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First time trying this, would appreciate comments, suggestions, etc. This will go into a compilation zine with some longer stories, all in the same style. Have a good day!

Hi folks, I'm looking for feedback on the first major beats for the next chapter of The Blank Scroll.

Art, coloring, and text/balloons polish are all works in progress. I'm looking for feedback primarily on story clarity, and especially handling all the exposition in the last few pages here.

If anything is unclear about what's going on please ask.

Hi everyone. I'm currently working on my first webtoon. It's about street racing and is aimed at a preteen/early teen audience. Would love to receive feedback on its first 3 chapters.

What I want to know is:

1. Do the chapters act as a good hook?

2. Is the story too dark for my intended audience?

You can read the webtoon here https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/adrenaline-extreme/list?title_no=1144210

Would love critique on any element of this!

These are the first pages of my Codex Atlantica, a dark history/techno thriller.

Is the style consistent and clear enough to pursue?
Anything you would change?
Will be four parts with around thirty pages each.

Read more about it here:

https://magnerius-comics.kit.com/codexatlantica\_landing

Hi good people! I finally made it to my first page! I tried to incorporate the great feedback I received on my first panel. I've added line variation and also some more color and contrast fade as a function of the distance.
I'd love to know what anyone thinks, any feedback on readability, style or anything else is super welcome!
Thank you in advance

Pre-launching soon....

(ai disclaimer)

(1 & 2 are basically the same thing, difference being the space the character occupies + I fixed up a few minor things that were bothering me from number 1 when doing number 2)

I'll state the pros & cons of each that I can personally see, and I'd like it if you guys would add to that list to help me decide

Pros of 1: I think it has much more aesthetic value than 3 + the main character is clear + the smooth, hard colors are similar to the style I'll be using for the rest of the comic + cyan/teal/simular colors are meant to represent idealism, innocence, or purity, so I feel that having her in that color of outfit while her shadow is yellow and red (the color I'm using to represent anxiety and violence respectively) is fitting

Cons of 1: I almost consider it a spoiler seeing as I don't intend people to immediately know that the "dog" in question is this character + the test chapter I published opens with her husband as the main character and her moreso shown as an idea rather than a person, so I feel it may be jarring or confusing having her on the cover showing any emotion other than happiness or contentment + I feel her hardened expression betrays my intentions of having her be the type of person that uses her perceived vulnerability as cover as well as just being an overall nervous wreck for at least a good chunk of the story and partially seeing herself as the primary victim of the situation

Pros of 2: same as 1 but I think it's a bit better composed

Cons of 2: I'm not sure the differences are enough to justify choosing it over 1

Pros of 3: dog vs rabbit/predator vs prey will be a common motif throughout the story as well as it's supposed to represent my main characters's guilty conscience, which is kinda the whole premise, so I think it's fitting that it'd be the cover + the brightness of the background makes it stand out I think

Cons of 3: I think my use of colors and shapes is a bit muddy or confusing + it's just a bit ugly in general + the art style isn't consistent with the majority of the panels in the comic imo

Please feel free to ask for clarification or further context, apologies in advance for any typos or grammar errors

This is a one shot I created for the Global Comics Awards 2026 on Manga Draft. It takes place in the same world as my main comic on Webtoons but different characters. The theme was impact.

If you have time and would like to read a short one, I’d love to know what people think of the story and any other thoughts they have.

I will admit I feel like my “covers” are always my weakest points since I don’t feel like they really draw people’s attention very well.

One shot
Guiding Star

Main story
Library of the Kaleidoscopic World

I need some help making my inks more lively. I've done a lot of work this past year to make my work better and I decided I want to lean more on the simpler side than the more technical side of comic book art.

For example of the technical side (last two drawings), my Invincible & Atom Eve pieces were cool to work on, but they took way too much time to complete, & in hindsight they look really stiff & generic.

My most recent pieces (Mikasa, Toph, Teen Gohan and Kid Goku) took way less time to finish, but I feel they're missing something I can't quite put my finger on that'll make them look less amateurish. I tried focusing on the simple efficiency of both Toriyama & Chris Samnee, while sticking to a strict time limit, but there's something lacking in my recent work I can't quite pin down that just doesn't hit where they are yet. Could be as simple as they are traditional & I'm not, I'm not quite sure.

The best of my recent work is the 1st Goku image, but that's mainly b/c it's heavily referenced from Toriyama's work (it was a style study) and I don't want to rely on that as a crutch. The third image is my interpretation of Goku with no reference, and it felt ok but still lacking some oomph.

The last four images are Chris Samnee's work and the second image is Toriyama's work BTW. Everything else is my own. I can't add alt text for some reason to differentiate everything 👀

I’m working on a comic series where I’m going to be intentionally vague about so I can see how readers interpret the very simple outward qualities of my stuff, hopefully this goes well, I’m currently in the writing stage of the first issue.

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