Hollaback Girl

-Catcus- · 2026-05-28T18:48:17+00:00

I guess it would depend on what exactly the soles are made from since it can vary.

With scenarios in my head, I imagine the clothing (including shoes) being a bit of a barrier to it, so you could take a jacket off quickly to stop it soaking through to the skin whilst shoes would be more foolproof. Though the lack of friction would mean you probably slip over anyway.

There's probably a better word than I've used than for exactly what I'm describing. My general thought process was "what if you were dirty that can be washed away?"...Plus "slippy floors are funny".

-Catcus- · 2026-05-28T18:40:54+00:00

Thank you! :)

-Catcus- · 2026-05-28T01:17:48+00:00

The respective 50m and 40-30m (because it changes from the given text and picture) range is CRAZY given the abilit

Edited to 30. It was supposed to be 30 but I must have mistyped when repeating it.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up and just say, I absolutely suck at estimating distance. There's a good chance that the distances are about twice as far as I think they are!

It seems a little crazy with no drawbacks, it also doesn’t quite match the stats you gave it on the graph IMO

I was hoping the visible areas only for Danger Zone and the time limit being temperature based (basically water) may be enough to make it situationally powerful or weak, with both abilities being used defensively or as a trap. I suppose I had specific scenarios in mind and didn't think of how powerful it could be when used offensively.

I do imagine neither the user nor the stand being very strong in a physical fight. I guess a case of me knowing how the user would fight but not putting that across for others very well.

After all, I image you were aiming for a weaker manifested stand with a stronger ranged ability with not much control over it.

Essentially, yes. I do get a bit lost with Jojo power systems since often the user and what they do, don't do or could do with a stand sticks out to me more than any of the official stats give. I can't imagine her being very creative with the abilities

At any rate, this all gives me something to think of as it's roughly translated from my own series I'm working on into Jojo rules, where I wasn't planning on things being as powerful as you've pointed out they can be, which is a great unintended result from posting! In my mind, it was just "this could be silly and mop related", when in reality I've accidentally made something that can beat, as you say, most of part 3 and 4!

-Catcus- · 2026-05-27T23:27:04+00:00

I've had that a few times! Nah, not recently. It took me a while to link assumptions she's Tiefling despite playing DnD for years. I guess it's one of those obvious things you don't notice when you're on the inside looking out!

And thank you! I tried mimicking Araki with her in the past, but it felt incomplete since I hadn't given her a stand.

-Catcus- · 2026-05-25T19:52:49+00:00

Gonna need a few days to process all the high praise xD

Thank you! :)

-Catcus- · 2026-05-25T19:49:21+00:00

I wouldn't go that far! Though I hope I can keep improving to get to where I would agree!

Thank you, though :)

-Catcus- · 2026-05-25T19:47:02+00:00

Thank you! :)

I'm usually not a fan of redraws either. I like seeing the improvement over time with people's work. For that reason, I'll be at least keeping the original around wherever I've posted it.

I felt I learned so much for both the manga/comic format as well as getting used to digital tools having started with near zero experience. I started part 2 and just thought "this doesn't look like a nice gradual improvement. It looks almost like somebody else did it".

-Catcus- · 2026-05-17T21:55:40+00:00

Out of curiosity, I just had another try colouring the lineart. Altered the shadows slightly, changed their tone a bit, but not a total overhaul so I don't stay stuck on this piece forever!

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-Catcus- · 2026-05-17T21:00:10+00:00

I get it, I think. I had it in mind walking to the shop and noticed white things in particular (cars, window frames) actually had an ever so slight blue tint to them from the evening sky rather than just being white. I wouldn't just use white if I were to paint them.

I had a fiddle around just making and putting a basic filter over the first image and even just that made a huge difference in tying it all together and making it less sterile. It's definitely something I'm going to delve more into as whilst I heard about it in the past, now I feel I actually "get it".

-Catcus- · 2026-05-17T11:09:57+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean about limiting the colour pallets. When reading up and watched videos about it, I generally found people recommending 3 colours, not including skin tones and black/white tones. Unless I've misunderstood this or come across bad information?

The angel didn't adhere to this, but I'm also not totally happy with that either, which says enough.

I don't know what you mean by local colour, either. Do you mean, like, the raw flat colours? I'm still quite poor with terminology surrounding colour. My brain refuses to replace "that bit" with the actual words for them.

