Anybody still haven't started their short story or it's just me😩.

Bro you deserve more recognition for these videos, you're a legend for doing this

"Avoid similar names starting with the same letters." Me: Stares at my three comic characters, all starting in J. Me: ... this is fine.

Being retired, I have a lot of time on my hands. Over the years, since highschool, many story ideas still percolate in my head. I've been artistic since childhood, and about a year ago I got into digital art. While I don't seek a career in web comics, I still need an appropriate outlet for my creativity. I just want to have some fun. Webtoon seems to be the place to start. Your tips are valuable, and maybe something could come of it. If not, at least I had some fun. Thanks for helping to stimulate the brain cells!

What I really like about these webtoon tips youtube vids is the comment section. Every vid I watched about creating webtoons has this comments where every artist is supportive of others' progress and work. I hope we can keep this up. Loving this community.

When I saw the title in the notif, I remembered u read my comic and I shrank to myself, holding my breath this entire video. Posting a nervous-sweaty-man meme feels like the most appropriate thing to do right now.

For me a good indicator of a good beginning is if im excited to draw my beginning and the part right after. If im excited to draw episodes 1-3 (the beginning) I'm satisfied, but being pumped to draw episode 4-5 or something later shows me that not only am i excited for the beginning! but I wrote a solid enough base to be excited for what happens after the inciting incident/hook

I think more about the Charcters for my story. Mainly the main Character and then taking him throught the story process to the end. Really like your idea of analyzing Comics to see how you feel they worked or did not work.

I'm already doing the lineart for my first episode. Why u do me lyk dis, Walter? HAHA I did NOT realize that my whole first episode does NOT have my protagonist's first name anywhere until the end. Oh god, how did I not catch something so simple... Useful as always! I like the examples. I also noticed you've made your intro more concise. I really appreciate that! I think 10 minutes is a good spot for you!

I always wanted to be a manga artist assistant because I love to draw but I gave up on that. Recently, I became interested in becoming a webtoon artist because it is more achievable. I only ever thought of drawing. Making a story is difficult to me and watching your videos is such a great help ☺️

"sup or whatever" *Boomskie* = Classic Wolt gold. Seriously though, I feel called out from some of this, lol thanks for the great advice Walter!

I'm listening to *all* of your webtoon videos while making the character refs for my story... I start officially making panels in 2 weeks and I'm awfully nervous, but you're definitely helping me! Thank you for giving us so much info about the process of making a webtoon

Omg thankyou so much. Doing this contest I though I was going too slow with the story but it's nice to know that the hook built up within the first two episodes 🤩

Hey, I was wondering if you could do a video on how to get more popularity and audience engagement? I've started my story and I'm really pleased with the plot and graphics, but this will be my first ever Webtoon and I'm not sure how to make it stand out to potential readers. Thank you so much for these videos, I would never have dared to try this without your help!

Lefty, the three-legged dog, storms into the Tumbleweed Saloon and shouts, "WHO SHOT MY PAW!"

When I have already started my webtoon 😶😶

I love the way you explain stuff! As being new to everything that has to do with trying to make a webtoon, your videos help me so much! Of course, I don't get all of it, but like you said the more I do it, the more it will make sense, and it has! So please don't ever stop doing your videos because I really need them!!

Thank you for making these videos! I am currently adjusting the flow of my story and the characters and their personalities while also binge-watching your videos!~

you deserve millions of viewers you are really helpful thank you for your videos I always learn things a lot

Appreciate your tips and wisdom!! You really articulate these components to story telling well

I'm so thankful that you've been posting these videos to help us get excited about our webtoons! Just today I was starting to feel down about audience engagement with my webtoon in the short story contest and this really cheered me up! My "beginning" for my current story is already finished but I'm gonna try to apply this advice to my next one!

