The 24 Hour Comic Challenge!

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Download the comic here stimuluscomic.com/24hrComic2017.pdf Although you're technically allowed to do a bunch of single panel pages like I did, it's not ideal. Next time I'll stay awake for the whole 24 hours and make a much more detailed comic!

[@dannphan]

I can tell right away this is a high quality channel.

[@loneangler9063]

I read your comic, and i love how funny it is, but also has an ironically good message about couples and Intellectual/Romantic intimacy. Really good for only 24 hours of work!

[@simpleclonetrooper2740]

took me 2 weeks to get 6 pages done

[@KidOmega-iv4tp]

..."I was also getting a little drunk..." XD

[@TCMECH79]

I've done this challenge nine times already and each time I learn how to manage my time

[@kuldas9299]

Done this twice. To get the best art DO THE MATH. 24 hours. 24 pages = 1 hour per page. TELL YOURSELF TO PENCIL A WHOLE PAGE IN A HALF HOUR. Streamline your style. It's not a beauty contest..it's a storytelling contest. Pick a random word, make that the title and then improvise the pages. Spend about 30 mins on pencils. 30 mins on inks. You will get faster without sacrificing quality. You will probably finish early. You will be amazed at how the story somehow completes itself.

[@Peepholecircus]

I might try this on the weekend

[@saladcaesar7716]

How do you make your comics ? I mean how do you plan the pages and dialogue ?

[@junktube4000]

Does this day still happen, what day will it take place this year (2023)?

[@focusedeye]

I've known more than one sketch artist over the decades who prefer cannabis over alcohol when it comes to getting creative. I've seen their finished work and it seems to work very well.

[@abicycleride3510]

This video was way too short for satisfying me! Another way to put it would be that it was the perfect length and left me really wanting more instead of bored. But frankly, I would have loved watching a LOT more footage. Next time you do it, you should get someone dedicated to just filming you. I arrived on your channel because I was trying very hard to find videos of the 24-hour comic challenge as well as actual examples of the resulting comics (they're hard to come by!!) Did your friend finally finish his own 1-million-hour comic? Is it available on the internet somewhere too? It was a real pleasure reading yours. To be frank I was really surprised by the quality of the both the drawing and the story. To my personal taste, yours was much better than Mccloud's 24-hour comic original. Coming up with stories is my handicap so you have all my respect for transforming "a man has sex with aliens" into a rather interesting and intelligent storyline! The process you went through seems like magic to me, you should make a video about "how" you did that. Anyway, congratulations for brilliantly succeeding at this tough challenge (and with beers!!)

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks dude, I'll get someone to film us next time for sure! My friend never finished, but he helped me with my latest comic stimuluscomic.com/stimulus4.pdf You also might want to check out John Truby's "Anatomy of Story." It breaks down writing into a simple formula (that can even be applied to low brow 24 hr comics). And if you're looking for more 24 hr comics, David Chelsea has TWO VOLUMES and they're worth reading

[@abicycleride3510]

Thanks a lot for all the hints, I will go take a look at all that right today (I'm fully dedicated to comics for the whole day today :-)) But first I need to finish reading your "Play Devil's Advocate" on my phone, ha ha. You have lots of talent, keep going!

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

haha Play devil's advocate isn't great, I'm going to redo it one day. Thanks for reading though

[@gameguardian5407]

The best comic ever

[@Lovetsonmarq]

The 24 hour comic challenge? Ah yes psychological torture.

[@MrEvilPuck]

I did two 24hcd so far. There are some things which make it easier. Simplify your style. Train that before you start the 24hcd, keep the figure as simple as possible. Don´t draw anything you have to sketch and construct. Draw a bean with legs and arms with an egg as the head for example. Or make a comic about just the egg with legs and arms. Something that looks good and takes you one minute to draw without looking at references. Don´t overthink the story. It´s better to only prepare a simple character when you go to the 24hcd and not write a story before because of the experience writing while you are drawing and I made the experience that artists who write the story before start overthinking and don´t finish the comic. There should have been more online corona 24hcd in october 2020. I haven´t heard of any and I would have really liked that

[@epb7284]

What a neat experience. Congratulations on conquering concept to completion! I might challenge myself to do this sometime.

