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comic advice? by wendigoflesh
I'm working on a thing and so I'm going to ask for some advice.
Mostly on where to host a webcomic? I considered putting the pages on here as well as a site (no idea of what site though-) or perhaps just uploading previews onto here or tumblr.
Also any advice on the making/planning/scripting would be useful.
comic advice?
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Ah, thank you so much! Very helpful things that I've not considered.
I've been linked to comicfury to host things but yeah, I think going with multiple sites and perhaps one main one that gets a few pages ahead - and then uploading previews on tumblr/da/fa/weasyl/ect - would be a good thing to consider.
Thanks for all the links as well! I just gotta get myself organised haah.-
Just from years of reading webcomics, most ones I've read that were initially hosted onto Drunkduck, Comicfury and other sites for webcomics; the Artists decided to self-host later for a variety of reasons that I can only dimly remember. I think this late into how it's played it, it's less of a necessary step as barriers to hosting have came down.
Also I need to get writing just now. c_c
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Yeah, i've gone for comicfury just because that's the one I've got the most recommendations for ahaa.
Gently encourages the writing.
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https://wordpress.org/ - I'm a Wordpress evangelist. It's free, open source and if you're self-hosting you can customize it anyway you want.
https://tumblr.com/ - has the benefit of an already established userbase and can set tags to attract people's attention.
I think it's best to upload comic pages onto one site, and on another. Should one site fail, go down or has technical issues the other can work as a back-up. Ideally, you'd want off-line storage as well.
For Comic Pre-development; It's a massive project that isn't going to be done in a day so I've found keeping timelines and various logs useful that give an outline. Most of which will be dependent on what story it is you want to tell. I write my ideas down on pieces of square paper and write them down and then rearrange them to see if it tells a coherent story. (Useful if it's multiple storylines as this helps with pacing.) Here's more info on how I've organized a comic project: https://www.weasyl.com/journal/58074/aberdork-it-s-progress-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it
I'd also suggest having folder tree that' easy to follow. I've got [Aberdork Script] which breaks down into three folders [Character Notes],[Outlines] & [Website Assets] I'll be making more to help organize; if I get ideas on how to market or advertise the comic I'll make a folder for [Marketing] which may include making wallpapers or images that look promotional. It'll help keep things tidy having a system and you can easily find your notes if they're altogether and not squirreled away around your computer.