/hyw/ How's Your Webcomic? #457

Thread Question: What's the purr-pose of life?

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> /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
Do's and Dont's for starting a site: pastebin.com/kNR2W5mV
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
Capeworld's Podcast: youtube.com/channel/UC4QSk9zbGdHsg4-jgCFFF7w

Other urls found in this thread:

acomicaboutdungeons.tumblr.com/
imgur.com/kRMH7su
m.imgur.com/gallery/X6oDS
twitter.com/NSFWRedditGif

>What's the purr-pose of life
To look at cats and feel happy.

ahem

Just finished this page, only one more page left before its done and goes up on my comic book labels website!

Did i mention i was recently picked up by a comic book label?

ITT: Jim scams everyone edition

let it die

Jim doesn't come here anymore because you bullied him out of the threads.

He was not strong enough.
The weak should fear the strong.

Only someone who's weak, but who imagines they are strong, would think like that.

The strong should help those weaker than themselves. That is why I stay.

Damn this is awesome

>People in these threads still think Jim is some kind of scam artist.

Jesus, it's like none of you listen to the podcasts.

Carrying on with this if anyone is interested.

Thoughts and opinions most welcome.

i really need to shave my chest

Just finished this, hopefully i get more comic ideas soon, because this is all i have.

These were pretty good, I hope you come up with more.

redrew the old page

new page as well, as promised heres the place where ill be uploading these
acomicaboutdungeons.tumblr.com/

Finished this page!

Hey, since this chapter is finishing up (Yes, it's a shorter one) I was just wondering, what do you guys think of SD as a character? is he cool? cute? dumb?

What the fuck does the old page look like?

Can't stand capeworld's voice

Thanks my dude, i appreciate it!

dumb and you are dumb

Bruh, SD's pretty smart.

he's got an 180 IQ.

too bad you're pretty dumb

I did. He's a scam artist. They're polite about it but read between the lines. The guy is dirty.

He actually ran away? God what a fucking failure. And all because people hurt his fees fees about his DONUT STEAL Final Fantasy setting with the worst fucking names possible for setting.

So does that mean we can draw porn of his characters now?

Yeah, that's true, you know the old saying "You can't write characters smarter than yourself"

Sure. Pile on humiliation on the little scam artist. He deserves it for getting huffy like a little girl just because people called him out on posting the same damn WIP a dozen times a thread.

> And all because people hurt his fees fees about his DONUT STEAL Final Fantasy setting with the worst fucking names possible for setting.
It's not because he gave a shit about that it's because you people were constantly calling him a scam artist with zero proof to back it up.

Maybe if you weren't all such shitty people these threads would have actual activity instead of constant drama, and you'd have actual talent in the fucking threads instead of only the talentless fucktards like bones who are too stupid to realize how bad these threads are.

t. Jim

>You'd have actual talent in the fucking threads
Like what? Jim? I would literally rather read Capeworld's golden age fanfics than his Kingdom Hearts level fantasy story.

As someone new here, gotta say that the drama is rather off-putting. Regardless of who is right or wrong in the situation.

here we go lol.

imgur.com/kRMH7su

Jim shilled for Blu Trinity and Blu Trinity fucked over both dewd and Harro. His only defense was "b-but I was just doing what I was told! I wasn't THAT involved with Blue Trinity anyway, I was JUST a recruiter!"

If he just apologized it would be better but he doubles down that he dindu nuffin.

>imgur.com/kRMH7su
user, his big toe... on his right foot...

>Like what? Jim?
I don't give a fuck about Jim, I'm talking about every single person who's posted in these threads once or twice before seeing how bad they were and fucking off. Jim was stupid enough to stay for a long time. Do you know how many people with actual talent have posted maybe twice before never posting again? And none of us know how many people have seen how shitty these threads were and decided to never post in the first place.

But no, you don't care about having actual, productive threads with a wide variety of talent. You'd rather just spend all day shitting on the 5 or so people stupid enough to live in your cesspool. It's sickening.

Yeah, i noticed like, right after i posted and felt like a fucking idiot.

>STOP HURTING MY FEE FEES
Leave you faggot.

Oh please, enlighten us. Who are the anointed ones who left these threads in disgust at the way it makes fun of people that deserved to be made fun of?

