10 DON'TS of Making Comics as an ART CAREER

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - Exclusivity agreements
03:45 - Sponsor - Skillshare
06:35 - Spending too much time
07:40 - Not having a pipeline
09:21 - Over worrying logic
10:55 - Telling more than showing
12:20 - Doing everything in order
14:45 - Not hiring a colorist
15:30 - Over purchasing self-published comic stocks.
16:10 - Not hiring a book agent
18:40 - Worrying about the comic style consistency

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[Colouriel]

I really want to practice my sequential art storytelling skills (especially through comics, animatics, and storyboards) but I've wasted so much time worrying over the smallest little things and I always end up not starting/finishing the project at all. This video getting published is a sign from the universe😂💕 Thank you for all the advice!

[madisonpetri]

An addition to your point about not spending too much time rendering: if you, as say someone working on their comic entirely alone, see comics that are fully rendered and clean and polished, check to see how many people worked on it. My money is that there were at least three people working on those highly rendered comics. Don't find yourself trying to hold yourself to the standard of a full team; that's a great way to burn out.

[LunaArtGallery]

After I finished my contract with Webtoons, I wanted to see if I could break into graphic novels. But finding an agent seems so daunghting. Webcomics and printed publishers are two different worlds.

[GooTheMighty]

My ONE comic rule is “no walls of text”. If I see a wall of text in a comic, even if I’m the one who wrote it, my brain won’t let me read it, so I made it a rule not to do that.
That’s for me though. Everybody needs to see what works for them or not.

[joeyfajardo]

This was just the video I needed. I love making Comics, but I've stopped pumping out comic strips on a regular out of a stress of worrying that my stuff isn't detailed enough. I try not to "cheat" by drawing flat colors instead of a backgrounds or not coloring enough but these tips rekindled me to wanna start working and writing more comics again asap :)

thank you for making this!

[suoh_tamaki]

watching your sketching process made me feel so much better, i always worried because my sketches were rough and messy and seeing you turn those sketches into beautiful artwork makes me more confident

[wonderlandv]

OMG yea!! Thank you for making this video. I feel like getting a slap for the first point. I'm from an official webtoon that signed an exclusive agreement. You know, I'm proud and so happy, but it didn't last long. I couldn't do anything with my own IP for 5 years, couldn't even post new webtoons because they kept rejecting my new titles, and the platform didn't do anything to market my IP, I can’t do webtoon anymore it is too expensive to keep offering new title every months just to get rejected, I have to do other works to get money to stay alive. Well, I don't blame them, I blame myself, cuz I’m so dumb, now I just recently got out of the contracts, but five years have passed, nobody knows about my OC anymore. And I just need to comment here so anybody who care can being very careful about this point.

[linkachu]

#1. Don't make your main characters design complex unless you hate yourself and wish to torture yourself.

[drawingfandome]

If anyone is worried about their style not being good enough for a comic go read the comic book Piero by Edmond Baudoin i think that is the greatest example of a comic with seemingly lower skill level from an artistic fundamental standpoint still being amazing due to how expressive the artist makes the work, showing that experimentation in art can be more important than perfectly rendered work.

[artareon]

1:50 webtoon originals are also not allowed to self-publish their stuff too unfortunately 😢

[interdreamensional]

Your videos are amazing. I love how you share your thoughts about art and art careers. The advice of not waiting for the right moment is the most important advice for me, no matter if you plan to be a professional comics creator or as a hobby. I wish I hear it ten years ago.

[madameversiera]

I'm a new comic artist starting out and the problem with new artists is they need to understand and learn from mistakes. When I published my first book, I learned so many things I didn't notice before, by just drawing in the confort of my room. Having to publish a decent book forced me to be more disciplined, to learn about many aspects. Make comics, publish them, put a deadline. If you don't do it you never learn, if you don't make it happen, you never see what it could be. That's why I disagree an artist must be already great to publish a comic. No one was born being great, all artists started somewhere.

[kasiako]

Thank you for another portion of the great tips dear! 🤗💖

[Celions]

This was a much needed push in the right direction!! (and what the wrong directions are!) thank you so much 🤩

[ramses]

Thank you for the advice & the effort you put into your videos Michelle! Love the hairdo, hope you & your loved ones are safe!!!

[Ahrysa]

This is a great reminder video. I've been wanting to do my own comics for years but I got stuck in planning forever. Now that I'm almost through design school, I wanna write all of them and just go for it lol. If one isn't great, that's just exp for the next one.

[crystalcain]

This was such a perfectly timed video! I'm off for the summer between school semesters and decided to work on a webcomic. Thank you so much!❤😊

[sonwukong]

As always your advices are truly useful and it help a lot. Thanks for sharing your experiences, one of the best content on the web.

[gogotimmie]

as an aspiring artist and soon comic artist. these tips are really helpful for me Mewtrippled. been a fan of your works lately. thank you Mewtrippled😄😄

[dexterbacchus]

Thanks !!! For the advice it was all helpful as I work through my comic