Webcomics 101: How to Start Your Webcomic!

[@Willowposting]

I have ADHD so plotting things out and organizing can be very difficult. Having the visual reference for how you outline things actually helped a whole lot.

[@Ryukotic]

I’m in the exact same boat. I’ll make sure to do the same

[@SillyGoofyIndividual1246]

Same! Nice to meet ya! ADHD buddy :D

[@TheShuuman]

Where ADHD bros and sises

[@sonowbrand7824]

Same here. Looking online I just kept finding blocks of text explaining how to do it with no real examples so I'm always confused.

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Alergia al trabajo

[@saramations]

My tip is to also backup your brush sets/settings/fonts and have a guide for yourself to your comic production . 👁👄👁

[@PapitosArt]

I literally have a little notebook I carry around that has like fonts, page sizes, a size for upload, etc

[@shineyluna1268]

How do you backup your brush presets? I have to adjust them every time I use my sparkle brush and it takes up so much time :(

[@cashback3293]

@@shineyluna1268 depends on what you use. i use procreate so i made a new little group of all my comic pens in my pen section, i used to use medibang, so you could just download pens.

[@Joshie_Woshie]

You shattered my gritty noir-styled high contrast, black and white Kirby comic dreams!

[@avradio0b]

Cerebus the Aardvark has been disparaged for the last time T_T

[@samdal420]

Nay! Follow your dreams! They sound so swag!

[@rh162]

Hear me out.... If someone says "my art isn't good enough" then they might want to try and practice first. Not for an audience. For themselves. I attempted a webcomic once when I wasn't confident in my art. I knew where I needed to improve and thought my webcomic would just solve my issues. What ended up happening is that my art got good so fast that by the time I had got 10-15 pages in my art already looked terrifyingly different. I felt so miserable with my first 6 pages I wanted to redo them. It killed my motivation for the rest of it. I started seeing the issues with my more current pages even though my art was getting better. More issues then I would have seen when I was starting off. For example, I might have thought I was bad at hands when I started but towards the end I felt like the hands could still be better... and the eyes... and the nose.... and the mouth... pretty much everything. I was frustrated because my eye for detail was improving faster than my hands. I should have been seeing my progress. Instead I saw a mess of a comic. I wasn't use to seeing improvement like that. So much so I didn't feel like I was actually learning. Comic making was taking up so much of my time that I didn't get a chance to practice the essentials. I was a slower drawer then. I had a cheap tablet that was a pain in the ass to use and I was still learning how to use it. The comics didn't help my speed at all because it was still too much to develop at once. Now I know myself as an artist much better. I'm not *perfect* but I have overcome my biggest issues with my art. I'm still looking to improve, for sure, but it helps me so much actually having some skills I've sharpened relevant to making comics. Going in I had nothing. Coming out I was confused and frustrated. I was too young and inexperienced to connect my frustration to the cause. Yes I still fuss over my old stuff but the improvement isn't as jarring because I can feel little bits of art things click into place. I'm not learning how to make confident strokes digitally. I can focus on learning at a pace that I can feel while still having enough skills to be able to put something on the page. YES webcomics can be used to improve your art. But you SHOULD also prep yourself before jumping in. I think a better bit of advice to people who doubt their skill is "try drawing daily for 2-4 months before attempting a webcomic. Doodle if you don't have the time to make finished works. Study the places you feel the least confident. Take requests. Watch art yt vids in the background. Spend a bit of that time working on gesture drawing. Look at how much you have improved since you started. Find comfort in that." Then go from there. If you really want to make a comic, that comic can wait for you to do a bit of "self-teaching." That being said, try not to give it more than a few months. Then push yourself out of that comfort zone when you start feeling positive. Yes it will be stress but at least you wont feel buried by it. It's very easy for people who are more confident in their art to say "just do it" without understanding how frustrating it is. Then to feel like you've "failed" while a million people are like "just do it" is also really crushing. It's not the advice anyone going through it wants to hear. It makes it feel like they will have this problem every time they want to try comics. People take different approaches to learning art because brains are wired differently. Good video btw I just wanted to put that out there.

[@strawberrik]

You hit the nail on the head for me. Damn. It's like you went inside my brain and wrote this all out. I had a similar experience and now I'm just back to learning how to draw.