[@projectm6468]

What's that artwork behind you, hanging on the wall at the last few minutes?

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

star war poster by JOCK

[@projectm6468]

@@STIMULUSVIDEO Thanks , keep inspiring :-)

[@Fengsuave_g]

always loved this comic

[@Fengsuave_g]

you should follow me on my art instagram account garrett! It's kita_roof. I dont draw cartoons but it would mean a lot for you to follow me and see my works since you have been great great help for me. I was always being lazy and lacked motivation but you have inspired and enlightened me to just go ahead and work hard!

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Sounds like you're giving me way too much credit but I'll do that 👍 I have a hard time staying motivated myself but sharing stuff online seems to help

[@saladcaesar7716]

This is so inspiring. Thank you so much !

[@iamjan5967]

You had me at "names buck, you know why I'm here". Nice work man. Made my day.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

haha when the protagonist is named "buck hardcastle," it writes itself

[@iamjan5967]

yeah man my thoughts, well done sir!

[@CornerLineStudio]

seems interesting, im gonna try it this weekend.

[@FormallyIntroduced]

Ok. This is silly. But what is the brand of that timer in the background?

[@tokega]

I was thinking the very same thing!

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

ha, well, I'm not sponsored by the brand or anything, and honestly I don't even recommend it, but here it is: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071Z1NRKS/

[@tokega]

Thanks!

[@Acblain]

I'm doing this challenge next weekend!

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Hell yeah I forgot all about this, maybe I'll do it too

[@TrafVal]

Yo I dig the video. Nice balance of showing the process, a few light comments, and then reflection.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks dude, I'm definitely going to document the next one too. Lot of fun

[@serhiid3758]

That was great! I should also undergo this trial, because i work so slow, that it gives me a depression. Thank you very much for this unique video!

[@AdSmarte]

hahahhhah, I very much enjoyed your comic. Keep the good work !

[@frank1393]

I’ve decided I love you

[@andrewrende7665]

1:10 you also took a few hits off a pipe i see XD

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

lol nah that was just an obnoxious sip of beer that I edited out

[@chaotic1801]

Nice art styles.

[@asealdenmogd4232]

I am not artist by any means but I actually did a comic as in bored matter so from 7 am-11am I did pretty good like I want 7 pages so its very confusing for me how you had all this time amd didn't finsh faster or make it longer I think I should take the chance to do this

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

It's a matter of quality. Better pages take longer

[@Meantime_Creations]

can you ask your friend to put his comics post on internet??

[@ArtwithAmarBrisco]

Good job for 24 hour but it looks more like a comic strip than a comic. Most comics average like 5 - 9 panels per page. These challenges are great practice but are really hard to crank out a fully rendered comic that will be used as part of a series. In 24 hours you can generated the mockup for a comic maybe even a satire comic. But to do idea, concept, thumbnail/roughs, pencils, ink and color plus lettering in one day is impossible. Especially if you are also applying a style to your comic as well. Thanks for sharing though.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

I agree and that's the point I made at the end -- I started doing a lot of one panel pages because I knew it was the only way to finish, which isn't great. But, you should read the original 24 hour comic by Scott McCloud scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/first/01.html -- it's surreal, has almost no coherent narrative, but is fully rendered for what it is. See what you think...

[@ArtwithAmarBrisco]

Thanks I saw this before and I also saw the documentary on this. I thought it was cool in practice but didn't see it as tool for creating finished comics. It does give you what most artists need the desire to take an idea from concept to completion. The more you do this is gives you more confidence to more with your ideas and complete them. Again I like the idea it is like a Game Jam or Web development done for an application in a weekend. I missed this one this year but next year I will take off from work and do it as well then I can come back to this post and see if I have egg on my face or have a completed comic to share as well. In both cases have a new understanding for this exercise because it is similar but some what different from doing a standard 24 page comic.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Exactly, I think of it as a creative exercise more than anything. Rapid prototyping is valuable in any medium, and helps force someone out of writer's block. This year, instead of doing the 24 hr challenge I drafted a very short comic in 4 hours, then took a few days to rework it. I'll post it next week. Good luck in your efforts 👍 No need to wait til next year, go for it

[@Ghost_Text]

@@STIMULUSVIDEO I wonder. after thumbnails and concepts. Can starting with drawing what is supposed to be the highpoint of a particular issue or scene, (i.e. what you feel the strongest, or is most crucial, to get out, then working non chronologically to fill up the details) be a possible way of working?

