New Artist

Damikey · Post by **Damikey** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:30 am

Hello there,

I am very much interested in doing my own webcomic. Can someone point me at what I will be needing to get this ball rolling? Somebody help? Please? Pretty please? I'll whimper if I need to.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:32 am

probably a pencil.

Then you could invest in a pen.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:38 am

ryclaude wrote:probably a pencil.

Then you could invest in a pen.

He'll need paper to go with that.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:42 am

A scanner would be useful to go along with the pencil and paper.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:45 am

And a graphics program to edit the scanned image.

(Why am I getting a flashback to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?)

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:51 am

Don't forget an eraser. Unless you're the ultimate artist and never make a mistake.

Prettysenshi · Post by **Prettysenshi** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:02 am

Don't forget inspiration. Everyone needs that.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:08 am

Wite-Out is your friend.

Really, just DO it. There are no real rules.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:11 am

I'd say to be safe have a backup pencil ready to use, and maybe another piece of paper.

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:14 am

And don't forget that hammer and chisel, either! You'll have trouble drawing on stone tablets otherwise.

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:16 am

A website will help. That will supply the invaluable 'web' portion of your webcomic.

Damikey · Post by **Damikey** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:17 am

And then I wonder why People say artists are insane. Ah well, ask a loaded question, jump into the chipper shredder of artistic wit.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:17 am

and when your ready, a comic genesis account.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:29 am

Don't forget a healthy supply of illegally ripped sprites, an obligatory breaking of the fourth wall, cheesecake fanservice, and a hundred million adoring fans.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:40 am

rkolter wrote:Don't forget a healthy supply of illegally ripped sprites, an obligatory breaking of the fourth wall, cheesecake fanservice, and a hundred million adoring fans.

Redheaded fans. Of whichever gender you prefer. And some of the other gender too.

Damikey · Post by **Damikey** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:55 am

well I was actually wondering how many strips should I have prepped before I sign up, do I need to pitch it, does this shirt make me look fat and if a woodchuck chucked wood, wouldn't someone have recorded the amount of said wood by now?

Altf4 · Post by **Altf4** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:56 am

also i your first comic poin out its your first webcomic and/or make it about making a webcomic.

Rianeva · Post by **Rianeva** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:59 am

Damikey wrote:well I was actually wondering how many strips should I have prepped before I sign up, do I need to pitch it, does this shirt make me look fat and if a woodchuck chucked wood, wouldn't someone have recorded the amount of said wood by now?

As many as you like, no, probably, and I imagine so. =p

Damikey · Post by **Damikey** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:07 am

Rianeva wrote:
Damikey wrote:well I was actually wondering how many strips should I have prepped before I sign up, do I need to pitch it, does this shirt make me look fat and if a woodchuck chucked wood, wouldn't someone have recorded the amount of said wood by now?
As many as you like, no, probably, and I imagine so. =p

Ah, thank you, that helps.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:17 am

the thing about doing a webcomic is that you're your only boss really. You decide when your deadlines are and how much of a buffer you want to do before you start. If you only want to update on Saturdays and spend only the first sunday every month to do the next five comics, then that's your choice. It's a flexable hobby.... though it is a good idea to stick to an updating schedual so when you get those fans everyone loves to have, they won't send you annoying e-mails about late updates... but those usually don't happen within the first year you do it.

And best advise: STICK TO IT! don't sign up and then decide that you didn't want to do it and then leave a blank page to forever rot in the server.... it saddens us. And everytime that happens, a fairy dies... and clapping doesn't save them. that's a dirty lie.