[@misclilly]

I actually did that "draw daily for x amount of months" and it was TERRIFYING how quickly my art changed., even if it was a little doodle a day or a challenge like Ahmed Aldoori's 100 heads challenge; it was like someone had possessed me and drew something amazing, when in reality it was me and my developing skills. 100/10, would recommend.

[@user-nw3ol7fk1i]

that's such good advice! thanks for this

[@bottompercy]

I think this goes hand in hand with another big of advice I've seen! Basically: you should write out a script for at least ten chapters of your comic before you start drawing bc your writing will DRASTICALLY improve and if you've drawn out 5 while chapters and you have to go back and scrap them because your story ideas and the details you want aren't there. I think that while you do a few months of art practice, you should also write the scripts at the same time. This way you're working on all your skills while taking the last amount of time. I think 2-4 months is definitely a good time period for that!

[@admiraloverdone]

agreed! When I knew I wanted to prepare to make a comic, I started to do a lot of animation (almost daily) and already the change has been big... but it's also kind of worrying like, next time I start up the comic I'm just going to have that issue AGAIN no matter how much time I put in :/

[@The_Holy_Grass]

Timestamps 0:11 introduction 1:09 Who the heck are you 1:44 shameless self-plug 2:58 the decision/why should you make a comic 5:06 why you shouldn't make a webcomic 7:01 so should I make a webcomic (yes, do it)_ getting started /I want to make a comic but don't know where to start. 10:34 writing your comic 23:13 making your comic 24:24 comic making software recommendations 26:17 making your comic 36:46 tips (#1) 39:10 making your comic:collaboration 41:04 comic resources 43:31 posting your comic 44:32 comic hosting sites 46:04 features of comic websites 50:41 tips (#2) 53:09 establish an update schedule 57:41 tips (#3) 59:45 congrats 59:54 questions 1:06:09 reference

[@neon_blue4464]

Thank you!!

[@The_Holy_Grass]

@@neon_blue4464 you're welcome and thank you too ^^

[@webcomicstorybuilder]

Someone already said it but Thanks really helpful

[@imselfaware419]

Holy shit, didn't realize this video was an hour long.

[@amandajones2096]

Thank you, I owe you my life

[@costelinha1867]

"Making a comic about Kirby with a gritty artstile may be a tonal clash" I mean, have you seen how dark the mere concept of Kirby is? This being of infinite power who can devour anything in his path and copy their abilities, completely unstoppable, able to break planets in halves, and constantly fighting against cosmic horror entities? I'd say a gritty artstyle is pretty fitting if you think of it, lol.

[@bananatheo3796]

Honestly, Kirby itself is a tonal clash. Just a cute pink ball that has killed several gods :)

[@miuki2721]

This franchise is horror, this is even more *_HORRIFIC_*

[@Clownin-round]

It's goofy because I actually did this but never ended up posting any of it! I still have the very sharp art style guide for myself

[@mia-saraking5479]

I was kinda putting off watching this cause it's an hour long and I have the attention span of goldfish, but you are so entertaining to listen to and you give such good advice that you made the time feel super short!

[@bottompercy]

Omg I'm half way in and i didn't even realize how long the video was 😂 is a good presentation

[@JustACasualIdiot_]

So if anyone else here wants to write a fun story but dont think you have the artistic skills to make a webcomic but has a fandom that they are really passionate about I would recommend writing fanfiction! I'm in the middle of making a crack fic with no schedule bc screw schedules, and it's pretty fun! Especially with crack fics, the random silliness and shenanigans are just so fun to write about! But yeah, if you don't feel confident in your art you can still write fun and compelling stories! (angst makes me cry but I love it)

[@fredericapanon207]

@JustACasualIdiot, that is a term that haven't heard before. What is crack fic?

[@JustACasualIdiot_]

@@fredericapanon207 Basically it’s a fic where the concept is so abstract (but still works) that it’s like the person was on crack when they made it. But sometimes (like in my case) it’s just some funny goofy shenanigans with some wacky plot! Or no plot at all!

[@slym0th]

i’m glad i got to 19:37 because i wanted to make my first comic with my ocs and their story. i love their story so much and i don’t want to abandon it. thanks for the tip :))

[@tommyniemiec8294]

This is one of the best lessons on learning how to make webcomics. Your steps helped me how to plot a story. I have not made a webcomic, but eventually I will have it out soon. I highly recommended this video. Very helpful for graphic novelists.

[@LONELYòvó]

have you made a webcomic yet?

[@sargentuniverse2254]

What about now?

