Webcomic Hate

[Eve Z.]

I haven't got attacked by Solomon yet, so I think this is a good thing as he probably read my comic.
or he maybe didn't and being so unpopular is a good thing after all.

[LibertyCabbage]

I hate how all the concepts I work on are just parts of passing phases of interest that have no real bearing to anything substantial. Lately I've been considering tricking myself into believing that I'm only making up scripts so that I'll have something to practice drawing, when in reality the main reason I'm practicing drawing is because I'm tired of losing interest in projects that drag out too long due to unreliable artists.

Anyways, the main thing I hate about each of my published comics:

Freedom Fries - minimalistic and redundant style meant that I gained little skill or experience from doing it
Afflicted - I wasn't even close to being able to handle the artistic level I was attempting
Deep - I completely squandered the most talent I'll ever work with in my life
Orange Revolution - the once-a-week updates killed the slow pacing

But, whatever. I'm just doing this to practice my drawing, anyways.

[Turnsky]

Blargh, I need a crit methinks.

yes, yes you do.

[Mercury Hat]

Blargh, I need a crit methinks.

yes, yes you do.

What are you rambling on about? Did you even bother contacting a mod about this or did you just think you'd go around haunting Redtech instead? Which do you think is the correct answer to this question--hint, it's not both. For that matter, even though it's still not your place to do so, did you ever think of PMing him instead of hovering over the Who Is Online page waiting for him to show up and post?

For the record, this is what I see when I see his posts.

OH NO THE BANNER IS SO BIG

The only time I ever get an image that's 370 px tall is when I view the image, refresh, get the no-hotlink image in my cache, then browse back to the forum.

And even then I can get rid of this image by hard refreshing on the page. WHAT SORCERY IS THIS.

[Turnsky]

i could gripe all day about how that even refreshing doesn't seem to help, merc.

Edit: but, it seems it's actually firefox that's at fault here, since even clearing the entire cache doesn't help one little bit, apologies.

[Yeahduff]

I hate how all the concepts I work on are just parts of passing phases of interest that have no real bearing to anything substantial. Lately I've been considering tricking myself into believing that I'm only making up scripts so that I'll have something to practice drawing, when in reality the main reason I'm practicing drawing is because I'm tired of losing interest in projects that drag out too long due to unreliable artists.

Anyways, the main thing I hate about each of my published comics:

Freedom Fries - minimalistic and redundant style meant that I gained little skill or experience from doing it
Afflicted - I wasn't even close to being able to handle the artistic level I was attempting
Deep - I completely squandered the most talent I'll ever work with in my life
Orange Revolution - the once-a-week updates killed the slow pacing

But, whatever. I'm just doing this to practice my drawing, anyways.

You should consider the short story.

[LibertyCabbage]

You should consider the short story.

Now that you mention it, that does sound like a good idea...

[RKDS]

I think what I hate most is that I don't know if I actually reached people.

When I registered and started up this account, I'd just finished the first real run of editorials based on a long idling idea of mine. At the time, I was preoccupied with how they'd be percieved by an audience. While I'd sat on the original sketches, another comic that I strongly disagree with popped up, and the prospect of being labeled a copycat both scared and infuriated me. Eventually I took some good advice from somebody here, said to hell with feedback, and started posting my work on a large forum.

I did 30 or 40 of these drawings over the course of about a year, with another dozen or so that never got published. At first, I wanted to stand out by using illustrations to get my point across. Eventually, I wondered why I was neither supported nor threatened (usually one or the other happens in a text-based argument). Most of the little feedback I did get was positive, aside from some pricks who seemed angry that I'd drawn a webcomic about anything at all.

I think I succeeded in writing something fairly interesting, but utterly failed in selling it.

[Warren]

I hate the fact that the last year has been incredibly taxing for me, and all my artistic endeavors have suffered. Of all the webcomics I was working on, I can barely make one now.

And this used to be my outlet for venting.

