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Hey neat, Tokyopop is back! Let's all sign some contracts! Luckily, a lot of people haven't forgotten how bad Tokyopop was/is to creators. Almost everything on twitter that isn't a press release is about people getting screwed over. News travels faster these days, I really hope that this doesn't hurt too many people.
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Jul 3, 2015 21:26
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Please correct me on any of this, this is mostly reading articles and tweets. I'm just a spectator. The very short version is that Tokyopop used to publish a lot of manga in English. They decided to branch out into 'Original English Manga' offering creators a chance at fame in exchange for signing over all rights to their creation and an abysmal page rate. The company crashed and burned in 2008 and lost the rights to most of their Japanese stuff, but refused to give or sell rights back to individual creators. They were mostly dead, but yesterday they made a big announcement at Anime Expo. They're launching a new mobile app that ,"One of the more interesting “Users keep the copyright and 100% creative control of their uploaded works.” I've heard that they're going to be reviewing portfolios at SDCC. Here are some bits and pieces of the old contract Among them: quote:“MORAL RIGHTS” AND YOUR CREDIT quote:USING MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION If you and we can’t work things out after giving it the ol’ college try, we’ll each have the right to bring the issue to mediation in Los Angeles, California. They mean that both parties have the right to bring the issue to mediation in LA specifically. If you're not there, you're SOL. Also if the issue goes to arbitration Tokyopop gets to use a private arbitration company, also in LA. So basically you're signing away your creative rights and legal recourse. It later says that they don't have to credit you for your work. All of it is said in the most condescending way possible. By the way, there are a lot of artists who normally go out of their way to avoid bashing publishing companies out of professionalism, but I haven't seen anyone hold back here.
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Jul 3, 2015 22:15
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Fangz posted:Taking the question seriously, most comics artists who depict themselves tend to draw themselves... not really much like themselves at all. For example, as a jokey persona like 'Tycho and Gabe', or even as a cartoon animal like Arakawa does: On top of that it's hard to create an image of yourself that isn't way too flattering or way too unflattering.
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Jul 13, 2015 16:26
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T.G. Xarbala posted:It would be helpful to post exactly what the sort of issues or content you're worried about actually are. Otherwise just use common sense, or barring that just don't give a gently caress because it's comics on the internet. Well, Lassie was always played by a boy so....
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Jul 25, 2015 02:04
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There's a convention that I'm going to next weekend, does anyone have any particular recommendations on where to get business cards? Price is my only real concern at this point, I don't have enough of a comic to bother advertising properly. I might not even do the cards.
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Nov 1, 2015 19:53
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At this point in time the print-your-own sheets will probably work best. I don't need that many and I'm on a budget. I'm still undecided on doing it. Those Moo ones are lovely though.
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Nov 2, 2015 02:14
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SynthOrange posted:The stock quality is kind of flimsy on most print it yourself cards. What I do if I need a few dozen cards is lay them out as a 2x5 grid on an a4 paper stock I like, then spend time on a cutting mat, knife and a steel ruler. Helps to print registration marks on the outside to get cut guides, i.e. the small black marks on the outside like so: I am amazingly bad with knife/scissor cuts and I don't have a paper cutter anymore. That is a helpful guide though.
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Nov 2, 2015 04:05
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All I'd really need is a new blade, heck I might even have the cardstock. Worst case I hate them and have spent nothing. Thanks.
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Nov 2, 2015 04:31
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Reiley posted:That's for whittling sticks, when you use an xacto you want to carefully bring the blade towards you (inward strokes are a much more precise & controllable muscle movement than outward strokes), this goes for freehanding straight lines with pen as well! If you're cutting business cards you don't really want to be using an xacto though, get yourself a paper cutter! I inherited one awhile ago and gave it away because I never used it  .
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Nov 2, 2015 04:53
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The new ones might work better anyway, they're in much better shape than what I had. Thanks for the help.
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Nov 2, 2015 04:59
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Reiley posted:If a cutter doesn't cut cleanly, try giving the handle a little bit of inward pressure (towards the main body of it) to ensure a clean scissor-like cut. If the blade arm is loose or you pressure it outward it won't cut well or just bend the paper, but a little pressure with your cutting-hand palm does the business. Thanks! I don't think I've used a home size paper cutter before, so this helps a lot.
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Nov 2, 2015 05:15
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Lord Prinnington posted:I don't usually post much of anything anywhere, but I just started making a new webcomic. It's my first real try at making something good, I've been drawing for a while but I haven't ever really finished a project or had any plans to do so until now. Fairly new to the whole process so I feel like I'm a bit worse at a lot of the things specific to comics (pacing, layout, motion, etc.) but I'm working on it and trying to improve page-by-page. Currently working on a weekly update schedule because of time constraints. I don't know a lot of people who would be able to give me any useful criticism so hopefully you guys can help out in that department. I made the first like 13 pages in a batch and uploaded them at the same time. Still working on the site layout, pretty new to this stuff. Looking back, there are a couple things I wish I had drawn differently (the grass backgrounds, the first page in the basement) but I decided that I wouldn't go back and redraw pages since I'd never be able to get anywhere if I did. If you have any tips for site layout, the pacing, the panel layout, etc. I'd be happy to hear it. This is pretty cool and is now on the list of things that I actively read. Nessa posted:Character design I did for my Character Design class. Nessa, your witch looks good. You've improved a lot, but she's unbalanced. Yay comics boo finals.
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Dec 1, 2015 02:10
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Scribblehatch posted:Youtube adblock, I fully understand. I use it myself. That poo poo saves you time in your life. But innocuous little banners? I don't get it. D: Even my editor has it. I would not have found my EDITOR, someone who loves the comic, by casting out a net. How bleak! Those innocuous little banner ads made it nearly impossible to browse SA until I installed adblock. I don't mind advertising, but I do mind popups, redirects, and ads with audio/video. Adblock still doesn't catch some of the last one. If ads were less of a nuisance, I wouldn't have it on.
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Jan 17, 2016 19:13
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Man, you guys have weird fountain pens. All mine requires is blood.
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Sep 11, 2016 08:53
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BoneMonkey posted:It was a pain and I hosed up some fundamentals! Hooray! the crowd look ok to you? I honestly cant think of a better way to do it that wouldn't take another 20 hours. Yeah, I'm seeing it. Maybe play with the levels in that part of the image to get it closer to the rest of the color scheme and knock down some of the contrast. It looks wonderful and I'm nitpicking.
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May 29, 2017 23:56
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ThePlague-Daemon posted:Does anyone have any tips for using gradients? I don't have a lot of experience with them, but I feel like I could streamline the drawing stage a bit if I used them right. You will probably not use them correctly. When done right, gradients blend in seamlessly with the rest of the piece, but a lot of people fail at this. I'd second what Reiley said and if you're interested in using gradients down the road, check out Mary Cagle's twitch channel because she actually knows what she's doing with them. Watching her color in general is pretty great anyway.
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May 30, 2018 04:58
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Fangz posted:Do a test page. Or splurge if it's fun. Just put it in your toy budget and not your "I need this" budget. Check out the tablet thread and this blog before you choose though.
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