[@ItsMy149thTimeHereHelp]

1 year later hru now?

[@Sasha_is-bad-at_Art]

It's been a long time, have you made it?

[@_Aceus_]

“Break into that inner theatre kid that I know is in your heart, pace around your apartment when you’re home by yourself” Me who lives in a house with three siblings and my parents: When am I ever alone in my house?

[@LocalPest]

There is one comic I have been reading that only updates when the creator doesn’t have school, so right now it is on a 22 week hiatus. problem is the comic updates inconsistently, when it’s not on hiatus sometimes there’s a 3 day gap sometimes it’s a 10 day gap sometimes it’s a 2 month gap. Update; they rebooted the comic

[@LocalPest]

If you want me to do the math that’s 7 months out of the year it can update in, during 2021 they’re were 10 pages posted total

[@LONELYòvó]

what is the name of the comic?

[@LocalPest]

@@LONELYòvó I can’t find it anymore so I think they took it down

[@amandajones2096]

I mean. They're updating the comic for free right? So it's not Ike you're entitled to new pages, plus, people get busy a lot.

[@LocalPest]

@@amandajones2096 I am a comic artist myself with bad grades so I get not working on the comic during school but that's consistent. I'm saying there wasn't even an illusion of consistensy; they didn't update weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly it's just random - the randomness was bothersome cause sometimes I could just read the new page when it came out and somethimes I would have tl re-read the entire thing. Also this comment is a year old why are you commenting on it?

[@xander2853]

I never thought that I’d use anything that I learned in world history 101. Then I tried to world build for a webcomic.

[@CorVids1031]

I started a comic as my "final project" for college before covid destroyed my final semester. Finally picking it back up again after two years of adjusting to adult life in the plague. My #1 thing I learned as far as the art goes is to practice your hands off before you even draw a panel for the actual comic. Know the character designs like the back of your hand. Think of it like practicing an instrument and don't just skip to the recital. It won't look good. (As for the 15 pages I did get done.. I'm going to have to redo them.) But this is also for a comic I'm planning on finishing before debuting, so this may not apply to everyone. Comics are very flexible. You do you. Also thank you for reminding me I am backing up my files.

[@KitsunePerson1000]

Rewatching this all over again. A webcomic plot I've been writing for like a year accidentally got deleted and wiped off my google drive so hopefully now with this second draft, I can make it even better. Your advice is super solid :)

[@samdal420]

Hell yeah!!! Thats the spirit!

[@50kekk]

Creating a webtoon about an OC is very rewarding. I nuke 2 of my webtoon series I knew that it's not as good as my initial vision lol. Thank you for giving out info on how to webtoon!

[@KandiHeartCreations]

May not able to read it in one sitting? Are you challenging my power? I read more than 700 of your pages all in one sitting and I LOVED it. Do not try my reading power

[@weepingwalnut]

Was that really 700 pages… I’m starting to understand why it took me 6 hours.

[@lovebirdwillingten]

@@weepingwalnut nah, it’s good. It took me a week to read, I’m really slow

[@flermit645]

I did this with fanfic writing and I feel it would help getting your ideas on paper (/ down in general). open notes/google docs on your phone and turn on speech to text and just walk and talk about your story idea, it doesn't matter if is quickly paced. I doesn't even matter that the plot jumps around a lot on the explanation. Getting something written is better than nothing. you can look at what's written later, shuffle the text around to follow the story and just expand apon what's written. I find this useful because I'm a slow typer, I often loose the story in my head because of that. speech to text means I can just say the story at my own pace and I don't have to worry about it disappearing.

[@fredericapanon207]

@Flermit, this. So many writers say to do just that. Just get the stuff written down for your FIRST draft. Because it will take at least two more revisions to massage your structure and dialogue. Like any essay, setting it down for several days and going back to it after several hours to days is a good thing.

[@tylerhood5035]

Back up your files is the most important so much so it should be slide 1. I lost 4 comics vol.1 (5 chapter each 2k words) during a powersurge. I was traumatized. I'm now just restarting the writing and I have my stuff backed up the 3 locations. Don't waste your efforts!

[@DezhdaBear]

I have this comic idea that’s always been on the back of my mind since 2018. I have the gist of the plot down, characters, and power system. Gonna start working on it sometime this year :)

[@12StarDev]

Good luck!

[@DezhdaBear]

@@12StarDev thank you!