I guess there's always vandalism to get my point across.

[[geoduck]]

I haven't got attacked by Solomon yet, so I think this is a good thing as he probably read my comic.
or he maybe didn't and being so unpopular is a good thing after all.

I'd be happy to see a Solomon review of my comic. He wouldn't say anything I don't already know (just use more profanities), and at a minimum it'd double my hit-totals.

[Turnsky]

I haven't got attacked by Solomon yet, so I think this is a good thing as he probably read my comic.
or he maybe didn't and being so unpopular is a good thing after all.

I'd be happy to see a Solomon review of my comic. He wouldn't say anything I don't already know (just use more profanities), and at a minimum it'd double my hit-totals.

heh, yeah, to be noticed by him is a sign that you're at least half-way noticeable

[Komiyan]

I haven't got attacked by Solomon yet, so I think this is a good thing as he probably read my comic.
or he maybe didn't and being so unpopular is a good thing after all.

I'd be happy to see a Solomon review of my comic. He wouldn't say anything I don't already know (just use more profanities), and at a minimum it'd double my hit-totals.

Despite the old adage, not all publicity is good publicity.

[CaptainClaude]

did anything particularly bad ever happen to a person thanks to solomon's rants?

[Takuun]

My comic... I've come to fear it. Or atleast fear sharing it. I am not a good artist and thus the comic started horribly drawn, and even now is horribly drawn, but I have to keep reminding myself it's getting better. My word balloons need to stop being hand written. I originally thought of doing it to better my own hand writing, but frankly it's killing the comic. Thus I need to learn HOW to use gimp or something else to put in that text using layers. I need to get all this done so that I can finally feel like I've accomplished enough to share it with you guys. Cause frankly I've looked through all yours and it intimidates the hell outa me.

[Kieve]

It's too early to tell - right now, the only thing I hate about my comic (and my artwork in general) is the exponential relationship between artistic quality and time. I started with a simple easy-to-draw concept, and wasn't satisfied. Now, each comic is turning into an entire art project that's chewing up hours of my time, and I know quite well that if it keeps up, it will burn me out long before I can even think of completing Sy's story.

[Komiyan]

did anything particularly bad ever happen to a person thanks to solomon's rants?

3 or 4 shut down their comics, whether you deem that to be a 'bad thing' or not depends, really.

[Redtech]

It can be really disheartening when you put so much effort into your work only for someone to literally skin it alive and rape the corpse. Saying that, he does make some points, although his plan is to burn and destroy not to improve or save. I'll remember to buy some kevlar gloves in about 10 years time!

Takuun, be brave! I gave myself about a year before I made any efforts to publicise my comic so it'd at least give me some time to see what worked and what didn't. Anyway, if I became concerned about how much better "she" is at drawing than I am, I'd end up never drawing again!

[CaptainClaude]

did anything particularly bad ever happen to a person thanks to solomon's rants?

3 or 4 shut down their comics, whether you deem that to be a 'bad thing' or not depends, really.

thats not being able to take a hit. so it's all good.

[Jekkal]

did anything particularly bad ever happen to a person thanks to solomon's rants?

3 or 4 shut down their comics, whether you deem that to be a 'bad thing' or not depends, really.

thats not being able to take a hit. so it's all good.

I must admit, if being unable to take criticism (or in Jessalyn Stormheart's case, the mere THREAT of criticism) causes you to shut down your comic, it can only be a good thing for the rest of us.

[Komiyan]

3 or 4 shut down their comics, whether you deem that to be a 'bad thing' or not depends, really.

thats not being able to take a hit. so it's all good.

I must admit, if being unable to take criticism (or in Jessalyn Stormheart's case, the mere THREAT of criticism) causes you to shut down your comic, it can only be a good thing for the rest of us.

I feel a bit bad about that, I was the one who pointed Jesslyn out to Lilith on IRC. Sorry man! Bring back your comic, it was EMPOWERING.