the other characters could grow.
Most songs other than that affect the emotions of the characters but none of the real things in it.
>>82557355
yeah, I don't want to rush anything and have mediocre panels because I was hasty
>>82559111
Well you see, the characters travel through time and too different cultures in order to gain a certain objective, so depending on the culture or time period they're in she'll do research and play that culture/time's music. One of her favorite songs is "we didn't start the fire", I feel like it's very heavily influenced by that considering the historical events the characters encounter.
>>82559180
No way, she does that too! I'm glad, I thought this was a really weird thing to do at first.
>>82542086
Whenever I make my artwork I usually listen to 90s electronica like Flex Busterman or Kt &Hex I feel like visualizing what the music would "look like" helps me gather more personality in my creations. I also feel that listening to music from the time period I'm trying to emanate in my artwork helps me capture it better.
>>82558634
Thanks! Yeah I'm trying to make it full of tiny details and references since this image will be shown in an intro sequence for an entire series I'm working on if only for a few seconds. I'm trying to do something where you'll notice a new detail every time you watch it. There's several other references in there as well, mostly in the stickers on the window.
>>82558730
this guy is correct
>>82542086
It's weird. In my case I listen to a song that I played a lot while playing a video game and I listen to that song while I draw sections that are obvious references to said video game.
>>82559597
>trying to emanate in my artwork helps me capture it better.
That's cool, what type of story do you do?
>>82560111
That's odd but as long as it does the job, right?
>>82560296
It does but it pisses me off sometimes.
>playing stick rangers
>have synesthesia of a song, J-nu-bossa nova and start hallucinating it
>playing WoW
>same shit, Christian rock
>playing, I don't know, Psychonauts
>start hearing breakcore
And it's all on point and exactly like the song. The only time this doesn't happen is when the music in the game is good enough for me not to change the music. And I play too many video games for any of my art to not have influences from it.
>>82560296
Right now I'm doing a sort of cyberpunk comic centering around the classic "Mercenary takes simple job that ends up putting the fate of the universe in their hands" as well as a series of animated tech reviews roughly based in the same universe. The setting Is retrofuturistic of the 90s (kind of like Johnny mnemonic, Hackers, VR Troopers, The matrix, Lain, etc) so I feel listening to popular music among the cyber culture of the decade (or something close to it) helps a lot. Here's some of my favorite examples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXN0UgkA330
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JChIsq5swNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCifm8zn4ss
I feel like these really encompass the atmosphere of what I try to pull off in my visuals.
>>82560669
i do tend to remember what i was watching or listening to while doing a non-routine drawing
>>82545432
>>82545432
>>82545770
Into the trash it goes. It's time for you to learn some anatomy and learn some new photoshop tricks on coloring.
https://matt-kohr.squarespace.com/
>>82547417
>>82547885
Wow fucking Rude, Anon. Dewd Is slowly improving on his art style and his writing on west tree.
It's amazing to see him improve on his work. Here you are shitting on him.
Fuck you, anon.
>>82552734
Are they in some kind of brown fart cloud or something? Just learn how to draw backgrounds, dude.
fuck comics, all the fans are unappreciative fucks
>>82561170
same with literally anything. you have to do it for your own personal reasoning, if you rely on others for your own happiness in any instance you'll always be miserable.
>>82552734
what the fuck is going on in the bottom right panel?
why is the guys hands outside of the first panel?
why have you decided that you'd just turn off tapering for all the lines? makes it look like cut and paste clipart
why are the explosions and gas effects outlined but not the blood?
why are the backgrounds just fart color?
>>82561170
Why are you making a comic for fans instead of improving your artwork, anon-sama backa semnmpai ですね?
>>82561305
>>82561077
I haven't been following this comic as of late so I'm just assuming they're fighting in a dust storm.
>>82561324
because I'm lonely
>>82557117
>>82557117
is she pregnant or what
>>82560669
That's odd but I understand not wanting to listen to shitty video game music
>>82560795
Noice. I started listening to this weird joke band that does stuff kind of like that. Your concept is really interesting, I hope to see more of it in the future.