[@localkate]

Oh my god, me too! Down to the same year lol I've completely developed the world and everything's set up but god am I terrified about starting. All I've been doing with it so far is using it as a roleplay world with friends. Good luck out there :)! I'll see you in the battlefield.

[@seyspectra]

Did you?

[@thehongler]

Progress?

[@n0vellette]

11:40 one of my favorite comics ever, Brawl In The Family, started as a gag a day comic before evolving to have full on plot and a whole story! So I suppose it doesn't matter how you start, things can always change over time as you get better at storytelling :)

[@cristinafigueroatejera8649]

hoy no tenía fuerzas para hacer la página que tenía que terminar, pero escuchar este video mientras trabajaba me dio toda la energía que necesitaba. gracias

[@bealns7356]

That story about the student who lost everything in a day sounds like sabotage. I think someone was out to get him, and they succeeded

[@greyrifterrellik5837]

17:54 To be fair, if done properly, a lore dump CAN be the hook for a story. While animation rather than a comic, ATLA is a perfect example of this in action; every episode started with that super brief summary of the setting, and it's bordering on iconic now.

[@esoopthederp7672]

That’s not a lore dump that’s a intro to a serialized story.

[@samdal420]

A stylized and swag lore dump!!!

[@samguentherillustration]

Also, D&D books for supplemental characters for your storytelling work great. I do side character building by rolling a D20 on their traits and sometimes this helps with plot writing!

[@fredericapanon207]

Regarding what type of webcomic format you would like to do; you might to consider how easy or hard it will be to convert to books form if you ever want to try publishing a dead tree edition. An "infinite scroll" style comic could be really hard to convert. Having said that, you might prefer to keep it digital always. Some comics do use animated features that are not possible on paper. Don't let it stop you.

[@fredericapanon207]

As a reader, I find it pretty cool to see the evolution of an artist's art.

[@peacefulcreativity444]

i absolutely love this because i love art but i've also always loved writing and the fact that i could create something that, like said in the beginning, can make ppl cry and move them emotionally... that just... blows my mind. i'm in the prepping stages like practicing and studying but this is like my dream

[@bottompercy]

I learned the hard way not to just work with your friends 😂 I love my bestie and she's an AMAZING artist, but she is soooooo bad at consistency and timeliness. I tried to do a science fair project with her and she LITERALLY DROPPED OUT OF THE SCHOOL. I wish I was joking. I failed the class. My brother paid her to draw him something and 2 months later she just gave the money back. We're still best friends and there's no bad blood. She didn't do it maliciously, and me and her are very similar, but yeah. Don't work with your friends.

[@Sesame_seed659]

Ok wow, I’ve just found Castoff and decided I wanted to make something similar, so I go onto YT to find out how and I find the creator of Castoff giving a tutorial ?! Yay!

[@Autistic_Menace00]

You have so much energy in your commentary it’s almost impossible for my brain to wander off. You make it very easy to learn, thank you!

[@krampus7520]

the way you pronounced Medibang had me cackling lol. I watched this, like, a y e a r ago, now because i actually made a production schedule for my comic i’m rewatching it, this has been *very* helpful in starting my comic.

[@stevensanders2692]

Thank you so much. Nice to know now that you can create your own comic without getting involved with publishers that can literally rob you of your work and kick you to the curb while making a profit from it.

[@oz5220]

started castoff 2 days ago and im already 3 quarters of the way done XD I was super lucky to find this!

[@fredericapanon207]

@A telemarketer, hehehe, the thumbnail with the Castoff characters is what prompted me to watch this video.

[@lainaballls]

I love reading webcomics but I don’t do digital art anymore so I do short traditional ones and your tips helped as well!! Thank you!!

[@c0pper_head-05]

You are way more helpful than your sub count shows. You deserve so many more subscribers, and thank you for finally giving me that last push to make a web comic

[@timbomb374]

God I needed to hear that "it will never be perfect" I get way too in my head about that

[@duke_of_rats7416]

Bro I was born in 2007 holy cow bro, they’ve been doing this shit since I was born and now I will take this info and use it to hopefully make my own webcomic (:

[@RandomYTUser0]

You have an gorgeous voice Star!^^

[@morganqorishchi8181]

My art really, truly *is not* good enough. But with practice, eventually, I'm hoping it will be. My grandfather was a professor of art history and he didn't start drawing until he was in his 30s, and didn't sell his art until his 50s. Sometimes these things take time, and sometimes you just need to have the courage to start. I'm glad that instead of dismissing people's concerns about their artistic skill/lack thereof, you point out that improvement is possible. It's constructive and encouraging, which is what people need in our increasingly negative society.