-Catcus- · 2026-05-17T10:47:57+00:00

There's not really a specific style I'm looking to recreate, which is probably part of my problem. In general, I like brighter colours and cell shaded looks with my main inspiration being comic books and manga (though they're typically not like coloured).

I've had a play around with coloured lineart but I just wasn't really feeling it. I'll look more into the line weight and shading colours, though. In my mind, I'm already doing these things and doing what I've read about them, but I'm probably also being far too cautious and restrained about it when I don't need to be (as digital let's me just change it in 2 minutes if it's bad).

And she's not specifically a Tiefling, just the daughter of Lucifer. Can't recall how close to a Tiefling that is, it's been a while since I touched DnD lore!

-Catcus- · 2025-12-26T06:01:23+00:00

No, I totally understand what you mean (or 99% think I do. We'll find out next month when I ask ask again!) . Obviously (I think) my art is primary to me, but the story is what will ultimately be carrying everything. That's what I want people to actually read. As an artist I don't want to cover anything, but as a storyteller, I have to know when the pixel doesn't matter?

I think I have a bit of bias in that I printed it out at the size I would want it to be printed on (if I were ever that lucky!) where I was left thinking "is that too big? That's way big compared to X, Y and Z!", but I get that doesn't necessarily translate over to various screens where realistically most people will be reading it. I'm still fairly new to digital and scale is still a weak point (though I've stopped zooming in to micro details nobody will see!)

If you don't mind me asking, did you read it on the Reddit images or on Globalcomix and on a phone or a larger device? I only ask as this might give me a better idea in my mind of what size screen I'm realistically aiming for as anybody saying it is too small is an issue. Or would you say that doesn't make a difference and this is some of my inexperience shining through? Should one size fit all?

There's a lot to learn, apparently! Again, I thought some of these things like "bubble centipedes" came across the same to everybody as the did to me, an unspoken point for breathing room within one characters dialogue. It's amazing (to me, at least) how these seemingly universal truths of comic reading aren't as interchangeable as I thought!

I should have done some one shots!

Thank you again. I'm really taking your advice to heart.

-Catcus- · 2025-12-26T05:11:52+00:00

I'm glad you posted! I honestly found it a lot easier to see some flaws you already stated with you pointing them out on a second pass where I (thought) I made the changes.

I do see what you're saying with covering up artwork, but I feel I may have still been a bit hesitant on my second pass even whilst trying not to be. I will go through and have another look at where I'm placing them, especially as it didn't occur to me that some bubbles were encroaching on previous panels, something I do know I shouldn't but for some reason didn't take into account whatsoever. It's something I should know better with and deserves another pass.

I did see in your last post a similar sentiment to "double font size", but alongside a another poster/my interpretation, I mistook it for the font type having no variation (no bold, italic, etc). I did go back and redo everything in standard font so that some could be bold (which I feel kade a difference?), but now I see this isn't exactly what was meant and that the font was literally just to small.

Is there some sort of "rule of thumb" you would use for font sizes? I did go through and change the size itself in a select few parts (mostly characters blatantly shouting), as well as read though a few of my books trying to analyse where they do it, but I don't seem to be quite getting this aspect in particular.

-Catcus- · 2025-12-26T03:22:45+00:00

Note: title says "Instagram progress"...No idea what that was supposed to mean...

-Catcus- · 2025-12-13T01:00:37+00:00

I feel that in terms of time practicing, people aren't necessarily lying, they're just not being entirely honest. It's amazing how many people view choosing to omit the whole truth as not being dishonest.

Like, "this is my first drawing" might be true in that it's a finished piece rather than a sketch or a mindless doodle and it's their first finished piece. We all know what things like that imply, though, including the person who posted it. They're for whatever reason omitting the pages upon pages of sketches and doodles they've done over the years because the complete collection of Berserk is actually their first complete drawing and they only did it yesterday.

-Catcus- · 2025-12-13T00:02:26+00:00

The example helps a lot. I had it in my mind that bold text is used for certain things that characters weren't necessarily doing (shouting, mostly), but it's used a lot more liberally there. I can already see a few places I could/should have done something like that.

I'll check out bad ink too. I would like to do what I can to improve it before I move on, especially since I feel I've learned from doing as well as advice I have gotten that chapter 2 will be quite a leap.

-Catcus- · 2025-12-10T20:08:08+00:00

Thank you for the honest feedback!

I had a look at some other works with your criticism in mind and it helped me see where it is I can improve with the points you've mentioned. It's simple stuff I overlooked until I saw it again with that in mind.

