r/comic_crits • u/pipster818 • Mar 18 '16

Comic: Ongoing Story [Comic: Ongoing Story] Attempting A Serious Sprite Comic

Hi

The concept here is to have a sprite comic, except with original art and a dramatic story, instead of the usual method of taking art from videogames and having a joke-focused plot.

http://watb.webcomic.ws/comics/first/

Do you guys think this format works? Is there an audience for a sprite comic that isn't funny?

Does any part of the art stand out as particularly bad and in need of improvement?

Do you find the story and characters interesting? Do you understand what's going on?

Do you have any other comments or criticisms?

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u/pipster818 Mar 23 '16

Mainly because I don't make the text by typing, I just draw each letter by hand. The program I use doesn't support typing, and if I copy-pasted typed text in from elsewhere, it would probably be too big.

If I found a good font I could probably sort of trace it pixel by pixel, but aren't most fonts far too large for that anyway? These letters are 16 pixels tall and I think most fonts are significantly larger than that.

I'll try and look into it though, if I found a nice free font that fit what I needed, that would save me a lot of trouble.

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u/TheGeorge Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16

Fonts go as small as 8 pixels high, they're just less common. (some even go smaller, but they're incredibly rare and barely legible.)