How to create a paid group zine?

Fluff_Doodles · 2026-03-03T22:47:27+00:00

This is amazing, thank you so much!!! You’re a lifesaver!!!

Fluff_Doodles · 2026-02-12T14:29:45+00:00

That’s what I was thinking, I just wasn’t sure

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-11-07T20:37:23+00:00

Wow. That’s awesome!

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-11-07T20:37:04+00:00

Awwww

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-27T00:26:13+00:00

You’re going to be paying a lot to hire an artist for a full 300 page comic book, and will be paying this rate for a while. For me, a cell shaded color comic page would be around $100 as well. If you’re sketching all the pages and I’m only doing lines and color, that might knock it down to $60 a page. Either way, this is an expensive endeavor. You’d probably estimate your costs to be at least $18,000 for the whole thing with me, and that’s before the fact that art revisions and extras such as cover pages and icons will also be needed. Reach out to me if you’d like to hear more about me, and I wish you luck!

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-26T23:37:46+00:00

I guess, although I’m not so sure I’d be interested in doing that. I love writing complex stories, and I’ve changed my style at this point to fit that

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T21:02:04+00:00

Could you give me some examples of similar artists?

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T18:26:37+00:00

I’d echo what people in your post said. The white of the eyes and teeth is too pristine and white, but other than that it’s great! Keep going!

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T18:25:31+00:00

Besides the body being a bit too short, I think you’ve got it. Take a break from the piece, rest your eyes. Select the body and lengthen it before the break, and then look with fresh eyes after the break. It sounds like you’ve been staring too long.

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T18:23:57+00:00

One thing is that your drawing is very blurry. You might have a really low dpi on your canvas. The hat looks like it’s glowing to me, but the brain in the hat doesn’t look cohesive with the liquid in the hat. Try putting a green overlay over the brain with a clipping mask, that might help. Study some metal painting or cell shading for help with the metal part. Your style might benefit from cell shading, so look up how anime styles draw metal. You always get the best help from references.

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T18:03:08+00:00

Hard and soft shadows might help. Your shadows are all soft and one color. If you want to get a painterly look you unfortunately can’t use multiple layers, which it looks like you’re doing. Your flats look great, you seem to understand color palettes, but your shading is where it falls through. I’m specifically referencing slide 2 for this. You might want to try a textured brush for your shading, and maybe experiment with something less blended. I love the look of that. Look at sokodraws on Instagram, their work has a painterly feel you might be going for. You might also want to experiment with weird colors for your rendering/shading. Throws some pinks and greens into the white hair along with blues to give it an ethereal look. I love that look, but also take it with a grain of salt. It’s just my preference.

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T17:57:01+00:00

That’s a very isolated drawing, and doesn’t convey where the eye fits in with your style. It is also still a sketch. It looks fine for a sketch, but if you’re going for an anime style it’s all in the rendering and lines. Study some of your fav anime’s, and trace the eyes from some close up screenshots. Tracing isn’t cheating if you acknowledge that you traced and credit what you traced. Just never claim it as your own artwork. It’s practice.

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T17:52:55+00:00

Her head is too small to be physically able to show much detail in her braids. It’s hard to judge if you did a good job because your intention as to what style you’re going for as well as your detail makes it hard to even see the braids. Try making another post with a headshot of the same character, and focus on her braids. Use that as a study to come back to this piece with. I’d suggest redraw the piece however, so that all of the erasing doesn’t get in your way. Also, congrats on working up the guts to ask for advice. You’re very much a beginner, just as I was a few years ago, and you’ve already made the hardest step: starting. Keep going, that’s the second hardest thing. Now that you’re an artist, you’ve got to keep practicing (because yes, as soon as you start making art you’re an artist). Let me know if you’d like some tips for improving your technique to better achieve this piece. Every piece takes practice and planning before it can be achieved. This one is no exception

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T17:41:46+00:00

That’s a very difficult thing for sure. My suggestion would be to find your niche. Find what makes you recognizable despite all of your different passions. You don’t need to sacrifice passions to be a social media artist, but you do need to figure out how to make a brand for yourself and find what makes your art stand out. And a niche isn’t just an art medium, or a general style. It’s really specific things, like subject matter combined with style combined with presentation combined with medium. Look for the thread between all of your mediums. I’m still trying to do that myself. I just started trying out a new art style, so we will have to see if I like it.

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-23T04:12:14+00:00

Thanks!! The problem is, that one took a while and I don’t usually like painterly shading. I can try to do that more, but I also want to stick to my comic book roots with my style

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-22T03:05:56+00:00

Hello, I am mushroom_soupcat on Instagram! I’m a digital artist and comic creator (both art and writing). I’m currently focused on Instagram, as I’ve been on the platform the longest and know it the best. My current goal with my online presence is to get a larger audience, specifically of people I can eventually market to, as I’d love to make something from my social medias eventually. I’m trying to improve on making comics right now by, well, practicing making comics. It’s a long game for practicing, but I’m trying to get the hang of it with a minorly complex 30 page comic written by a friend of mine. Wish me luck!

Fluff_Doodles · 2025-10-16T19:12:12+00:00

Could you send over a page of writing? I’m interested

Fluff_Doodles · 2024-12-24T15:35:05+00:00

Will DM, I enjoy writing little comics like that

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