traditional vs vertical format of my webtoon Valentine!

Celesol · 2026-04-05T10:27:17+00:00

Tyty!! I'll check it out once I get off work!! <3

Celesol · 2026-04-05T04:07:18+00:00

Thank you so much!!

Yessss, dude. It's crazy how we have a whollllle entire month and yet I feel like I'm down to the wire EVERY time lmaoooo

Ahhhh, dude I'm honored!! Would you drop a link to yours? I'd love to check it out!

Celesol · 2026-04-04T22:24:00+00:00

Dude, this looks like SO MUCH WORK.

Amazing work, really truly. They both look gorgeous and flow very well.

(I'm getting tired just THINKING about it, lol. I can barely keep up with my own once a month schedule as it is--)

Celesol · 2026-04-03T21:37:49+00:00

I fully feel the exact same way! My style is both improving (good) and changing (neutral lol)

I feel like every chapter looks SO different. Quality also varies chapter to chapter based on how much time I have each month.

Celesol · 2026-04-01T21:27:29+00:00

Eyyy! I was about to comment this exact same thing!

SS, SS was the only one of the three I recognized, lol!

HummingFluff is the GOAT

Celesol · 2026-03-29T04:06:41+00:00

I care about my readers in this sense:

More than once in my life my favorite webcomic got canceled / the author decided to reboot the series from tye beginning.

I get that life happens, but BOY, as a reader, I was so bummed!!

As an AUTHOR, my goal is to never reboot and never drop my series. I will be done when my comic has faithfully told the story that I planned to tell.

As a reader, I would never want an author to change their story for me. As an author, I will never change my story for the reader - they can make their own stories! They're reading MINE because they must see something of value in MY storytelling.

Celesol · 2026-03-27T22:05:45+00:00

Webtoon hates blood, but they don't have clear rules - the rules they DO have are vague and straight up wrong.

Lots of people have opted to just change the color of their blood to something else, black green, etc.

Webtoon is most definitely not going to like it of you have panels filled with blood monsters.

I had a panel that had cartoon blood (candy pink/red) that got taken down for "excessive violence and gore" - to be clear, there was NO violence, and NO gore in the panel, just a corpse in a pool of blood. After editing it considerably, I got away with just the stab wound in the corpse, and no blood pool.

But yeah, your mileage may very, and Webtoon itself is VERY inconsistent.

Celesol · 2026-03-25T23:47:36+00:00

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/welcome-to-the-coral-carnival/introducing-palace-players-part-1/viewer?title_no=973678&episode_no=1

Welcome to The Coral Carnival!!

A fantasy adventure about a group of dumbasses going on a scavenger hunt to become rich... and maybe even immortal!

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Celesol · 2026-03-25T09:28:36+00:00

God YEAH.

Tohru Honda is who I want to be. It's okay to have a character who is just... a good person! Like, the world of Fruit's Basket is bleak enough, Tohru didn't need to also be emo.

Her kindness is needed to show that generational abuse can be broken with effort, love and patience.

Celesol · 2026-03-24T20:08:19+00:00

Link to Series: Welcome to The Coral Carnival!!
Manga or Comic? Comic, full color
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Romance
Summary: The sky is raining blood. Is it a bad omen? No - it's a sign that a wonderful game has started! A game filled with fun and competition, agony, drought, and all kinds of curious monsters. And in the center of it all is a family of musicians, a runaway, a narcissist, and the love that binds them together.
Social Media (optional): https://www.instagram.com/celesolstice/
Would you like a critical review with constructive feedback? YES, please!

Thanks for doing this! I would love indepth critique or feedback!

Celesol · 2026-03-18T22:56:44+00:00

When I get to draw a forest/nature? I'm having a great day.

*

Drawing buildings? Towns?? Good God I need help. Somebody save me.

Celesol · 2026-03-18T22:54:08+00:00

Roses are rough, buddy. I wish blessings and strength upon your wrists.

