Goatman56
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Alright, what I keep seeing in many threads is the same old stuff. For instance "Wow this is awesome 10/10!", that is breaking rule number one of the sprite comic forum. I'm going to show what things to avoid.
Cliches: These are things that you may find in many comics, such as:
Text under the panels, word bubbles are nicer and don't contain much dialouge.
Pokemon Journey comics, these are very common. Now as you may know the whole point of pokemon is to collect all eight badges. But the fact is that it is so overused, unless you have new gym leaders and stuff its unoriginal.
An Author, yeah sometimes you'll see people inserting themselves into there own comic, just don't do it.
PC comics, I suggest you stay away from them. Because most of the time it is the same old plot.
Things to avoid:
Two toned backgrounds.
Letting other people just join you comic.
Using recolors.
Stealing sprites from other people.
Stealing jokes from other comics.
Don't use default paint colors.
Excuses, lots of times people will say there new to sprite comic making, and use excuses. But thats why we have a stickied tutorial. Excuses you might hear:
Well I only have MS Paint.
I'm new to this cut me some slack.
Originality, I know we are a pokemon forum, but that doesn't mean we have to have one track minds. Try doing something different, be creative, make your own orginal sprite and stuff. It no fun if you see the same stuff over and over.
Grammar, this is something everyone will get hassled for. I'll I can say is check and make sure everything is right.
Jokes: Make sure your jokes are actually funny. Don't make them imature. Most of the time everyone laughs at everything, when you think about some of these things aren't as funny as they seem.
Please don't ask stupid things, sometimes I see "How do you make panels?" or "How do I make a word bubble?" it doesn't take brains.
Take critique and use it, sometimes people don't like hearing the truth. But instead of yelling at the person, just use it and improve.
Read the stickies!
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/40532 (Sprite Comic rules)
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/34513 (A tutorial)
I hope this helps this forum to become a better place.
Cliches: These are things that you may find in many comics, such as:
Text under the panels, word bubbles are nicer and don't contain much dialouge.
Pokemon Journey comics, these are very common. Now as you may know the whole point of pokemon is to collect all eight badges. But the fact is that it is so overused, unless you have new gym leaders and stuff its unoriginal.
An Author, yeah sometimes you'll see people inserting themselves into there own comic, just don't do it.
PC comics, I suggest you stay away from them. Because most of the time it is the same old plot.
Things to avoid:
Two toned backgrounds.
Letting other people just join you comic.
Using recolors.
Stealing sprites from other people.
Stealing jokes from other comics.
Don't use default paint colors.
Excuses, lots of times people will say there new to sprite comic making, and use excuses. But thats why we have a stickied tutorial. Excuses you might hear:
Well I only have MS Paint.
I'm new to this cut me some slack.
Originality, I know we are a pokemon forum, but that doesn't mean we have to have one track minds. Try doing something different, be creative, make your own orginal sprite and stuff. It no fun if you see the same stuff over and over.
Grammar, this is something everyone will get hassled for. I'll I can say is check and make sure everything is right.
Jokes: Make sure your jokes are actually funny. Don't make them imature. Most of the time everyone laughs at everything, when you think about some of these things aren't as funny as they seem.
Please don't ask stupid things, sometimes I see "How do you make panels?" or "How do I make a word bubble?" it doesn't take brains.
Take critique and use it, sometimes people don't like hearing the truth. But instead of yelling at the person, just use it and improve.
Read the stickies!
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/40532 (Sprite Comic rules)
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/34513 (A tutorial)
I hope this helps this forum to become a better place.
