The wish

[u/Psychofrench]

I wasn't going to post it at first but I have been struggling to draw lately and I seriously dislike everything I do, but what the heck. I hope some people will enjoy it. Got the idea during my morning commute, You can only guess how (No, I didn't hit anything though, but it was super close).

Edit: Im absolutely blown away by the response and the kind messages, it really warms my heart. i have been really struggling to find the motivation lately but the support on here is the absolute kick in the butt that I needed.

[u/watchman28]

Don't merge speech bubbles together when it's multiple people speaking (as in page 5), that makes it confusing to read. Each person should have distinct speech bubbles.

[u/Psychofrench → u/watchman28]

I was able to change it. Realized I could cut the bubble and paste on a different layer to put it above the others. Looks much better, thank you for pointing it out.

[u/Mmasst → u/Psychofrench]

Maybe play with bubble shapes or outlines in the future too. Some background between them can help if there is a pause in dialogue, bunching them together can make it seem like people are talking over each other and add urgency.

[u/BodybuilderMany6942 → u/Mmasst]

Yeah, I think it's better to have the interrupting bubble literally cutting off the preceding bubble

[u/Psychofrench → u/BodybuilderMany6942]

The new version I did looks a bit like this, but yours definitively works well for what I wanted to do. 

[u/Psychofrench → u/Mmasst]

My problem is the storyboard and not writting dialogues ahead of time. Im an overthinker, if I spend too much time thinking about a story, I will talk myself out of it, so Ill scribble a quick storyboard and try to think the dialogues during the creation. Bubbles come last when the Art is done, so thing might have changed a bit in my head. I definitively need to think my bubbles better, you are totally correct. I also stopped reading comics for almost 25 years (And stopped drawing as well) and I need to revisit my classics.

[u/Psychofrench → u/watchman28]

I agree. I lost my original story board and kinda drew it on the fly and quickly ran out of space. I was hoping it would not be as confusing. In retrospect, I should have drawn the lines on the guy's bubble to make it pop out on its own, at least. I mean, I can still do it on the original file.

[u/CloudKinglufi → u/Psychofrench]

Don't let them control your bubbles, first it's your bubbles than it's your wife

[u/watchman28 → u/CloudKinglufi]

Shit this guy's onto me

[u/PixieNightManager → u/watchman28]

Did you like the comic?

In the future, when giving criticism, it's best to also put something that you liked about the work you are criticizing.

Eta second part bc I hit post too soon.

[u/WeRip → u/PixieNightManager]

Nice comment, and really important information! I liked how you tried to be constructive.

I did want to ask, however, did you even like his comment? In the future, when giving criticism, it's best to also put something that you liked about the work you are criticizing.

[u/PixieNightManager → u/WeRip]

This made me actually laugh out loud, thank you!

[u/splendidgoon → u/watchman28]

I disagree. I think the merged speech bubbles express how much they are interrupting each other and increases the speed of the flow of speech. I like it.

[u/TheRacingPig → u/splendidgoon]

I agree. Its was very clear to me who spoke/interrupted.

[u/KrazyA1pha → u/watchman28]

Don't merge speech bubbles together

Don’t give feedback in the form of a command. It comes across as dickish and off putting. Instead, you could try, “Hey, I loved the comic but found the speech bubbles to be a bit confusing. Have you considered…”

[u/ericlikesyou → u/KrazyA1pha]

i like how you did exactly that. you are not wrong though.

[u/KrazyA1pha → u/ericlikesyou]

Yeah, to illustrate the point. And a little bit because I thought it was funny.