[@aether2kye]

About discipline/motivation, I recently started a daily to-do list and on it is 'practice your art.' I don't really have any rules for what the animation has to be about. Currently the only criteria I have for myself is that it has to be related to my characters (or an animation, since I've been learning recently and my characters might be a bit to complicated to animate so far.) and it's really helped me with lack of inspiration and motivation. I hope this helps someone if they're stuck on that stage!

[@SignalFire_Animations]

Thank you for this video! I’m trying to decide if I want to adapt a book that I’m writing into a webcomic, and this cleared up a lot of the questions that I had! I think I’m gonna take about a year to through all of this; finish the story, get a good handle on my art style and character designs, probably read those books, and draw up some test panels (some easy and some hard to adapt) to get a feel for what it would look like in a visual format and see what the creative process would look like for me before committing to anything.

[@xalasor]

Watching this video really helped, and encouraged me to change the name of one of my ideas, it went from Merella, the main characters first name to The Princess Knight, and I feel like calling it TPK over Merella will help show what it's about at first glance and introduce Merella aka Lea right away as this sort of character who breaks tradition.

[@AnimatedEscapism]

8:24 This is true. Typically, if people say this it’s because they have a lack of confidence, a fear of failure, or its intimidating and overwhelming to think about starting it.

[@infinitepossibilities2862]

9:32 I have another point for this one! When are you ever going to have "enough time?" Life is busy, and that will always be true. Plus, it doesn't have to be a ton! If you can just post a little bit at a time, that is okay! Once you get started, you will find yourself making time for your comic, because it is something you enjoy!

[@yabbistar]

OMG this is so helpful i have literally been watching "how to make good comics" for about 5 hours. I have failed in abt 3 comics cuz i literally had no story, no plot and no idea or a good stratigy for when to make a new page and i would also try to make 3 pges a day and thats why i havent tried to make a comic in 1 and a half years so thank u sm for this vid

[@pvp6077]

Just adding my own bit of advice to the previous ones, if you're going to spend some time practicing your art before starting your comic, spend some time working on your characters specifically. Drawing different concepts, putting them in different poses, trying different clothes or styling their hair differently (like, casual vs formal, job interview, date, school, sports day). Draw them with their friends, in their rooms, doing their favourite hobbies, really get a feel for who they are. It will help you streamline their design when you get a feel for how it is, animating them for dozens of frames, help you nail down their expressions and body language, and give you a chance to figure out their perspectives with other characters. If you have a really tall character with a lot of scenes with a really short character, figuring out how to frame that creatively is gonna be a lot more effort than similar height characters. If someone has wings, or a long tail, or a horse body under their human torso, that's gonna take some figuring out. If someone is wearing a giant hoopskirt, or has big hair, or has foot long armoured spikes on their shoulders, you're gonna need to account for that. Prep for making a comic by literally prepping for making a comic. Draw out their rooms, homes, cars, and few of their outfits, what they looked like as kids. Draw the neighborhood, plan out the city a bit, their school or workplace, what the public transit looks like. Draw some animals, some random people walking, some store fronts. Stuff like that used to be throw away practice sketches, but now, if it's even a little decent we can scan it later and use it as a base to draw a better version over it digitally. Some of your concept art could be cleaned up down the road to be the introductory background shot of a scene, or some of your background characters and details, saving you time later and relieving the need to search up 3d models or create new characters last minute just to fill space. Spending the time practicing your art specifically in the world you're starting to script out and storyboard will make everything a lot more cohesive when you actually get started, as well as providing content to help hype your story on other platforms, or as bonus content. Just don't get so caught up in the concept that you never create the comic. Don't start hyping the story until you've actually created a few pages and feel like you can actually follow through. Too many comics end before they even start, with all the focus on the hype, and no motivation left to do the work. Finally, I've often enjoyed watching an authors art develop over time, but I'm frequently offput by characters that lose their original personality, not because of plot and narrative, but because the author didn't have a solid foundation for their personality before getting started. Y'know, like when a soft sweet character becomes a whiny brat used for comedic relief or .... actually, all I keep thinking of are stoic characters or shy characters or nerdy characters, any kind of characters, all becoming comedic relief characters over time. Woobified villains is a big one for this trope. But it can also be regular guys slowly being portrayed as slackers or outsiders or sports bros or gamers. Normal girls slowly warping into obsessed fangirls or catty mean girls or makeup loving fashionistas. And it will often be written into canon that they've always been this way, even if we can scroll back to page one and see they haven't. If you give me an in universe reason and acknowledgment of a character's change in personality I'm happy to watch their growth, but when they become a caricature of their former selves, or a completely different person by the end, it really bothers me. Try to make your characters into actual people, even the side characters. If you love them for comedic relief at least give them some background screen time just being actual people. Just standing in a line or looking at their phone or talking to a friend.