Great Video. I often see the stories I want to tell as movies in my head and sometimes they start off Cliché with the suddenly-thrown-into-action scene. This made me think about how to better introduce a reader to the story. Thank you! :)

Excellent work! Your making this whole process easier and it's appreciated

I love seeing all the thoughtful replies from Walter. I’m finally starting my webcomic process, so I’ll be so excited to engage with these videos!

sarah's gone through alot

Thank you for this! Just went back to my OC and sorted out issues I didn't even notice before!! Hopefully now I can get this webtoon started the right way! (: keep up the great energy!!

I have looked at all of the first 1 or 2 pages of the comics and mangas I own before I watched this video. I stuggle with whereand how to start my comic so its nice to hear the thing I found more elaborated on.

Very insightful video , mate You just got a newer subscriber !

Your videos are the most helpful videos ever! I always get so much great info from watching them! 😆

really good advice as always! I like the suggestion to break down comics that you like and don't like as much to see the difference.

Man... you make the best videos on every subject you post!

Me being nervous and wanting to write a comic: you: ima make this easy Me: *watches whole video* thank u

Hey, I'm a pretty new sub but can I just say how much I appreciate your videos and how you format them? I have a pretty short attention span and most tips and tricks videos are hard for me to watch if the intro goes on for too long. Your introductions are just the right length and keep me focused! Kudos to how you write and say your script (if you have) by the way! Super easy to understand and categorized so the information you're providing really sticks to my mind.

Dude! I found your channel a day or two ago, and am so blown away. All of these guides are insanely helpful, and SO well-explained!! I've recently started the writing stages of my first webcomic, which has been a longstanding dream of mine to do, and your videos have been absolutely invaluable to the process (as well as inspiring, when I'm not quite in the zone to create). BUT, most of all, the fact that you reply to commentators' questions -- and interact with your audience in such a consistently kind and helpful way -- outshines it all!! Seriously. This is also the first time I've commented on KZfaq -- I want you to know how much I appreciate what you're doing! 😂 Never change, my dude. So glad you're here.

I’m at the part talking about naming characters, and the part where it recommends avoiding giving characters similar names, which makes sense but it’s kinda funny for me bc I’m thinking about Johnny Ghost and Johnny Toast from VenturianTale, who not only both share the same first name but also their last names rhyme as well lol. But they both stick with you and are hard to forget. Only issue I see is if you’re not very invested with them it can be tricky to remember who is who but it’s not too bad lol

It was really helpful video, thank you so much for helping rookies like us!!! Please keep making videos like this 😍😍

Thank you for the video ☺️ you're helping a lot of people with your work.

I like this, it’s really insightful and helpful 💖

I'm gonna admit. After just discovering you from a few days ago, and posting my appreciation comment on that one video, I quickly felt embarrassed when I watched that intro of you saying this series of yours that I've been mentally taking notes on "will not focus on the creative aspect" and that you're basically gonna only post videos regarding the supposed finished stories of your audience. I've only started planning mine for a couple months😂 and I'm not even done-😂! Still, I appreciate the content and will continue to *study* at an early stage for future reference😆

Hey I'm back and thanks to this and other videos, I now have three series on Webtoon canvas 😊

Thank you for this. I really badly needed this

I'm glad I found you. Just hearing you talk about character life and appeal made me realize my lead character is a bit of a Mary Sue right now. YIKES!

Another good vid! SUBSCRIBED! 👍

Thank you!! Your videos are super helpful

thanks for the video, really helped me! I immediately subscribe :)

Great advice as usual Walter!

4:38, I don't know if this was on purpose, but this is basically exactly how the start of Finding Nemo was (just replace aliens with a barracuda and humans with fish).

I’ll keep this in mind

Great advices bro really helpful thanks

youre a lifesaver, id like to give you some credits when my webtoons popular or something 😂❤

This is GOLD! Thanks man :D

Amazing video 😍

Ahhhh your videos help me so much. I’m about to start my second WEBTOON later this month once my drawing tablet comes (My iPad expired and I can’t use Procreate anymore) and this is so helpful.

