Started chapter 6. I don’t have much work done… and I see no future in it. Will I finnish this story someday? I often ask that myself. Seems I don’t have the answer, not motivation either. Is anybody out there, reading?
Really, I appreciate the ones who have been posting any kind of message since this started… and I can count them with the fingers of my hand (about 6). C’mon where’s everybody??? Don’t be shy, just tell me if my work is worth it or not, because I don’t know how many people are following the comic and I have the feelling that nobody cares… and that this work is a lost cause. Maybe I’m not the one to tell the story and I should really change the way I’m living (I spend too many hours on art without being noticed). Am I that bad with comics? O_o
Well, I’ll try to keep this alive somehow… until I can’t anymore. That’s life I guess.
PS: Yeah, today is rainning and I’m in a bad mood. Will be better tomorrow. Weekend, yay…
Hello!
I haven’t comment before and I am not sure if I will do it again since I am do not usually comment things whether I like it or not.
I do understand your lack of motivation and it is hard to be noticed as a web comic artist at least from what I have learned. Personally I think that you are not bad at making comics. You are not at a professional level of course but you are far better than a lot of people and me and if you like making comics than don’t stop (expect if it takes a lot of your time since this is something you do out of a hobby right?).
Now about the comic(I hope it is alright for you that I say my honest opinion). From the beginning I thought it was kind of cliche and sort of boring but it had its funny moments. The art in the beginning is not very good (expect for the first page after the cover) but I can now see that the newer pages that you have really improved. The characters are alright, but some of them just blend in. But overall they are good enough as side characters if they stay the same I don’t see them as people who is gonna be a big part of the story and the only character who I don’t understand is Esthers angel-dog-pet Blanquito since the design is cute but a bit weird because the hair looks like Ryans (I don’t know if this is a coincidence or not) and so far I don’t see if the pet is necessary in the story. I could of course be proved wrong.
The story to me became more interesting when Ryan and Esther were proved to be a demon and an angel and we got to know that there is a war going on in heaven and hell(I hope that this story will get a bit focus on this since personally even though romance is one of my favorite genres I do think stories are more interesting when they don’t only focus on it).
So do continue if you want to and I might read( I don’t like making promises). I like the style this comic has right now and I love comics in color and the only big issue I have right now in the story is that in the beginning Caroline collects money to their “school” trip but later on when they went to their trip it was only Esthers and Ryans group of friends and not their whole class?
Hello Capybara.
First of all, I want to thank you for the message and I understand perfectly your situation. So don’t worry, you don’t need to answer back this message, but I want to comment some things because you’re right in most of them.
First, I have to admit that this comic started as a hobby indeed. I didn’t care about recognition or credit by that time because I really did that for pleasure. It was also because I never thought it would become such a big project in the end. I just wanted to do some pannels with my own characters and then stop, but I got too interested and inspired with my own goals and I supose I crossed the line. Now when I look back, I see how much work I’ve done (not to mention the time I’ve spent on it) and I feel guilty because I’m giving something that it’s become hard for me to do and I can’t see a lot of people appreciating it, if you know what I mean. Don’t know, I see other artists which have published their work… I even know one that asked for a donation poll to buy a Cintiq tablet and reached that goal. I would really want to go one step further and make a life of my work (as many artists would want the same thing, I know). I’m trying with comics, art on t-shirts, crafted charms, even written novels… but I seem to be stuck because I can’t get the felling that people has noticed me. That’s my main problem. I try hard but I can’t get to where I want no matter what I do. I just want to work in something I really like and get paid for it one day so I can live happily. Again, I know I’m not the only one who wants this, but I’ve noticed that the comic artists I know on the web (at least, most of them) aren’t alone with their projects. I do everything instead but I haven’t foun anybody to share the tasks… and I’m maybe to wanna-do-it-my-way like.
