last tutorial from september: the comic shots tutorial. when i was a younger more impressionable artist, my favorite comic author said to draw comic panels like frames of a storyboard or a movie. now that i’m older and have my own thoughts, i understand why someone would say something that i feel is frequently so wrong.
originally, i had a big comics tutorial planned, but i’ve decided to break it down into smaller tutorials. comics are all about efficiency because they are so time-consuming. anything that saves the artist time is a relief, so this is simply a reference for quickly determining what kind of basic shot to use and why a basic shot might look “weird” until you give it a simple fix by cropping it differently. in art, rules beg to be broken, so don’t take it as advice you can’t go against. shot choice is very complex, but i’ll save thoughts on that for a later tutorial.
Summary:
Drama! Action! Fights of good and evil in both the world of fantasy and the world of science! In the first the innocents are protected by Arth, the Red Traveller, and in the latter the justice is upheld by Evelyn Tech, the Renegade Control Officer. But what enemies could they encounter on their adventures?
Summary:
A fantasy adventure webcomic about an alien named K whose thirst for adventure and discovering the unknown gets her in all kinds of situations, and one of those situations just so happens to be killing the God of her galaxy.
Summary: Coffee Run is a slice-of-life, romantic comedy that follows the lives of a few 20-somethings working at small businesses, such as Objecton! coffee shop, TitTAT tattoo shop and even the city, Loria, capitol. Follow Scrib, Ossy, Oscar, Garrett and Kale, among their friends and family, as they find themselves in sticky situations, despite their best efforts. What drama will brew up in Coffee Run?
Summary:
A coming of age story of a teen in 2008 East Los Angeles whos struggling with his identity. He’s supposed to be dating girls, acting like a tough guy and being a good Catholic son, but instead he’s finding himself spending way to much time online talking to a boy who’s flipping everything he thought he knew about himself on its head.
Kate Blast! (Site) (Tapas) (Warning: Dysphoria and Mental Illness)
Summary:
After an ancient relic called the Burning Heart chooses Kate Blast to be one of its Guardians, an alien army has arrived seeking the magical powers of the Burning Heart. Kate must find the other guardians to protect the Earth from destruction, all while maintaining a balanced adult life.
Kuro Shouri (Site) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Smackjeeves) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, Needles/Syringes, and Violence)
Summary:
Hisaki and Yasha are an odd pair of friends: Hisaki is quiet, distant, and possibly keeping secrets from everyone, while Yasha is loud, violent, and in serious need of anger management. As they try to deal with each other, they soon find that creatures are after them for something they know nothing about: a demon supposedly hiding within one of them.
Summary:
Tara has been trying to forget things about her childhood city. After the magnificent idea of going back there five years later to study college, she founds out that forgetting is not an option anymore. Each memory is a step to find who she really is.
Summary:
Mia Amano is learning to be a witch like her mother, but she has one problem- she’s a huge scaredy cat. When she meets a ghost while gathering ingredients, she runs away, but is quickly drawn back. Soon she’s falling fast for Eddie, and helping the ghost girl try to discover the secrets of her forgotten past. All the while, she struggles to learn about this new ESP that’s awakened in her- what some witches call ‘necromancy’.
Midnight Bite (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, and Violence)
Summary: Two different high school students kill their parents on the same night. Working together, they somehow get away with the murders, but things don’t go back to normal and the school’s field hockey team becomes unwittingly involved in the dangerous obsessions that develop.
Summary:
Sentry Schadow was born eighty years after the world was ravaged by war. He is a Kan, or a person that is born with miraculous and often terrifying powers and abilities. But, is he really like the others? Kans grow up and protect their city from threats, with a spirit animal at their side. However, Sentry isn’t so sure this is the life he wants.
Sink Your Hookteeth (Site) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Nonsexual Nudity, and Violence)
Summary:
A Cosmic Horror/Love story about eldritch merfolk that fall for a pair of humans, meanwhile those humans want to catch and study mermaids to cure a supernatural illness.
Summary: A highly stylised comic featuring my “spidersona” Star Spinner. it tells the origin story of her unique swinging style as she learns to be a spider superhero while dealing with a chronic shoulder injury
Splitting Image (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Death, Mental Illness, Self Harm, and Violence)
Summary:
A story about atonement in a magic kingdom, where not all is what it seems. Once a threat to the world, Prince Mortimer was given a second chance, and the sorcerer can change from ex-villainous outcast to something better by uncovering a mysterious threat - and both his past and present will test him.
Super Butch ( @superbutch) (Site) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Violence)
Created by:
After the boy he loved is killed unfairly by a superhero, David Samuels refuses to join the heroes despite having the ability to turn invisible at will.
Winter Warmth (Site) (Webtoons) (Warning: Alcohol, Death, and Violence)
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. Most if not all of the comics mentioned rely on word of mouth to grow their audiences. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by spreading the word!
Summary:
Drama! Action! Fights of good and evil in both the world of fantasy and the world of science! In the first the innocents are protected by Arth, the Red Traveller, and in the latter the justice is upheld by Evelyn Tech, the Renegade Control Officer. But what enemies could they encounter on their adventures?
