FAQ>How do I make a comic?https://blambot.com/pages/comic-script-basicshttps://design.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-storyboard-basic-guides-for-aspiring-artists--cms-30962https://www.clipstudio.net/how-to-draw/archives/160963https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-comic-how-to-plan-and-lay-out-your-comic--cms-24179>What if I can’t draw?https://www.clipstudio.net/how-to-draw/archives/160863https://www.archisoup.com/architecture-line-types-and-weightshttps://www.creativecomicart.com/basics-part-1.htmlhttps://www.creativebloq.com/advice/how-to-colour-comicshttps://jaejohns.com/drawing-backgrounds/>What’s the best site to upload to?https://www.domestika.org/en/blog/4757-6-free-websites-to-publish-your-own-comic-onlinehttps://comicfury.com/https://globalcomix.com/https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/>How do I get more people to read my comic?https://www.thingsinsquares.com/blog/how-to-optimize-comics-for-google-search/https://leetoo.net/how-to-promote-and-drive-traffic-to-your-webcomic/https://html.com/blog/50-resources-start-making-a-webcomic/List of HYW comics:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gKTxtkb8fs2EefVpwvye5PwRqGEc_KaSaOh6w_o03Uc/edit?usp=drivesdkMake sure to hide/report shitposts, and avoid engaging with known shitposters.> Thread Question:What was the hardest bit to create in your recent update. >Thread Challenge:Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this. No cleaning up or anything.
Getting to the point that making 12 or so webcomics simultaneously is easy for me. I can work fast too but I suppose I will have to hire people for this some day!
im on chapter 15 of my comic which i consider a nice milestonehow far along are you all on your comics?(my comic is Coolest Kid In Town btw, you can read it here its COOL!) >webtoons link: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/coolest-kid-in-town/list?title_no=981900or here on tapas >tapas link: https://tapas.io/series/Coolest-Kid-In-Town/info
>>15015436these are pages from the latest chapter
>>150154338I don't even have an idea for two webcomics let alone that money. Nigga how?
On the 14 page of my comic right here. Hardest bit is always colors, mostly because city scenes are a bitch. https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/anno-arcana/list?title_no=1037454https://tapas.io/series/Annoarcana/info
So I finally built the courage to start drawing and posting my webcomic even though right now it’s a mess of doodles and bad writing.I just really want to tell my story and for it to have a lot of action but I really need to get a script or something made soon.
>>150154831Nice! What's it about? Got any doodles to share?
>>150155363I’m just gonna share the webcomic link https://rumbletown.thecomicseries.com/I know it looks awful, but at some point sooner or later I’ll touch things up with far better drawings. Also Some new ideas sprung up while I was making this and I’m thinking I’ll implement them into the story.
>>150154174About 20-22 pages in on storyboarding chapter 5. Link to overall comic: https://globalcomix.com/c/aecast
>>150154174A weather effect was kinda hard on the program https://tapas.io/episode/3620090
>>150154174>What was the hardest bit to create in your recent update.Nothing. But I had to recreate a page from zero because the prior page was a mess.
>>150156161
>>150154770The trick I use is what I like to call "just don't use colors"If it's good enough for Japan it's good enough for me.
>>150154174>Thread ChallengeAIEEEE my guts they're being exposed
>>150156367I feel that, but also I like them too much not to experiment with them, plus I need the practice.
>>150154770Colors are a time consuming whore.
Should I make her blonde?
>>150154770very nice!Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/PREDATHEOSISNewgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1434168/1page 55
>>150160148page 56
>>150160167 page 57
>>150160181page 58
>>150160199page 59
>>150160221page 60sorry for the spam, hyw been dead for a few weeks so i had lots of pages to upload
>>150160233I really like it! The action was nice but not too drawn out
>>150154174>Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this. No cleaning up or anything.
New Hauntlyre panel>>150154515I maintain constant focus on developing my projects and seek the right people to become involved with them. By focusing on figuring out my artistic philosophy it becomes easy to make monsters, paranormal creatures, superheroes, etc in my style The money is still to come!
>>150160233This sequence of pages was nice to read. Good job on coloring too anon.
>>150160496You have some mighty fine lines, honestly I'm jealous
If I get rejected to do my SS again, I will do my webcomic for the next 6 months
>>150161330Inking traditionally the most is what helped me, although I hate to ink digitally.
