What do you hate most about doing your comic?

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:18 pm

....Getting started....

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:58 pm

Finishing too early?

Kasaii · Post by **Kasaii** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:31 pm

My art, also.

It really sucks, because there are a few scenes that I've just had to cut because it cannot be done with sprites. Not many, but a few. And hand-drawing, well... hahahah. At least I'm good with pixels.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:34 pm

The multiyear hiatuses are a pain. They really kill the flow.

Jeleyn · Post by **Jeleyn** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:59 pm

Black Sparrow wrote:
jeleyn wrote:My art. I'm stuck with a style that I'm not particularly good at, and I've no idea how to get rid of it! And also backgrounds, they sacre me 'cos I can't draw them. And also writing scripts that work and that are easy to visualize. And layout is my newest worry. I'm always fretting over wether it's boring or not.
That's more than one.

I know, but I couldn't say I I hate it all, because I don't. And I'd like to note that I like to complain about comicking. My crappy art and fluctuating writing
would have actually summed it up quite nicely.

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:07 am

mcDuffies wrote:Finishing too early?

I think somebody needs to put the cat out.

Hilarioushenry · Post by **Hilarioushenry** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:24 am

I use Flash to clean up my characters and it's a pain in the ass. Especially for the strips of mine that have tons of stuff in it.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:52 am

I'm not sure why, but I want to start calling you hilary.

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:23 am

Noiiseeeyyy we (read: I ) miss youuu!
*shoves noisey in a cardboard box*

and yes the getting started is a pain.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:32 am

sleep deprivation

Deaths Head II · Post by **Deaths Head II** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:29 pm

Lettering. I get an idea in my head but once I start applying it to words I usually have to rewrite the dialouge numerous times before it stops sounding akward. And I hate making word bubbles. Spending time drawing and coloring a section of a picture only to cover it up later annoys me.

VinnieD · Post by **VinnieD** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:12 am

I'd say it's sequencing. In my head it's all animated. So picking out what particular moment I should express in a panel is hard. Usually when the story gets slow because I'm doing lots of big art panels, it's because there's too much happening and I have to show every bit of it.

Though there are a few cases where one particular moment jumps out and screams "I'M A PANEL!" then it gets an even more huge panel all to its self.

Dragonmajik · Post by **Dragonmajik** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:36 am

Besides covering up the background I spent so much time coloring with text and word bubbles? One of the more irritating things I've experienced is trying to maintain consistency from one page to the next.

Applying color in general is obscenely time-consuming as it is, but what frustrates me is that the colors will start to shift a bit from one page to the next, even though I'm using the same base colors

Action sequences are also very annoying to figure out, but I suspect that's lack of experience being more the problem there.

I'd also say the slow pace for updates, but I'm finally starting to get use to that.

Game Misconduct · Post by **Game Misconduct** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:53 pm

Backgrounds. Never good at it. I also digitally edit and replace inking on certain stuff.

Picasso04 · Post by **Picasso04** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:19 am

I usually draw on large comic strip illustration boards so they don't fit my scanner. The annoying part is going to Kinko's to shrink them so I can scan. I don't mind coloring on the computer. I actually like it. But, I don't color my daily strips because I agree with everyone else it is time consuming. And I want that Newspaper look to my comics. I also don't like having to get the wording right to set the gag up. Because I think of something funny, then you have to pace it and word it right so other people get it. I'm still working on that.

http://lildudecomics.comicgenesis.com

Doublemint · Post by **Doublemint** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:54 am

Applying ziptone. It's a pain to lay down and clean-up, especially across multiple layers of linework.

Penumbra · Post by **Penumbra** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:10 am

I hate linearting so much, I'm so slow at it, but love colouring.

Legendary · Post by **Legendary** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:06 pm

Drawing non-humanoids.

Back when this was a handdrawn comic, I tended to leave backgrounds white, except for maybe a few relevant props. Since I've made the art-style, it's mostly been basic geometric shapes, which is an improvement but still drab compared to the characters. Certain props I can handle in this style, although a rapier gave me a bit of trouble, but animals make me want to die.

Stinkywigfiddle · Post by **Stinkywigfiddle** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:08 pm

What do I hate most about my comic?
That I'm not doing it for a living.