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Trying to start a web comic!
m.brooks42
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3Hello again! If I took everyone's suggestions into consideration and tried to put it into practice with #4 "Heights"... I'm wondering how i could change the art to make the creating process faster, much faster, but lose as little quality or appeal or whateva as i can... thanks 
O PS: I also don't know anything about what colors compliment etc.. what color could I use to fill the gutters because i was told the mauve clashes with the title?? O and also I'm having trouble with the line art looking sloppy using photoshop elements (because I smudge tool every paint brushed line to smooth em out)..
Here's what I've made so far, and I'm learning how to use photoshop elements as I go:
Anonomiss #1 "Private Person"
Anonomiss #2 "Baby Steps"
Anonomiss #3 "Christmas"
NEW ONE USING USING UR SUGGESTIONS:Anonomiss #4 "Heights"
Some random drawings after looking around the whole forum and seeing that you guys critique for real, working artist's I thought I'd get u opinion on a few of my drawings. Please, I am just a college student who learns from Youtube videos like Mark Crilley's and IDrawGirls.com lol... After finishing stupid college i want to try and take art seriously. Please what is something I could work on that would dramatically improve my shiz... maybe a major or more obvious weakness.. encouragement and maybe some of my strengths would be nice too lol thanks
A comic inspired by my old boring job... no, the character is not me
O PS: I also don't know anything about what colors compliment etc.. what color could I use to fill the gutters because i was told the mauve clashes with the title?? O and also I'm having trouble with the line art looking sloppy using photoshop elements (because I smudge tool every paint brushed line to smooth em out)..
Here's what I've made so far, and I'm learning how to use photoshop elements as I go:
Anonomiss #1 "Private Person"
Anonomiss #2 "Baby Steps"
Anonomiss #3 "Christmas"
NEW ONE USING USING UR SUGGESTIONS:Anonomiss #4 "Heights"
Some random drawings after looking around the whole forum and seeing that you guys critique for real, working artist's I thought I'd get u opinion on a few of my drawings. Please, I am just a college student who learns from Youtube videos like Mark Crilley's and IDrawGirls.com lol... After finishing stupid college i want to try and take art seriously. Please what is something I could work on that would dramatically improve my shiz... maybe a major or more obvious weakness.. encouragement and maybe some of my strengths would be nice too lol
thanksA comic inspired by my old boring job... no, the character is not me
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So are u saying I should dumb down the spelling to reflect his age?? That is the reason the Anonomiss part is misspelled after all... I just didn't think I needed to do it for the dialogue. And im 20 by the way lol
Draw an actual background. Instead of a bank in space make it a bank in an actual room. With walls and furniture and a floor and everything.
Yes that is far more work.
I like the last one best because you drew a lot more stuff in it and it's the only one that really shows that you can draw.
Oh and get rid of the comic sans font, it looks incredibly cheap. Doing your own lettering would be awesome, but otherwise there are countless other comicky fonts out there that look better and are not used by everyone's little sister and parents trying to be hip.
Maybe you should look at You Damn Kid, because it seems to be similar to what you're trying to do.
*There's no ONE right way to do it. Looking at art for example, you've got XKCD that uses stick figures, Dinosaur Comics that uses the same weird panel progression every time, and The Awkward Communicator that uses photographs of those little wooden mannequin things. And they're all brilliant. Subject matter, layout, language, font, etc. There are thousand of webcomics and the best ones in my book are the ones that don't aspire to be like all the others.
*There are millions of wrong ways to do it. It might seem a contradiction to the last post, but just because there's no one right way doesn't mean that anything goes. Personally, I like the Comic Sans font, but I've learned the hard way that some people respond to it like it's anthrax, so I'd suggest avoiding it.
I may post more later, but I've got to run.
Best of luck man.
if you're serious about this, take some time to read through some books, study comics you like etc.
that's really the best way to improve, to keep at it, practice and work hard.
Its a thin book, more like the size of a trade paperback comic, written by 4 guys who make their livings by creating web comics. Dave Kellet (Sheldon), Brad Guigar (Evil Inc), Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis), and Scott Kurtz (PvP).
I dont agree with some of the things in there but they really have put together a fairly thorough look at the necessary steps to being successful. Its far more then just writing and drawing. To be successful you also need to know technology, how to market yourself, what avenues are available to you to make money and how to use all of that to deliver the comics to the public in a manner that is efficient and cost effective.
The also have done a series of podcasts called Web Comics Weekly that I have found interesting. Sometimes their views are so limited I find myself writting horribly scathing e-mails, then taking a moment to calm down and deleting the e-mail, but regardless it is a pretty good source of information even when it is totally misstaken.
Good luck.
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Not meaning to diss on your character design, but be aware of what this means to the way people percieve your character. Even if you're you don't want his neutral looks to communicate any message, there are tools to help get that message across even better. Instead of omitting eyes, i'd say use them.
Are you sure you just don't know how to draw eyes very well?
They can be hard.
Do you realize that you're sacrificing a hefty chunk of your character's expressiveness by leaving them out? You've managed to convey a lot without them but I promise you'll hit a wall when it's time for him to... look at something.
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Ugh tho i wanna prove to u guys i can make the no eyes work..
*clears throat. Just give me a while I have a lot on my plate