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>Made a webcomic for fun, just a hobbie
>It got a decent amount of readers who regularly check for updates
>I lost all passion for it and want to start a new project
>Don't want to dissapoint the readers
What do?

>> No.4880541

>>4880521
If theyre not paying money for it, you have no obligation to continue it. Be upfront and say you lost interest. Unless you have some devoted fanatics in your following, everyone will understand.
Unless you have an ending prepared youd disapoint them anyway, since the quality would degrade because of your lack of interest.

>> No.4880555

>>4880541
Based

>> No.4880558

>>4880541
don’t listen to the retard
hire a ghost artist to finish it and reap the rewards while you focus on something else

>> No.4880576

>>4880521
End it. Its not for your readers sake really, its for yourself. You should always try to finish what you start, in all things, not just art.

>> No.4880609

>>4880521
Make a pateron and milk it.
You have a cash cow.

>> No.4880647

>>4880558
I make no money from it so hiring someone would be a complete loss
>>4880576
But... it would take too much time I could be spending in the project I actually want to make
>>4880609
It's really not good enough of a product to ask money for it. It's just a silly comic I had a lot of fun making.

>> No.4880653

>>4880521
Just give it an ending.

>> No.4880655

>>4880647
I know exactly who you are and what comic you make. Trust me, there's people who would pay for it to continue.

>> No.4882198

>>4880653
This

>> No.4882206

>>4880521
End it, try tying it up in a couple chapters, give yourself and your readers some closure

>> No.4882217

>>4880647
>hiring someone
just give it to someone then

>> No.4882225

>>4880655
For the fourth time already, nobody else reads that homoerotic fart feet fat sex webcomic you love to read anon

>> No.4882259

>>4880647
>building a following
>complete loss
ngmi

>> No.4883495

>>4882259
Retard

>> No.4883590

Can a total /beg/ draw a webcomic? I totally dig webcomics but fundamentals suck

>> No.4883611
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4883611

>>4883590
anyone can do whatever they want, buddy. nothing is stopping you from making a comic.

>> No.4883616

>>4883495
>n-no you

>> No.4886714

>>4880521
Link OP?

>> No.4886774

>>4880521
understand youre already disappointing readers by not following your enthusiasm through from start to end.
and readers will start to see you as someone who will not finish their stories, and anything new from you is not worth investing their time in.
best scenario, pay someone to finish the comic for you.
usual scenario, move on, lose readers, lose fans.
alternate scenario, ghost and start a new online identity for your new story.

>> No.4886889

Same except no one reads mines

>> No.4886893
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4886893

>>4886889
Then link it somewhere you idiot.

>> No.4886906

>>4886893
I post on Twitter, and sometimes in random, any advice on how to gain popularity on webtoon? Or is it sheer luck?

The writing and art a honestly isn't good, but its not like terrible.

Solid 4/10

>> No.4886916

>>4886906
I'm not that great with social media either, I think connecting with other webtoon artists would help. Also, you should always take opportunities such as this where someone literally asks you to link your shit and actually do it.

>> No.4886922

>>4880521
>What do?
Fix your brain. Stop drawing for your followers and draw for yourself instead, dumbass.

>> No.4886925

>>4886893
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/liz/list?title_no=305330

>>4886916
Yeah you right, i just got alot of insecurities on it but fuck it

>> No.4886926

>>4886925
I don't put as much effort as i should,
so the art isn't the best

>> No.4886927

>>4880521
>Made a webcomic for fun, just a hobbie

>>4880558
>don’t listen to the retard
>hire a ghost artist

Hmmm. Guess who the actual retard is.
I know it's bait.

>> No.4886937

>>4886925
Art could need some work but it's very soulful and pleasant to look at so that's not that much of an issue. You also seem to have some good output so that'll lead to some pretty strong gains too.
I honestly don't have much experience with webtoons so I can't say for sure, but I would expect this to easily get a following if you got it out there.

>> No.4886946

>>4880521
just dissapoint them anon, don't worry about others people opinions and do what you want.

>> No.4886949

>>4886937
I heard that the first 3 chapter determine if people would read it, i get th consistent 20 people, but those are really low.

I was thinking of making another one, but i really enjoy my current cast of characters.

