#ive also been wondering how to post this for like a year

[prof-peach]

Bit ooc but I have a question. How you do go about planing out your PLA comic? Like how do you actually turn your ideas/ storyline into comic form? Is it chapter to chapter or do you have the whole idea already planned out? Trying to find my own way in comic making so I’m just wondering if you could give any advice. Feel free to ignore if you don’t feel comfortable answering

So, at first this was al i could think to send.

because its incredibly accurate to my process.

Jokes aside, a lot of how i work is back and forth chaos, fighting with ideas until im happy with them. I will start with a list (usually not written down because im unhinged and keep a ot of it in my brain) and organise it in a way that makes sense to the situation, in this case workign with a game with an established plot...not that its a very strong one.

with a set of ideas, and a game to work around i will ramble and rant to a few choice people who i bounce well off, and also stare into space for hours on end building the ideas. This process can be days, it can be years. For context, i have some notes from 2019 about things i wanted to include that are still relevant. I have been scheming how to break and rebuild this OC for ages. Theres no correct time frame, so long as you simply do the work.

Once i have a fairly loose plan, i start to solidify the benning and the end. What is required to make a character compelling, what makes them believable, what makes them human in a way that we recognise. this isnt always a positive thing, people like to call characters who do bad things problematic, but its human nature to make mistakes and be damaged or difficult, the process of the story is not always rainbows and sunshine. For me, this hits even harder, as im trying to tell a story from the perspective of someone fundamentally broken, so showing those breaks and cracks has to be done wisely.

This is the point where i make notes about things that need to change from the start to the end. And ill say one thing, this story in particular, I have not solidly planned the middle. I am allowing space for me to come up with new ideas at points. Being locked into a dead set of ideas can be quite limiting, and as creators we consume and process things constantly to generate new stories. Id be a fool to make a plan and stick to it. everything i do is vague guidelines.

However, I know exactly how the story ends in Hisui, and where it goes to from there. And i think me personally knowing the end goal makes it easier to plot steps towards that, and some of those steps are anything but progressive.

If nothing else, the end was the only thing i saw clearly, and it has only become more complex and loaded and emotional as the rest of this has fallen into place. If you can see the goal, you can work out how to get there with time.

Regarding the chapters, i tend to draft plan up like 3-4 of them at a time, and then go in order to sketch out one after the other, so i have plenty of time to change things while i adjust. its constantly a process of seeing what you make, seeing issues, and scrapping whole parts just to redraw something better or new, unique even. I dont think a single page ive posted has resembled the very VERY first draft thumbnail ive made, and thats just how i do. Every panel, how big they are, the angle you hand the viewer, the way you light things, the expressions, this all dictates SO SO much.

Taking time over it is kind of the job, and let me stress, this is normally a job done by a team, especially the highly popular comics. one inks, one colours, one shades, one handles text, one edits, theres so many people behind it, so dont be bothered by the pace at which things are made if youre working alone like i am. One person means longer production times, if you can, spread the workload out, but its not required. Its why i always say it doesnt matter how long it takes to make, so long as youre still making.

I think its also worth noting, comics are consumed quickly, the bakcgournds and small details can be lost in the ace of the storytelling, pick and choosing your battles is wise, save your time on panels where you want the reader to shift along quicker, keep that pace high, and add in more detail and depth to panels you want to champion or get the viewers to hang around on more. its ok to let go of a "perfect" image in favour of getting content out, if youre being driven nuts by it. Again, time be damned, be happy with it. And if you can let go of petty details, id suggest doing it when possible, so long as it doesnt effect the storytelling.

I mean what else can i even say. This work is a passion project, I love it, more than i can even put into words, and i think you kind of have to, to make comics without monetary motivation. sure you can get lucky and find ways to make it big, but for most of us, its the love of the story. So maybe try not to be your biggest hater, its easy to slip into the behaviour, so try be gentle on yourself and the process. I should take that advice myself haha! but i really do mean it. This is HARD work, so be kind to yourself over it.

anyway, with a rough idea, a bunch of sketches, and time, they get inked and fussed over, i make a billion changes to layout and story, and eventually posting can happen but not after fighting with the monster that is creating. Idk what else i can say. This is not work for the feint of heart, but anyone can learn to do it.

Good luck, comic artists can always use it!

[smilebug]

alright call me crazy but. how do folks feel about an android wall-e jesskas au

[ar-mage-ddon]

happy birthday to my favorite keykid!!! yesterday!!! i'm a little late!!!