Working on designs for Puffer and Clarissa one year after the events of the story.Puffer (age 16)One year after Lord Jel's death, Puffer is definitely better off since leaving her mom to live in Clarissa's ship town, but it hasn't been a perfect adjustment. She's become possessive of Clarissa and shows no interest in befriending the other kids in the ship town.
>>150162509Clarissa (age 16)At first her newfound magical abilities were exciting, but Clarissa now finds herself feeling isolated due to not knowing how to properly use them. It seems like no one can understand what she's going through... but what if there was another magical person who could train her?
>>150156161I like this comic. but what is your update schedule like? it seems slow>>150160148>>150160148maybe its me but the dialogue is a little tropey. but this is one of the best comics I've seen on /hyw/.>>150162509nice character designs. I'm sure you are pretty familiar with these characters. so are you going to continue the story?
Ohh nice, a new thread!>What was the hardest bit to create in your recent updateI tried pushing the backgrounds but it had me burnt out by the end. >Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this. No cleaning up or anything
>>150163043>I like this comic. but what is your update schedule like?I update when I feel good to update (Depression and shit), but now I'm trying to update twice a month.
>>Thread Challenge:>Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this. No cleaning up or anything.I'm on the script phase so yeah right here. its the start of a new chapter
>>150163047nice. your comics have an underground comic feel to them
Currently working on a new chapter (Chapter 3: Principles of Magick) and I hope to have it done by this week. If anyone wants to read chapters 1 and 2 in the meantime here's the link. Would love any feedback that you may have.https://thefoolsjourney.thecomicseries.com/
>>150163047The background burnout is real but that was 100% worth the effort
Who up working on they webcomic
>>150163515I saw your storytime thread . It's impressive when it's put together like that
>>150163447I read it. It's simple, but It does have a cool spiritual vibe . Which is what you're going for right? I would focus on that.
>>150163425How is notepad++ for scripting? I've mostly just used google docs but I'm trying to branch out.
>>150165165That is in fact what I’m going for! The whole adventure aspect is just a coating to make the esoteric topics more accessible (that and it’s a weird allegory for my life in a way)
>>150154174Sunday's update: https://seluda.com/comic/chapter7/p35/>Thread QuestionHmm the paneling was probably a challenge>Thread ChallengeWIP I'm still ironing out ch8 dialogue
>>150165713>How is notepad++ for scripting?I don't know. I'm not a programmer.
Really coming along with the whole storyline, finally making sense of what needs to be shown and said in chapter 1 to get the main mysteries questions and interests going, nearly have that all ready panel-for-panel, really excited for my new development into chapter 2. Then of course ive got the ending. The cosmology kind of rules. Just need to build the chapters and add/complete a few more characters
>>150165145Thank you!! I've been chipping away at and now it seems like a story is starting to emerge
>>150162509Big fan of the armor on this one.
Bump
What question is your webcomic helping the viewer ask about life or their condition, and how do you intend to answer them?
>>150168491>you getting mad pussy bro?>if not, you should beEasy- peasy
What’s the best way to determine if you have a story for a webcomic?
>>150168860
>>150168860That's a very good audience touchstone. One of the best, and can feel as good as sex, emotionally
>>150168968Try reading your story, and if you can't because it doesn't exist, then you don't have one
>>150168968Honestly just try storboarding a bit that tends to help me with that.
>>150168491If I'm being perfectly honest, Im making my stuff entirely for my own benefit, it just so happens that I choose to share it with everyone else. Mulling over every aspect of my story(ies) has been my personal form of therapy for going on twenty years now, im just ashamed it's taken me and my artfag buddy so long to get things off the ground. To actually answer your question tho, I guess our story is about waking up each day and asking "Who is the real "you"; you, or the you everyone wants you to be?". Just with, you know, lasers and dragons and shit.
>>150169126This is what I'm hoping to answer with my webcomic
>>150169939Could be a very relatable extended metaphor and main conceptual hook for modern audiences - so like this is retard club and we come here because it's fun, and i learned to be a retard from you, but are you retarded? am I retarded? How can we possibly even exist in this miasma of retardation? what the hell is all this!?
>>150169146Well shit.
