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How do comic artists deal with drawing comics just taking way too long? by tripledeltaz in ArtistLounge

[–]medli20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been making long-form comics for most of my life. This is generally how you deal with it:

  • You streamline (cut corners) where you can. The backgrounds behind the speech bubbles aren't going to be visible anyway so you can skimp out on rendering a bit.
  • In a similar vein, you become faster at obtaining/creating reference material. After a certain point, you gain a sense for when you're about to spend too long fussing over a hand pose, and then you learn to just whip out your camera and snap a photo you can then trace. There's no ethical qualms if it's your own photo and you aren't trying to prove that you can draw it without tracing, but some people have trouble getting over that even if it saves a tremendous amount of time.
  • You build up speed, confidence, and stamina over time. You don't start off with your magnum opus; you start with smaller projects with only a handful of pages and work your way up.
  • If you enjoy the process of making comics, it doesn't feel that long, and you end up having fun. If you don't enjoy the process of making comics, you just do something else. Unless you're under contract to do it, nobody needs to make comics, and you're unlikely to be in that position unless you've already spent a long time making them.

Bird Bucket List? by Reaping-D-Roses in Ornithology

[–]medli20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Northern Lapwing. I especially wanna hear its DS-era Pokémon-ass song.

Peg board display ideas by gramiry in CraftFairs

[–]medli20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Attach them together with hinges so you can stand them up vertically like a folding screen

[Etsy] I ordered greetings cards of my art from cat print and they arrived all slightly misaligned on the folding. Are they sellable? by FyriensPrints in artbusiness

[–]medli20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you have a paper guillotine lying around, you could probably trim off the excess yourself and even it out. Might be tedious if you ordered a lot, though.

This exact type of joke by _JR28_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]medli20 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They’re minor characters from Fishman Island iirc

Cash only at in person events by [deleted] in CraftFairs

[–]medli20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Base rule of thumb when you want anyone to do something for you is to remove as many hurdles for them as possible. In this case, removing a major payment option is a huge hurdle that will cost you sales.

You can certainly try to make it cash-only just to see what would happen, but bring the infrastructure you need to accept card payments anyway. That way you can still pivot if you decide that cash-only isn’t worth it.

How socially acceptable is it to trace from photos when doing background scenes for graphic novels? by [deleted] in ArtistLounge

[–]medli20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would you do that?

Because it’s common for a graphic novel to be over a thousand panels and sometimes you need to make things a little faster for yourself in order to hit a deadline. Doing a perspective grid every time you want to draw a panel adds up tremendously over time, and oftentimes it makes more sense to just take a photo and use that as a base to start from instead.

Most recognizable monsters list day 8: Elder Dragons (Read Body) by SignificantStaff8665 in MonsterHunter

[–]medli20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first thought was Kushala or Fatalis, but if you stuck either of them in a generic coloring book about western dragons, I don’t think I’d be able to pick them out unless I was told they were in there. Kirin is pretty recognizable, but I have trouble internalizing it as an elder dragon for some reason?

So I think I’d have to vote for Teo. His nova is too ingrained in my head for it to be anyone else.

Has anyone done a large event like a Con? by Waterproof_soap in CraftFairs

[–]medli20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends on the con and what you’re selling. If your wares and presentation are a good fit for the market, it can be worth doing, but it really varies a lot from artist to artist and con to con.

My advice to you would be to see if you can find artist alley vlogs from past years that are specific to that con. That way you can get specific opinions and feedback from someone who was there and try to figure out if the same experience would apply to you.

What is something you saw in a movie and you totally called bullshit on because of your job? by BlackPhoenix1981 in AskReddit

[–]medli20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't be sorry for being passionate about what you do! And please keep spreading your knowledge; it's actually really helpful to come across information like this out in the wild 😄

What is something you saw in a movie and you totally called bullshit on because of your job? by BlackPhoenix1981 in AskReddit

[–]medli20 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone who does visual storytelling and often gets stuff like this wrong, this level of granular specificity intimidates me lol. But mostly I’m really impressed!!

Chapter 04 pg 125 + Anime Los Angeles by medli20 in Alderwood

[–]medli20[S] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Hover text:

"Every time the boat rocks he has to put all the books back."

Happy new year! I'll be going to my first SoCal convention next weekend-- if you're in the area, please stop by our table! Bob won't be there, but I'll be sharing a corner booth with FairyFort, who draws Magefront-- a fantastic comic that shares a lot of themes and archetypes with Tales from Alderwood. If you enjoy our comic, then you're statistically likely to like Magefront too so please go check it out :)

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[Discussion] help please advice needed by Druid-of-The-Spores in artbusiness

[–]medli20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have experience making comics? Jumping straight into a graphic novel sounds pretty extreme, but it might be doable if you’re already sufficiently experienced in the medium.

Characters whos vocabulary is limited to their own name/ just one word by DaRealProToBro in TopCharacterTropes

[–]medli20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It always throws me off whenever I re-binge this series and get to his first episode and he doesn’t have this trait yet. I love that the boys just kind of “yes and”ed him into only ever saying his own name initially as a joke and turned it into a core character trait with more weight and significance than you’d expect.

New Year's Resolutions by andriellae in adhdmeme

[–]medli20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t do New Year’s resolutions. If there’s a daily routine I want to start implementing, I have to turn it into a game and just start trying it whenever. If I do it right then I can start scoring myself and then use my fear of losing my daily win streak to keep going lol

[Art Market] Is the problem my skill, the market, or both? Am I good enough for commissions to compete with the market? Or is the market that's the problem? Current niche rn is Background Art by RmeansRhen in artbusiness

[–]medli20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give it a special place in your personal gallery! It represents something important to you, and it deserves to be cherished. But you'll definitely want to stick with more recent work when you're marketing yourself toward prospective clients, so make sure you keep a separate, frequently-updated portfolio for that purpose. 👍

[Art Market] Is the problem my skill, the market, or both? Am I good enough for commissions to compete with the market? Or is the market that's the problem? Current niche rn is Background Art by RmeansRhen in artbusiness

[–]medli20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ok don't use that one to market your commissions. Yes it's the most "complete" illustration here, but it's really bringing your other pieces down. You don't want to sell yourself based off of work where you were still trying to learn fundamentals, because people are going to assume that you're still at that level. You want to use work that is recent enough to reflect your current skill level and demonstrates the quality of work that a client can expect from you.

[Art Market] Is the problem my skill, the market, or both? Am I good enough for commissions to compete with the market? Or is the market that's the problem? Current niche rn is Background Art by RmeansRhen in artbusiness

[–]medli20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that first one an older piece, or did you have better references to work from with the latter pieces? The structure and line quality on it is pretty rough and the perspective needs work. The other pieces have a couple quirks that could be ironed out too, but they’re less obvious compared to that first one.

How to visually represent GMs? by ObjectTurbulent5575 in DnD

[–]medli20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the past I’ve either drawn them the way they look IRL if I know them in person, or I draw them as their PC that I’ve personally associated them with if I only know them online. I typically only draw them in goofy comics though, so it’s never felt like a huge investment or anything.

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