Why do any of us make webcomics? There is always some reason behind doing anything. Boredom, it's fun, to become an internet celebrity or maybe even to one day turn your comic into your full time job. So what makes you update your comic?

Me, it's a mix between the fun and the fans. I just like people commenting on things I've done and saying "Hey, nice work you've got there". It's like a little reward that even one person is enjoying it. Also, seeing the pageviews on the stats page helps as well. But of course, I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun

I definitely get a kick out of it. It's really rewarding to me to have people reading and commenting on my work since my art wasn't really encouraged by my parents... so knowing that there are people who actually enjoy my comics makes me pretty happy. :)

That, and I just love to make improvements on my art. Looking back a few months and seeing what I used to draw like makes me feel better about what I'm doing now, and that motivates me to keep going.

Good question. First off, writing and drawing are two things I enjoy doing. So when work isn't quite as fulfilling as it should be, it's nice to be able to do something I enjoy. And it's also nice to be able to share what I do with others. If I can make something people enjoy reading then that's great, and if I can use what people say to get better, that's also great.

I'm motivated only by babes and cash. Wait, that's not true. My comic is my creative outlet - I love these characters (well, most of them - a couple of them are jerks that I can't stand, but I think that's okay). But I chose to start the comic rather than just write the story because I wanted to improve my artistic abilities...which were at level 0 when I started and are now very slightly better. Maybe 0.5 now. ^.^ It's pretty sweet that other people are into the story as well, but I think that I'd continue with it even if no one else were reading.

What originally motivated me was that I ran out of episodes of my favorite shows to watch. Creating stories gives me "new episodes" at my own pace. It was more of a chore in the beginning, but the characters take on their own momentum, and now the plot runs faster than I can get it on paper. It is my favorite story, and I *have* to keep it going for the sake of my biggest fan, me. (Btw, I was terrified to share it with anyone else, but now that other people enjoy my story too, that's really an extra bonus/motivator.)

I always imagined the story as a visual/"comic" form. It wasn't ever meant to be prose. I sorta would have liked a real artist to take it up, but I knew that just wasn't likely to happen, so I forced myself to take on the drawing, even if I was worse than pure suck. ... However, now I am enjoying watching my drawing skills increase too. The first time someone gave me a compliment on the "art," I was totally floored -- and inspired to improve and try to wow people, to show them (and myself) that I can do it.

Honestly, I'm not sure what exactly it is that keeps me going any more. I actually started it as a way to tell a large number of people to piss off, but it's become something that I just do it because it's what I do and I enjoy the challenge of creating and building an audience and a comic that is truly good. It's also become a way for me to relax and regroup at the end of each day. My main reason seems to change each and every day.

Why do I keep going? For fans? Maybe. For fame? Probably.

Nah, I think I found a reason to keep going. For the longest time I've been trying to get more and more people to understand that a furry community and furries in general aren't so bad. Through a comic a that has no negative influences from the community, I think I can maybe change a few minds and make some people understand the community better.

Other than that, I do enjoy it as a hobby and as a challenge. I've never kept up with anything for a long time and this might just be it.

It's a lot of fun, it's good practise since it has to be good but not perfect, and there's a story to tell.

The comments and the pageviews are nice, but I'm doing this mostly for myself.

It's nice to finally have an audience? Seriously, I did comics as a hobby for 16 years before starting to put them on the web (in 1996). And even then, there wasn't really an audience per se until Drunk Duck!

My motivation -- and my wife's, too, since she co-writes -- in Due East is to share our faith through a compelling story involving deep and interesting characters. And it's been very rewarding to see how people perceive the story and the characters and let us know how they feel about it. :)

Initially, I was motivated by the desire to have an outlet to express my frustrations. Documented in my old BK sites where I'd just post up tons of crap about hating the world and life and everything else. Rantings of some angst-ridden teenager.

Then later on, I was thinking of being a comic artist for a living. As in... thats gonna be my bread and butter. Source of income. I visioned myself working for some professional comic company and making the big bucks and being world famous. And web-comics is just like a practice ground. lol!

Then it kind of became like an extension of my social life. I love it when people comment. Like it or not in terms of art of story. Agree or disagree with the political and religious commentary that MAG-ISA sometimes makes.

In a way, as a webcomic artist, I am to an extent, some kind of "celebrity" on the internet. I enjoy that to a certain degree. Even if I'm not really big and famous in the webcomic world like megatokyo, penny arcade, and all those top 10 comics here at DD. I like that, actually.

Because I'd be worried if any of my comics would shoot up to the top ten and be visible in the front page of DD. I'm happy being in the top 200. :)

All I really have to do to get motivated, is to take walk. Or sit down and think. After that, it hits me like a truck.

What motivates me? Self-amusement, basically.

Priest_Revan
to understand that a furry community and furries in general aren't so bad.

Amen to that.
That's why I don't like drawing humans. Mostly because I want to show people how much fun they are to draw, people just think that ALL furries are bad, just because some of them choose to interact inappropriately. Which I think is incredibly stupid.
Because then the same could be said about ANYTHING.

