/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3174946
Wtf is this, and whats funny about the pioneer joke?

>>3174991
It's called Questionable Content.

>>3175000
Looks terrible. I cant believe hes getting so much cash. Also i cant believe that hes a dude.

>>3175134
The writing is awful, but the artwork is what kills me. If it looked good, I might feel less discouraged by its success. Guess all ya gotta do is toss in a couple lesbians and an obnoxious child and you're good.

>>3174946
>I'm an elite artist with superior tastes. You must have uncommon analytical capabilities to decipher the existential secrets within my masterpieces...
>why is the rapidly produced webcomic with accessible artwork and a happily catered-to audience so successful?
>The world is so backwards!

>>3174946
what?

>>3175328
Even at just $1 per member he's bringing in a cool $66,792 dollars a year. Some are donating more.

but hey, keep grinding out your fundies and photorealistic "art" /ic/ so you can work 100 hours a week for $40k as a concept artist in a cutthroat industry, you fucking idiots.

>>3175334
who the fuck is in charge of running this world

>>3174946
10K A MONTH

>>3175224
LGBT community is quick to support artisr and writers that put them in the spotlight. I've only seen a few related projects being launched on Kickstarter and Patreon and all of them had below average artstyle. I'm sure there are a bunch of good projects too but as of now I think you might be right with your statement.

>>3175334
>gauges

Lord what a fag.

>>3175344
that fucking "bed" will never not make me laugh. This was THE most anticipated page that shit series will ever have, and he couldn't even be bothered to make it a good one

>>3175350
Ahaha what the fuck I just noticed

>>3175350
he didn't color the tranny's eyes either. I love how half-assed the attempt at "fixing" it was too. this is the work of a guy making over 200k annually between patreon, merch, and ads

>>3175334
>Seriously? Seriously???

Even he can't fucking believe this shit

>>3175334
Post your work.

>>3175370
here

>>3175355
^The last panel will never not make me think of this

>>3174946
Fun fact: you don't need to grind loomis heads for three years if you're capable of being productive and entertaining.

>>3175355
wait someone post the memed version.

>>3175571
But this isn't funny or entertaining at all tho
Even with good humor in the writing it all looks so incredibly flat I couldn't get past the first half

>>3175571
Indeed, instead of Loomis and skill, all you need is a time machine so you can go back to the early 00s, start a shitty, yet somewhat addictive slice of life webcomic and spend the next decade+ slowly building up a fanbase that you eventually will be able to monetize once Patreon becomes a thing.

>>3175344
most video game patreon makes more than that

>>3175584
>most
>posts one of the outliers that makes way more than the average video game patreon

Also video game development actually has expenses. Even if it's cheap indie shit. Especially if you gotta hire artists and don't do everything by yourself.

>>3175602
this, a video game is usually split between at least an artist and programmer. unless you're yanderedev then you just steal art and use premade assets.

>>3175355
First time I'm seeing the original version.

Keep in mind though he's been making this comic since over a decade ago at this point. He was one of the few who managed to corner in on the "webcomics are still cool" trends, but when he realized he'd never beat Penny Arcade in the nerd market he did the smart thing and jumped on the SJW drama wagon.
He was never actually an artist or even a cartoonist. He was basically just some guy making content for fun who managed to get in at the right place and right time.

>>3174946
Naw, that's a fuckin' joke. No way this gets more money than Alfie.

>>3175375
Make him gay, and you'll get money

>>3175580
It's entertaining to progressives

>>3175584
>>3175602
>>3175614
Hell, Fenoxo makes 20 ten thousand more than this, and all he does is write

>>3175687
how the fuck, i bet it's trash too

>>3175696
It's okay. It's mostly a bunch of other people writing for him.

>>3175687
Not sure why this is such a big surprise to you that video games make more money than art / webcomics. The by far highest paid people on patreon are video game lets players, streamers and reviewers by the way.

>>3175716
I'm not surprised that video games makes more money on patreon, though. Fuck you get that from?

>>3175716
you can shit out art anytime by tracing existing figures, pick color palletes etc. you dont have to make appearances, show your face or talk to a mic, risk getting doxxed by assholes... people are less willing to donate to cowards.

>>3175577
Which one, there was like a hundred of them. Maybe that's what it takes to be successful as a Webcomic creator, being able to create iconic moments and memes. He'll be remembered for that.

>>3175584
Oh yeah totally, but this is the most popular comic artist on Patreon. His prize options are small, but he has the most patrons of all comic creators on there, so he makes the most.

>>3175344
So is she trans or something?

>>3176995
nvm found out

>>3176240
Last panel absolutely kills me. Oh my lord that facial expression is perfect.

>>3175334
>failed artist needs to make excuses for his lakc of skills
if you can just "draw" some low tier shit and make 66k a year then everyone would be doing it, it's full of crappy comics and crappy artists. That faggots just got lucky. Meanwhile if you are really really good at what you do you can actually get a job instead of hoping that some day you just become popular.

>>3175684
the most progressive forum i go on thinks qc is the dumbest and most laughable webcomic online, to the extent that people will make threads with clickbait titles where the punchline is just that a qc page is the whole op.

>>3175375

>>3175301
OP you should read this. Twice.

>>3177132
Read it thrice. Doesn’t mean the art isn’t ugly and the writing isn’t boring as shit. Just because shit is popular, it doesn’t suddenly make it good even if the audience enjoys it and is catered to. Think of overly simplified minions, my friend. Think of Twilight. Accessibility does not excuse bad work.

>>3174946
>meanwhile Devil's Candy can't even break 1k
The state of indie comics and webcomics right now is pretty much that you have to make it as 'queer' and 'diverse' as possible, and specify every character's snowflake gender / sexual orientation (which is never, ever straight). Actual comics make pennies. What a shit career.

>>3175677
doesn't he also have another strip? some edgy thing with a ninja waifu/?

>>3177310
eh, market's a lot more saturated now than it was. QC probably wouldn't get a look in if it was created today, i bet your devil candy thing is only a few years old.

>>3177327
But then if the main requirement for success in webcomics is getting in early, the whole system's hopeless. There are creators that put actual passion and insane work ethic in their projects and they barely get any money. This isn't just them making less money than porn or the garbage in the OP. It's the difference between less than minimum wage and six figures.

>>3177362
it's pretty fucked, but we're all just scared cogs in an unpredictable machine. some people say patreon is dying out, but i have no idea what would replace it and how fucked people would be if that happened.

>>3177385
I think everyone would just fall back to Comixology.

"Jacques makes his living exclusively from QC merchandising and advertising, making him one of the few professional webcomic artists."

>>3177327
It's exactly 3 year old (first strip on 19th of October 2014) but who can say why something clicks with fans and other don't? Megatokyo is 17 year old and still has fans...

>>3177362
I wonder how many years we have ahead of us before a super-IA generates a webcomic made from analyzing everything popular on the web. And if it will be a big fail despite of being perfectly tuned for mainstream taste.

>>3177385
Holy hell I love the look of this source please

>>3175334
66k is a little above average salary. and 40k as a concept artist? what are you even talking about? You think they only make $20 an hour?

>>3175571
>if you're capable of pandering to hipsters
ftfy