>> No.4886959

>>4886949
>I heard that the first 3 chapter determine if people would read it,
I know nothing about webtoons, this really surprises me. I didn't even look at your first chapters at all since it's not a strongly sequential storyline.

>> No.4886971

>>4886949
Read a bit more and the quality varies a lot imo. The short ones especially seem more like you weren't that inspired rather than that you had a joke in mind that works really well in a few panels. Well either that or you struggle to have the punchline really uh punch(for example in "swimming" and even moreso "pants master" the last panel is weak). I liked the ones you did in september.

>> No.4886973

>>4886959
thats just what i heard, but i wanted to make mines you can jump in anywhere

I'm just trying to figure out how to get more people interested

>> No.4886975

>>4886971
yeah that was my biggest problem starting out, i think im getting the hang of it now.

But when i started it was really bad writing in general, i was thinking of taking an improv class to learn to do punchlines better

>> No.4886979

>>4886925
not bad! as >>4886937 said, it's very comfy and soulful. I like the facial expressions

No advice on promoting webtoons, but 320 subscribers and 20k views seems pretty good for a first webtoon?

>> No.4886985

>>4886973
I skipped over the black and white dragonborn one because I'm a dumb consoomer, that was the best short-form one that I've seen of you so far. Should've colored that one.

>> No.4886995

>>4886985
yeah, i liked that one too. Like its obvious which ones are good.
Art wise, I wasn't happy with my stuff so i rushed that one out

>>4886979
Its 20k views, but its a build up overtime. Like over a year....

I only get like 20 - 25 likes per comic, so thats like only 20 people

>> No.4887017

>>4886995
Are likes really important on a website like that? I didn't like any of your stuff because I didn't wanna bother with registering.

>> No.4887021

Where do you post your stuff? What website?

>> No.4887035

>>4887017
Well i guess i use it as a measurement to success,

I have buddy that have like over 400 - 500 likes per comic

>> No.4887044

>>4887035
post his work

>> No.4887051

>>4887044
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/equalize/list?title_no=263624

Theirs is more story driven and they have alot more effort put into it

>> No.4887052

>>4887051
I like your weeby style way more than this but I guess that's to be expected from someone from here. He probably has more mass appeal with that. He is making a completely different genre though so it's very hard to compare in any case.

>> No.4887056
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4887056

>>4887052
You might be right with the genre,
Webtoons with story get more attention,
so i want to make something story driven, i already have a concept, and some characters.

i just wanna flesh it out more before i start on it

Heres, some draft of what i wanna make
just gonna be harem/Romcom with maids

>> No.4887059

>>4887056
there are several huge sol 0 story only comedy etc comics in the popular section. Your artskills are most certainly not the problem my friend, you can btfo many of the big dogs in that department. But now you'll need some sort of appealing story or such.
Honestly it's just not very funny and your drawings are too "empty" and not "information dense" enough, I have to scroll a few seconds to get past even a single half drawn bust of a character without background and such, and there's 4 of these just to tell a mediocre joke.
Your friend does way better with how he adapted his panels into the vertically scrolling webcomic format, which I understand is made to be palatable to phone users. Note how despite being worse than you in skill level presumably, he alternates shots and angles aswell as shows scenery and thinks about the way an user scrolls and places bigs negative spaces to make reading easier.

>> No.4887066

>>4887059
yeah i make them too short

You're right on the paneling,
I need to learn how to panel better so the audience can digest it

Thats why i want to start from scratch,
more than 80% of my current work is just bad panel and storywise

>> No.4887069

>>4880521
Just say you're going on hiatus and will be back

>> No.4887083

>>4887066
practise will do you good, your friend could probably help you if you asked him though I don't know how genuine he is, it's hard to tell friends they're garbage

>> No.4887092

>>4887083
hahaha, thats true
critique can be hard to give
but i appreciate it

>> No.4887107

>>4887059
>Note how despite being worse than you in skill level presumably
Really? I think his friend is clearly better, although I have to admit that I don't find his artstyle even remotely as appealing... Imho that's more a matter of taste than skill though.

>>4887056
I like the design on the top left the most. Great pose! Going for something story driven next would probably be a great learning experience.

>> No.4887112

>>4887107
yeah his friend is actually pretty good but his character style is so simple it obscures a lot of his ability. He's certainly got a better grasp on everythin that's not pure character drawing.

