/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4712010
> I think my biggest fear is having to change my story too much. Or having to censor it. It’s not really out there, but I’d like to incorporate adult language and themes. I’m not native to America, so I worry about the western sensitivities when it comes to publishing.

Lots of people on 4chan would likely disagree for various reasons, but I think the degree of sensitivity in western publishing is generally overblown. A lot of the weirder, more violent and strange stuff is published independently or by smaller publishers, but there's lots and lots of content that doesn't pull any punches. The issue, though, is that it's not as popular as many other things, and thus some editors won't want to take a chance on it because the returns aren't as guaranteed. It's the same thing in Japan, though since a larger population percentage reads comics there, there's a better "chance" at non-standard content making it big (and even then, we in the west generally don't get to see it, since such works rarely get to the point where they gain enough of a following to warrant non-fan translation). I'm curious to see your work, but I think ultimately what you're going to have to do is put together a packet and shop it around and see what people say, as you won't know what'll be said until people start to say it.

>>4712025
>>4712030
Thank you anon, I'm glad they resonate to some degree. Character design is an ongoing process, so even if you might have missed out this time around, if you feel passionate about the story, you should sit down and do some more design experimentation. It's pretty common for the first round of designs to end up being thrown away in favor of new takes. You should post some for feedback, I'm curious about your work too.

>>4712033
Best of luck anon, there's some really neat designs there. Maybe if we both get lucky, our works will be side-by-side on bookshelves someday.