>want to make a comic
>discover how it's all talent AND nepotism
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>want to make a comic. >discover how it's all talent AND nepotism
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>discover how it's all talent AND nepotism
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Good for you
Now kys
It's all talent, if you're not a natural born artist with birth talent plus connections, it's over.
>natural born artist
>he believes this
Life is DETERMINISTIC
I just don't have those genes.
>I decide how little my decisions matter
Defeatism is the ultimate form of cuckoldry. Not only are you giving up, you’re bragging to everyone in earshot about how “helpless” you are.
Read Fun with a Pencil.
DIE, DIE
LOOMIS IS A SCAM
read Vilppu
Dang, NGMI...
Nice.
You got it!
But I failed.
Stop moping and draw Puce Moment next.
I can't, I haven't drawn in most of this year.
I might have OCD, I actually do have OCD. But I can't I gave up. Even if I tried, I don't know where to start, ive tried to start over, I can't.
I'm gonna leave the thread now but I just wanna say I think you're thinking in a binary way. You should really just try and evaluate if you're doing this because it's something you want or because you feel like you have to.
And if it's the latter: Remember, you don't.
I CANT IMPROVE FRICKER I WOULD HAVE ALREADY FRICKING IMPROVED
FRICK YOU
I literally did not mention art improvement at all. Mainly because I think the issue here is more underlying than you're willing to admit. You're thinking in terms of art improvement or lack of improvement and I'm thinking in terms of fulfillment, what makes you happy and the symptoms of OCD.
And that's okay, it took me a while, too. But when you do, it's the first step to making things better. There's hope Anon.
Ok leaving for real kthnxbye
FRICK OFDIE
If all you want to do is make the thing just sit down and make it. Getting it published can happen later, or you can take the e-beggar route and set up a patreon or something. No big company is going to take a risk on a new guy's weird idea, but if you put up the cash a printer will print anything.
>just sit down and make it
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics & Mirage Studios started like this.
Literally two guys & a loan from one of their relatives used to publish an indie comic.
They had talent and nepotism
>They had nepotism
Google ‘Mirage Studios’
This "publishing company" was based inside someone's home.
The comic studio was someone's living room.
No connections was made, no referrals was given.
You have no excuse of breaking into the comic industry especially in the age of the internet where distribution is almost free.
Fishing for compliments isn't going to make you any than you are.
This isn't animation, just get a tablet and start your shit, there is nothing in your way.
Yes there is, talent. People only read the very best.
The fact that people are UNIRONICALLY reading Bittersweet Candy Bowl should tell you that people have no quality standards
I can't do it. I haven't done it yet, so I can't just do it now. If something hasn't happened before, there's no precedent, I can only fail. The odds of something that hasn't happened yet are zero.
None, I gave up on the attempts, they were statistically going to fail. I ate the attempts plus I have no talent.
>None, I gave up on the attempts, they were statistically going to fail.
You do realise if you've drawn a comic, you've drawn it. That's called success.
Just do it. Publish online or find a local scene to work with. You might not make money, but who gives a shit?
Oh, never mind. You're just here to throw yourself a pity party. You're doomed then.
Is that still going? How many cats have attempted suicide now?
>People only read the very best.
Webtoons?
Don't forget about Questionable Content or whatever it's called that anons keep posting.
And Stonetoss.
>People only read the very best.
Appeal is more important than quality.
Black person, you have clearly never opened a Hellboy comic. That shit looks like it's drawn with the straight line tool and the paint bucket, and people like it because it uses it's art style to emphasize how warped and weird it's world is. Figure out your style, no matter how fricked up it is, and write the kind of story that looks like it'd happen in your world. All you need to make a living off of it is a thousand suckers willing to pay $40-$50 over the course of a year, and we've got damn near 9 billion homosexuals for you to scrape some off. That's $4 a month, you're undercutting Marvel and DC at that point.
It's all talent and nepotism, no one would read my comic.
>no one would read my comic
You need to learn the difference between an "artistic skill issue" and a "commercial skill issue"
>People only read the very best.
You can make a comic without it being a job.
When something is your job, you want to make money, you don't want to make the thing the job makes. That's entirely why there's nepotism/cronyism in comics (and every corporation ever: they're a socialised support structure).
What comics have you tried to draw so far?
Lucky for you we live in the new World, the FUTURE.
>A World where you can get a drawing tablet for cheap delivered to your door.
>You can get a drawing program for free (Krita).
>You can post it online, for free.
>Or hide it behind a paywall and give out demos as marketing.
Wowee Poor you OP.
Nevermind I should've gone down the thread. It's this
homosexual again. have a nice day.
To anyone wondering, this is some homosexual who used to spam /ic/ with these shit threads crying about shit. He will ignore any tip or guidance you might give him. A complete lost case or some really boring troll.
STOP BUMPIN THIS SHIT YOU moronS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's impossible, even shading is impossible for me.
I could have made one of the greats comics, it's over now.
There are two possibilities
>Art is not pure talent but throwing yourself at a brick wall isn't working
>Study how to draw, read fun with a pencil, etc. Try to learn from your mistakes.
>Art is pure talent and practise will not improve
>Draw anyway because it's fun or find another hobby
I used to go through the struggle you do anon. But ultimately you can usually improve, and when you can't improve you can just find fulfillment in something else. Ask yourself WHY you wanna be good at drawing so bad. See if you can find it somewhere else.
Why did I fail?
I can't answer that. But I think you're looking at it wrong. There's no one magic trick, it's about trying to see how you can improve and learn from the last drawing you made. Iteratively.
Alternatively do something else if art isn't gonna make you happy.
Also, have you thought about the idea that you can enjoy making art even if it's not up to standard? That you can enjoy drawing for the sake of drawing? Hell, I honestly think pretty much every piece of art has someone who'll genuinely like it, even if it's "bad".
No, things are objective. I haven't made anything decent or even just ok.
Why did I fail? I have negative talent.
I disgree pretty fundamentally that things are objective. But even if they are, that doesn't change that there's people who like "objectively" bad things.
Besides, you're ignoring my other points.
Not to armchair diagnose, but have you thought about the possibility that you have OCD? Part of my process of getting over the hurdle you're experiencing was my diagnosis. The repetitive assurance seeking, the sense of hopelesness based on an arbitrary and specific goal that FEELS like it's life or death so viscerally. I've seen it all before.
You'll be at your happiest and your life will be at its most meaningful when you go from wallowing in fear and self-pity over an arbitrary goal, and start doing things just because they make you happy, Anon.
Please don't reply with something repetitive, it's actually really sad to see.
You gave good advice anon. Sorry OP didn't listen but I hope you have a nice day.
Sometimes i can’t really tell if it’s really a moronic anon suffering because they lack the discipline to learn how to draw or if it’s just some homosexual LARPing to make other anons miserable leading to a thread full of blogpost
>entering a dying industry