Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

Well, that's how I felt after these last two attempts at making comics.
I mean, the pages literally take a few days just to finish. Now, I'm not saying I'm not dedicated, because for one of my old projects, I once spent 2 weeks on something that mostly I would use!

I think the reason I quit doing those *Including Ryu's Krew: The Beginning* is because I never scripted anything, I never had the rest of the story written down, I just kinda did it on the go.

And the artwork...
And the way I started the story...

It just never exactly worked out.
But I think I've gotten the hang of it, since I'm like, an All-in-One comic person, I just need to further my abilities as a Storyteller and an Artist.

Right now I'm working on another script, which seems to be WAYYY better, and I'm going to do some 'test' styles first.

So, with all that being said, has anything like that ever happened to you?

Wow. 2 whole weeks on a project. Gosh, that is dedication.

Hush you.

I mean, at the time it seemed pretty big. That was back when I drew comics on lined paper and such.

But I've moved on. :P

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great

I've had awesome ideas before but never followed through on them.

I am very lazy.

Usually if I have that sort of situation I think long and hard about the idea I'm about to work on. My ideas for stories are usually very short, often they don't exceed 10 pages, so I try to think and make sure it's going to be a strong work before I start. If I have any doubts I shelve it for a while.

More often what happens is that I start a story and just start to lose interest in it.

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

Yes, when I was doing "comics magazines" as a kid. I usually came up with a story on the fly, did couple of pages and either finished it with a "to be continued" or just made everything explode and everyone die, haha. Some stories did run for up to 20 pages though.

Maybe try writing the story down first?

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

My entire comic art life in one sentence.....erm...question, whatever.
I love many of the characters I've designed but I have a horrible hatred for my so-called "writing". (I don't write enough of it.) It's become a terrible disease to me, I am never satisfied.

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

If anyone here answers "no" ... treat them with extreme suspicion!

Ayup - used to do that a whole lot. A couple of years ago, I was more interested in the art than in the story itself, so I used to just draw something that looked awesome and then think up a story afterwards.

They usually lasted all of three pages. Some of them looked good, but most of them sucked. Like a vacuum.

Now that I've discovered the awesomeness that is having a good storyline and good art, I'm getting more than three pages. Actually, I have 85 pages posted, last time I looked. :)

DAJB

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

If anyone here answers "no" ... treat them with extreme suspicion!

Unless it's me who turned around one day and thought: Ok, comic TIME at long last. This is after years and years of thinking, yes, one day I will do a webcomic...one day!

I don't usually give up on things if I put a lot of work into them, but there was that one story...bear with me, this might get a tad longish.

Several (probably more like five or six) years ago I came up with this idea for a sci-fi, action/adventure story set in a ruined future ruled by an oppressive regime (yeah, yeah, completely unoriginal I know). I designed about 20 or so characters, all working with a resistance movement against the dictators. And when I say designed, I mean designed!

Each character had a complete backstory. Everyday I'd try and plan out a little bit more of their life. I knew which ones lived, died, who married who, who had kids, what their kids would grow up to do, and every single one of the trials and tribulations that would mark their lives.

Each freaking one of them took over my own life. I began to feel so attached to them that I had turned a small idea into a sprawling epic that would have dwarfed War and Peace.

And you know what? I never wrote a darn thing about them. Not one page. Because, I think, I felt that doing so would make them less personal, would make them available for anybody to take and assimilate into their own life.

And just a year or two ago, I stopped. I just up and decided that, no matter how much I loved these characters, I couldn't actually put this story down on anything. It wasn't very good anyway, at least not to anyone who isn't me.

And so that ended it, after many years of planning and deciding, I just said it was over with. Do I regret it? Not for one second. In fact, I use two of the characters I created for other things; they've been everything from fighter pilots, to pizza delivery girls, to suburban mothers. And yet they still feel right, just like I had created them years ago.

That was my, long, answer to your question, Ryuthehedgewolf.

For about a week and a half, I seriously considered doing a Star Trek parody webcomic series as a collaboration with one other DD artist, sort of like Off Hours for Star Trek.

I realized it would have lost it's charm by about, what, the 10th page?

So I decided against it...and I'm glad.

I was happy enough with this one filler I did in Due East:




Click on the graphic above to see the full-sized version.

It might be happening to me right now, but the creative process strengthens right along with it.

KATROPA was a comic I started back in 2003.

I just got tired of it after 2 chapters. lol

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

That wasn't so bad. What's really bad is that you spent many chapters drawing it and realizing that it wasn't great and all the previous effort made goes down the drain.

Eunice P

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

That wasn't so bad. What's really bad is that you spent many chapters drawing it and realizing that it wasn't great and all the previous effort made goes down the drain.

That's somewhat happened to me. The farthest I've got in a comic so far is about 14 pages. Which isn't much. But I'm still learning.

But still, all in all, I cannot wait until I get a good comic going.

Ryuthehedgewolf
Have you ever started a comic, that you thought would be really amazing, but then after a page or two realized it wasn't all that great?

Well, that's how I felt after these last two attempts at making comics.
I mean, the pages literally take a few days just to finish. Now, I'm not saying I'm not dedicated, because for one of my old projects, I once spent 2 weeks on something that mostly I would use!

I think the reason I quit doing those *Including Ryu's Krew: The Beginning* is because I never scripted anything, I never had the rest of the story written down, I just kinda did it on the go.

And the artwork...
And the way I started the story...

It just never exactly worked out.
But I think I've gotten the hang of it, since I'm like, an All-in-One comic person, I just need to further my abilities as a Storyteller and an Artist.



Right now I'm working on another script, which seems to be WAYYY better, and I'm going to do some 'test' styles first.

So, with all that being said, has anything like that ever happened to you?

I believe that your comic's not bad... But if you are not confident, why don't you try to do a self contained 1-3 pages long story? Or even a collection of self-contained stories united by something they have in common, like some strips I've seen? It may help you with he storytelling.
And I was thinking right now that my original comic, Freakenburg, isn't that great... But I won't give up, I'll keep trying to make it better every page, 'cause I like the characters and the places in the story.

The best thing to do is what freakenburger said... you should be more confident about what you're doing even though you're not satisfied but probably by time and effort working on your project you might like working on it.

You see, when I started Billy Learns To Rock, there were people saying my art sucks, the story going nowhere etc..., but did that make me give up? Heck no! I built my confidence and kept on working and till now, there are people who'll rip on your comic but don't mind them, just don't give up in something that you're doing. There will always be naysayers who won't appreciate anything... don't let them get on your head.

Capiche... however, I gotta say good luck on whatever you're doing.