>>150154174>Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this. No cleaning up or anything.bet, I’m at work right now so my rough sketches are going to have to do.>What was the hardest bit to create in your recent update?honestly, the writing. I get hung up on it pretty badly. Tends to bottleneck what is otherwise a pretty consistent workflow. I’m at the point where I can comfortably draw just about anything. But knowing the best thing to draw can be a challenge>>150168491That’s easy, I’m trying to ask my readers what it is they really want. The hard part is learning that what we think we want and what we actually want are two completely different things, and it takes a lot of living to figure that out. Now it’s way too early for those questions to pop up in my series, but I’m laying all the groundwork.
>>150170382>That’s easy, I’m trying to ask my readers what it is they really want.That's not easy, even with your disclaimer about the other challenges. You need to have a plan yourself, my friend. You're not going to have fans if you don't know who would like what you make. Your work has its own appeal for sure, but what do you like about it besides that its yours? How do you show it to people who like that stuff
>>150168491I like to people to ask me how Italians in that town see the lore or if they believe it or not.
previous page for reference’s sake,you can see how much Ive done on webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/wish-fulfillment/list?title_no=992494orcomicfury: https://wishfullfillment.thecomicseries.com/>>150170424that’s a lot of questions that I actually do have a lot of answers for.For starters, I do have a plan. Wish Fulfillment was started from the ground up with social media in mind. That being said, I haven’t posted any of my comic to social media yet (for a number of reasons).As far as who my comic is for, I imagine it will be mostly people who are terminally online. My goal is to write episodes that target very specific micro-niches that feel like they were pulled out at random. I think it’s funnier that way.as far as what I like about it? most everything, Imagining back story, method-acting the characters. I have a ton of fun while writing/drawing wish fulfillment. My goal all along was trying to make it so much fun that everyone can enjoy it. So that’s who I’m hoping will flock to it.
>>150170722Excellent. Sounds like a great concept and you've even executed it, sorry for grilling you!
>>150168491>Is coffee good for you?Mu.
>>150154174Brightside: The Lost FatePage 8 WIP
>>150168491I'm this guy >>150163447What lengths are you willing to go to for self realization? The answer to that is you find out through your capacity to love, not just yourself but your friends and enemies too. If they're actually willing to reciprocate is another story. I feel like so many tragic people could've been avoided had they just had a loving support system in their life and my story is supposed to explore different avenues of love be it platonic, romantic and everything in between
>>150170722the genie chick is cute
>>150171047Good, theres more where that came from.
>>150168491Q "what to do when i feel disconnected?" A tune into your sensessomething along those lines
>>150171369Nice. Now this is the type of shit I'm intoI forgot to say what mine wasQ: How can we return home when the world is always changingA: Everything we do is an act of resurrection. We bring home back to us.
>>150171405cool! yeah the chapter i'm working on will bring up the senses as a topic
>>150169755>"Who is the real "you"; you, or the you everyone wants you to be?".Hell yes>Just with, you know, lasers and dragons and shit.Even better>>150170952What lengths are you willing to go to for self realization? The answer to that is you find out through your capacity to loveThat's fucking awesome. Especially when discussing loving your enemies and really just the pattern of loving every last damn thing. I've been enjoying using this theme in my story, its not only a great philosophical solution, but it provides for great storytelling tension-and-release because you can build up just horrible suffering and then transform all of it into love by just redeeming everyone and the victims no matter what by any means necessary. It's good shit for sure for sure>>150170687Huh? Explain
>>150171508>Huh? ExplainIn the city there are people who believe in the "two wolves leading the souls" lore, people who believe is a touristic thing or people who don't believe it at all. So Francesco and the others find people in each group either asking them for the soul of a deceased relative or just telling them they're fake ass exorcists.It doesn't help that the one way to see the wolves themselves is being dead.
Tom N Artie #7 has wrapped up and next issue is already fully inked just needs to be colored. I felt that before starting the new main plot I might get the Tom N Artie Tales line running again to do some shorts in B-Gon city. Had a lot of fun writing stuff around the new location so wanna explore it a bit more. Globalcomix - https://globalcomix.com/read/31345198-e745-445b-bd1c-8177deb68492/1Comicfury - https://tom-n-artie.thecomicseries.com/
>>150171682Cover art for Issue 8
Have you guys ever thought about making youtube shorts or posting on tiktok about your webcomic for advertising purposes? I've thought about it mostly because it seems easily as hell but I'm not sure how it would come across kek
>>150171619This might be a language barrier between us, are you a native Italian speaker? You are saying there are real old-school rumors and superstitions in your real town regarding some sort of feud, that you are writing a story about? Or are you tapping in to the excellent special effect of local supernatural conspiracy feuds with a setting you simply like? Either way, while writing this post, I realize I really like the animistic supernatural mafia feud you're presenting, if I'm getting that right
>>150171748Fucking fantastic man
>>150171790Both. But I'm not an Italian speaker.