[crystalkitty1220]

Man I wonder where the leader of the fear realm could've gone, it's alMOST LIKE NEVIN HAS AN

[to-illustrate-the-stars]

(delusional voice) kamisato art: hyouka!!!!!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[j-esbian]

does anyone else feel like they need to Make Fan Content That Is Also Good And Interesting in order to make/keep internet friends so as to be worth other people’s time

[pl4n]

from a while back

[arolesbianism]

I'm starting to see ppl talk abt updating their artfight pages and at first I was like what why it's still months away and then it hit me that by months it was two months and now I'm just silently sweating as my anual side project to remake the eternal gales refs and give them all icons comes back to haunt me

[crescentfool]

2023 year in review for the nintendo switch dropped and wow it really just said that all i do is play splatoon. this is so funny

[queerlycarter]

i didn't want to add to the post itself, even in the tags, and derail it, but i just saw a post calling for support of people who are against taking meds for various reasons, and it was formatted like "here's to [blank]" and towards the end one of them was "here's to the people who are now disabled from a previous med"

and i just had the most profound holy shit that's me moment

bc about 2 years ago now, my psych took me off vyvanse bc i relapsed with my ED & because of like. protocol or whatever it didn't matter that i already have no appetite meds or no, she said she could get in a lot of trouble if she's found to have known i was struggling with an eating disorder & she continued to prescribe me stimulants

anyways and so she put me on an SNRI (strattera) for my adhd and when i was allowed to go back on vyvanse, the withdrawal from strattera triggered debilitating chronic migraines, when i'd had like. 2 or 3 migraines in my entire life before that

i can't believe i never fucking considered that my migraines are part of my various disabilities. like yeah dude that sure fucking is disabling huh.

[pepprs]

misery despair suffering etc etc

[universestreasures]

@crimsonkaiser​​​ (Look it’s babus)

“Tomorrow you will show us all a demonstration of your power, Ahmes. You must show you have what it takes to discipline your offering. If you can not, then...”

Ahmes shakes his head in attempts to remove off the echo of what his father said to him during the meeting of the elders in his mind. He should have realized something like this was to happen sooner or later, but he had been too distracted it seems by the happiness he had found in becoming friends with the human who sat next to him on his bed. Yes Toshiki being brought into Ahmes’ life, despite the awful circumstances of how this came to be, had done wonders for the mental state of the prince. He had been smiling more, laughing more, and even talking more, a huge improvement in his mental state in comparison to how he was months ago.

But that was just it. Toshiki wasn’t given to the boy to be his friend or make him happy. No, Toshiki’s sole purpose in life according to those around the prince was to bleed, to provide him with sustenance for his blood-related needs. Ahmes’ health was getting worse by the day as his hunger grew, especially since his usual source of blood being the late queen was no longer around. He instead has had to rely on Percival, who gladly offered himself up to help the prince, but even drinking his healthy blood did little to improve his condition. Human blood was what his body needed, the very thing Ahmes continued to refuse since the day he was born.

And that refusal has only intensified since the older human boy arrived. Ahmes and Toshiki hit it off fast in spite of the situation. He never once blamed Ahmes for his cruel fate, or treated him or looked at him like he was a monster. He was truly the first person to truly act freely around him, not treating him as a prince, a savior, or anything other than himself. It was a kindness that a creature like him didn’t deserve, one that reminded him of how his mother treated him.

Blasteed’s idea of this demonstration he is to perform for everyone tomorrow, however, threatened to ruin everything. Ahmes was being asked to cast Judgement, something Percival as a Liberator has told the prince about many times, on the person the prince has come to see as a true companion. He tried to fight back against the idea, saying Toshiki wouldn’t hurt him and he didn’t need discipline, but his words fell on death ears. 

The word of a prince didn’t mean anything in face of the word of a king, after all. 

“I...I don’t know what I’m going to do, Toshiki! I can’t...I can’t cast Judgement on you! You’ve done nothing to deserve that! If anyone deserves that, it should be me!” 

He finds himself fighting back tears, hands moving to cover his face. One of his hands, specifically his right ring finger, held a blue ring with a sapphire talisman gem on it. It had been given to him the day Toshiki had, but the prince hasn’t ever used it outside of unlocking the silver collar that usually was around the human’s neck but now rested on the prince’s nightstand. He hated having to wear it, hated what it represented, and hated he didn’t have the power to break it. It was a constant reminder of the power he had over his friend, a reminder of the monster he still thinks he is. 

“But...I-I don’t know what will happen if I don’t! F-Father wasn’t...wasn’t clear on what would happen should I fail, but...he looked so...angry and scary...And...I fear that the punishment is going to be worse...” His mind, of course, jumps to the worst possible ending, that Toshiki will be killed if the prince can’t control him. A human who can’t be controlled was a danger, especially around Ahmes who was frail and weak. If that was to happen, if Toshiki was taken from him by his own lack of will, then he...then he...

Tears can be seen seeping through his hands, the prince now sobbing into them as he finally lets it all out. The sounds of those cries can surely be heard through the door, where Percival had volunteered to be stationed for the night in place of the usual night guard. All he can hope is that it won’t provoke him to enter and see what is going on, for seeing what was happening would surely make things worse than they already were...

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[dexaroth]

love looking through slasher +/ horror ocs and a huge majority is black/white/red like hell yeah brother 🤝nothing beats default

[cptnbeefheart]

man idk if its depression or hormones or what but ive been crying like a little baby the last like 5 days. last night i cried so hard i passed tf out in my jeans 😭😭 

[ruairy]

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