Here again, it just makes me analized my main plot for the whole story and how the character are conected. That's what i love about your chill personality and your videos, it's like a wisdom guide to newbies like me 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

Honestly, I think about who my readers will want to ship together 😂

nice video, brother thanks for the advice I will launch my webtoon march next year on webtoon

Thank you for sharing. I like to think of where I want to start and end. Then from there I try to model it like clay lol. I still working on becoming better writer .

wow! this helped a lot 🤩

Summery Character - Name - Life - Appeal ___ - Avoid similar sounding Names - Same starting letters - similar sounding - Hard to pronounce - Fits Personality and tone //Life and Appeal are closely related - Life is going to show what your character has to deal with and it also can be a catalist for the story - Appeal is going to be the characters personality traids that make them interesting to the reader Life can dictade your characters personality or vice versa like a character could be very smart and win awards but that makes them egotistical. Your Character trades does not always have to be positive, they can be negative. //Show the trades early. E.g. Sarah is a new mother, her stakes are high, she lost her husband to the aliens invading earth. (We can feel with her) The character and the story need to compliment each other. E.g. Blane is a spoiled rotten son of a billionair, his appeal is, he treats people like crap. An interesting story would be, what if Blane loses everything and has to struggle and get back on his feet and eventually become a better person. Every Story has a Hook, try to get to your hook as quick as possible. Most Webtoons try to get to the hook in the first 3 Episodes. In case of blane the hook was losing all his money. For Sarah it was losing her husband to the alien Attack. //Readers have a short attention span, you will need several hooks. Location/World Dependent on your story, your world might be its own character. Show your reader why this world is going to be appealing, how its going to affect your character and your story. A great way to see how its done is by analyzing your favorite Comics - How long did it take for you to know the main characters? - How many episodes before the hook hit? - How did they bring up characters names? - How many times were names repeated? - Create a time line for narrative map. May be do the same for comics you didnt like. Figure out why you dont like them. What did they do different, or not at all. //Keep your criticism for your self.

I already drew the first and half the second page for my story (I already know where the story is going and have all the things done) they have easy characteristics and/or features and characters traits

Yo, whoever disliked this video, Why? Why dislike such helpful content?

Bro I'm never this early lol😁 great video btw.

Ty for your advices...🥰🥰 It really helps me a lot! And also comforted me... I'm 14 yo and I'm new to this so I watch videos about webcomics, manhuas etc... My art style is beautiful, not to brag but it's true..🥴 still, I still feel insecurities like will my manhua excite the readers... Will it be popular.... And other things... I had this though bcz I wanted to show Readers of how my story will be interesting.. and also I felt excitement... As time goes by, I came to realize that making comics takes a lot of effort... And so, I admire those authors, artists etc.... But I'm still motivated on making this comic of mine..

So the hook is basically posing a situation that the reader wants the answer/end-result to? The first thing that builds tension? The introduction to a new problem that is set apart from their normal life? Great video btw as always bro u never let us down 👌🏻👌🏻

I've made all my characters! I know all the battles they will fight and wrote them down, they're gonna be so busy saving the world from demons

pretty helpful

Hey Walter! I published episode 2 of Sincerely, Yours (H)! Loved the video as always! Wahh I'm kinda nervous of the time limit since it takes me a lot of time to finish an episode (lesson harshly learned) but I know it's normal for a complete noob like me and I really need to manage my time better huehue. Thank you for the video! I'll use this knowledge for future webtoons! 😍💕

You look and sound like someone who would teach at Hogwarts and be Hermione's favorite teacher. Edit: i looked up your webtoon 'Haxor' and it's amazing!! The beginning immediately got me hooked up. I'm still on Ep. 2 but i can tell it's goldd

Hey walter, thanks for the tips though! I just upload my first webcomic when I found your video. Truth to be honest, your how-to videos are so much more easier to follow, I wish I had discover you a bit sooner :( Also, do you have any tips on promoting your comic if you just started? Many thanks though!

I am 15 and started my drawing I want to make a webtoon soon

Can you create a tutorial of when it is a good time to use a panel image (box shape) and when you don't need to use it - just have a full image. Example: Joe vs Sindra comic.

Thank you so much! My favorite tip is 8:26

I've already written 8 episodes listening to a song's vibe because it matches my story!