What inspired me? Besides the whole thing with showing people furries are cool?

In the beginning, definitely Sonic the Hedgehog.
But nowadays, it seems a lot more inspired from personal experiences, and just general overall information I've gained throughout my life so far. I don't steal ANYTHING from other people's comics. I think that's almost like a law.

Also, video games give me some inspiration, same with movies, but the motivation usually comes from myself. Because it's just something I love to do. Even though I loathe coloring it.

I know that a webcomic artist shouldn't be motivated purely by fame, fans or whatever, but I really do enjoy getting feedback on my comic. I don't really mean the typical "wow, great comic!" sort of thing, but I love hearing how my readers interpret different situations and read into the characters, because it's often different from what I had in mind. But all-in-all, what really motivates me to do Faust is the fact that it's what I love to do; there's a story I want to tell, and these are the characters that I love.

It's like being a God!
I like to create my own world and do what I want without other limitation than my imagination and my drawing skills.

I was bored and people seem to like them.

What motivates me is knowing I could make a difference by expression in story and art.

-ALSO-

When people say, "you can't"...naysayers.

FAL
It's like being a God!
I like to create my own world and do what I want without other limitation than my imagination and my drawing skills.

Ah, ego stroking. Always a fun reason.

Because I want to tell a story, really.

Although it's really tedious work, you can really feel proud of it when it's done; even if it's just a four paneled, one-joke comic strip.

There's ALWAYS something to tell the world. All I have to do is draw.

Well honestly to tell you the truth, nothing keeps me going. Whenever I feel like I can draw a good page, I go ahead and draw it. The thing about this is that whenever I don't have a "spark" of artistic ability...my drawing skill suck worst than a mentally retarded first grade student trying make a doodle of Garfield. It can take weeks, months even, to get back into the mood (which is why I don't update often ).


Caffeine sometimes helps though.

I love to tell stories through words and pictures........thats about it. I also tend to create things or concepts, that are not available to me on the news stands or comic shops. So, in effect, I am creating books that I would love to buy, but can't because they don't exist.
The last thing that inspires me, is that I want to see where these characters end up, just as much as the reader, since I basically write on the go. I have an idea of where I want it to end up, but no specifics on how I will get them there. That alone, makes me hungry to tell the story, to see where it all goes. The ghost of Elvis, Buddy Holly and Conan visit me everynight, bringing me new flavors of snapple to try, and forcing me to create by gunpoint......but thats another story.
(yes.....Conan is real. He likes sugar free green tea snapple..........yuk!)

Glarg
Well honestly to tell you the truth, nothing keeps me going. Whenever I feel like I can draw a good page, I go ahead and draw it. The thing about this is that whenever I don't have a "spark" of artistic ability...my drawing skill suck worst than a mentally retarded first grade student trying make a doodle of Garfield. It can take weeks, months even, to get back into the mood (which is why I don't update often ).

Yeah, I can be like that too. Last week I tried to draw and I could barely do a straight line correctly. That's why I tend to have others draw my comics

A chance to be invited to Comic Con or maybes Otakon!

What motivates me? I always enjoyed telling stories. I used to do it in role playing games, but my friends stopped playing them. It left me without any means of telling all the stuff I got in my head, so I started drawing in order to be able to share them. The only thing i didn't expect was that I'd really love drawing (even though I'm no genius on that). Another reason was my "need" of having a good time AND making people having a good time, which makes me want to improve more and more. If I make anyone giggle behind thir screen, I think I fulfilled my task. It's all about the fun! I'd live of it if I had a chance...

More than ever right now it's sexy booby gals with nice bums, thighs and hips :)

My blood runs with cheesecake.

kyupol
In a way, as a webcomic artist, I am to an extent, some kind of "celebrity" on the internet

That pales. It's just more people knowing "off" you than knowing you.

I still LOVE comments, and I want to tell my story. But nothing matters more than the art.

What motivates me is Drawing the final page of a story and going back and reading all the way though. Its a bonus if others read along too.

What motivates me in the ending stream of ideas I want to develop. My hope that is if I make good quality comics people will want to work with me to bring more of my ideas to life and that thought keeps me going when it is tough....of course being a writer I admite it is a little bit easier but to be fair I've been challenging myself to write a story for each page of Cwen's Quest since the start of Chapter 2. I only stopped recently to focus on actually writting more of the comic & entering a fan fic contest.

What motivates me to do LOC is the fact that i want to see myself what happends in the end, i havent finished a comic myself (Server died when my first comic got to page 15 or something -.-), So hopefully i should be able to get very far on my story...

I had this motto ten years ago (damn, how the time flies).

Being creative means being a god. :)

My motivation is the need to tell the stories so I can get better at drawing so I can tell better stories that will lead me to telling the stories that I really want to tell :)

If that makes any sense :P

That by continuing my comic, I will actually finish something non-school related for once...

Well, that's the main reason...