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SOME SERIOUS THOUGHTS ON MY ART AND ITS FUTURE...
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AABattery
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Drunk Duck seems to be a good place to host a comic, though it can and probably will get lost in the thousands of other comics there.
I dislike Drunk Duck. It was seriously too confusing. A good free host is Smackjeeves. You can also pay to get your own domain and other extras on it. You can also customize the page freely using HTML.
from Dudesoftpost=131287Sorry dude, that's purely subjective.post=131273I beg to differ. I've told some mighty good stories in comic form, and my art style is only a step above stick figures.post=131258^This. Seriously, a good story with stick figures might as well just be a damn book.
Actually, I think it's a balance of both.
Most things are, but I'm not just blowing my own horn here. I've heard plenty of positive feedback from others to substantiate that claim. Whether you believe me or not, well...I guess that's subjective, too!
AABattery
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I think stick figures can count for good art. The art in a comic doesn't have to be all majestic and beautiful, it just has to be understandable. If the art is thrown all over the place, people will not only get confused about what you drew, but probably the story, too.
"Hey, what's in this panel?"
"It's the main character punching the villain."
"What?! It looks like a sheep eating a giraffe!"
That's what I meant about the balance of the two. (Interesting Story) + (Understandable Illustrations) = (Decent Comic)
"Hey, what's in this panel?"
"It's the main character punching the villain."
"What?! It looks like a sheep eating a giraffe!"
That's what I meant about the balance of the two. (Interesting Story) + (Understandable Illustrations) = (Decent Comic)
Darken
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"What?! It looks like a sheep eating a giraffe!"
You would not be able to draw this with stick figures and achieve the same hilarity as a well drawn one, just sayin.
Darken
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I know I am just trying to make the point that visually complicated situations cannot be expressed with bad(or highly limited) art.
Only when something important and pivotal is happening in the story am I going to have the art reflect that. Everything other part/scene in my stories would just have simplistic poses and angles and whatever... so yeah.
Drakonais
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Cyanide and Happiness has the most simplistic style I can imagine, and I check them out regularly.
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Cyanide and Happiness has the most simplistic style I can imagine, and I check them out regularly.
I like C&H, as well. I don't check them out regularly like I do Las Lindas or Boxer Hockey, though.
post=131333xkcd is a comicstrip. Big difference from what I'm talking about.As this topic is about webcomics, webcomics are comics published through the internet, and xkcd is indeed a webcomic by that definition, I find it hard to see what the "difference" is. I'm curious to see what you mean here and would appreciate if you elaborated.
Are you freakin' kidding me? WEB COMICS is a method of delivery... -not- a category. You could pop a bunch of "webcomics" together and sell it as a book. Does it still constitute as webcomics? Webcomics with a binding? No man. Web comics is a way to get you the comic, cheap/free medium.
Comicbooks and Comic strips can both be webcomics! Whatever Mitsy is planning on doing, I've yet to see. But when you start talking about 'comics' you instantly are talking about comicbooks. (the books is a medium, see?) Comics are a method of blending image and words to tell a story. A good comic is a blend of both good art and good writing. That's what I'm getting at!
Argh, too much coffee makes me opinionated...
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Are you freakin' kidding me? WEB COMICS is a method of delivery... -not- a category. You could pop a bunch of "webcomics" together and sell it as a book. Does it still constitute as webcomics? Webcomics with a binding? No man. Web comics is a way to get you the comic, cheap/free medium.
Comicbooks and Comic strips can both be webcomics! Whatever Mitsy is planning on doing, I've yet to see. But when you start talking about 'comics' you instantly are talking about comicbooks. (the books is a medium, see?) Comics are a method of blending image and words to tell a story. A good comic is a blend of both good art and good writing. That's what I'm getting at!
Argh, too much coffee makes me opinionated...
Quite honestly agree with this, Dudesoft...from a creative point of view (actually, I just agree with it period).
I felt dirty after posting that. It's my opinion, but still. Felt kind of too agressive. Ah well. in the past.
post=131858post=131333Are you freakin' kidding me? WEB COMICS is a method of delivery... -not- a category. You could pop a bunch of "webcomics" together and sell it as a book. Does it still constitute as webcomics? Webcomics with a binding? No man. Web comics is a way to get you the comic, cheap/free medium.xkcd is a comicstrip. Big difference from what I'm talking about.As this topic is about webcomics, webcomics are comics published through the internet, and xkcd is indeed a webcomic by that definition, I find it hard to see what the "difference" is. I'm curious to see what you mean here and would appreciate if you elaborated.
Comicbooks and Comic strips can both be webcomics! Whatever Mitsy is planning on doing, I've yet to see. But when you start talking about 'comics' you instantly are talking about comicbooks. (the books is a medium, see?) Comics are a method of blending image and words to tell a story. A good comic is a blend of both good art and good writing. That's what I'm getting at!
Argh, too much coffee makes me opinionated...
Indeed, and I agree. Though on a minor note, when I said "webcomics are comics published through the internet" I would've thought that implied I viewed webcomics as a method of delivery.
Anyway, what still confuses me is how you tossed aside xkcd as an example of a decent (web)comic with stick figures since it was a "comic strip".
If, by what you said, comic strip == webcomic (as in, can be), then considering this whole topic is about webcomics I am failing to see how xkcd does not serve as a point of reference. Maybe I'm just dense, but I'm just not able to see your side of the pond here. ;_;