[@SlightlyCreative]

The way you talk reminds me of my 9th grade Algebra teacher, and that's a compliment, she was one of my favorite teachers! Excellent video, really helped me a lot!

[@toadgrass5708]

This is so amazing! I literally just took notes more fervently than in class lol 😂 I super genuinely appreciate the effort that was put into this! I’m very motivated now and hope I can carry this advice with me in the future!

[@artofmaddy]

Thanks so much for sharing! I can’t wait to get started on my webcomic now and this gave me so much motivation!!

[@JeffSans]

Thank you so much for this. I am starting my webtoon and I have so much doubts in my art especially as a newbie artist but this really helped me so get motivated and inspired to do it even when it is not as good as the others. What's important is it makes you happy to share your ideas and stories. Thank you!!!!

[@HealingSpectrumIntuition]

One thing I did that helped is I wrote down a bunch of ideas on flashcards then rearranged the order of the cards until I had the outline I wanted then I began my script.

[@webcomicstorybuilder]

This video is like a webcomic archive, super helpful

[@sammig.8286]

I had a vague idea/story, but didn't know how to write a full script and wasn't confident in my art and technology skills. So now I'm making a web comic about how to make a web comic as practice. It's fun. Definitely recommend getting started making comics for anyone who has been waiting to start.

[@insaiyanmangaka7277]

I thought i wouldn't sit through this but your acutally good at keeping my attention

[@name6953]

Ikr! When I heard the ending I was like: that felt like 15 minutes.

[@HK_lesgo]

Your comic is really great! Just binge-read it and can’t wait for the next pages. I think Frankie’s my favourite so far.

[@Clownin-round]

Ive actually been making a gritty and dark Kirby Comic for the last few years, though ive only shared it between friends. Its good, I like the style, I might use it to make a comic of my own characters.

[@felix_a_fiend]

Fuck my depression your motivating words actually help a whole lot.

[@yukino.-.972]

Listening to this while drawing is such a motivation. I thought I would be bored after a few minutes but this video is really helpful and a push of motivation to do a webcomic. I was having doubts on starting a webcomic but with these advices I might give it a try.

[@ianhope7815]

Thank you for the information! I decided to check out the web comic too, I love the characters especially Ariana :)

[@JessicaGarcia-ph3dn]

Hi! new fan here. Your tips helped me to motivate myself to continue to draw. I've been drawing for years but never get to finish anything because I started with a big idea/ story. I got bored and abandoned them. But now, with my long epic project, I would like to finish my project even if it takes me years. I hope you make lots of videos like this. Thank you.

[@L0VI3_D0VI3]

Listening to this while I draw some characters I want to write about (one of them is my current pfp lol) I’ve always been into comics like this and even wrote a really bad page for when I was younger and mostly traditional. Now that I’m a bit older I’m working on developing a story for a digital one :)

[@swedishgamedev]

Extremely helpful and in-depth talk! Thank you so much for this, really helped me at the right time!

[@appealingnamegoeshere3566]

I first saw this video nearly a year ago, and that inspired me to start my own webcomic! It's kind of crazy how it's taken over my life now, and I've learned a lot since then, so I'm really glad for this video.

[@PerryPictures]

cast-off is so good! I binged it and now its bookmarked at the top of my toolbar :D

[@mouriet.g.4095]

Listening to this while making one about a living comet sprite who gets sent down to "earth-but-not-earth" and stays in an "Italy-esque" port town, (not unlike the one in Pinnochio) that is inhabited by lonely magic bunnies who wear long blue cloaks and feisty little wooden wind-up dolls who have definitely seen better days. :i So far, this is really helpful and is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks! Subbed. :) :) :)

[@goldndoodlz2192]

I just started posting my own comic! ty for all the help and fun streams to listen to while working, star! :D

[@Meggie_B]

