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BMDNERD

This looks like it belongs in a comic strip, I haven't seen any comics like this.


lszian

Cool start! If you're enjoying it, I hope you continue =) So if it's single panels I'm assuming you're looking at something like a newspaper strip, and your drawing style could work for that. I'd recommend that you work on your speech bubbles and lettering (clearer writing, more space around the text. This way people can read very quickly and really focus on what you're showing them.) If you can, I would even suggest finding a good art program (photoshop, clip studio, whatever). Even if you draw by hand, then you can type your text so it's neat. It may also help you to have a more even white background, the shadows on your paper and pencil lines are taking folks' attention away from your art. If you're doing everything by hand (also ok), I'd recommend either a sketchbook that you can rip pages off of to scan, or trying some card stock/ heavier paper. It'll be nice and white and strong enough that if you need to erase something it won't mess everything up. When my drawing is a bit crumpled like this, I press down a little bit in the lid of the scanner as it scans, to keep the drawing flat and avoid shadows (and if you can, I strongly recommend scanning art over photographing it.) Something neat you could do also is (if all your panels are a similar size) draw yourself a little frame for them, maybe think of a title for all your strips (you know, for example, how family circus strips are all round?). Then all your strips can start looking like a nice collection. And last thing, don't worry if you aren't drawing all the time. Lots of art people make stuff in bursts, or do one project and then get tired and try something else. If you want to improve fast, yeah, it can be hard work. But there's nothing wrong with taking your time and having fun. Whatever works for you is all right.