October Edition
Welcome to yet another thread of How's Your Webcomic? We are already in October so many start doing the Inktober challenge, will you join in the exercise?
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Nicholas Miller
Other urls found in this thread:
artists.pixelovely.com
quickposes.com
senshistock.deviantart.com
shutterstock.com
pinterest.com
tumblr.com
pastebin.com
docs.google.com
discord.gg
youtube.com
courses.cs.washington.edu
courses.cs.washington.edu
courses.cs.washington.edu
chrisoatley.com
web.archive.org
blambot.com
cienciasecognicao.org
miss-melee.tumblr.com
mediafire.com
youtube.com
shroomsdayproductions.com
jesse-the-art-maker.deviantart.com
twitter.com
topwebcomics.com
youtube.com
ggz.thecomicseries.com
tapastic.com
webtoons.com
theduckwebcomics.com
gothgrillz.tumblr.com
monster-lands.com
twitter.com
Christopher Jackson
Scrub Authors GOODIE Bag
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;
calligraphr.com
>*-Don’t forget to brush up on that ANATOMY:
artists.pixelovely.com
quickposes.com
>*-What’s a list without some reference STOCK IMAGES?
People: senshistock.deviantart.com
Scenery: shutterstock.com
>*-Here's a big fat compilation of CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCE:
pinterest.com
>Links to get a rough WEBSITE started up:
Easy to use tumblr webcomic theme: tumblr.com
Do’s and Don’ts for starting a site: pastebin.com
>Contact sheet if anyone wants to put information down, like their site and webcomic:
docs.google.com
>DISCORD CHAT going on:
discord.gg
>Wise words from John Cleese:
youtube.com
>Invisible Ink:
courses.cs.washington.edu
courses.cs.washington.edu
courses.cs.washington.edu
>Paper Wings
chrisoatley.com
web.archive.org
>Fonts for your webcomic on Blambot:
blambot.com
>Writing Resources:
cienciasecognicao.org
>Guide to promoting your comic:
miss-melee.tumblr.com
>Comics for makin' comics!
mediafire.com
Michael Perry
And now for a new HYW challenge!
>MAIN THEME: Ink Adventures
>SECONDARY THEME: (choose one to play around alongside the main theme!)
-Tits
-Brewing
-Theatricality
>DEADLINE: October 15
Remember that you can play with the theme as you see fit, we want to see how creative you can get!
Jose Walker
old one still up, let this die
Carter Powell
sigils on the edge? like when you try to write on the edge of pages so it's only visible when the book is closed? neat.
Daniel Turner
not this night jani!
Connor Bell
posted at the end of the last thread. missed one panel's worth of wing membrane lines. fixed now
Anthony Reyes
Does Sup Forums like my Refreshing new comic?
Julian Morales
whenever i feel bad about my art and writing i remember this has been running for over 1000 strips and i feel a little better
Brayden Russell
If it makes you feel even better, it's closer to 2050
Sebastian Gomez
Does the action in the bottom panel work? Should I have broken it into two panels?
Robert Moore
it works, but a bottle isn't going to hit a head and then go straight up, it's going to go careening off. so what you want to do is draw circles coming from where it hit showing that it spun as it ricocheted
technically the same is almost certainly true of his head
This was pretty funny for the first four panels, just for the record.
Jason Taylor
Can't remember if I posted this yet or not...
William Foster
You didn't.
What a team
Grayson Fisher
Oh you are right, just threw a bottle of water against the wall and it did actually spin around. should had also thrown an empty one
Parker Stewart
rest of you shitters need to learn to draw so we can see more stuff like this and less DA tier trash
Owen Watson
i haven't been here in a while, the biweekly challenge looks fun i think i have enough time to make 3 pages in 2 week i'll give it a shot
Noah Ramirez
Hello everybody, I just started drawing my first comic last week, may I get some advice for a website to upload it please? I am pretty sure it would get deleted from tumblr
Logan Barnes
adorable. where are you from, new chum?
try out comicfury, comicgenesis, drunkduck, smackjeeves, or if you're super lazy, the likes of tapastic
Zachary Cooper
For any of you Anons that understand color. Does anything jump out at you about this that needs to be fixed?