>>150171768>I'm not sure how it would come across kekWhat do you mean? If you can do it, I don't see why would it be a bad idea
>>150171768Actually yes, Once I wrap up my second chapter I was planning on investing into making a motion comic and posting on youtube+ others. Breaking it up and then uploading to tiktok as well.Pic related, a short commissioned comic I actually made and wrote was turned into was turned into a motion comic to advertise the commissioners webnovel. It’s currently sitting at 560k views.https://youtu.be/cdw9UuAzoig?si=49PKD5zWx4Wx7gDR
>>150171856Where are you from and what prompted you to do an Italian story? Is your 'two-wolf' superstition based on something from real life, or are you making something up to blow local minds?
>>150171768>>150171858Yeah if you have the ability to edit a short well, absolutely go for it. If you're worried about being seen as a shill then I can assure you that's really not a problem unless you just spam your shit without it actually being any good
>>150171905I'm from Chile and the two wolves was based in the Candejo plus the lore of Skoll and Hati (and I admit the fake ass native lore too). Except I wanted to make the black wolf as "good" and the white wolf as "bad" (he's not bad, people love to give a good-bad image thing).
>>150171748>armed blue-skinned Pacem-shirt guy: Nah, I'd win
>>150171905I forgot: Why in Italy? Because I love Italy. And the lore wouldn't have worked in neither my country or Japan.
>>150171981Ah cool. Italy does rule for a setting, I can't disagree with that. Okay so you are saying then, that you want the audience to ask 'shit is this real and do people really believe this?' Is the twin wolves thing a superstition for your local audience? If so, that's cool. To frame local folklore in foreign settings
>>150154174>>What if I can’t draw?It doesn't matter how much virus spreading "self-help" bullshit you shill for, that is not how the human brain works. Either you can draw or you can't. Period.
Starting to draw the dog volumetrically instead of as energy
>>150172104How would you define volumetrically?
>>150171961>>150172015Mixing Myths can be tricky business. If you get it wrong it can completely kill the believability of your story, w2840but if you don’t work in the local myths at all it can make the setting feel hollow. Like your characters are just saying they are there but really aren’t. Of course, establishing shots are even better for this, I’ll need to see what art you’ve put into your story.No matter what you say in the story, what you show will always take precedence. I expect to see some Marble pillars, Suffocatingly small streets, and Schwarma shops on every corner. Otherwise you’ll never hope to capture the authentic Italian experience.
>>150171748fucking fantastic man
>>150171508>Hell yesThank you, we try. Its a cape story about a group of roommates who moonlight as superheroes since the Justice League styled system that's in place actively excludes them for reasons that become clearer later on. However, that all goes up in smoke in the very first episode when said JL stand-in gets killed off to the last man by the big bad, leaving our plucky rejects as the ONLY superpowered people on Earth that are not total fucking psychopaths. Along the way they learn about the conspiracy that killed off all the superheroes, but it's also a deep dive into each main character's persona and how they each deal with the various traumas they've accumulated over the years. We got a single chapter released about a decade back but then life got in the way and i got slapped with the worst depression low ive ever hit in my life. But im finally now and we've both managed to rally and are looking to get things back on track
>>150171748Epic
>>150154174>What was the hardest bit to create in your recent update.Kind of tangential to this. I do this thing a lot where I premake alot and then drag and drop them later and it leads to very static art most of the time. I've been trying to not do that and make each asset from scratch each time and it feels like not only does it look better but it's saving time. Using a silhouette of the MC for part of this scene makes it quite a bit faster but also I love the dramatic look and how much easier it is to pose, lol.People have complained in the past about giant walls of text in my comic and while the amount of text hasn't changed I'm trying to place it and pace it better. >>150168491Honestly man I got too many ideas floating around in this thing but I think he main one would be a call to question what you really stand for and what drives you, along with making it glaringly obvious that the world we live in now is horrifically evil and violent revolution is justified.
