Another Attempt To Draw My Oc As An Animal Crossing Character. I Can See Some Improvement, Fortunately.

I FUCKING LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY MIGHT😢 VERIN LOOKS LIKE "I want that" AND I LOVE IT! RAPH JUST LOOKS ANNOYED BUT HE KNOW HE WANTS THAT HUNK, HE JIST NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT FEELINGS! GOD DO I LOVE DA GAY BBYS😭💕💕💕💕💕 AND IMA KEEP SAYING IT BUT I LOVE THE DRAWING SM!

Babies. They're babies. I love them.

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I'm sorry if I'm bothering you, but I started to work on a comic, and as you are making a comic yourself, I was wondering if you could give any comic making tips? (Again, sorry if I'm being bothersome-)

You are not bothering me! I am willing to give you some advice on making a comic!

Here's some personal tips I have that might come in handy;

Type of comic style : there are multiple type of comics styles from clattering boxes to scrolling boxes, it depends on your viewers and how you place them. Let me give you an example;

Clattering boxes is when you create comic boxes in certain orders. Most readers go from Left to Right when reading so be sure to make it obvious on where the story is going, don't add too many boxes because you need space for speech bubbles. (Example, Cigar and News);

As you can see from the red arrows, readers focus from the left to right(unless it's a manga/Japanese comic then it's right to left) so focus on how it flows from the boxes. I suggest have small boxes for simple scenes and big spaces/big boxes for a heavy scene(heavy dialogue, important action, etc)

You can see online comics as examples from how they place their boxes.

The only flaw here is when placing dialogue, so it's best to Sketch the speech bubbles first and see if it fits or not.

Do not make too much boxes!! Make space for dialogue and action!! you'll end up covering your characters/scenes with speech bubbles.

Scrolling Boxes is mostly found to comics that you view through your phone, let's take Webtoon and an example. A lot of Webtoon comics don't clatter their boxes beside each other, they place their boxes under each other with some space. (Example, Crisis AU)

Readers can simply scroll down to follow the story line, I personally find this easier to make dialogue and not have difficulty on forcing boxes together.

I used to have a Webtoon and made a short-lived comic series by using the Scrolling box style. This can be helpful to readers who have trouble following dialogue and easier to read while scrolling(mobile and website)

Make space!! It is important to create space between the boxes to put dialogue and tension!!

Dialogue : it is the important to type out dialogue to avoid spelling mistakes and/or grammar mistakes. It is common to accidentally write misleading dialogue that avoids the main topic of the story, so please write it down on a word document and see if it fits your planned comic or not.

I suggest reading fanfiction, books, an/or poetry to spice up your dialogues. Using metaphors makes a character sound unique and smart, not only that, it brings tension as well;

"Don't make me angry" sounds bland right? Not threatening enough. let's spice it up!

"You either run away or face the consequences"

Or

"I have the ability to make your life a living hell, so I beg of you to make the right decision, or else..."

Sure, these are too many words but that's the point of tension and character! Have you seen any dramas? There's a lot of dialogue out into and they want to make sure that viewers get enough information from the situation and what the character is all about.

(Example, All Time Low)

You see this? This isn't dialogue but a poetic description of the situation. It is important to read some books that uses clever poetry/metaphors to explain the situation with style!

And this, (Example, Cigar and News)

"I thought I was simply poking a dead horse but turns out that horse came out alive"

A play of words in a common metaphor, if you know how metaphors works then you can play some words to describe something with such fashion.

"It's raining cats and dogs" popular right? What about this;

"It feels like the sky's tears had turned into small pebbles"

Play with words! Explain the situation! Give your dialogue some style depending on the character!

Do make sure to separate some sentences to give them space, we can't have a huge speech bubble cover half of the picture, right?

Storytelling : a bit similar to the dialogue part but this is really important to any type of story you are working on. Since most comics don't have narratives(aside from introductions and the mind of the protagonist), you have to tell the story through scene and action.

Read any stories that tell you a precise description of their surrounding?draw it. it doesn't have to be big, make multiple scenes and don't get too carried away when it comes to background.

You want to express it through different ways, from body language to the atmosphere itself. You can easily explain a scenery by color schemes or the way it looks, for example; a sad scene, make it dark and cold. A happy one, colorful. Angry scene, warm and a mix of dark.

You can easily search up references online!

And please script things! its important if you want things to flow smoothly in your story. Not only that, sketch out your comic first and see if it looks good! Too many boxes? Let's move them! The character seems odd? Let's change it! Experiment and see the results.

Body language and Expression : this is by far important if you want your characters to look astonishing. Body language and Expression says more than words, you see, having a character with an open mouth stand straight for multiple boxes is... unsatisfying.

Body language is key! crossed arms, hands on their hips, clasped hands, tilted head and so on!

It's awkward when you have to stand still, we always change body language!

Now, for expressions, it's a powerful thing. this depends on your art style and I assure you; it works on any art style.

But the way you express it is important.

Is your character awkward? Nervous smiling. Are they emotional? Show some teeth and furrow their eyebrows. Are they happy? Happy smiles and shut eyes!

The way you draw expressions are up to you but remember that character expressions are important.

These can spice up your story and make your characters look interesting!

Character References and clothing : this should be obvious but you gotta make sure that your characters are easy to differentiate with. Not only that, it's so you don't miss any important detail such as a tattoo or a piercing on their left ear.

And do make a precise color pallet for them, don't mix up dark blue with dark green. Believe me, I've made that mistake.

And clothing!!! I'm a total fashion nerd and I absolutely love different types of clothing styles. Sketch your characters in different attires, go crazy with coloring! Go absolutely bonkers with clothing choices!look up those clothing sets and draw them in cute outfits!

A lot of people do these so they can experiment and have fun~

Enjoy and be inspired : this is important to creators out there who want to share their work. Do this for yourself, don't let others force you to change. You're doing something that you inspired yourself into, this is your work that people look up to!

Do not closet yourself out of other comics, you are as special as other comic makers in the goddamn website.

Feel inspired by other works from stories to dramas and to other comics!

You can do it! stay strong! You have our support!

I deeply apologize if this isn't as helpful as you expected but these are my personal tips. other people can add their own tips here to help others who want some advice!

Have an amazing day, I love you

Okay I adore this character I made. His name is Raph, but I'm sure I mentioned him before.

get out of the water there’s a shark!!

I love this character 💜

Mah boi as an animal crossing character..

Send me assumptions about my oc verin in my ask box,

thought this would be fun since I was tagged by my friend @ing-eart (you better do it here, too, seems fun💕) on instagram! But I never post there, so I thought I'd do it here!💕

I don't really wanna bother people by tagging them, so if you want a clean template pm me! 💕

I wanted to see if I made any progress with art!

Hope y'all don't mind if I just throw my OC boio here💕

This is my boio Maud Amador! He's a sadistic, handsome, spanish, rich boy who knows he's just that! He's a complete flirt who easily swoons people and gets them in the sheets~ he's a big playboy who's not to be tied down, since he's not into relationships. He's bisexual, so this sadistic s*x addict has a lot of fun fooling around~ (he hates bottoming though, so he's alway top~) and most of the time gets just what he wants.

These were the first 2 drawings i made of maud, but his skin tone was a bit too dark to my opinion. I still really love these drawings though! 😊

I then proceeded to make these 3 with a lighter skin tone to fit my Maudie boio better! And gave him a few more expressions!