/hyw/ How's Your Webcomic? #439

What the fuck are hands, I hate them
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Previous thread Thread Question: Do you waifu your own characters, you sick fuck?

Here's a list of sites that any new webcomic artist or writer will find handy:

> /hyw/ CONTACT SHEET - add your webcomic site, contact information, etc
docs.google.com/document/d/1uwfOSHXfrgvcf--PkPz9jXL6p5RqIsrYvXYwgQpgT3k/edit#

> /hyw/ DISCORD CHAT
discord.gg/rXMbdqP

> DRAWING PRACTICE and TUTORIALS
Ctrlpaint.com
drawabox.com/
line-of-action.com/
quickposes.com/en

> STOCK IMAGES and REFERENCE
People: senshistock.deviantart.com/gallery/
Scenery: shutterstock.com/
Character Design: pinterest.com/characterdesigh/

> FONTS
Blambot: blambot.com/
Create your own: calligraphr.com

> WEBSITE
Easy to use tumblr webcomic theme: tumblr.com/theme/39018
Dos and Donts for starting a site: pastebin.com/kNR2W5mV (embed)
Promoting your comic: miss-melee.tumblr.com/post/143483233951/

> ART and WRITING RESOURCES
mediafire.com/folder/9pf1nwwa92lbp/Comics_for_making_Comics
cienciasecognicao.org/rotas/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Robert-McKee-Story.pdf
courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_1.pdf
courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_2.pdf
courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse456/07su/administrative/invisible_ink_part_3.pdf

> PODCASTS and VIDEOS
chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/
John Cleese on Creativity: youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g
The sergio show-
youtube.com/user/TheSergioShow1

Other urls found in this thread:

jesse-the-art-maker.deviantart.com/art/SPOREN-page-0011-wip-5-723452395
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

>tfw can't draw
>tfw no comics equivalent of Unity or Unreal Engine
>tfw can't make comics with SFM or something because 3D comics are forever tainted by shit like US War Machine
Fuck.

You're saying a lot of words. Let's teach you to draw!

hi mom im on tv

>learn to draw
Look, pal, if it were that simple, I'd just do it. Some folks just can't draw no matter what, and I'm one of those people.

>promise to update every day in 2018
>missed yesterday's update

That's not true

I didn't say learn to draw, I said let's teach you. There's a huge difference.

hey, feelsanon
it turns out 2018 has been postponed. you're still good.
and/or nobody will know if you just backdate the comics

i dont know how to draw either but i still make the attempt, no one else is going to make this ww2 comic ive always wanted to make for me
obviously i wont publish anything until i feel like it doesnt look like middle schooler garbage

...

>IT'S TOTALLY NOT LUFFY THERE'S LIKE EVERY OTHER MANGAKA THAT DOES BANDAGES
How unoriginal can a retard get? The entire thing is a shitty onepiece ripoff. The art is ugly, the writing is worse. Just looking at the thing is offensive, it's as if you think your readers are braindead kids who'll be OK with your regurgitation of oda's work.

Dewd, do you see this? This was you with your shitty overwatch wander over yonder etc ripoffs. Do you see it now that you've grown a few years?

Yeah. Usually when people call my characters out for looking too similar to others I usually just have them slowly develop into something else so i don't have to write them out of the story.

>tfw nobody will know because nobody reads my comic

Do you ever have to give up established traits of your characters for better storytelling

Good stories are predicated on a character's defining traits. Your script should always bow to the characters, not the other way around.

fucking moron

Which haircolor and why?

Depends on how pro-active they are and how much they play off/contrast each other. If you're writing an action series and your characters are all passive basement slackers, you're likely doing it wrong. A slice-of-life series with action in the background may be better suited for them, but they won't be compelling and and interesting to stick around with.

>whole thing is shitty one piece rip of.
now have you actually read it?

also why are you bringing this up? he's gone. he stopped coming here. he's sick of being brought up, but everyone keeps bringing him up/pretending to be him.

eat shit tranny

you never answered my question.
why do you keep bringing him up.

This. though I'm surprised to hear that here.

light periwinkle, lavender, platinum blonde, or lilac or mint but those two only if she's tan
also thanks for the filename because I never would have guessed female.

It's fun to shit on retards, but you know this. Everyone who's been through public school knows this, even if you don't do it, you understand it on some level. You're a slimy disingenuous piece of shit on the same level as the tranny, the reason you posed this question was hoping you'd encounter another person as weak and retarded as yourself who wouldn't have the knowledge to rebuff your passive aggressive bullshit. Be a retard, get shit on. Fuck off with your damage control.