>>150173437>>150173437
>>150173568
>>150172216That's a very good point and I have asked a lot to Italians about if the lore works or not. Most of them said it does and it was quite original. Of course others will disagree, but I do understand.I don't think that I'm able to make it an authentic Italian experience due my nationality, but as long as people read it and they are surprised for all the details that you mention, then I'll be OK with it.
Coming to the end of the story (chapter)
New after update panel
>Destination Unknown
>>150172148Larger quantities of vomit.
>>150174800Shut up queer, you're just stigmatizing being original instead of perpetuating industry/social media cultureI doubt you even have reading ability, just crude symbolism via bodily function, etc
Anons does anyone know how to write a song in a comic form?I'm interested in making a motion comic that plays funeral for a friend / loves lies bleeding
>>150174889Also i forgot to mention how much do you think it would cost to commission this?
>>150174889>>150174904It would cost you a lot, better get working on those art skills then!
>>150174904The motion comic or the song? Most song writers tend to do 50 a minute from my experience give or take 10 or 20. So it just depends on how long you want the song to be.
>>150175542Motion comic
>>150174417We need to draw all the girls of HYW with that attire.
>>150175542Also the thing is im looking for someone who can draw like this
I hit some writers block these past few weeks or so, letting that oart sit for awhile. In the meantime im just making new background characters using obscure celebrities in setting appropriate armor
>>150176168or like this
bump
>>150175998oh in that case that should be easy motion comics themselves tend to go for around 15 per page IME
Angel/Devil
Would I be shooting myself on the feet if I "started my career" on comics by releasing several one shots with subtle religious themes?I think they are neat and have been bouncing a lot in my head for the past few years.
>>150177338Just do it
>>150177437okay
I'm trying to remember the name of a book on making comics. It had like a hundred of different versions of how to draw the same scene in different ways as an example.No idea if you guys have used it before.
>>150174889>Anons does anyone know how to write a song in a comic form?I've done this sort of thing. one of my characters is a singer and I do songs for her sometimes
>>150154174>Post your WIP in the thread as soon as you see this.heres todays wip, on the inking phase
>>150177859here's the latest coffee cat. it used to be a mundane comic , now its crazier, since he went insane
>>150177859in the blank spot in this comic I'm going to paste this wanted poster
>>150168491>Why do people let their one-and-only life be controlled by other people>Because they're afraid. And they shouldn't be.
>>150178427Oh, also, have sex with your local robot. It's good for her and it's good for you and good for society.
>>150170722Wow, this is good. Like, REALLY good. Great job. Is it just you doing all the work, or do you have others who make these with you?Do you get support on Patreon or some other funding site?
>>150154174Brightside Comic Short #1
>>150177338there are lots of comics that explore religion especially as an interest. you're in good company. i lost some readers when i got to a religious scene in my comic, but that's after chapters of nonreligious scenes. i thought it was funny. but if you do the themes from the start, you'll do fine.
>>150177146Do you know where i could find one? I'd appreciate it if they can draw like this>>150176181>>150176168
>>150180137if you want to find a guy who draws like that hire the guy who drew that
>>150179659Ive figured out a whole cosmology myself, its pretty based for witches and metalheads
>>150180277Tried contacting him, no answer ):
The return of Dante’s Inferno content
>>150162515Benny (age unknown)Like Clarissa, Benny is a human who possesses magical powers and wants to train Clarissa so she can help stop the threat of the Fish Folk. There's just one problem-- he's trapped on the North Pole, so the girls must save him first. He is haunted by the death of his best friend.
>>150176151Seconding this
>>150181574Zesty
>>150178617new page up:yeah, I’m a one man band. I write/draw/edit everything on my comic. I’m pretty proud of what I’ve been able to do just by myself so far.I don’t have a patreon, but I do have a Kofi page. I like their model a bit more, It’s also set up to do fun audience interaction a little better with the tip jar.see for yourself: https://ko-fi.com/gaspacho
>>150184065You can do a little better, man. I don't think you're really that incurious about feet
>>150185143That's fan art, but criticism is always appreciated.
>>150182275How do i get djinn gf
>>150182275Bold and appealing djinn domestication
>>150154174just uploaded the prologue and first chapter a few days ago.https://thewaywardqueen.cfw.me/
>>150160257>>150160744 ty anons>>150163043yea i'm not a good writer but i'll try to do better! thanks anon
>>150187305Looks good! I'll read this later.
>>150160257Your shading is fun as hell lad