This was immensely helpful. I stumbled across your channel yesterday and absolutely love your content! I’m an artist who has a few stories in the back of my brain but these tips and creation videos have really helped me flesh out the process of actually giving life to some of my brainchild projects^^ I love how real you have been on the expectations side. Thank you so much🙏🏼

[@anyanomous]

I am SO SO HAPPY i clicked on this video, i havent even gone through the whole thing im 16 minutes in! But i was challenged by a good friend of mine to discipline myself and actually sit down and write my story and i never understood why i couldnt. The single piece of advice of "having trouble with plot holes? write down the problem in huge letters and talk it out with yourself!" solved THE ENTIRE problem I was SO stuck on the prologue/first scene and simply being to talk it out with myself was so obvious but it helped so much >:3c IM EXCITED TO WATCH THE REST HEHE

[@AnimatedEscapism]

7:43 I recently saw a comment that said that the most important thing about creating comics is the drawing. I’ve literally read a comic with stick people drawn, but the story was good. It’s about good storytelling, not just the drawings. The art should be secondary, not primary. You can draw like Don Bluth, Charles Schwartz, or Walt Disney but it means nothing if you have a crappy storyline.

[@tantibusdraws6165]

How long would you recommend learning the art fundamentals before starting a project? And how do you balance developing your artistic skills versus your writing skills?

[@cathyallen6541]

Thanks so much for this! I've had the idea for a comic, not quite in the same realm as yours, a lot shorter and kind of a funny view of everyday life kind of thing. This has given me great tips on how to get started. Love your comic style!

[@kingsleepyhead7627]

the advice about starting small is so so so so good. i wish i knew it years ago when i first tried to start a bigger comic before dropping off and thinking "maybe this isnt for me". for me a really fun way to practice comics was ask blogs, i had one that started as the barest "character on a white background answering asks" for the first couple months but as i developed the story i found the need to put a little more effort into the production of it and it ended up teaching me how to structure a story and pages effectively

[@kingsleepyhead7627]

also with regards of planning vs pantsing, i find that i do a little of both! i have the general idea of what i want to happen in my comic, but i leave myself enough room to feel it out and just trust my instincts in storytelling to see what happens

[@antonydrossos5719]

9:50 Start your webcomic so Shia LeBeuf can steal it for a movie idea!

[@jessicahanson6105]

Because of your personality in this it makes me wanna find and read your comic. 😅

[@ivannamari]

This video was insanely useful for me! Thanks a lot!

[@cemeterygxtes]

I can attest to the ‘wanting fame’ thing. When I was 13, I really wanted to make a webcomic after reading a book about a girl who’s comic became famous over night. I didn’t get very far with this comic, as my dumb 13 year old brain realised that fame is not a great motivator. Lol.

[@BlueBerryPrinceStuff]

Fun fact: I used this video to motivate me to work on my splatoon mini comic series that I'm using to build confidence for my big real comic. I had been procrastinating working on it a lot so I just put this on in the background!

[@multiverserift]

I'm half an hour in, but I like your style of teaching. You're the cool teacher, and I like to do that myself. Teaching. and also learning. Yeah it's nice and stuff. Thank you!

[@pamthecreator5437]

Hey thestarfishface. I love you art, your realism and you art perception. Thanks to I started clip studio paint for the first time. It’s still kinda hard with the strokes because I’m too used to it with procreate but I’m improving my learning. Thank you!

[@justa_gigi]

i need this video played on repeat

[@LanternLightsAnimates]

As an animation youtuber, I tend to do more animation than art. I am currently planning a webcomic, (no, you will NOT see it on youtube, yes this is why i am watching this) And i found that it's kind of like a break from it all, and i found it more entertaining at times too! Amazing video!

[@AnimatedEscapism]

9:13 This can stem from a fear of rejection from others, a fear of judgement, or even an unrealistic expectation that they are afraid they won’t obtain.

[@KaraValkryie]

I just did a quick search and found you here, thank you for this, a lot of info and I greatly appreciate it.

[@dietcokelvr69]

This video has given me the motivation and convinced me to start on drawing out my ideas and starting my comic!

[@cashback3293]

i really agree with the infodumping . i usually think of Bee and Puppycat ( cartoon and comic ) , where it just starts out with bee and then later in the story they start introducing puppycats backstory and connecting the pieces.

