Subtle changing

When a character, place, or thing first appears outside of doodles and concept art, and into the canonical world that they're part in, it makes almost everything about them pretty much official. Even in my scenario, where I'm someone who's just making a casual webcomic project, I still feel that kind of pressure that everything seems all set in stone once something shows up in canon. 

However, as I'm making my comic, I notice that there are things that could have been done differently when I look back at the previous pages. There are things that I believe that I could have done better, so I try to change them

I can forgive myself because I'm working on my first webcomic project, but I have actually made some subtle changes to some certain elements. If you read Chapter 1, you may notice these if you pay attention. 

Take my my character Shashi, for example. He is Kamilla's cousin's son (AKA her second-nephew), who was introduced very early in the chapter. 

Here is what he looked like in his debut:

See all those stripes on his clothes...

And here is what he ended up looking like a few pages after:

Some of his outfit's colours changed for the sake of balance, too

Notice how I've removed some details on his clothers because I thought they were just too much of a hassle to draw.

Next, let's look at the colours of Kamilla's day outfit. Here is her first appearance wearing it:

A few pages later, you'll see how there have been some slight shifts in brightness, hue, etc.

Here is a comparison so you can see...

I just wasn't exactly as to how overly bright it was before, and wanted to create a better balance in her colour palette. 

You'll notice that this doesn't just applies to characters, but the background, too. You'll see how, with the art style, I'm still trying to figure out what direction that I want to go. I want to be able to make the process quick, but also appear well with the subjects.

And just recently, the colours of the speech bubbles and thought clouds have changed from white to a light yellow-brown colour just in case I would need the colour white to appear brighter if the future ever calls for it. Also, some lettering has been written by hand to create a stronger effect, if needed. 

Maybe this is a regular thing only for now. And maybe this will start to lessen once I become better and more decisive when it comes to making designs for my comics. It doesn't bother me at the moment, but I hope this will come to an end eventually.

First Commission!

Just last night I've gotten paid to do my first commission - with real money - ever. This is so exciting! I was so nervous that this time would never come, but it happened anyway which I'm super grateful for. The commissioner, a friend of a friend, found my offers on DeviantArt, which is one of the places where I announced that I was open. 

Aside from Instagram, I feel like DA is where I've most successfully grrown an audience. I guess that also makes sense because DA is a platform that I have been on since early 2014 (at age 12-13), and I have met people who have grown up with me and my art. Even after the time the UI changed permanently and many users moved to other places like Twitter, Tumblr, etc. there have been some old mutuals who have stayed and still see my art. 

To get myself ready for opening commissions, I really thought that I had to gather up good examples for the variety of character drawings that I'm able to do. And because I lacked any relevant/recent examples of characters that were my own, I decided I would do nine drawings before I would open. That didn't work out. I wasn't very consistent with my time and effort. I guess forcing myself to draw up 18 examples was not the best idea. Anyways, I gave up and just did small doodle examples xD

You can see what I've done on my commissions webpage, which you can view here.

What you see on my commissions page may seem a bit too "mathematical" or maybe even boring to read. So, I have also been considering putting together a sheet which showcases my prices in a more appealing manner. I still don't exactly know how yet, so I'll leave that for later.

Aside from working on my first commission, that's all that I have planned in relation to commissions. And who knows? -- maybe getting into commission work will motivate me back into regularly drawing again... :O