Jack Perry
Or does this work better with black lines.
I read somewhere that color lines are better but... eeeehhhh... I don't know what I'm doing.
Ethan Garcia
is THAT why the first one looks so weirdly... foggy and drab. I didn't realize it conciously but now that you've said it, yeah, black lines work much better here. Keeps things from getting muddled. It's a poster, after all.
Colored lines are wonderful for some things, especially materials that should seem softer or less opaque (hair, especially light-colored hair comes to mind)
honestly when I switch back and forth between these two it just looks like the outlines get thicker, and that is an improvement
Jaxson Price
I'm wondering whether the comic I'm working on has a future, I've got more to tell but the response has been very quiet even five issues in:
shroomsdayproductions.com
Would be interested in thoughts on whether it has promise or one to retire.
Brandon Morris
What about the rest of it? Text Color? I kind of like the Blue so I left it. Maybe make the lower text darker?
And yeah, you're right, the first one looked muddy to me too.
Owen Nelson
i just reposting stuff.
Jonathan Cooper
Love the blue
lower text is readable but the outlines are kind of thick relative to the letters. I'm not sure how it would affect readability if they were changed. Darker wouldn't hurt though. Maybe only darker on the parts sitting in front of characters.
also, 'cornhole' ? Do I want to know?
Liam Collins
what does thew title mean?
Logan Thomas
>shroomsday
heh.
Man I don't think a serious action comic with art like this is going to be a hit anytime soon, but I'm not going to tell you you don't have promise. You have dedication and it's not boring to look at.
Adam Morris
It's that game where you throw the ball through holes cut in a rectangular piece of wood. It's super country, like Horse shoe.
It's a military thing.
Austin Gonzalez
military school?
Cooper Hernandez
No. Active Duty.
Gabriel Turner
>throw the ball through holes cut in a rectangular piece of wood
that crooked carny game? jesus
wait, soldiermans are having a track and field day?
oh also another typo I see, it's Frisbee not frisby
now technically the Wham-O! toy company would have you believe that they own the trademark to Frisbee, but that's ludicrous for a number of reasons. For one thing you can't trademark a person's name. For another, they stole the name (and the toy) from the Frisby Pie Company whose pie tins were the original throwing-item of choice.
The idea that this also required the change of Mrs Frisby to Brisby is stupid for all those reasons plus the fact that the book already got away with it.
Colton Brown
Fair point, the comedic stuff is a bit more forgiving on art quality.
Luke King
Hey man, I didn't suggest the games I'm just drawing the poster
>track and field day
Yes. That's basically it, except spread out over a week.
Henry Thompson
I just finished a brand new page, I hope yall like it. The video will be coming out later on today.
*Check out my deviantART gallery: jesse-the-art-maker.deviantart.com
*Follow me on twitter: twitter.com
*AND VOTE FOR ME ON TOP WEBCOMICS: topwebcomics.com
*I didnt post links to the actual comic because im sure you all know where to read it at by now, but if not I will post the links when I release the video. ^^
Isaac Morgan
Only small changes I would make is change the saturated blue color on the shirt from the frisbee guy. It skews with the depth of the image to have the only strong saturated color in the far background whereis all the colors in the foreground are very desaturated. Also, you can use a mixture of black lines for the foreground characters and the slightly lighter lines for the ones in the far back. Again, creates more depth.
Jaxson Nelson
Hi guys. posted in last thread but didnt get much criticism so posting again.
pls tell me what you think of the jokes and the composition and stuff.
btw this is just a concept drawn with mouse. i will draw much better when i buy a tablet
Lucas Allen
Enjoy!
Isaac Butler
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Henry Gray
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Jason Ramirez
I love the helmet man joke.