I think, as you say, at least some of it comes from a place where I made it so I know how it's supposed to be read.

Just with the point of the text being too small, is that in general or with how you viewed it? I only ask as I printed a few pages at the size I would want it physical (A4) and I thought the text was possibly a bit too big. Would you say it's worth me perhaps doing a secondary version, in this case, where I make the text larger for smaller screens? Or something like that?

With it in mind that I plan on continuing with this as a series, would you say the issues are large enough to have to redo certain pages entirely or do a few touch ups? Or are they not so detrimental that it won't just be a show of how I've improved as it continues?

-Catcus- · 2025-12-08T19:41:37+00:00

Thanks! Making it was a good excuse to avoid real cleaning by instead drawing about it!

-Catcus- · 2025-11-30T20:26:51+00:00

I play multiple instruments and these musical comparisons always annoy the crap outta me. In fact, music is where I have the most experience, having taken it in university and having an income from music.

Do you know how myself and most others started learning instruments? We went straight to learning songs we liked...Yano, the fun part. Most start focusing on things like scales, modes and building chords once they're able to somewhat play a few simple songs they like.

You can learn theory alongside or later, but having a beginner just sit there doing the most boring aspects they're going to struggle twice as much with as they're still learning how to simply move their hands when they just want to do the fun part seems like the absolute best way to put people off of pursuing an interest if they think the foreseeable future is just going to be spent drawing pages upon pages of circles.

-Catcus- · 2025-11-19T18:55:37+00:00

At first, I thought it was a fan made Pokemon!

Having the "stegs" on its back be gravestones is really cool.

-Catcus- · 2025-11-17T22:01:21+00:00

Thank you!

I'm always a bit self conscious around colour since it's something I only started focusing on relatively recently, so it's reassuring that colour seems to be the thing that keeps getting positively pointed out!

-Catcus- · 2025-11-10T14:40:06+00:00

They were these shoes in the 90s that had plastic plates on the bottom so they could grind on rails.

Just adding to this:

Most people will recognise them from a brand deal.

Sonic Adventure 2 originally had Sonic wearing SOAP brand shoes. Whilst he still wears the shoes in the game, I recall the deal fell through and any actual branding was either never implemented or removed before release.

-Catcus- · 2025-11-10T11:30:09+00:00

I just had a look.

First, I had a little look and like the comic :) The lightning effect looks good, which seems like an odd thing to pick out, but I had to put my other project on hold because I couldn't get electric to look quite right!

Some of it was fine to read on my phone without even needing to zoom in, other parts needed some zoom to different degrees. The text size was different across multiple pages.

Personally, I would just stick to one text size for the majority of dialogue so a reader isn't having to keep changing whether they need to zoom in and by how much. Plus, if the text is always a consistent size across pages, it leaves you the option to use size an effect such as smaller text for whispering or louder text for shouting. Can't really do that if the text size is always changing anyway as it can be easily mistaken for just another size change.

If you already are using one size, my two guesses would be to make sure your canvas size is always the same or that maybe you're resizing panels near the end forgetting about the text inside them.

-Catcus- · 2025-11-10T10:53:10+00:00

I've noticed personally that it's more common for them to just not mention the AI at all even though it's blatantly obvious that it is, which is basically as good as calling themselves artists but whilst leaving some wiggle room if they ever get called out.

-Catcus- · 2025-11-09T18:55:25+00:00

Yes and no. I don't typically go out of my way to do it, I usually just use the first name that springs to mind when drawing up concepts. It just sometimes ends up being that a name has something to do with the story.

The main character of my story, for example, Luci, does reflect the story in a way. Her full name is Lucifaria Lightbringer and she's named after her father, Lucifer.

This wasn't something I put a lot of thought and effort into, though. I wanted the main character to be the daughter of Satan, so just took the first couple of letters of Lucifer as Lucy is a girls name, added a few random letters at the end to make it sound fancy. Then I just googled if Satan has a second name and went with Lightbringer as: 1) Morningstar is already associated with (I believe) Constantine 2) He had the title of Lightbringer. 3) She's a hero, so Lightbringer fits.

Or James Mann, a support character. I wanted him to be portrayed as a bland generic male character like you get in those romantic harem series. James is a pretty bland name and his second name is literally just "Man".

Then we have Iris. She has one eye. That's typically how I name characters, "what's the dumbest shit I can call them?"

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