Cut this one off early. it technically has enough panels, and part 2 can easily work as its own comic. this leaves me enough time to work on a mothers' day present!
>>82561678
Cold, I don't think your art is too bad but I don't understand what's happening most of the time with your stuff.
>>82561678
Cold I love your artstyle. Sure there's room for improvement but nonetheless. It's cute.
I just want to say that.
>when you want to start a patreon but don't want to sit there hanging with $0
the first step's the hardest right guys?
Got my light box! Tonight I will be combining most of the elements scattered about in pic related into one page.
I am trying to decide if I should just ink on the new page or do pencils and then inks. Either way I am going to save some cleanup time, and I don't have to use the fucking window any more.
Now for weed.
>>82562536
>2016
>not going digital
>>82562536
>window
>not your computer screen
Uh
>>82562595
You can pry my sable brush from my cold, dead hands.
And it isn't like I'm good enough to justify the expense, either, but to each their own, man.
>>82562160
Cute's what I'm going for, thanks!
>>82562076
Yeahh that is unfortunate, it's extremely plot-locked. And now with this many comics, it must be a dreadful almost homestuckesque kind of looming intimidating thing to want to get into.
Plus there's no establishing shot here because i chose to make that the punchline of the last one (and not much of one), so.. like, you have to catch up. and this is a weak storyline in the first place, but i promise it's goin' somewhere!
>>82562635
My computer is laptop.
>>82562695
to each their own, grandpa
How many of you guys have demons in your comic or a demon character? Looking though here it seems pretty generic to have a demon characters and now I feel unoriginal.
>>82562901
ooh me! plenty of those. it was the Xanth influence I think. It's fun having a bunch of supernatural assholes that can't really be harmed normally or banished without a lot of work and preparation.. but who mainly just fuck with people despite the easy ability to do a lot worse.
>>82562901
Demons can be anything. It doesn't dictate the quality or direction of the story.
Makes the question kinda meaningless.
>>82563035
well I think they were thinking something along the lines of like.. how often edgy teenage comics about weird quirky roommates hanging out, happen to involve demons. but that hasnt really been commonly true in a decade.
actually, if the Preteen Demon lady is here, she might give us some insight. iirc it's a sequel to her husband's old comic, which was very much an authentic 00s 'haha we hang around with demons we're roommates it's so fun' comic in the same vein as Krakow
>>82562901
I do but I have my own lores and myths. Or at least I am working on it. I'm not looking to revolutionize but I want to beat outright generic.
Well now that we're on the topic, my sister has a demon as one of her main characters. Should I tell her to change that? Is it uninteresting and generic?
>>82563260
fuck off
>>82563260
I wouldn't be too worried.
Personally I'm more concerned with my vampires. Been revitalizing older characters and concepts from when I was 14 and I like what I have done character wise with the small cell of vampires but I'm not really into them as a supernatural species at this point.
>>82563345
i've never felt the supernatural belongs with vampires. aside from a predilection towards studying and learning magic, due to just being nocturnal kooks and the original goths.. for me they're just batpeople
>>82563154
This character is supposed to be the two main character's close friend who got corrupted to be semi-demonic but not a true demon because everyone in my comic is a just christian (or something. She's really just in here to look cool). Another has fangs but isn't a vampire, they're just unnaturally large and her first arc is based off of blood and the heart and arteries and stuff.
Does this count?
>>82563260
No, demons are fine. They're cliche and heavily used, but so are superheroes, and superheroes can still be good.
Finished this page!
>>82562845
How much pussy have you lost because you couldn't let go of Apple vs PC arguments?
>>82563345
She hates zombies and vampires so I think we're good there
>>82563581
>they're cliche
now that I think about it that might have been the reason she did it, she's peep idly using a lot of cliche plot points but adding a twist to them. Honestly, she doesn't tell me enough so I'm not entirely sure what she's doing, but I thought you should avoid cliche things?