There's also something entirely down to taste: it might be more funny if helmet man literally does nothing but wear a helmet. I think the spinning-on-helmet thing is pretty quirky, so even if you go the "he just wears a helmet" route it could be fun to keep it in.
I'm not a big fan of the "fifth headshot" joke, because it seems to break the flow of the larger helmet-man skit. Also, you've kinda already set up the police as villains by having them shoot a guy for wearing a helmet.
Hunter Taylor
Inb4 20 people praising this. This isn't good at all dude cmon you know you wouldn't buy this shit. Get it together.
Dylan Johnson
Dude stfu please
Juan Garcia
I think it's good. The jokes are funny, and the pacing is fast.
But, although I do think it's very good, I also think it's a copycat. In style, not jokes. It reminds me a hell of a lot of a fair few manga. The author's good enough to develop their own style eventually.
Elijah Martinez
It's not good I promise you it's not good like just trust me on this one.
Christopher Morris
There was a vague attempt.
Now try drawing it legibly.
Jack Cox
thanks for the feed back!
Juan Ward
fixed all spelling errors, heres the video: youtube.com
you can read it on:
-comic fury: ggz.thecomicseries.com
-taptastic: tapastic.com
-linewebtoons: webtoons.com
-the duck webcomics: theduckwebcomics.com
-tumblr: gothgrillz.tumblr.com
Jackson Brooks
Monster Lands updated. The line about travel pamphlets is a callback to an earlier page. monster-lands.com
Samuel Robinson
ok
Jordan Butler
can you elaborate on that?
Hunter White
The art is terrible but that barely matters in webcomics. I've seen much worse jokes on plenty cartoon shows.
Jaxon Evans
Final Version. I boldened the lines for the foreground players. Added softer blue lines for the background characters, saturated the whole thing a bit and added a little gradient to the shirts.
David Kelly
No one cares.
Austin Peterson
hey, be nice
looks great! well, better than mine
Ian Cooper
Than you dude, I am from LONDON
I'll check the websites the said asap
Benjamin Perez
Today's JE-NL
James Evans
What filled you with rage, user.
Henry Cox
Huh, your english felt a little overly formal, as if book-learned. I assumed you were foreign. I mean, more foreign than that.
Logan Torres
>replying to it
Snickered lightly, but I feel like it could have been condensed down to two panels in a larger comic with more of a point. Not that this kind of humor isn't also good. Something really amusing about their two faces being all that shows (at countertop level) and being so close to each other. If purple's face in the last panel was a little more worried, I think that would seal the deal.
It's weird how these threads have changed my standards and made me think about pacing and condensation
Julian Scott
3 of 5 pages completed. Getting it done quick. Now I'm wishing I could do the same with Witch's Hill, but I think I sort of drawn myself into a corner with the style I have it in.
>We are already in October so many start doing the Inktober challenge, will you join in the exercise?
I'm not a fan of working with ink, but I might do some stuff. I mean, I have the stuff for it, so I might as well.
Isaiah Baker
No rage.
Lincoln Sanders
I don't think the inktober challenge has to do with ink, it's more the -tober part that matters.
Brayden Thompson
It's about drawing with Ink in October. If you don't normally use ink, then now's the time to try it, and challenge yourself. Like a lot of people I'm mostly digital nowadays, but I'll be doing Inktober again, and trying to slow down my inking to improve the lines I make. I'll use this as an opportunity to try and learn how to use my brush pens properly.
I believe the "ink" part is about committing to making a line without undoing it, or erasing it, or otherwise going back and trying it over and over until it's just right. Be bold, make a mark and keep it.
Austin Long
Inktober IS all about the ink; it doesn't matter what you draw, as long as it's in ink and takes place in October.
Drawlloween, on the other hand, is specifically halloween-themed, but doesn't specify a medium. You could combine them both and do the Drawlloween challenges in ink.
(I'm doing Drawlloween but digitally.)