Repost my comic.

i REALLY like that satellite disc in panel 2 user

could you cameo that disc again whenever possible

Maybe if you checked that Discord linked in the opening post you'd see the over a hundred people in it, only about 10 of which actually bother to post here anymore because you faggots would rather make the thread about giving (you)s to attention whores like bones instead of, I don't know, webcomics or something.

Nigga the discord is filled with people that don't post in the discord let alone the thread. They're the equivalent of lurkers that look at the thread but don't post. Is this really the best argument you have? Oh god are you Laundry Mom? Are you having another tantrum?

It's actually the top of the guy's space pod he flung off a couple of panels back. But it'll be sticking around in the scene for a while (and I'll be happy when I don't have to draw it any more.)

>pot calling the kettle black
Great logic. You're posting here in this "cesspit" too, dipshit.

>Oh my god are you [RETARDED DRAMA POSTER]
I'm trying to get you to stop posting retarded drama garbage why would I ever be one of those retards?

...

I dunno, you are kinda contributing to the drama.

The best tactic would be to ignore it entirely.

Comment on some comics instead.

I like the last panel, has some real character to it.

Not sure about the other... thing. I like the animation but it really feels like it needs maybe 1 extra frame to sell what exactly is happening.

You're not barking about improving this place or even what steps to take in attempt to fix things, you're complaining about how awful it is and how awful people here are while furiously clacking away at your keyboard.

I can assume you aren't a writer, because that would mean you'd have understood what you posted.

There's tons of evidence that Jim:
-Helps refugee kids
-advocates for the academic study of comics
-made a publishing company (even though it flopped)
-has an established webcomic and is working on others
-has a decent job and isn't just an "ideaman"

Meanwhile the only evidence you have that he is a scam artist is:
-Dewd's word

Did you even listen to the podcast? Jim admitted that BluTrinity took $70 from Dewd. Whether or not he was in cahoots with them over that doesn't change the fact that because of his actions, Dewd lost money.

I'll tell you how to fix this place right now how about that
>Don't reply to people who are obviously seeking drama
>Reply to comic makers who request criticism, give feedback
>Ignore namefags who want to make the thread all about them
>People who just lurk should attempt to make their own comic, just to see how it goes
Yeah that last one is unlikely but the first three should be easy enough right?

Hi Jim!

i see, well that's a shame
your world and machine rendering are real top-notch i gotta say

kind of conflicts with your dbz-esque human style

>Be me
>Writing a comic
>Shit starts to happen in my life
>Wife dies
>Have no reason to live
>My comic is starting to be a self projection
>My art decays with each stroke as I'm not able to handle my depression
>My co-workers are worried about me because I'm becoming way too distant
>I have no friend or family, my wife was all I got
Should I just die already or should I just push forward and do my comic, I really don't want to live

>Helps refugee kids
He's putting sprinkles on top of a fire that's burning Europe to the ground. If he was any kind of man he'd give the kids stories from the lands they're immigrating to, not stories from Iran. He'd be trying to get them to assimilate since their failure to assimilate even through generations is destroying Europe.

There is nothing honorable or commendable about what Jim does. He's just an old liberal sinner looking for an easy buck.

well i'd suggest putting your main comic aside if you feel like you're projecting a bit much

face your troubles on a clean slate y'know

also sorry to hear about your wife user

Who cares what you have to say? Moreover, where do you get off telling people how to act online? Are you some important and influential person I should know about?

You're anonymous you stupid, ignorant fuck. Nothing you do can or ever change how people think and act on Sup Forums. Guess what happens every thread? Some cocksucker just like you tries screaming and shouting how everything is bad here, but not only refuses to take their own advice, continues to post here - because there's no better place on the Internet to go.

For all the damning flaws you hold /hyw/ accountable for, there's a million more over in Reddit, or Tumblr, or Tapas, or any site that hosts these god awful shitshows of webcomics. You hate this place so bad? Fuck right back off to any of the sites I mentioned. They'll be glad to circlejerk and stroke your ego - that is, if you even have a webcomic, which I seriously fucking doubt you worthless nobody.

>Wife dies
Fuck. And here I was feeling bad for the things that were happening in my life. I'm sorry user. Are you talking to anyone? Are you seeing a doctor? I ask because statistically men who lose their wives absolutely plummet in terms of physical health, the effect is comparable to what happens to mothers who lose their children.

Take care of yourself user.