[@mustardseedfaith6888]

Ibis paint x is also a good ipad drawing app ^^ great video! Really helped me 🙂

[@StarGazingSpirits]

This was so very informative, thank you for sharing this! I have two questions, for the features section of comic websites, would it be beneficial to have a tab for concept art and post production design of the webcomic, or should that just be saved for future patreons or to host on your social media? And also what is an RSS?

[@StarGazingSpirits]

And what if you really really want to make a longform webcomic and jump right in because you have the character designs and general plot all lined up already, would you still start with a “short test comic.” First?

[@saramations]

@@StarGazingSpirits yes

[@user-nw3ol7fk1i]

I think the first question is your choice Idk what RSS feed is exactly, but it's a feed that lets you get updates from several places/websites in one place

[@fredericapanon207]

@@user-nw3ol7fk1i an RSS feed also notifies readers that you have updated provided that both they have set up their reader properly, and that you have set up RSS on your end as well. I just know of it, not how to do it.

[@MadMax-qd8ou]

This video has help sooo much when it comes to making my comic. I'm not a very good writer or story teller so having something to watch and guild me through this was so helpful. I'm planning of calling my comic Damn it but have no idea when I'll put it out there. As I'm still in the super rough draft phase.

[@ghostlyreina2966]

I do kind of agree with “don’t start with Big Idea”, but at the same time… if you’re really passionate about that one project and you’ve been wanting to do it for YEARS, then just go for it. If you eventually get burned out, that’s fine. Atleast part of that amazing, big story is out there.

[@lonelcrosley]

Everybody knows mob 100 and one punch man, but not many people know precisely what the original art looked like from the creator. Of course, it is not what most would consider "good art," but damn, if it isn't a good read. ONE is a fantastic storyteller, and they inspired me as a kid to create. I looked at his comic and was blown away by how good it was. And thought, "If he can make a comic with limited artistic ability, why can't I?" Also, sometimes a story doesn't have to be the best , nor does the artwork have to be top quality for people to love it. It just has to invoke emotion and tell the story you want to tell. What you see as a shity cake is just another cake to eat for the average person. Yeah, your cake might not be the best on the table, but it might be someone's favorite. So go and make art, even if you are unsure of your ability. The best thing you can do is try! And in the end you might just surprise yourself.

[@asribunn]

You would not believe how helpful this was! Thank you!!

[@explosiverat1]

One helpful thing for thinking of ideas for a webcomic is DREAMS. If you’re an active dreamer whether daydreaming or not and you’re good at controlling your dreams, it is VERY helpful for ideas. There are tips all over the internet on how to control your dreams or at least create a base for them, or it comes naturally. :)

[@crazydiamond156]

it's the second video of yours I watch. they're very helpful and motivating

[@vamnph]

Thank you so much for the lesson! I like make comics from poetry and i was thinking about branching out. I wish I could’ve been to your workshop to learn this before covid lol!

[@sptsnc]

i have no intention of making a webcomic and im having so much fun watching this

[@damadorias]

I'm working on and off on a webcomic, I uh,,, went on hiatus for months because in all honesty I'm stressing over the "perfect story" too much. Ngl I read your comic and it actually motivated me to continue writing the plot, I know where it starts and ends, just not really got any of the middle part down solidly. I know for me with ADHD it's prolly gonna be several months between updates, I don't know if I could make it more consistent then that what with me trying to add in story details, but I don't really care about how long it takes, just that I'm throwing pages on there whenever. The story's world is so big what with all the alternate timelines and different locations and worldbuilding and characters (I went really off the rails but it's so fun making this stuff I can't stop adding) I could make several comics on that same story world, but I'm focusing on an adventure going on within that world as the first comic. I don't really mind how long it's taking, just that it exists and will eventually be finished! And while an audience would be nice, I honestly just want to make and finish my webcomic for my close friends, they seem to love all my characters just as much as I do, and thats all really, I want my friends to see a full comic! They're probably my only readers for the comic, but it's just so nice making the pages knowing they'll see it.

[@elliart7432]

Extra tip: _look through ALL of your brush files._ ALL OF THEM. I just found a brush in a pack I've had for YEARS that literally just stamps a perfect one point perspective lattice on your canvas. My jaw fucking dropped.

[@AnimatedEscapism]

8:43 Why I heard this in SpongeBob’s voice saying “Mr. Kra-aaaabs…. I have an ide-aaaaaaa.” LMFAO

[@bellewolfe5788]

I know I’m tardy to the party! Thank you for this video. I’m so motivated to get started!!