Fanart for @geghanush 's #nalu doujinshi. I love reading it and always look forward to the next update. I always wanted to draw a fanart for the series. But never got around to it. This is my second attempt. References used with help of google images. #fictionalromance #fairytail #fairytailnalu #natsuxlucy
Do you have any advice on starting and planning a webcomic? Also would you be alright with having a few small cameos in said webcomic?
- If you don’t have your own site, make yourself a new tumblr for your webcomic, and use Geoneo’s Webcomic Theme.
- Here are some good dialogue fonts (I use Digital Strip for Clockwork)
- A4 is a good document size for pages (2480 x 3508 pixels)
- Visibility and organization is important. No one wants to navigate through tags, delve into About Me > My Art > My Projects > My Webcomic, etc. Make sure a link to your webcomic is always visible on your main blog, preferably one of the first links you see. Always have a link to it on any social media site you use.
- Promote yourself. There’s no one more into what you’re doing than yourself, and you’re the one person you can count on to pimp your comic out every update. Reblog your updates for the people in the other timezones who missed it, or the people who didn’t log onto tumblr that day. Introduce yourself in your online bios as “X who works on Y webcomic”. Talk to other comic artists, get ideas and advice from them, and share your own advice in return.
- Give yourself a schedule. Set yourself a day of the week that you’re going to update on, and try to stick to it. People are more inclined to stick with webcomics that update regularly and consistently, rather than ones that just update “whenever”. It gives them something to look forward to.
- Write yourself a script for the chapter you’re working on, and storyboard a bunch of pages in advance. Try to keep yourself always a little ahead - it does wonders for your health not having to panic before every update day.
- Be sincere. Like, talk to your fans, answer their questions, and listen to them.
- Don’t get down on yourself if it goes slow. Everything starts from nothing. Success and fandoms and recognition don’t appear overnight. Try not to sulk about “no one paying attention to my stuff”, because that turns people off pretty quick. Just try to enjoy what you’re doing, because you’re obviously doing it because you enjoy it. People want to enjoy it with you. Show them how much love and care is going into what you’re doing, and they’ll love and care about it too.
- Don’t worry. Like, don’t get hung up on things, or you’ll never get it started/done. The hardest part about a webcomic is starting it, because your brain is full of “ahhh but the story isn’t complete, and i don’t know what’s happening in future chapters, and the characters aren’t completely fleshed out, and i haven’t designed this character yet, etc”. If that mindset hung up every artist, we’d have nothing to watch/read in this world. Is the page not perfect? It doesn’t matter. Nothing is set in stone. Go back and change it later if you want.
- Yes, cameo the shit out of me in your comics, please thank you
Gray slipped a something into her mouth and looked away from her. Juvia watched as the bittersweet taste filled her mouth. She wanted to look at what she got from her beloved Gray-sama. However, warning from him cut her off. 'Don't you dare spit it out' Juvia just watched in confusion while he blushed shades of red. Truly he didn't want her to know that he was returning the favour from that day where he got some chocolates.
Friendly reminder not to harass Astruc about online episodes. Videos uploaded by fans are illegal and do not financially support the show in anyway. As such, he can’t even answer the questions without getting in trouble.
Broadcasters only buy shows that get watched. However they’re not counting views from an unofficial youtube video or an unofficial website. That’s not making them money. They’re counting the views from their own broadcast because that’s what’s making them money. You might call it greedy but it’s what pays the bills and the employees. Therefore if they’re not making money off a show, they’re not willing to buy more seasons.
This is why fans who watch subs, and even fansubbers themselves, have advocated watching the show as it airs in your country or buying episodes from itunes/amazon. Miraculous is amazing and it’s great that fans show their support through fan fiction, fan art, gif sets and all that good stuff, but we also need to support in a way that keeps it on air. This is just how the show gets funded, and how the show is able to be produced in your own language. It’s why Americans are currently freaking out about Nickelodeon suddenly dropping Miraculous for an unspecified about of time. We’re lucky it’s apparently not gone for good, but it’s not airing in English or from a source Americans can legally and supportively watch.
If the show isn’t currently airing in your country, then all you can do is NOT ask Astruc how to illegally watch the show. Please don’t bother him with questions he can’t comfortably answer. Also please watch the show when/if it airs in your country. Even if you don’t feel like watching it again and just play it in the background, you’re still compensating for the fact that you illegally watched it in the first place.
Also friendly reminder that episodes recorded on your DVR are tricky for ratings. The longer you take to watch the episode, the less likely it will count. It also won’t count at all if you skip over the commercials, because then advertisers aren’t interested in what you want. It’s best to try and have it playing on the tv even if you’re unable to watch it. Nickelodeon started airing Miraculous at 11am, when I was at church. I’d record the show, leave the tv on, then watch the show when I returned home.
TO SUM IT UP: Support the show to the best of your ability and leave Astruc alone.
When creating a character, there’s a lot of questions you ask yourself. Whether it’s an original character or one you’ve been playing for a long time, using a character sheet to get to know your character better can always be a nice idea. With its help, you’ll be able to think about things you didn’t necesarily thought about, and ask some important questions to yourself that might activate your character’s voice, or help you to get your muse back with them. Everyone has their favorite character sheets, some people prefer to have a lot of questions, some others like it a bit more vague, so here’s a masterlist of the character sheets I found on various websites and found quite interesting, plus some other things that could be used to help you see, for example, how other character view yours.
Blank Character Sheet (+370 Questions)
Abridged Character Sheet (100 Questions)
Big-Ass Character Sheet
Character Creation Form
Character Sheet by Jody Hedlund
Creating a character Bio Sheet
Character Analysis Worksheet
100 Character Development questions for writers
Create a Character Profile
Character Development Worksheet
Original Character Bio-Sheet
Character Chart for Fiction Writers
A Character Chart By Charlotte Dillon
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Detailed Character Sheet
Character Sheet Template
Character Twenty-Question Worksheet
In-Depth Character Sheet
Character Worksheet
Character Interview Sheet (First Person)
Background Questionnaire (First Person)
Characters Perceptions (How do other people perceive your character?)
A lot of questions to develop your character here
(23/05 Edit) Character Traits Meme
With these sheets, you could also try to find your character’s Jung and Enneagram Type or use the Moral Alignment tool. All of these things can be really useful to get a better grip on a character.
Then, if you’re trying to create a character, and do not have many ideas, or get stuck, I’d suggest for you to roam around TVTropes, which gives you a lot of tropes used for character creation. Maybe you could try to mix a few of these and create an original character?
Or, if you’re a skillful writer and know how to make your character different from another, make a list of characters in fiction you happen to find interesting and why. Try to keep it short. Then, maybe, try to mix and match things from two or three characters, take a character and change their backstory, to see what would change. Play with them to inspire yourself and create something new, original and truly yours.
Oh, and here’s a little guide to Mary-Sues and OCs, just in case you want to make sure your character isn’t going to become a Mary-Sue or a Gary-Stu
And last but not least, this article about building fictional character definitely seemed interesting to me, and is full of many other links that could guide you during the creating of your character and help you file one of these sheets.