We know the answer to that, strawbu.
The question is why you're still taking the bait. I mean you're taking less bait than in the past, but still. The bait they huck at you isn't even subtle.

>97851805
It is downright horrifying to consider that this post might actually be genuine.

Why would it be horrifying?

Any tips on coming up with a name for your comic? I've been trying to think of something, but everything I come up with sounds shitty or awkward.

Thematically relevant words or phrases, arc words or phrases, when in doubt, character names.

>more passive aggressive deflection
Case in point. Tranny and crew are all pathetic retards, like attracts like

Why? Isn't it fairly obvious that a story should be driven by the characters?

It's obvious to you and to me. But I swear most of what I've seen in these threads is "just change your characters, stop being so in love with them. Change everything so it tells a better story"

Crud. Samurai Champignon is down. Both sites.

And yet you still suck worse than cold fusion/bones....

I'd take any of them over the tranny. The one thing I admire about CF over the others is that while his ideas are shit, they are usually HIS ideas. That alone is commendable, and I hate giving him any sort of encouragement like this because last time we did (his fanart of that unkempt red haired girl swinging on the vines) his head blew up like a balloon.

She. Mable is a she. There’s literally nothing wrong with being transgendered.

I bet you’re the Goriland retard.

>i’d Take any of them over the tranny
Which is why you deserve to die, just like the pedophiles.

Just some wee corrections there
>while his ideas are shit, they are usually HIS ideas
I've been spending the last few weeks doing commentary and... in aggregate, the big ideas are mine, but all the little things are homages and references
>I hate giving him any sort of encouragement like this because last time we did (his fanart of that unkempt red haired girl swinging on the vines) his head blew up like a balloon.
I recall being told a lot of "learn to take a compliment" when I kind of talked down the copious complimenting. Kind of the opposite of swellheadery.
>red haired girl
Urchin's definitely a brunette, right?

>butcher the point of the story in order to tell a better story
Last time I checked, engaging in OOC behavior just because the script says so was called bad writing. Honestly, the plot is the least important thing in any story, because what actually happens isn't the point. The point is what the characters do and how the central idea relates to their actions. The plot is merely a series of points on a line.

Every single post itt proves why Something Awful is better than Sup Forums, jfc

so progressive

I'm glad you agree with me that interesting characters are the point of a story. That doesn't seem like a common view in these parts at all.
Do you think you're clever by figuring that out? That's like going to a burger joint and reminding everyone filet mignon is better. We can't get to that restaurant. Even if we could afford it, even if we had a ride there, even if we knew where it was, they wouldn't let us in due to our shabby clothes.

I honestly don't know whats worse, that Bones thought he could regather respect by bullying someone out of the thread, or that someone got bullied out of the thread BY FUCKING BONES.

this whole thread is why i gave up drawing

References and parodies is not the same level as what they do, you know what I mean. Cabbage statutory rapist was all you

Neither. The worst thing is that he has outed himself as responsible for all the thread hostility and people still don't get it.

>Something Awful
Are you from 04? The only time I hear from them is when they are actively hating on something like bitcoin or you shitting on a piece of shit like /hyw/.

why?

... Isn't everyone from '04?

honestly, i'll never be as good as bones
and he's such a bully i never want to come back

I'm actually shocked nobody has ever compared him to Cabbage Head from Kids in the Hall. Probably the lack of any other similarities. If anything, the obscure not-a-cartoon-but-kind-of Patch Head was a bigger influence. I miss Patch Head.

dumbass

I meant, are you a time traveler from the year 2004 when Something Awful was relevant to online community discussions.

Intolerance of intolerance isn’t intolerance, it’s progress.

you're replyin to the man, man.

is this real life?

I have not been to SA since then and I just assumed it was still true. I guess Sup Forums aint what it used to be either.
I'm not that guy that brought it up, fyi.
don't reply to it

Hey coldfusion, you going to go on mitch and capeworld's podcast?

working on a new page: jesse-the-art-maker.deviantart.com/art/SPOREN-page-0011-wip-5-723452395

>that gif

mfw

Have any of the several comics dealing with sentient pets brought up the pain of putting them down?

It’s not my fault you’re too stupid to understand the quote.