Summary:
A fantasy adventure webcomic about an alien named K whose thirst for adventure and discovering the unknown gets her in all kinds of situations, and one of those situations just so happens to be killing the God of her galaxy.
Summary: Coffee Run is a slice-of-life, romantic comedy that follows the lives of a few 20-somethings working at small businesses, such as Objecton! coffee shop, TitTAT tattoo shop and even the city, Loria, capitol. Follow Scrib, Ossy, Oscar, Garrett and Kale, among their friends and family, as they find themselves in sticky situations, despite their best efforts. What drama will brew up in Coffee Run?
Summary:
A coming of age story of a teen in 2008 East Los Angeles whos struggling with his identity. He’s supposed to be dating girls, acting like a tough guy and being a good Catholic son, but instead he’s finding himself spending way to much time online talking to a boy who’s flipping everything he thought he knew about himself on its head.
Kate Blast! (Site) (Tapas) (Warning: Dysphoria and Mental Illness)
Summary:
After an ancient relic called the Burning Heart chooses Kate Blast to be one of its Guardians, an alien army has arrived seeking the magical powers of the Burning Heart. Kate must find the other guardians to protect the Earth from destruction, all while maintaining a balanced adult life.
Kuro Shouri (Site) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Smackjeeves) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, Needles/Syringes, and Violence)
Summary:
Hisaki and Yasha are an odd pair of friends: Hisaki is quiet, distant, and possibly keeping secrets from everyone, while Yasha is loud, violent, and in serious need of anger management. As they try to deal with each other, they soon find that creatures are after them for something they know nothing about: a demon supposedly hiding within one of them.
Summary:
Tara has been trying to forget things about her childhood city. After the magnificent idea of going back there five years later to study college, she founds out that forgetting is not an option anymore. Each memory is a step to find who she really is.
Summary:
Mia Amano is learning to be a witch like her mother, but she has one problem- she’s a huge scaredy cat. When she meets a ghost while gathering ingredients, she runs away, but is quickly drawn back. Soon she’s falling fast for Eddie, and helping the ghost girl try to discover the secrets of her forgotten past. All the while, she struggles to learn about this new ESP that’s awakened in her- what some witches call ‘necromancy’.
Midnight Bite (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, and Violence)
Summary: Two different high school students kill their parents on the same night. Working together, they somehow get away with the murders, but things don’t go back to normal and the school’s field hockey team becomes unwittingly involved in the dangerous obsessions that develop.
Summary:
Sentry Schadow was born eighty years after the world was ravaged by war. He is a Kan, or a person that is born with miraculous and often terrifying powers and abilities. But, is he really like the others? Kans grow up and protect their city from threats, with a spirit animal at their side. However, Sentry isn’t so sure this is the life he wants.
Sink Your Hookteeth (Site) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Nonsexual Nudity, and Violence)
Summary:
A Cosmic Horror/Love story about eldritch merfolk that fall for a pair of humans, meanwhile those humans want to catch and study mermaids to cure a supernatural illness.
Summary: A highly stylised comic featuring my “spidersona” Star Spinner. it tells the origin story of her unique swinging style as she learns to be a spider superhero while dealing with a chronic shoulder injury
Splitting Image (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Death, Mental Illness, Self Harm, and Violence)
Summary:
A story about atonement in a magic kingdom, where not all is what it seems. Once a threat to the world, Prince Mortimer was given a second chance, and the sorcerer can change from ex-villainous outcast to something better by uncovering a mysterious threat - and both his past and present will test him.
Super Butch ( @superbutch) (Site) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Violence)
Created by:
After the boy he loved is killed unfairly by a superhero, David Samuels refuses to join the heroes despite having the ability to turn invisible at will.
Winter Warmth (Site) (Webtoons) (Warning: Alcohol, Death, and Violence)
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. Most if not all of the comics mentioned rely on word of mouth to grow their audiences. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by spreading the word!
🌟🕷 “slingshot" 🌟🕷 a star spinner spidersona 7pg mini-comic! exploring her chronic pain and disability, supportive girlfriend, and how she developed her own spider swinging style!
finally releasing this comic free-to-read! slingshot was released months ahead for my patrons, who saw wips and tutorials during production. you can see all of that and more for just a few dollars on patreon! you also get free access to a PDF version; or you can buy it for $3 on our brand new itchio!
thank you for all your support! if you enjoyed this comic or like star spinner, consider reblogging to show your support!! if people like seeing more of her and comics like this, I’d love to do some more! 💝🕸
I’m currently working on a google form for webcomic submissions. I know I use a lot of information in my submissions so I want to make submissions as clear and easy to fill out as possible.
The only piece of information I’m stumped on how to integrate into a google forms format is pictures. It’s a huge help when creators can supply pictures I can use for the tagpacker icons and banners, and I can do links but not direct pictures.
Does anyone have any ideas of how I can add a picture question via google forms?
It is with great pleasure to announce that The Shufflers website received a fantastic facelift thanks to the The Hiveworks tech and design crew! Some pages still need organization (the gallery) and banner ads will need updating. I hope you enjoy this new comic viewing experience!
