I have no aspirations to be a professional author. This is something I do for fun.
Instead of posting the millionth ad in the projects forum saying "I have a comic idea and I'm looking for an artist"...I decided to make my life easier and draw them myself.
Also, part of writing the comics for me, is deciding exact expressions and posture for the characters. So I would either have to micromanage any third party artist I found, or not be 100% satisfied with the result.
I'm not saying I look at graphic novels, and think that the story is more important than the art. I appreciate both in the abstract...but when I write graphic novels, I personally enjoy the story more than the art.
Instead of posting the millionth ad in the projects forum saying "I have a comic idea and I'm looking for an artist"...I decided to make my life easier and draw them myself.
Also, part of writing the comics for me, is deciding exact expressions and posture for the characters. So I would either have to micromanage any third party artist I found, or not be 100% satisfied with the result.
I'm not saying I look at graphic novels, and think that the story is more important than the art. I appreciate both in the abstract...but when I write graphic novels, I personally enjoy the story more than the art.
That's not the point I was making.
But to suggest you wouldn't actively try to get better is really illogical to me, why would you even bother in the first place if you have no intention of getting better?
You say when you read graphic novels you think both elements are important but then say you enjoy the story more then the art when you create your own, that just seems a bit odd to me; I can't fathom how that wouldn't translate over to the readers.
But to suggest you wouldn't actively try to get better is really illogical to me, why would you even bother in the first place if you have no intention of getting better?
You say when you read graphic novels you think both elements are important but then say you enjoy the story more then the art when you create your own, that just seems a bit odd to me; I can't fathom how that wouldn't translate over to the readers.
I do enjoy the drawing, and when I think of new things to try, I try them, but it's always within the scope of the comic. I don't take time to do any kind of drawing specifically for the sake of improving...and come to think of it, it's the same with the writing. I'm just better at writing than drawing.
Does that make more sense? My point is that an amateur (which is basically French for hobbyist) in a genre can still enjoy their work and produce awesome stuff without having to be super professional and devote time to improvement.
Does that make more sense? My point is that an amateur (which is basically French for hobbyist) in a genre can still enjoy their work and produce awesome stuff without having to be super professional and devote time to improvement.
Hmm, I personally write something every so often with the specific intention of improving because you don't grow if you don't push every so often.
I'm quite aware of what an amateur is.
However, the person to whom this journal believes considers himself a professional and such a casual approach to improvement is a joke.
I'm quite aware of what an amateur is.
However, the person to whom this journal believes considers himself a professional and such a casual approach to improvement is a joke.
I think he's a little bit of a gray area. I mean if he worked for Marvel or Dark Horse, etc, then yeah, he's a serious professional, and should be working to improve.
But he kind of "accidentally" got popular, and there's tons of people clamoring for the art he has the capability of doing now. So his target market (his book-buying fans, not his hecklers) is telling him "We like the stuff you do now", but the part of him that wants to do this as a career is telling him to get better.
I'd call him a casual professional. What that means as far as improvement requirements? I have no idea.
But he kind of "accidentally" got popular, and there's tons of people clamoring for the art he has the capability of doing now. So his target market (his book-buying fans, not his hecklers) is telling him "We like the stuff you do now", but the part of him that wants to do this as a career is telling him to get better.
I'd call him a casual professional. What that means as far as improvement requirements? I have no idea.
He proclaims himself professional, I sort of expect a certain level of professionalism regardless of what his fans are telling him; I can't help but compare him to other webcomic artists I've seen and whilst they have all shown some positive growth over the years it seems like this particular artist could do with a degree of focusing on his personal development as an artist.
To each their own of course but I personally think it's insane that someone who wants to make art their career isn't willing to take the time to improve; if you want to be up with the best in some fields you do have to work for it and in art that does require people to push sometimes.
To each their own of course but I personally think it's insane that someone who wants to make art their career isn't willing to take the time to improve; if you want to be up with the best in some fields you do have to work for it and in art that does require people to push sometimes.