>>82563627
Good job
>>82563627
Multiply, don't overlay.
>>82563473
as long as it makes sense in your established setting, you're good.
>>82562901
Just one. Really depends on the execution whether it'll come off as stale though.
>>82563827
>peep idly
Holy shit autocorrect, I meant been, BEEN using
>>82563942
It really doesn't, to be honest.
This comic is literally based off of a dream I had and I'm making up most of it as I go.
>>82564038
maybe you need a different word then, to describe what's going on
Guys, real sisterfag left the thread 2 days ago, the people here are just memeing now. Stop responding to fake sisterfags.
>>82564192
Speaking of which, my sister is making a comic about ice cream eskimos. She says it's based off of a neopets game. The plot is very weak but her art is pretty decent. Got any advice?
>>82564263
is that eskimos MADE of icecream?
>>82564290
No. They live in an ice cream antarctica.
>>82563793
go to bed grandpa, don't you have a new night light to play with?
>>82564263
Us Eskimos do not live in icecream! (•O•)
>>82564466
Well she likes ice cream and likes eskimos so she merged them.
so lonely ;_;
>>82564620
As long as she has fun and represents the Eskimos not racistly I'm fine
>>82564192
Did we ever get what her story was about? Genuinely interested
>>82564620
>hauling an actual fudgie the whale onto land
>butchering it, harvesting huge blocks of icecream blubber
>later erecting the popsicles it has for bones in a decorative fashion
>>82564726
He didn't actually give us much but if u remember correctly it was about a 14 yo girl and a 17 yo demon having to work together in a handcuff like situation, traveling through different cultures and times I think.
>>82563793
Don't reply to bones.
>>82564726
>>82565299
Samefag
FUCK your sisters im tired of these mother fucking sisters in this mother fucking general
>>82565336
Nice try. Just because someone's more interested in some 16 year old's concept ideas and not yours doesn't meen you have to be a douchebag anon.
>>82563627
Are you a troll? I can't tell.
Post you're /hyw/fu
>>82565404
Honestly I'm mad too. Not only that, but sisterfagging scared the original people away, and I actually liked the art and wanted to hear more about their story.
>>82565459
9/11 Winik BTFOing sister girl
How's this for an idea:
A hero whose prime motivation to helping people and protecting the innocent is merely a bonus to his/her real objective: trolling the hero's enemies, be it villains or so-called other "heroes" and maintaining the balance against the two sides.
>>82565544
that is an interesting idea.. but how would something like that come to be?
>>82565544
gay as fuck, is that your sister's idea?
>>82565542
STOP you scared away a potentially interesting thing, you don't need to drag it out they're fucking gone
>>82563922
Please explain.
>>82565594
>potentially interesting
How so?
>>82565662
There's literally no point. People explain things to you all the time and you don't show any indication you've read it. Just google, my dewd.
>>82565581
We are done with that meme, please stop
>>82565669
16 year old was more talented then half the people who post here and actually dedicated and had an interesting idea. They didn't even do anything wrong, they took critic well and you fucks scared them off. that's how it was potentially interesting.
>>82563627
Can you give a link to your sister's stuff?
>>82565662
Set your lineart layer to multiply and do your colors in the layers below. Depending on your program you may need to set a lowermost layer of white. Do the colors between the white layer and the lineart.
-grandpa
>>82565766
I didn't understand what you meant either though. What do you think he's doing in multiply that he should be doing in overlay? the shading?
>>82565884
>>82565873
oh there we go
>>82565771
She can post here herself, too. I've literally been posting in /co/ art threads since I was 16.
>>82565884
I'm not thag Anon, I was just saying...
>>82565952
>tfw posted your comic when I was 14
>well received
>quit it 3 pages in because I couldn't draw tables well
I'm better now though.
>>82565952
It's a girl, they get scared about illegal stuff thinking it'll land them in jail
>>82565873
But when I set my line art layer to multiply, it does literally.
