Hi! My name is Katie and I'm an illustrator and comic artist. I hope to make videos that document my art process and show all the stories I am currently making.
I've been working on my comic series, The Laughstronauts, for the last 2 years (currently on issue 8). I've come to accept that this is more of a hobby for me that I'll make a tiny bit of money on. I print every 5 issues in a volume and sell it to local comic shops and people. I haven't bothered putting it online for free because I feel like it's not really worth it, instead I sell individual issues on my Ko-fi shop (it also makes me $0 there lol). But the physical copies have been the best route for me. In the end though, I just enjoy the process and making comics is fun for me regardless if I get money or fame from it.
people complaining about the little amount of money dont understand economics at all. its a free site that has very little ads the fact it pays anything at all is good.
Its because youtube algorythm is garbage. It promotes only whats the worst of human nature. It generally favours the scumbags because they are controversial and generate more clicks thus making more money. Criminals like Logan Paul or frauds like Mr Beast are promoted these days to people.
You likely already have everything you need in order to be successful on youtube. Just put the focus more on yourself. Put yourself on the thumbnail. You are cute and you have a good voice, use it. Copy clickbaity titles and thumbnails from successful channels (copy like an artist :D). Give some insider perspective on how life is as an artist. Just an opinion, nothing more. Being successful on social media can be much more stressful than most people imagine. much love.
Hey I saw ur comic,and just come to say love the art and we're the story is heading can you make a dramatic story,such as a maybe let say a high school nerdy girl that has one friend and as the day progress at some point she try to fit on with the cool ones then her only friend kills herself because she couldn't afford to see her friend change (the nerd girl). The plot is the nerdy girl regrets her decision and the chapter/comic end. This will leave an open question story to the viewers. And can you not make them candy pretty, can you make the characters in a simple art style with no exaggerating clothes and stuff. More like naruto type of art work (keep it simple)
Looking forward to the comic continuing. Whats you're opinion on Cara?(If you have one) I find Cara is nice for the community aspect, at least in my experience. Might be questionable if you're business focused as its very artist oriented, but people have compared it to the early days of deviantart.
I have a Cara but I haven’t used it much yet. I’m think it’s a great place to post art and I hope it grows more. I can see it being a good place to connect with fellow artists
@@KatieCloverArt I have found a lot of artists/animators through this trend & it's interesting seeing the ones I already follow doing it. They're all a little different.
apples and oranges. the content isnt being sold its posted for free and the earnings are from the limited ads webtoons has. it isnt even close to being the same thing.
Yeah, if you're thinking of earning as a storyteller don't go for webtoon, i recommend webnovel. Ain't saying that they are good with payouts but it took me 2 months to earn 200$ as a novel author. You then probably work out a deal with webnovel to have your book adapted into a comic on your own terms but webtoon are demons 😂
I enjoy this type of analysis video! It's really nice to see, since a lot of creators don't show their progress. I noticed that it seems that the number of subscribers verses views for you seems a lot closer and consistent than what I've heard about on RU-vid, where you might see channels with hundreds of thousands or millions of followers (and still proportional to smaller amounts), but their average views don't get anywhere close to the total number of subscribers (and while it shows you how many subscribers are watching, it seems to be only around a fifth of them, depending on the time and video). I know that can be a little thrown off by people like me who save almost every video to each I'm subscribed to and am behind in the time of viewing, but surely I'm in the minority of that behavior. So, I just thought that was interesting as well!
I thought you going to move on to the next image instead of cleaning up at 1:01 I think your sketch looks great and has a lot of character,no need to clean up just move on to the next and get these comics out
Its just pathetic that talented comic artists get ripped off like that by corporations. Content creators make those companies tons of money by posting to their platform and they just take a dump on the people that supply the product. I'm a professional tattoo artist and I can make $1600 in two days. RU-vid rips off creators too. Virtually all corporate platforms screw creators.
That's heartbreaking - never knew webtoon was so bad for artists. You should listen to @RobertoBlake he's a youtuber who shares how creators can be full time content creators , its really good esoecailly his livestreams he breaks down everything from monetization, sponsorship, growth, I think it might be useful. You seem like such a nice person too, hope it helps
It's awesome that your getting into art! an Ipad is great to draw with if you have one, but you can start with whatever tools you have right now (I started with pen/pencils and paper). As for the art style I would just draw whatever you feel is the most fun. Take time to experiment and try drawing both from imagination and reference. Hope this helps!
I would go to places where artists usually post. Instagram and Twitter come to mind but discord servers are also a great way to connect with people in the art field. To find some good art servers you can try looking at large art channels here on RU-vid since they usually have discord servers for people to share art. Hope this helps :)
My guess is they want their original comics to stand out more so they gave them more features like music. Also to become a featured artist I believe you have to be noticed by webtoons. Sometimes they have contests but it’s hard to win those
Hopping back in here to say- I was reminded that your physical book may be available, and I checked Amazon (Canada) and it's there! Please make sure to post links in your RU-vid vids description of where we can get your physical book (probably wise to post the Amazon US, Canada and UK store links) to take people directly there. I didn't realize that I could purchase it via Amazon til I looked, and everytime I watch these kinds of videos from artists I think 'how can I support them? I'd love to purchase their book/ merch if I can!'. I didn't even realize you had a merch store til I looked at your description! A general rule I've learned from my work (that is related to arts marketing) is you want to direct people where you want them with just one click. If people have to click more than once, they get lost or lose interest. Your physical book may be the largest way you can make the most worth of your money after years of hard work- don't be afraid to advertise it, cuz we want it! Lol.
Thanks for letting me know. Lately I've been working on my marketing skills and am putting together a place where all my merch/links can be found. I'll be sure to update my videos when it's ready. :)
Very interesting takeaways! also a general good idea to track this kind of data, esp since Webtoon doesnt track that for you (though to be fair- that may be a lot of data to store for every artist publisher)
Yes, when you post comics on webtoon canvas you own all of your work. If webtoons reaches out to you to become a webtoon original then you have to sign a contract.
I found your Sugar and Swords comic a few weeks ago through it being featured on webtoons and absolutely love it! I just started posting my webcomic on webtoons, and so this video was very helpful 😊 Need to start tracking my analytics moving forward 😅
Individual artists will recommend comics, either in their comics (usually friends) or creator posts (usually their personal favorites), and that seems to cause a spike especially if their comic is doing well. The recommended system, especially after they've pushed it into popping up after each comic page, similarly seems to boost listed comics if the initial comic is doing well. Albeit neither of those are really in your control and would be even harder to pull useful data from.
That is true! I forgot about their recommended list. And yes, even though it's out of our control, it's always good to know about the different ways a comic can be seen or found.
@@KatieCloverArt I see, thanks for the info. I also heard not to make any deals or sign with publishers, and publishing your own webcomic in your own website is much better. What do you think? I have 60 chapters worth of readable material now, I just need to scan it but I dunno how to do digital art or photoshop. 😢
