Webcomic.

[octaveleap]

Augh! I've signed on to do five guest strips for the popular* webcomic, February Gray.

I've never drawn a webcomic before.

1) Can I use crayons instead of photoshop?
2) How do you draw someone getting punched?
3) Am I allowed to give a tiny nonspeaking part to a character from another webcomic I like?
4) What if I can't draw? Like at all?

Comments

[dlobok]

1) As long as it's legible, although I'd still recommend doing the text in photoshop.
2) Hard to describe - there are a few "How to Draw Manga" books that can show you how. Look for the combat oriented ones.
3) ... iffy. Might wanna check with the cartoonist first. It depends a lot on what you're doing with them.
4) That stops few people.

[octaveleap]

1) Fair enough. Note to self: Obtain Photoshop as legally as possible.
2) Neat! I'll check.
3) Expect an email soon.
4) Yeah, but *I'M* not using sprites.

[dlobok]

1) I'm sure there are many free programs you can use in its stead.
2) Do a YouTube search on "drawing a punch" - there might be something there.
3) Okay.
4) I stand by my statement.

[octaveleap]

1-4) I love you, and I love your awesome face.

[dcjaywalk]

I don't know a whole lot about the production of most webcomics, but Howard Tayler draws all of Schlock Mercenary by hand and scans it. Try a library or copy shop if you don't have a scanner?

[twirlynoodle]

1) That would be so cute. :)
2) The trick is not to draw the actual impact but the consequences immediately after - the fist following through in the arc, the punchee thrown back. For more detail on action in a static drawing, worship at the altar of the Seven Golden Camels!

[last_highlander]

1) Not only CAN you, I think it'd be fun to see a webcomic done in crayon. Go for it.

2) The follow-through is a good image for a punch, but sometimes, depending on how comedic or dramatic the scene is supposed to be, I sometimes find the exact moment of impact to be really funny. Particularly when it interrupts a sentence.

3) It is sort of a way of signing your name on your work. But do check with the author.

4) Actually you CAN draw, and there are some comics on the web done by people who REALLY can't draw. So shuddup and make some art.