Isaac Mitchell
I thought it was just about drawing one thing every day in october, regardless of medium.
Nobody I follow who's participating in Inktober is using ink.
Leo Murphy
Literal retard, why do they call it INKtober? Just because none of your retard associates understand it either doesn't mean your band of retards is correct.
Austin Perry
Inktober also counts with "digital ink"
Thomas Adams
because "Drawtober" doesn't sound as good.
Hunter Young
Oh, then it's not too far off from what I do normally.
Nathaniel Scott
Yeah seems the challenge is quite flexible in those regards. I still do traditional inking though just for the hell of it, and because otherwise this ink I used just one semester in college will dry alone.
Ian Morgan
That's a huge problem I have. I am either overly formal or just plain pig disgusting, no middle ground
Brody Morales
just for practice, try using contractions. That might lead you down the right path.
Thomas Brooks
will do tnk u pal
Elijah Taylor
Not sure if joking or unrelated but you know those aren't contractions, right?
Carson Powell
everyday my comic is going nowhere. im so depressed. is life even worth living?
Julian Long
Just kidding based user
Ayden Peterson
Cheer up buddy. It isn't about getting popular but having fun with your comic.
Michael Myers
>tfw huge HD of refs and manga that I trace from and make edits like these with
>tfw no one has caught on yet
n-no rules only tools, fake it till you make it.
Jeremiah Perez
>tfw I never trace the reference photos or pics I use because it feels like cheating, but apparently I'm too good at redrawing them so some people think I'm tracing anyway
Mason Murphy
I'll destroy you one day, I promise.
Jordan Nguyen
Why trace when clip studio paint allow literally anyone with no drawing skill to create images?
Angel Kelly
>lets try inktober
>oh right I am a slow worker and takes me an entire day to make a single drawing
>I guess I will barely work on the comic this month
On the upside there will hopefully be a slight jump in quality
Jackson Flores
I am so proud of myself right now feelsgoodman
Thomas Sanders
Is that yellow road leading to a magical realm?
Lincoln Parker
Actually yes
Asher Sanders
That's so neat dude, are you in the military?
Sebastian Hughes
Jesus christ this looks horrible and has no actual appeal
Owen Nelson
it's shit, and your brush is shit
Daniel Stewart
My only question would be how autisticly retarded do you have to be to be able to enjoy such a mediocre work like yours
Eli Green
Just read a Bastien Vivès comic.
So fucking jealous of this guy. He gets to draw big tits and futas and get his shit published at age 23 and got a movie adaptation of one of his comic at age 33.
He's french like me, and got recognition.
And here I am, drawing my stuff.
Fuck.
David Russell
I like it anyway
Jeremiah Lopez
I can see myself being tempted to trace, but I would only trace photographs I take myself.
Eli Gonzalez
I'm still working on my webcomic I guess, but I feel like the critical period to get it noticed in a substantial way has passed by.
If you're not part of the pre-established twitter cliques already it feels like the current atmosphere for webcomic artists means there's zero chance for you these days. Until the next big thing comes around, that whole culture of artists getting fanart and guest comics seems like it's over and that makes me feel kind of sad that I didn't manage to get my work out when Homestuck was still big and webcomics were all the rage again, for a while.
Andrew Lopez
that is because you have taste
>flaming bones
that's a little redundant
Cooper Gutierrez
Just do it for your friends and do something you truly enjoy. I know my comic is well liked around my friends and some internet circles, it's not big but it makes me kinda happy.
As long as you're happy and strive for doing something better, you're on your way. Just try to aim to be better with new pages, listen to critics and be civil, and maybe something will happen.
Or draw porn.
Cooper Davis
Not him but I think it's actually neat.
Brandon Perry
I like that the stones at the far back are almost entirely white, but the stones at the end incorporate shadows. what inspired you to do that, a scene you saw in real life or another artwork?
Anyway, as a whole it looks like it was done by an amateur.... I would probably start by practice drawing shrubs or grass.