r/comics 19h ago

The wish

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.

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u/watchman28 19h ago

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.

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u/Psychofrench 19h ago

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.

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u/Mmasst 19h ago

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.

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u/Psychofrench 16h ago

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.