About the comic. You’re totally right. In the beginning it was cliché. I wanted to do it that way because I’ve found out that, somehow, topics work. Boy meets girl, she doesn’t accept him but loves him either way… We always see the same kind of stories, but they work and have lots of public. Looks just like the typical high school soap opera, but I wanted it to be that way back then… even if now it has gone a little too far to be a simple high school story. The art was very poor (one of the first comics I tried to do in color and digital) so I know it wasn’t good enough. Another problem? I’m trying to remake chapters one and two, adding a new prologue; and that takes a lot more time, of course. I just can’t go step by step but I want to do too many things at the same time. My fault. The characters are secondary, but I wanted to make small stories inside the comic about them too. Adam, for example, has its past… and Ulric too (but I won’t spoiler you, don’t worry 😉 ). Now, as for Blanquito, I can’t remember if his hair was a coincidence or not, but it’s true it’s too much like Ryan’s… maybe I should make a scene where Esther cuts it. However, Blanquito was added there from another story I had. In fact, it was the original Hell and Heaven, which characters and story didn’t convince me, so I changed it. In the beginning, Ryan was called Adrian and he suposed to be the angel. Esther’s name was Lara and she was a devil. Ulric was a simple human protected by another angel, Angélica. And so on, but it started as a manga when I was too young, and when I got a little better at drawing I chose to change everything. I suppose I got tired of that part… and then I wanted to be part in the story, that’s the reason why I made her with brown hair and a ponytail (she doesn’t have glasses, though).
Back to Blanquito, he is not really an important character… but my manga fanatism made me use a pet for the main character… and Ry has one two. I wanted to put them together in some way, but Blanquito will be more the confident of Esther and kind of protector when she may need a hand.
About the was between Hell and Heaven, I’m planning something, but i’m not sure how to do it without implicating Esther and Ryan. In fact, Ryan has a step-brother who will do something that will cause the fall of the situation they’re living… (I can’t say more aobut it), but the war will take place in one of the two realms. The Earth will be more a place for the exhile. At least, that’s how it’s planned for now… I could always change my mind again and complicate things a little more. It depends. As I said, the story was mainly about Ryan and Esther relationship as demon and angel, but Hell and Heaven will take an important role in it, not the mention all the characters I’ve planned to move to the story. I guess I really tried to think big for once. We’ll see where this leads to.
Finally, about the trip. Yeah, i remember, Caroline was collecting money and they were only the small group. This is also my fault. In general, high schools in Spain make trips for the last year of high school (4º ESO) before the students take the “Bachillerato” (16 and 17 years old) to choose their path and later be able to go to university or to a superior grade. However, in universities, students may take the trips their way and only go in small groups. I guess I mixed everything up and came with this. As I said, I’m trying to change chapters 1 and 2, so I’ll probably change that final trip to a simple journey planned buy the guys to spend some time together, nothing to do with the high school. I think it will be better.
Well, I just hope you won’t get tired of the story and continue reading (I know you can’t promise but it’s alright, I appreciate the effort) and i thank you again for the long message. You helped me noticing different things and I really want to do them better.
See you and have a nice weekend!
Hugs,
Esther
Hello, and sorry about my silence during this time. It’s not because I don’t care, really ! But I Had not much time to comment. Now I can !
So, good work for this page, I love colors you do into it.
I expect you will continue your comic !
Salut ma chère!
Don’t worry, i understand perfectly. We all have things to do and I really appreciate your comments and the fact that you read the comic. *hugs* I’ll try my best to continue the comic and do things right. 😀
Hi! I read your comic, Esther! I’m always impatient to see the next pages. But, I’m not really a ”comment person”. Sorry for that. 🙁
If you’re not sure about the readers, maybe you can do an announce in DeviantART? Like that, you can possibly know how many people read your comic. You can be surprise about the number of them, you don’t know! 🙂
Hi Lala!
Don’t worry, I understand. I was just down and I feel better now. You’re right. I remember that I had more readers when I posted the advertisings in DeviantArt. I’ll have to do it again if I want to gain readers. 😉 I’d sure be surprise.
Thank you for your kind words and for reading the comic, my dear! 😀