/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4073449
I'm on hiatus now until November, but I want to ramp up production of supporting pieces. Specifically, I'm trying to make three small but polished looking character concepts every week, accompanied by little primary source tidbits rather than straight up descriptions. I'm also trying to write one short essay on creative aspiration/ambition/delusion per week.

I could always use feedback. I just finished the 100 page first chapter (1 of 12) of my own comic, which I post now and again on /ic/. I think I've made solid progress in a year. I'm currently going through another revision. I don't want to get lost in the process of redrawing everything to fit current polish and skill-level, but I do NOT want crappy first and second draft writing stinking the place up.

The Concord Initiative is about a young, haunted king of a declining Empire in a fantastical 18th century. He tries to spark a nationalist movement to combat the spreading hopelessness of his people; he reinstates an old, controversial program to create a propagandized spec ops team of exceptional national heroes and reformed villains. The situation degenerates.

https://tapas.io/series/The-Concord-Initiative

>>4072841
The relevant sites are Webtoon and Tapas. They both highly favor LGBT/Romance/Slice of Life, but that's just the nature of the webcomic audience, I think. Webcomics are increasingly a "Tumblr" brand thing, for better or worse.

Still, Tapas and Webtoons will host your stuff for free. Tapas has a much better UI and forums filled with other creators. Whether or not the forums have any actual value to offer is dubious at best, but you can drum up a decent amount of engagement that way if you're friendly.

Webtoon has the larger potential audience, but it has a notoriously awful UI, reader engagement, andstructure--not to mention it only accepts 800px wide jpgs. It's oriented for mobile reading, mostly.

There are other sites like comicfury and smackjeeves, but they're much, much smaller. You can start your own website, but that provides the extra challenge of getting people to visit it rather than the huge webcomic aggregates.

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>>4069087
Its not intentional; it’s ignorance. I will correct it!

>>4068408

I'd like to put out three or more smaller concept pieces each week during the hiatus of my comic, and I'd like to have exercpts of letters and such accompanying them. Do people care about such things?

>>4068403

I'd like to put out three or more smaller concept pieces each week during the hiatus of my comic, and I'd like to have exercpts of letters and such accompanying them like so. Do people care about such things? Or is it just clogging the page/distracting/offputting?

>>4060183
I’m setting all that up this week. I’m excited to start really pumping out some actual quality.

>>4059748

I just completed the 100 page first issue of my long term personal project, The Concord Initiative. I'd love some advice and feedback. I started last August, so it's a year's worth of progress. I think the quality gets better and better as it goes on, but I definitely think I made my significant quality breakthrough toward the last twenty pages or so.

https://tapas.io/series/The-Concord-Initiative

>>4049848
This month

August of last year

>>4039371
The first chapter was definitely slower than I anticipated, but truth be told, it will be a comparatively longer and slower moving project in general. Three Volumes of Three Chapters, each chapter 80-100 pages. I'm in it for the longhaul, alongside other projects.

Thanks for taking a look!

>>4039304
I should have earlier.

https://tapas.io/series/The-Concord-Initiative
http://concord-initiative.cfw.me/
http://concord-initiative.smackjeeves.com/
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-concord-initiative/list?title_no=242087

In 30 words or less:
Young, troubled king tries to stop decline of Early Modern Empire with state sponsored, propagandized spec ops team.
He pulls talent from lawmen and criminals. The situation degenerates.

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>>4038324
I'm glad to hear it!

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I have returned with progress.

>>4029621
The Tale of Jasper Gold--very cool animal western comic. Furry, obviously, but high quality. Not too many great indie westerns around.

>>3983788
Draft of the next page, which I think has a lot of promise.

>>3984043
I post on Tapas and Webtoon, and Smackjeeves and Comicfury out of a sense of obligation, I guess. I expect to finish my site in August.