#i wouldn't view learning to draw as so daunting though. i've watched plenty of people decide to Learn To Draw over the years

[gynandromorph]

Hello! Do you have any advice for someone who can't draw, who's looking to write a comic? I'm fairly confident in my ability to produce an at least semi-competent script & layout, but I just don't have the artistic ability to make it look decent without years of practice that I'm missing. Am I just pretty much hamboned?

i'm not sure if i have a good answer -- comics are an assload of work with a specific skillset required, which means the majority of artists won't mesh well with drawing a comic. artists who bothered to learn the nuances often aren't interested in making them if it isn't for their own ideas -- they probably learned just by drawing a lot of their own short comic ideas over the years. some have this skillset but they developed it for occupational reasons, so they'll need to be paid to do it, which would also be a lot of money due to the labor involved. the artists who don't have the skillset generally also look for payment. it sounds like you want an artist for a longer story, but if you're only looking for a few pages, the price of paying someone is a lot more manageable. i think your options are: 1) write it as a book to remove the art dilemma entirely 2) adapt the story to work well with a simpler, more "amateur" art style, then learn and draw that style 3) pay an artist to draw your script (this would be most feasible by dividing the story into chapters or small chunks and paying for a portion at a time and providing layouts to an artist who isn't very experienced with comics) or 4) win Partner Lottery and convince them to draw your writing free of charge as a collaborative bonding thing