It'd be nice to know the podcast existed for once. Haaa just bustin your balls. I enjoyed that. Feel better soon

I would imagine sentient pets don't get put down, they have the ability to tell people what's wrong with them, how much pain they're in, etc, and would have the ability to follow instructions such as how to take painkillers to alleviate suffering without the need for euthanasia.

nigga nobody cares about patch head, people want to know the man behind the 1800 page testament to autism. you could catapult to fame but you're being a prude about the type of fame.

look at filthy frank, he cast away his past autistic persona and is launching a successful normietier music career, riding the coattails of past fame.

Along with that, a lot of the cases of sentient pets that are not furries usually revolve around young teens, who usually don't age. And since they don't age, neither do their pets. If they have to die, there is usually a time skip.

mmkay. I don't care about fame, or people who use the word autism. I care about obscure TV shows.

Hmm...this is a good point that might invalidate a story idea I had. But what about super aggressive cancer or things that can’t be treated? I guess that brings up the question of human euthanasia, but still...

Essentially the biggest problem with talking animal stories is they treat what you are as somehow important, rather than who you are. As soon as animals can talk, they stop being animals and start being people. Everything else becomes irrelevant.
If you have only one animal that talks and none of the others do, it's extremely sloppy and lazy writing to have everyone continue to treat them like the literally-dumb animals. Lookin' at you, Family Guy.
If on the other hand all the animals talk but they still live the lives we're familiar with animals living (being essentially homeless, lacking any kind of agency about the existence they are aware of having), it's more of a misguided setting or premise. Good example of this would be Charlotte's Web.

This i’m unfamiliar with. Is this a common trope?
My story would involve an old woman and a sentient cat.

I think that user means like buddy cartoons kind of things. The likes of Sandra and Woo.

garfield

quick, post your youtube power animal!

the fuck happened to you bones, did someone sell you weed?

What does that even mean?

One assumes a youtuber who has a vibe you identify with. I know I have some but I can't think of them. Of course at least two people from here actually are regular youtubers (and I follow them)
stop replying to him

>people talking up SA
I’ve been a member since 2009, and let me tell you, it’s not that great. Take their games forum for example; it’s literally the exact same thing as Sup Forums, only you get probated or banned for calling people faggots and niggers. As for their webcomics discussions, sure, the conversations are usually more intelligent, pedos are permabanned on sight and other cool things, but it gets, like, 5 posts a month if you’re lucky.

As much as I hate the density of shit posting here, knowledgeable people do sometimes post here, and I’d like to get feedback more often than once a year.

The only YouTuber i’m Subscribed to is History Buffs.

which fetishes are /hyw/ approved?

We like Little girls with 12 inch dicks. No lower then 12 inches please.

Wrong. /hyw/ is staunchly anti-pedophile.

all I know is goons and redditors have done some pretty amazing things and deserve some respect. Same as whatever the hell we are

I've officially approved the fatfags' motion for thiccer girls

I want to create a comic wherein a leading character is an eight year old girl. If I started posting progress in here, will I get actual help or shitposted to oblivion?

Does she have a big dick....? This will have a big impact on my opinion, answer carefully....

Not yet, but I'm easily swayed by the thoughts of others.
No but seriously. I'm new to /hyw/ and want to know if I should bother or risk a flood of shitposts on every update.

Both. You'll get praise from some of us at least.

Having an 8 year old girl in your comic is fine. Sexualizing her is not.

>Sexualizing
I don't like when people use words nobody used prior to 2012

The number of shit posts you get will depend very much on your content. But regardless of the quality of your art you will get some critique on your art if you ask for it.

now I miss that comic where the little girl witnesses butterflies causing rocks to levitate and then nothing else happens because he never did page three

stop being autistic or leave the internet, I know you won't do either

dude's got some weird fixations on people he considers beneath him.

'horrifying' is a bit dramatic. 'peculiar' is a bit more fitting.

Oh, that's good to hear. I'll toss in some character designs soon; I want to get the project off the ground this year.
It's not like I'm making full blown porn or anything, I just like cute girls. I was mostly just worried moral watchdogs might come after me for stupid reasons.

Coldfusion would you be willing to be interviewed on Mitch and Capeworld's podcast?

Cold fusion had an adult man eat out a little girl and gorilandfag had an adult woman fuck a little boy. As long as you don’t pull shit like that, you’re fine.

>Actually read Trannyboy's One Piece downgrade
>It's a self insert story and he makes the main character a trans

Why did I even waste my time?

Is this the new "will you disavow pedophilia" ?

It's pure art

I WANT TO ERASE THIS FROM MY MEMORY!