#ty btw!! i am honored u wanted my input. good luck with ur comic making!!

[tazmilytwintuesdays]

So just out of curiosity, how long does it take for you to draw one of your comics? Is it something you have to set aside a good amount of time for or can you crank one out in just a couple of hours total?

I'm trying to get a reference point on how much time people who draw comics spend on drawing comics, because if it's something I can manage the time to do I might try it out myself.

ooh good question!! for me, it honestly depends on how much creativity paneling requires, how many pages/panels it is, and what style I decide to use. For this blog, comics can take anywhere from (totally rough estimates here) 4-12 hours. anything over 6 hours I seriously recommend working not doing all in one go, but y’all know I procrastinate these sometimes khawklegj anyways.

like my january comic this year took almost no time at all (4 panels, no backgrounds, basically copy and paste)! but it took a lot of configuring even before I started lineart to get march’s comic finished (3 pages, some backgrounds, even with just flats I was trying out a new pen for lineart so it took just as long as if I had shaded akwhegk).

With that being said, it takes so long because I’m really particular with the comics I post here! I usually go for clean lineart, full color, and shading when I make stuff for this blog. I’ve made lots of comics for other things in just a few hours or even less just by being less particular, or by not coloring!

For this blog, I always know what kind of level of polish I want, even if I’m playing around with style, so I know it’s going to be a bit of a commitment. But it doesn’t have to be! Especially if you’re just starting, I wouldn’t hold yourself down to any strict rules. Let yourself explore! 

That’s like my biggest regret for this blog lol. I was new to comics and especially new to digital art so I had the chance to explore and I didn’t. I was so rigid with how I “had” to draw for so long that I ended up stuck with an art style I didn’t like for months that was really hard to shake. Creating is all about shaping and reshaping, exploration and all that! If you want to spend five minutes on something, spend five minutes on it! If you wanna tackle a multi-page work with flashy poses and whatever, go for it, but give yourself the time to make it what you want without rushing or overworking yourself! Just don’t feel like comics “have” to take forever. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. What’s important is that you’re having fun and you pace yourself. 

I overanswered your question sorry. here’s a kuma. because your epic

#ty btw!! i am honored u wanted my input. good luck with ur comic making!! #wow nobody's ever asked me smth like this before... going to use it as a reminder to stop doing these at the last minute <- clueless #•talk #•ask #anon #kumatora #oh yeah also writing takes a while for me which i think contributes a lot. the actual drawing usually doesn't take too long once I get goin #if that makes sense klahwelkhgj