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Ow, bright. Do not want.

It's also very hard to see what topics are new/updated now. Can't you put the old theme (or something similar) back as a user choice?

I used to put fully rendered backgrounds in every frame, but I've stopped doing that, because it took a little too long, and it kind of distracts from the characters, makes the panels all cluttered (unless you make the outlines(if any) a lighter color than black). Now I try to stylize them, using as...

Most of my main characters have become a sort of automatism, but if I haven't drawn the for a while I sometimes have a hard time to get them to look right. And if it's supporting characters, I have to look back to see how I drew them before.

cartoonme wrote:Wicked cool! Where have you been hiding for the past five years:)

Thanks! I was in the wrong part of the internet apparently.

I cringe to think you'll have to wade through those first couple of crappy ones, but I guess that's how every artist feels about his early work.

Great page! I LOVE your style. Very Euro.

Jen_Babcock wrote:I really like Copper

http://www.boltcity.com/copper/copper_037_observer.htm

Just one example.

That's probably also my favourite webcomic, art-wise. Just everything Kazu does is magical. I can't wait to check out his new book Amulet.

Dinerdate is a webcomic centered around a man and his dog, who hang out in a diner most of their free time. There, they get into wacky situations with the other patrons, which include a bear and a professional frenchman. Dinerdate has been running for 5 years, and recently switched to Comicpress. Cu...

I am (maybe falsely once again) excited for this one. I don't know about the massive amounts of people (and kids?) running around, although I suppose they'll wear thin pretty quickly, judging from the massive carnage. I see jungle, that's good, and my heart jumped when I thought I saw Sigourney Weav...

Looking forward to all games mentioned, and Crysis. It's gonna be a good period for games! I'll probably need to get a better pc (or a 360) first...

I think almost everybody goes through the same thing at one point, where you start to have doubts and just don't feel like drawing anymore. But you should just take a break and don't think about comics for a while and it'll come back to you. For me, reading McCloud's books really brought it back.

Hot Fuzz is definitely a strong contender.

Very cool, Microsoft is really coming up with some fun new technology. It may still be in beta, but the Rome Photosynth demo looks very nice already. Can't wait to see the thing in full working order. remember a few years ago when IBM was marketing the Borg headsets? I really hope someday those are ...

Reports are that he suffered chest pains and that emergency responders didn’t make it to him in time.

A tragic loss. Nobody should go that early.

Now that it seems introduction threads are all the rage, I thought I'd just drop a belated Hello in here aswell, and a welcome to all other newbies!

I'd advise you to at least ink the pencils before you scan them, that gives you a cleaner line than just boosting the levels on pencilwork. And using a more advanced art program will save you time I think (although you'll have to learn it first) because you'll be able to color under the linework. Th...

http://www.comicspace.com/largopredator/
Don't really hang around there much though.

I've just finished Scott's books, and I absolutely loved them. Especially Making Comics really focuses more on the actual mechanics of creating a strip instead of just understanding how it works. Many great examples and good tips. I love it. If you're looking for a sample, Chapter 5 1/2 is an extra ...

When I ink 'analog'(so not on my tablet) I exclusively use fineliners, or at least what is considered fixed-width pens. I sketch up the page in all the detail, and just trace it with a pen. I had some great ones when I was young but they stopped making those, so I just try out various alternatives I...

This sounds like a great idea, and I hope you get the ball rolling this way. I'd like to help but I don't think my stuff is really suitable. At the very least I can post about it to draw more attention to it. Good luck with it and keep us posted!

If you want to start a comic you should just do it. I started more or less on a whim, wanting to get into webcomics, and at first, my stuff sucked. But if you obsess about your art to the point where you never finish a strip, youll never grow. The way to grow is to keep doing it -preferrably- every ...