If I have anything to offer its to say that you should go all out with self projection. Don't worry about it being obvious, don't worry about it being cringe. Just go all out. Some of the best stuff was made by people channeling extreme stress through their art. Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy was written while he was in prison waiting to die. Paradise Lost was written while Milton was going blind. Pilgrim's Progress was written while Bunyan was in jail.

Put your heart to the page and embrace whatever comes out.

I don't want a fucking circlejerk
I want actual fucking discussion BESIDES just shitting on one guy for the whole fucking thread
I don't give a shit if people shit talked half the comics in the thread but they don't even fucking talk about them, but no, half the shit in the thread gets ignored, because oh, bones said this, Jim posted again so I'm gonna call him a scam artist again, haha look at the tranny.
I don't want a circlejerk, but that's exactly what this thread is. It's a hate circlejerk over like 5 people too stupid to leave when they obviously aren't wanted, while every other comic gets ignored.
And yes, I DO have a webcomic, and I DO post it here, but I'm not going to tell you what it is because if I did, then everytime I'd post it instead of just the content getting ignored, the content would still get ignored except this time I'd get like 5 (you)s just to shit on me for my opinion.
Stop making this thread about the people, and make it about the webcomics, for fuck's sake.

How about grow some fucking balls and don't cry like a woman because someone is talking shit about you or your favorite tripfag?

No.

What are you going to do about it, nerd? Cry? You gonna cry like the big baby you are?

"Oh waaaa, people don't give me (you)s and we talk about things I don't like. WAAAAAAA!"

Well user, here's your chance.

What do you want to talk about?

>your favorite tripfag?
Why would I like the tripfags? I want you to stop giving them (you)s because it only encourages them to keep being tripfags.

>Half the thread is off topic whining and that's a good thing and if you don't like it you're a baby
Jesus christ dude, you're a sad little man.

Next page.

What style would you think would work better?

I really dig the cable dreads

You know that by using "waaa" and "fee fees" you instantly lose an argument, right? Fucking newfags I swear.

Not as sad as you, little baby. Get some rest so you can get up and early in the morning. Stay hydrated for all those tears you're going to shed.

>and you'd have actual talent in the fucking threads instead of only the talentless fucktards like bones who are too stupid to realize how bad these threads are
I honestly do not mind a good ole' Coldfusion drama.
And not everyone on the internet is truthful, y'know? Often times, people make elaborate lies and romamticize their lives when they are actually in a routine of mediocrity and ennui.
Point being: a scam.artist is a damn scam artist because they are great at scheming which involves lying..

>you instantly lose an argument, right?
And why should I take advice from a little baby?

pretty much agreed with this

something more like moebius i think

less sharp angles and details on human figures to gel with the kind of vast scale of the world

granted moebius was no slouch when it came to closeups either so it's a pretty bad analogy

>And yes, I DO have a webcomic, and I DO post it here, but I'm not going to tell you what it is because if I did, then everytime I'd post it instead of just the content getting ignored, the content would still get ignored except this time I'd get like 5 (you)s just to shit on me for my opinion.
What a roundabout way of saying you don't have one.

>I really dig the cable dreads
Thanks. Aside from helping illustrate motion I hope they give her a kind feminine look for the head, being somewhat pony-tail-ish too.

>something more like moebius i think
Thank you, I'll give that a solid look over.

>I DO have one
Post it then or else you're a lying attention whore.

>Otto trying to extend an olive branch in the middle of this drama
Yall niggers don't deserve Capeworld. He's like Quasimodo except instead of his body its his voice.

Why should I take advice from a newfag who's obviously trying way too hard to fit in?

Like jesus christ you're even namefagging now, this is unbelievable. You've officially lost all possible worth your words could ever have had.

GREAT AS ALWAYS.

Comics, I just want to talk about Comics.

If you have any new Capeworld stuff to post, that'd be nice, I'd like to see that.

Thank you?

I'm posting some of Bones' stuff this Friday, and maybe a text story. I've also started co-writing Edspear's upcoming Colony Corps and I'll be posting previews and promo pics of that on Capeworld as it develops. It's going to be interactive.

Pic related is Private Carver. He's a meat farmer.
Yes, a meat farmer.

I haven't been able to do much lately because of stuff in my personal life.

Again, where's your bite to back up this bark? What makes your word credible over mine?

If you've been in more than one thread (which I doubt) you've seen my webcomics before. I'm not a pussy that can't back up the shit he talks. So either post your webcomic or leave and whine about how you got called out by a namefag on your circlejerk discord.

