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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

Rules
  1. πŸ˜‡ Be Nice!

    • Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.
  2. 🏘️ Community Standards

    • Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
    • Posts should be safe and enjoyable by the majority of community members, both here on lemmy.world and other instances.
    • Any comic that would qualify as raunchy, lewd, or otherwise draw unwanted attention by nosy coworkers, spouses, or family members should be tagged as NSFW.
    • Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
  3. 🧬 Keep it Real

    • Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.
  4. πŸ“½οΈ Credit Where Credit is Due

    • Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
    • Attributions include, but are not limited to, watermarks, links, or other text or imagery that artists add to their comics to use for identification purposes. If you find a comic without any such markings, it would be a good idea to see if you can find an original version. If one cannot be found, say so and ask the community for help!
  5. πŸ“‹ Post Formatting

    • Post an image, gallery, or link to a specific comic hosted on another site; e.g., the author's website.
    • Meta posts about the community should be tagged with [Meta] either at the beginning or the end of the post title.
    • When linking to a comic hosted on another site, ensure the link is to the comic itself and not just to the website; e.g.,
      βœ… Correct: https://xkcd.com/386/
      ❌ Incorrect: https://xkcd.com/
  6. πŸ“¬ Post Frequency/SPAM

    • Each user (regardless of instance) may post up to five (5 πŸ–) comics a day. This can be any combination of personal comics you have written yourself, or other author's comics. Any comics exceeding five (5 πŸ–) will be removed.
  7. πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ Internationalization (i18n)

    • Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
      SΓ­, por favor [Spanish/EspaΓ±ol]
  8. 🍿 Moderation

    • We are human, just like most everybody else on Lemmy. If you feel a moderation decision was made in error, you are welcome to reach out to anybody on the moderation team for clarification. Keep in mind that moderation decisions may be final.
    • When reporting posts and/or comments, quote which rule is being broken, and why you feel it broke the rules.
Banned Artists

The following artists are banned from the community.

  1. Jago
  2. Stonetoss
  3. GPrime85

It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.

Web Accessibility

Note: This is not a rule, but a helpful suggestion.

When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:

Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe start with a comic first and then drop an ad.

Also agreed that you need to maybe design a static better logo and save that as a addable layer. Its easier that way, or if you want to be creative with a drawn one for each maybe set some rules for yourself on size and shaping that you can break with more practice.

Then also consider spacing and reading orientation and how our eyes will scan the page. This is beyond messy. The eyes are expressive but too much going on.

[–] Geodes_n_Gems@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did design a separate logo as an addable layer I think the problem was that I tried making a Vector graphic in a different app than I'm used to. I tried to condense the information in the image but I also didn't know how to introduce people to the concept and characters and keep it brief, It was a bit hard with dark text on the darker areas like Meri's Hair Static's Coat, I think I should of used white text on those areas, truth to be told I don't think I actually thought where the eyes follow much, thank you for the constructive criticism

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago

but I also didn't know how to introduce people to the concept and characters and keep it brief

Oh. Show, don't tell. Keep consistent with their character and give them situations to show how they would respond to clue us in.

If you do want to go full Brady Bunch though, feel free to get creative with placement and or take some inspiration comics and TV. Banners are a great tool to draw attention and add style, or you could even just go lower third and put your details about uploading there. So as to not busy the comic with text and give it a somewhat static background to stand against.

Also, thank you for being receptive. I actually really like seeing new artists. And wish you the best and will look for your next stuff.

[–] Geodes_n_Gems@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well I think this ad has done it's job, people know this comic exists, it seems a lot of people don't like it, but they know it exists.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago

LoL. Good takeaway.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I think you need to adjust your text design a bit. It's a bit hard to read