I you saw a webcomic page that looked like this, would you consider this good art and coloring?

[secondlina]

So i,ve been using HTTYD fanart and comics to practice sketching with the blue pencil, inking and coloring in the style I want to use for my webcomic Namesake.

Why "How to train your dragon" fanart? Because it's easier to focus on the technique if you don't think too hard on the character designs. Also, it's fun to draw.

The drawing above is a pretty good example of the inking, drawing and coloring style I want to use for Namesake. I find this to be decent looking while still being really fast. I started this drawing around 7h30pm last night. Finished around 1ham. So that's about... 4 and a half hours. That's pretty fast! At this speed, I could garantee three updates every week without it taking over my life or without it preventing me from working on my contracts, published comic pages, commissions or LJ posts.

What do you guys think? Would this count as good art? Good webcomic art? Should I change stuff? Would you read something drawn like this?

Thank you all for your opinion!

-Isa

EDIT : if you're all interested - it's an "How to train your dragon" fanart that focused on Hiccup, Astrid and Toothless' scars, and kinda showed how Toothless was a big kitty that likes to crawl in bed. Hiccup is the proud owner of the biggest bed in all of Berk.

Comments

[rosalarian.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I enjoy the inking primarily. Enough that it makes it harder to see coloring flaws. :P

I think perhaps it would be better if you had more of a limited color palate. The colors are nice, but they don't tie together in any way. I liked the last one you did that was very much in the cool/blue color range, while this one is warm and cold in different spots.

That being said, I have different standards for cover colors than I do for "internal" colors. By internal standards, this is fantastic! But I think cover work best when their colors have a bit more pop to them.

But going back to what I first said, I love the inking enough that I'd read your work just for that. In fact, I think that's what led me here in the first place. :D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* Considering you're a webcomic artist I adore, reading this really makes my day (it's like getting chord advice from Santana or something).

I have a lot of trouble with matching color palettes and dealing with cold and warm colors. I think I should probably buy a color wheel. It would help a lot.

The inking is definitely going to be very worked at. I'm glad you like my inking! The coloring serves more the purpose of add a bit more of ambiance and separating the blobs of lines. I,m not good enough at it yet to make the it the center of the piece. But it's high on internet stadards, it's already a good step forward.

[rosalarian.livejournal.com]

And you know, I have a lot of trouble with this, too. I can recognize good coloring, and know it in theory, but often in practice I get lazy or forget to think about color theory. It's definitely something I'm working a lot on, too. This was actually a great reminder to be more cognizant of it myself.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Seems everybody as problems with color! rainbow brite got greedy or something.