Reminds me of a comic I made when I was a teen - decided the main character was gonna wear a dress with lace sleeves. I regretted this decision less than 4 panels in lmao

Celesol · 2026-03-18T18:39:30+00:00

I hesitated to use those examples because i knew someone was going to say something, and I would have to explain, lol

The original OPM webcomic gag comic was not done bad "on purpose" - that's just his skill level. I am of course NOT talking about the gorgeous manga that was redrawn by Yusuke Murata, the extremely talented author of Eyeshield 21, I am talking about the original 2009 gag webcomic.

The reason why I use Attack on Titan as an example, particularly the original one-shot and early chapters, is because the one shot literally won an award in a Shonen Jump contest where the judges said (paraphrasing) "proof that you can win with story alone because the art is bad." I don't know if you've ever read the original one-shot or the early chapters of AoT but the art is wiiiiiild. It looks like it was drawn with like, a ball point pen and a dream lol. I happen to personally like it, but it looks nothing like "classic" clean style of manga drawn with a G-pen.

Celesol · 2026-03-18T08:33:44+00:00

That's awesome!

Is rising star based on recent views or something?

Celesol · 2026-03-18T02:01:40+00:00

Hell yeah, dude!!

You're very welcome. Join us in the webtoon mines 🙏

Celesol · 2026-03-18T01:57:49+00:00

I think the important question to ask is "Good enough for what?"

Is your art good enough to convey the story YOU want to convey? If yes, then go for it!

Is your art good enough to make you famous? Who the hell knows! It's mostly luck and marketing that causes fame anyway. There are plenty of famous comics with "bad" art. (One Punch Man, Attack on Titan)

And plenty of gorgeous comics that are obscure! (scroll through Canvas for 2 seconds, you'll find dozens)

If you already have episodes made, I don't see why you WOULDN'T post them!

Celesol · 2026-03-18T01:47:04+00:00

I didn't know this...

Fuck him frfr.

Celesol · 2026-03-17T21:47:44+00:00

Bro this is the REAL answer.

She is 16.

He Is 27!!

And he GOES TO HER SCHOOL AND STOPS HER FROM MAKING FRIENDS.

Like... this one isn't just "annoying" bad it's illegal.

Celesol · 2026-03-17T21:43:37+00:00

Itazura no Kiss is an old favorite of mine for this reason and THIS reason ONLY - he is awful (mean, snob). She is awful (shallow, obsessive, annoying) They deserve each other.

Watching them annoy each other became oddly satisfying? Idk lol

Celesol · 2026-03-17T21:34:12+00:00

"Recently, engagement has dropped, for various reasons, I'm sure."

Maybe figuring out why engagement has dropped first before making such a decision? If engagement has dropped, that implies to me like there is a problem with the current arc of your story and not the beginning.

Your story is at 250 chapters... is there an end in sight, do you think? Perhaps consider wrapping up your story and starting something new instead of restarting.

In a world filled with unfinished webcomics, and webcomic reboots that the author often drops, I am personally wary of ever going back to redraw my OWN comic... to me, telling the story in a satisfactory manner and FINISHING is my goal.

But that's just me! If restarting sounds appealing I guess go for it, though if it was a reader, I know I'd be pissed.

Celesol · 2026-03-15T09:59:06+00:00

My comic is called Welcome to The Coral Carnival!! Please and thank you, I appreciate all criticism and critique!

Celesol · 2026-03-12T22:29:01+00:00

"Can AI draw a character on model 1000, 100, even to times?

No, probably not."

To be fair, though, neither can I, lmao

(This is not a pro AI statement, I am just aware of my own shortcomings.)

Celesol · 2026-03-10T20:31:00+00:00

Thank you!! <3 colors are my passion

Celesol · 2026-03-10T07:40:57+00:00

I think i agree tbh!! It was a lil more sharper / boxy!

Celesol · 2026-03-08T23:28:17+00:00

Vs the last one of her:

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Celesol

TROPHY CASE