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Since I was a teenager I've wanted to make a webcomic. I've had many, many ideas in the past. my art is at a point where I'm very pleased with it. I now have an idea I love, characters I can see working and more than enough plot twists. But I keep making excuses! "I'm too inexperienced", "I've never drawn anything with panels before", "I don't know how to write or pace a story" "I'll ruin my own ideas", "I don't have time"... All lame excuses. The truth is I'm afraid of investing myself on a project and see it fail. I'm afraid of criticism. I'm lazy.

I feel like I need a coach...

Can you get one? Maybe a friend who kicks your ass every now and then?

There's nothing wrong with making what you can now, even if it turns out crappy. Start it, post it somewhere like tumblr or DA for feedback. The more you actually work on it, the more you can actually improve so even if you can't finish it because it didn't turn out well, you can restart and change it.
Maybe practice by making small comics to learn how to do panels, pacing, etc.?

From one person who does a webcomic to someone who wants to do one, may I say, for Pete's sake just do it. As far as failing, you rarely, RARELY, become popular right out of the gate. It takes a while, sometimes even years to build up a following. So, don't worry about it. Do it because you have a story to tell and you want to share it. If you are not sure about paneling and layouts, all I can say about that is read as many comics as you can get your hands on. Build up a catalog of ideas and make them your own. That's what it means with the saying, "bad artists borrow, good artists steal."

I'm the same way with writing fiction at all. :(

Do it. DO IT. Seriously, what would you regret more - never starting it or having done it even though it didn't end up perfect?

(The answer to all your worries is btw that you will learn by doing. I think that's one of the best parts of webcomics: the growth you get to witness)

Would you like telling about the idea you got? Pitch it to us! Why do we burn to get to read your webcomic? Why are we starting fanpages for your characters?

...I want to draw a webcomic too. I actually got so far as drawing the cover and starting to design the characters (and I've got a story for it) and then I realised I haven't got the time. Like. NO. I'm of the type that collects projects until it gets impossible to do _anything_. (I say this so that everybody knows that my advice should be taken as it is. Well intended, but not perfect)

start and don't stop

also, words of wisdom from jake

I could have written some of this I have the same problem when it comes to working on my stuff on a schedule. (partly because my desk is horribly designed and I have to switch around my keyboard and tablet every now and then.) Also my brain has been a bitch about focusing on things lately.

*hug*

Hey think of it this way , if you start something and keep pressing on then you'll eventually succeed. Just because you fail once doesn't have to mean you fail completely. If you love writing your story then it's not a failure even if others don't.

Dangit guys, I'll be honest: you're all really pumping me up to get this done. I'll talk to my sister and see if she could be my coach of sorts (nag me until I get to work), start sketching some pages... I have some rough characters designs done, but I definitely need to work on them.

As far as the story goes, it starts as a typical fantasy comic: set in a tiny village, polytheist people, magic, etc. But there will be some one of the main characters becomes infected after being attacked by a strangely powerful being and is told she will turn into one of those if enough time passes. So she and her best friend go on a sort of quest to find a cure, but their entire world view is changed after they discover its not a disease, it's something far more complicated... Also, parallel universes and huge time jumps. Anyway, you'll see, because it's happening. I won't be a lazy ass anymore!

Sounds interesting! Go for it!!

Perhaps instead of trying to make the webcomic of your dreams, you could first start with a smaller-size projects and oneshots, and gradually work up the skill to realize your dream?

I'm the same way, btw. I have a great idea and everything planned out, but I lack the skills to make it. And I've gotten so over-invested in it, that the thought of making it and failing at making people interested would crush me pretty hard.

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