This is "how's your webcomic?", so start acting like it you spineless pissant.

So wait, what's Bones doing again? I thought Capeworld was like, public domain and original superhero stuff. Maybe I haven't been paying attention but the only superhero stuff I've seen from Bones so far is the Spawn crossover thing he's been doing and I don't think Spawn is public domain, is he? Or do you have him making something new for you?

>He's like Quasimodo except instead of his body its his voice.
pffhahaha

We've done some satire stuff like with Capescraps. I'll be posting his demon fuse crossovers and maybe some of his other comics. He's also offered to draw for me, and I'm more than willing to take him up on that offer. I have scripts ready but I have tentative artists lined up and won't really know until the end of the month what I can put who on what. Mitch wants to do Princes of Dawn, and I've been in contact with Nayamo to commission him/her/it/they to do Stardust. Ed might or might not be willing to do more cape scraps, it depends on how smooth things are once the Colony Corps ball starts rolling.

Honestly I just kind of want to chill for a week or two to try and get over personal shit I won't bore the thread with.

Can I declare /hyw/ sanctuary?

>These threads are bad
>N-no it isn't! P-p-post your work!
>20 pointless name-calling shitposts
It's fun to watch these dumpster fires of threads burn

What if I made him look more like this?

Post your work.

I like that I somehow correctly guessed his voice should sound like that guy from professor bros.
Usually I don't like the guy whose schtick is being the cool guy, but SD has some good lines

Pro tip by the way: if you're going to proofread any pages, it should be the ones with smart characters. It's one thing when other characters talk like they belong on something called 'team retarded' but SD shouldn't be saying "should of"

that realistic style works better with your almost photorealistic machinery i reckon

might want to polish the eye so that the top and bottom have the same line width and reverse the direction of the hair on the side of his head - hair doesn't usually defy gravity like that

otherwise looking good

These threads are great for making the weak cry and beg for mercy. You, the poor work-less user vrigin, pay tribute to the alpha name-chads with your bitter tears of regret and rage. Cry more. Fill my cup.

Finally finished issue 1!
32 pages!

m.imgur.com/gallery/X6oDS

You get big-ass points for continuing on after something like that happened. I think in your place I would have immediately put the comic on hiatus and brought it back only when I felt better.
Anyway, you found love once, you can find it again. But don't try to pretend like your life isn't completely ruined, it is. You can't just keep riding your bike after it gets hit by a car, you are allowed to wait until you own a functional bike. I almost got hit by a car on my bike today. I forgot about that until just now. It hit another car instead. I forgot where I was going with this.
Anyway hugs.

Sure, have a wip.
I try to crit and do redlines of stuff here when I can, but frankly there's usually not a whole lot of stuff here to talk about

Heres another comic i did.

If you're going for a more "realistic style," this isn't really working. You're symbol drawing as much as you did with your old style, but you just switch out the symbols for less exaggerated ones. If you wanna commit to a more realistic style, may I recommend you spend some time studying "Drawing the Face and Hands," and doing portrait studies

I like yours stuff, user.

I hope I never wake up next to a table of bloody surgical instruments.

What's the inspiration for the Roofgirl comic?

Yeah, was being a bit quick and didn't focus enough on the lines. As for the hair, I dunno, hair does tend to defy gravity until it get too long and buckles under its own weight.

Eh. I don't have any real desire to get too realistic, the idea was to just get away from people instantly seeing Dragon Ball Z.

I hear people criticise symbol drawing, and you can certainly fall back on it too much, but it seems to be a lot of very highly praised comics do use it to an extent... just not mainstream ones.
Or maybe I'm blind, who knows.

ya got me!

i mean that happens with top-of-head hair sure, but hair on the side of the head grows outward naturally, then down, not toward the crown unless gelled

Symboldrawing is kind of like using premade mixes and such in your cooking. In order to know which one to use, and how it works with the parts you do from scratch, you kind of need to know how to make it from scratch. Even if you never actually do it. Like I've never successfully made good tomato sauce, but I know WHY. It has to be baked, ideally broiled, in order for the copious flavorless liquid to leave and the sauce to become concentrated and get that roasty flavor. So I use jarred shit. and I symboldraw. but I also sometimes construct the parts to get new symbols.

S4s

Tomorrow I'm finally updating Witch's Hill. 6 months since the last update. Wow, time flies.