Comic Artists Support Thread

Scream about the comic you´re drawing here.

Currently: Rendering darkness sucks. The rest of this comic is taking place in well lit places.
@Bel Capricorn @peripheral

 

I have had an empty canvas open for chapter 2 of my comic for three days straight. @_@;;; During that I've managed to rough out TWO completely unrelated fancomics, but my personal project that I'm super passionate about? NAAAAH.

 

I've been putting off starting this comic for almost a year. A year! What am I doing with my life?

 

Why did I think drawing an action comic would be a good idea, help meeeeeeeee.

And I'm once again working on a side project that I started in late summer last year, intending to finish it in time for Halloween, and though I only have four pages to finish and the style is a lot easier than what I'm doing for Maria, I'm worried that I won't get it done on time this year either. Ah... if only I didn't have jobs and family commitments....

 

Inking. More inking. At least I feel like I´ve gotten the process a fast as it´s going to get.

 

Good luck to you friends.

To me: why do I always have interesting delivery concepts without a plot behind them? DX

 

Fucking retcon. Guess who´s gotta redraw a whole page?
Edit: ooor maybe not. Page 0 to the recue

 

Been working over a story in my head for over a year and plotting out story and characters. Got three pages complete and several more sketched out and.. ran completely out of spoons then mental health took a hit and I'm crawling back upright.

Just gotta get the confidence to actually let it see the light of day.

 

@jacktrash You had Metanoia for a while, do you have any tips on dealing with the pressure to keep oneself from burning out?

 

Well damn.
Something I am trying though: Outsourcing the lettering and some inking to Mirrors, which they can do better digitally than I traditionally.

 

I HAVE NEVER LETTERED A THING IN MY LIFE BUT GOSH I'LL GIVE IT A GO

 

You cannot possibly do worse than me. Also you are removing so much stress. -hugs-

In conclusion, helpy friends are helpful. Err, news at 11.

 

I usually enjoy it as well, but being a traditional artist, I ran into material issues. (The paper Im´ using can´t handle the ink, and thicker paper would be expensive and impractical)

 

Thanks! I used to get the blocks from the art shop, but those are expensive. (Still a relief to ark out the big black areas and know my work is done there.)

 

*throws pens at @peripheral * write me a goddamned script

 

Working on the cover right now. I wanted something minimalistic, turned out... not so minimalistic, but still, I kinda like it. I hope my goddamned perfectionism doesn't ruin it for me >:V

 

*excited screaming*

I finally started posting that side project. I'm still working on the last two pages and I sort of want to go back and change some things in earlier ones, and I had to push this week's page of Maria back in order to get the other pages done, but I did it. The cover and first three pages are up here and the rest are going up at twelve-hour intervals. I am so bad at pre-producing things, though, I've had this in the works since last August, I think, and though I got most of the inking done in plenty of time all of the colour/fancy Photoshop filters were done this week. And the cover was done in half a week before it went up on Monday evening, most of it Monday morning/early afternoon. Why am I like this. *flops*