Hmm, Advice?

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:06 am

After taking such a long time off, I'm considering -- just considering at this point -- starting anew with my comic. I've got a plot in mind and I'm working on some scripts (which I'd already done but decided I disliked intensely and restarted over). I actually have a first comic drawn, although I'm considering remaking it because of anatomy and other issues.

The comic is not going to be like Somesuch, although I'm keeping my favorites (read: most of the main characters) from the cast, although they've been remade personality- and background-wise.

Here's my question. If I do chance to restart the comic, should I create a new site for it, or should I use the old one? I like the idea of giving it a fresh start and a new name, but I also still have Somesuch's site.

And also, does anybody know someplace to find help on drawing architecture better? I stink at architecture.

Grayswandir · Post by **Grayswandir** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:10 am

IMO, keep the old site, but give it a new name. Easier and takes less time

Put your old comics pages in some special section of the new one.

Ida · Post by **Ida** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:39 am

Whatever you do, be sure to keep the old archives online. Even if you have only one reader (I have no idea how many readers you have, of course), nothing is more annoying to that reader than taking down the archives just because you have a new comic.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:49 am

Ida wrote:Whatever you do, be sure to keep the old archives online. Even if you have only one reader (I have no idea how many readers you have, of course), nothing is more annoying to that reader than taking down the archives just because you have a new comic.

Ditto above.

Plus, I'd check how many readers you -do- have. If you have several, you may want to communicate your ideas to them, and/or at the least offer them a closing to the old story.

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:05 pm

By this point I think they are well aware that the old comic is over. It's been over a year, I think, since I last posted a comic. I realized I didn't really have the time or the interest in that storyline any longer, and I was hung up on said storyline. But it wasn't going anywhere, and I didn't have time, and-- you get the idea.

I don't want to announce anything until I've decided if I actually will restart the comic, and if I do whether I'm going to CG it (since I don't really have anyplace to ink anymore) or do it in plain pencil, or what. I also don't really want the old to remain connected with the new, and it's a pain in the butt to move comics around. Believe me, I've done it before.

I may still not have enough time to update on a schedule (I'm trying to get out of college and then I'll have to get a job in the real world), so even if I do restart it, don't expect to see any promos for it apart from maybe my signature if I do. It's not for an audience that I'm considering this, it's because I enjoy creating characters and worlds. If it gets an audience, great. If not, so what?

Leko · Post by **Leko** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:33 pm

somesuch wrote:I may still not have enough time to update on a schedule (I'm trying to get out of college and then I'll have to get a job in the real world), so even if I do restart it, don't expect to see any promos for it apart from maybe my signature if I do. It's not for an audience that I'm considering this, it's because I enjoy creating characters and worlds. If it gets an audience, great. If not, so what?

Yes! This is exactly what you should be thinking! Yay for you! *does the dance of happiness*

Woo... too much chocolate there... *keels over of sugar coma*

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:48 pm

Somesuch, still restarting your comic, eh?

I suggest a new site.

Steverules · Post by **Steverules** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:54 pm

somesuch wrote:And also, does anybody know someplace to find help on drawing architecture better? I stink at architecture.

Basic perspective (can pick up a book at any art store) and practice. Lots of practice.
As far as your site will somesuch be in the title of your new work? If not I'd get a new site as well. It will give you some time to build your archives. Ideally you want your site to be the same name as your strip so when people visit they easily remember it. You can keep your other site and use it to post random drawings and such.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:12 pm

Hey! Welcome back! I remember you...I think.

I would use the old site, and put the old archives into a seperate place, mostly because I'm one of the many people who like to see the author's creative processes.

For anatomy, I would use "Human Anatomy made Incredibly Easy" by Christopher Hart, and practice with it at least thirty minutes a day. Perspective...I know of no good books yet, so just practice, practice, read, read, and practice some more.

Nice to see you.

CW

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:17 pm

My suggestion is to perform a hostile take over of Marvel Comics(or rather, a similar entity) and force your way into the mainstream. If thats not an option, then... you fail.

Nonetheless, with regards to the non-corporate combat scenario, I'd prefer keeping things together. I generally sign up for all kinds of shit all the time, and after a while it becomes a bit of hastle to manage and keep organized.

Having a singular hub site for all you work is just being tidy. It lets readers easily find and enjoy your other work as well. But what do I know ...

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:27 pm

I would make a new site. If you keep your old one, you're advertising the fact that you have, at least once, abandoned a comic project. If you've taken so long off, you've probably lost a good number of your readers anyway so a fresh website shouldn't put you at a significant disadvantage.

- Joel Fagin

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:43 am

Strange. I was told when I restarted to not put my old comics online, cause it would garner whiners who would rather see my old style.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:52 am

Okay... Don't take this the wrong way, but there was a time when this girl used to come to the chatroom about everyday to ask these questions and no matter what the answers were the day after she would ask them again and again.

Then she takes a time off and when she comes back... She asks them again!

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:19 am

I've mostly by this point got human anatomy down, creatures I'm pretty good with anyway, it's architecture I want to master now. And again, I may not restart my comic. It's a time issue.

I think I will go with the new site since most people seem to agree with my hunch that it's just not a good idea to associate the two (and no, the new project won't have the same name as the old one). I don't have any real need to post extra art since most of mine will be in no way related to the comic, _if_ I do restart it.

And yes, McDuffies, I restarted it a lot. Which is another reason I'm only considering at this point.

RPin, thanks for reminding me why I left General Discussion and the IRC and other Keenspace communities to begin with. It's good to see that I'm still not welcome around here. I guess that means I'll just have to hang around anyway to annoy poor little you, doesn't it?

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:59 am

Oh no! But I never said you were not welcome!

In fact, I wish nothing else than you to stick around this time and actually take on account the advices these good people have been offering you.

So... How are you?

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:13 am

Allow me to make this very plain for you.

I have nothing more to say to you than I already have, and I would like it if you would leave me alone, please.

Thanks.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:18 am

I will respect your wish. Sorry for the inconvenience.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:26 pm

somesuch wrote:Allow me to make this very plain for you.

I have nothing more to say to you than I already have, and I would like it if you would leave me alone, please.

Thanks.

What the...

I don't remember you being such... I better not say it.
I'll just assume that there is something between you and Pin that I don't know of, but this was completely unnessecary.

Mimo · Post by **Mimo** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:29 pm

*record scratch noise* whhhhhhaaaaaa?

Noxmeansxno · Post by **Noxmeansxno** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:32 pm

mimo wrote:*record scratch noise* whhhhhhaaaaaa?

That's exactly what's running through my head right now. Wasn't/isn't RPin being extremely polite? That seemed rather uncalled for.

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