>> No.4887116

>>4887107
yeah i agree, they practice more than me!
They actually went to school for it

>> No.4887133

In my opinion you should continue but with less releases at least 1 update per month, and the rest of the time you work on something else.

I was like you but I continued anyway with 1 update per month in the end I reached enough following to activate the ads / rewards and get paid by webtoon and with that I was more motivated by the money and I started with more updates per month.

>> No.4887145

>>4887133
I mean i don't plan on stopping my current one, i like it alot

But i want to learn how to panel and write a story driven webtoon

>> No.4887158

>>4887145
How did you get into webtoons? Inspirations? Never really thought about venturing into that myself but it seems like a good way to get some consistency going.

>> No.4887171

>>4887158
before i started to post,
I never drew any full pieces.
I just did sketch, no painting or rendering or linework

I needed a reason to do more full color
I wanted something to call mines,
and i knew about webtoons before but i didn't read much

So basically i just did it to force myself on webtoons to post more

>> No.4887200

>>4887171
Kek, sounds exactly like my reasoning. I'll think about some premise for one, I gave you a follow on twitter, I'll probably get on that webtoon site too and give you some likes.

>> No.4887203

>>4887200
hahaha thanks mate

>> No.4887281

Link?

>> No.4887284

give it a proper ending.
-readers will be disappointed, but not as spiteful as if you just stop out of nowhere
-you won't feel compelled to go back to it if it's ended, but you can have regrets leaving it unfinished. If you want to pick it again, you'll need to make a proper sequel, which is still possible but requires more motivation so you won't do it on a whim
-you can say it's a completed project. People like completed projects. You can brag about it more than "this project I gave up on midway through"

>> No.4887684

>>4887284
cuck

>> No.4887688

>>4887684
For real. You owe no one anything, nobody is gonna be emotionally crippled if you stop Posting your webcomic. Move on and do what you want

>> No.4887714

>>4880521
finish it, abandon it, but don't leave it hanging in hiatus hell

>> No.4887730

>>4883611
this is incredible!!! they are just like us.

>> No.4887769

>>4883611
gmi

>> No.4888452

>>4887688
sounds like someone who never finished anything.

>> No.4888706

>>4880521
>What do?
If you're not Abaddon, just quit. If you happen to be Abaddon, just get rid of tha whore Allison and give us more 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon.

>> No.4891651

>>4887083
>>4887066
If it makes you happy man, I'd start over. This shows you can gain an audience with what you create which is fantastic. If you wanna keep your audience though, just tell them that you're starting a new project and ending this current one, that way you can keep the ones that stay

>> No.4891676

>>4880521
If you just say you don't have enough time or money to keep it up and open a pattern either people give up on the webcomic or you get money and you can hire someone to do it for you. Win win situation.

>> No.4891680

>>4891676
*Patreon

>> No.4891689

>>4880521
Finish the webcomic, anon. I used to have a decent following with mine, then I stopped due to laziness and now I regret it every single day.

>> No.4892620

>>4891689
thisssssssssssssssssssss

>> No.4892632

Start working on a project you're passionate about, publish it, and make an update post on webtoons that links to it. You'll let some people down, but be able to carry over some of the more loyal peeps to things you care abt more

>> No.4892674

>>4880521
Just take a break or abandon it or something.
You're not a professional webcomic artist so it's not quite the same, but I loathe it when I follow something for a long time, get invested, pay for merch or volumes and then you can clearly tell they're burned out and they just halfassedly stitch an ending to it that's far more disappointing than people ever imagined.

>> No.4892678

>>4880653
>ending
This, you want to finish it in somewhat decent manner, and leave it behind.
It's the best of both world, some might be disappointed, but imho ending > keeping lackluster series just because you feel obligated.

>> No.4892721

>>4880521
Make a plot twist within a plot twist then insert new project

>> No.4892777

Its fine to abandon it and move on, as long as you link people to your new stuff. Dave Rapoza has started countless comics that just disappeared, but had a successful comic Kickstart because he developed a loyal fan base that follows his stuff

>> No.4892802

>>4880541
fpbp

>> No.4893098

>>4883611
Profound

>> No.4895295

>>4892777
heh