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

@m420b Makes sense to me. Similarly, the guy who does the most 24 hr comics, david chelsea, often works without any plan and just starts inking. When some of his stories ended too quickly, he would have to throw in a non-sequitur series of pages at the end, which is kind of funny

[@dunyazade]

I don't know how to draw. Should that stop me?

[@sketcharoo1345]

No, but, you know just put some time into practice, try drawing!! Its fun, see check out my small channel! (If you want, not trying to plug) see how I've improved!! So, just practice!!

[@MrEvilPuck]

use a simple figure and you are maybe even better of than someone who can already draw because they will try to make it look better than they are able to do it in that time frame

[@blackhletherapy]

Great video. Loved it!

[@mirzaangon]

is that your artwork in the background?

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

all prints by other artists

[@mirzaangon]

it just kinda looked like your style. damn you have a good collection of posters

[@chevyblazerpower]

This is great! Good stuff

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks dude!

[@jackb.775]

I love your voice!

[@brittanysmall7666]

Loved everything about this video 😂😂😂 the struggle is real😭

[@deeman524]

I just read your Comic Challenge,; the crazy things people think about when they're drunk. This was the most perverted thing I've ever seen in a drawing, but kinda funny.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

kinda funny? I'll take it!

[@I_like_memes1]

Make 1 or 5 hour mini comic challenge

[@motor2023]

I can’t drink alcohol 😐

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

...try green tea?

[@motor2023]

STIMULUS ok...

[@caciquecomics9728]

No, I won't attempt this or any other stupid challenge against time, I value my work, I value my time and I value my health, I wouldn't do it drunk either. Nah just kidding, the truth is I coldn't even if I wanted, I mean, I'm known for being fast, but my hand starts hurting like crazy after 8 hours (I broke it a couple of times). But your comic ended up looking pretty decent considering the circumstances, good job.

[@danmac4393]

I'm not really a comic person but it seems pretty good for being done in 15 hours. I actually liked the art style better than your friend's. I think it sort of matches the silly story it tells and the dick ship and censored page were great

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks, I'll let him know haha

[@projectgodwars8522]

DUDE THIS GUY IS CRAZY :D

[@aysenurbozkaya4666]

cool comic but wtf its so inapropriat

[@senapatiarts7408]

What?? The story is just **

[@robertnorton8519]

So right about the alcohol

[@MarshMakesComics]

Haha that was great! I just actually finished a 1 hour comic challenge which was crazy and even worse drawings than this LOL nice work! Oh yeah and I failed LOL

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks dude. Did you watch my 4 hour comic challenge -- it was a good compromise for drafting/redrawing -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqfNYXaEeb2eiKc

[@RallyTheTally]

I love this video more then my own life

[@Adeltraut]

Impressive work flow, I am still not gonna read your comic.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

😢

[@mazashayeri1411]

The comic was interesting and funny. Before I read the comic I was wondering why you drew his spaceship similar to a flying penis. Well now I know ha ha...Amazing that you pulled it off in 24 hours.

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Thanks for reading! Yeah the spaceship design gag has been done a million times before, but it's obligatory. And technically I only worked on it for 16 hours because I couldn't stay awake -- next time I'll start in the morning so I can work longer and complete more panels!

[@ginoserrano6408]

Buen video!

[@LilSnikrz]

You were really drunk

[@STIMULUSVIDEO]

Nah, I was able to operate my camera, after all

[@brandonbeymar6697]

Cool

[@abubakrkassam81]

Says gets abducted and has with aliens Me: im glad that wasn't me My brain: but u r an alien Also me: be quiet no one asked u brain

[@zupylle918]

Hahaha lol 😂😂😂😂😂 your the best🤣🤣🤣

[@projectgodwars8522]

😂😂

[@SteeveCordier]

doing shit fast isn't a update, sorry