Sorry in advance. Usually I like to keep things sort of light but I have to put my foot down on something...
A word on crits:
In general, I do appreciate crits. I like to know when I get something wrong, or when things look off or whatever. It's good to have that info in order to improve. Believe me, I am the #1 fan of improving my work.
That being said, I am getting a little bit tired of the increased stream of nit-picking in the site comments or in emails. I think there's a difference between telling me that I forgot to shade something in or that the hand is backwards and telling me that the quality of the page is not as good as it used to be. Or that the shading looks weird or stuff like that. I mean... I'm all for improvement, but I'm not really posting my stuff so it can be immediately torn apart. And I'm definitely not posting it for the sole reason of receiving crits. I used to do that for the rough draft, but this is not it. The comments should be used to discuss the comic, not the art.
The reason I make this comic is to share the story with you. I realize my art is not perfect, and I don't know any serious artist who thinks theirs is. But please keep in mind that I did not go to art school. I did not get trained to make comics. The secret reason I can get jobs in comics/ have my work published and get this kind of recognition without formal training is because . I'm already analyzing my stuff as soon as I post it, and I continue to go back and modify pages either on site or for print.
I've been putting on my happy face for a while because I don't want to come off as an asshole who can't take a little bit of criticism. But like I said, it's getting old, and I don't want you to have to feel like you need to look for everything that's wrong. I will probably see it or have already seen it. I am where I am today because I am really good at doing that kind of thing on my own: if I was not, I would not be able to draw comics at all. And believe me, none of my work goes to print without being proofed several times. I care very much about putting out a quality product!
In summary: if you want to comment with a crit, I won't stop you, but I'd really prefer if you kept comments limited to discussion topics, or predictions, or just comic related stuff! I am behind the wheel of the art bus and I promise you that I am not falling asleep :)
Okay, thanks for listening and for reading! If you have any questions, or even if you want to tell me that I'm a dick or something you can comment here :B
(ps: new page up in a few hours)
A word on crits:
In general, I do appreciate crits. I like to know when I get something wrong, or when things look off or whatever. It's good to have that info in order to improve. Believe me, I am the #1 fan of improving my work.
That being said, I am getting a little bit tired of the increased stream of nit-picking in the site comments or in emails. I think there's a difference between telling me that I forgot to shade something in or that the hand is backwards and telling me that the quality of the page is not as good as it used to be. Or that the shading looks weird or stuff like that. I mean... I'm all for improvement, but I'm not really posting my stuff so it can be immediately torn apart. And I'm definitely not posting it for the sole reason of receiving crits. I used to do that for the rough draft, but this is not it. The comments should be used to discuss the comic, not the art.
The reason I make this comic is to share the story with you. I realize my art is not perfect, and I don't know any serious artist who thinks theirs is. But please keep in mind that I did not go to art school. I did not get trained to make comics. The secret reason I can get jobs in comics/ have my work published and get this kind of recognition without formal training is because . I'm already analyzing my stuff as soon as I post it, and I continue to go back and modify pages either on site or for print.
I've been putting on my happy face for a while because I don't want to come off as an asshole who can't take a little bit of criticism. But like I said, it's getting old, and I don't want you to have to feel like you need to look for everything that's wrong. I will probably see it or have already seen it. I am where I am today because I am really good at doing that kind of thing on my own: if I was not, I would not be able to draw comics at all. And believe me, none of my work goes to print without being proofed several times. I care very much about putting out a quality product!
In summary: if you want to comment with a crit, I won't stop you, but I'd really prefer if you kept comments limited to discussion topics, or predictions, or just comic related stuff! I am behind the wheel of the art bus and I promise you that I am not falling asleep :)
Okay, thanks for listening and for reading! If you have any questions, or even if you want to tell me that I'm a dick or something you can comment here :B
(ps: new page up in a few hours)
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