This video helped me beyond belief. One thing stumped me though. I am making my Main character somewhat of a mystery because i am planning on writing a prequel explaining his life before the story im writing. Will this cause my story to flop?

"Why you didn't connect with that st-" "IT SPENT 15 PAGES EXPLAINING RANKS, POWER SYSTEMS, AND 400 NAMES, AND I STILL DONT KNOW WHO THE PROTAGONIST IS!!"

Really helpful videos. 👍 I want to start but I'm struggling to find the right gadget to digitally paint on. Should I use an IPad pro or a graphic tablet with a display instead(Wacom)? Would be nice if someone could give me advice on it. 😅

Im in my fourth episode but my two dudes haven't names i think i must give names to them.love you ❤️

Oooh, I really needed to hear this about “how long until the hook hit.” I tend to get long winded in telling stories...my current WEBTOON idea takes 10 chapters to get to the hook😳😂 Guess I need to go do some editing😅😅

My big struggle is having a large cast and I realize after watching your vid, that my problem was the main characters were still not fully introduced by ep 3 as there has been attempts to squeeze alot into the first 2 episodes. How do you know when you have too much backstory information?

Thank you for making these videos, new sub here :) Question: you've mentioned examples of an action/ fantasy plots, but what about "slice of life" type of plots? What makes a good hook in non-action stories? For example, I'm writing a comic about a guy who lost his belief in hard work, and I'm trying to make the readers care, but it's hard to do that.

Great stuff right here...... arigato gozaimasu

Love u Walter FROM INDIA CAN U PLZ MAKE A VIDEO ON HOW TO START WEBTOON FROM START FINISH. PLZ AND LOVE UR CONTENT

5:21 me with your videos

SECOND BRUH (super helpful by the way)

Hello Walter! You're videos are very helpful, thank you for taking your time to help us 😊. I have a question (I can't find an answer to it): Am I allowed to watermark my webtoons? It wouldn't be cool if someone would try to steal my work ... and if I can watermark them, can I watermark each panel? Thank you so much for your time! 🙏💙

Thanks for this information I hope I have seen this not after finishing my story 😅😅😅

Walterre i need help!! It's the 20th may today and i still haven't posted my short story and i am stressing out! This is the last month of my school so i am super busy! But i have first the episode ready but i dont wanna post just the first one i wanna post 2 together but if i upload 2 together my episode 3 is not yet ready What should i do? I wanna post it this month tooo aghhh

Ah so thats why i have a HARD time remembering characters name from Korean series even tho i LOVE that series. Their name sound very similar to each other and a bit too long for me to care.

Can u tell how to overcome this thought of ...I'm not good enough....🙁

I've noticed that original creators launch their first three episodes on the same day. is it necessary to do that to be original? Or it's just make it faster to get noticed by webtoon editors? Please answer my question .

I wish I had found this video before I started working on my webtoon. :( I haven't posted anything yet, but I've finished the first two episodes and I'm now on my third with a completed script. Aside from some sloppy art (which is much improved by the third ep), I messed up a main character's introduction and it's looking like the hook won't come in until the fifth or even sixth episode... I like my story, but I'm still trying to decide whether I should go back, redo the entire introduction, and start over fresh or not.

Can you get any information about webtoon green light. I have searched online and emailed webtoon support but no response. It sounds like a great way to get your comic noticed and turned into an original

Is it okay if in one episode or a panel, it explains the characters' personalities, names and basic info for the readers?

I'm a fan of Harry Potter tooo Expectro Patronum

Drawing on a tablet makes my art look shit. Ugh. I have a story that I’ve developed for a week and a half, but idk how to transfer my art skills over to the digital medium. This is gonna be a tough one. Oof.

Hi, I'm an artist and writing a story to make a webtoon... I wanted to get some advice and clear my doubts about it but I don't have anyone to help. would someone like to help me, please

Do you make up your own characters or are they based of someone you know?

You do too much videos about webtoon (not complaining I like it), but you don't do more webcomics? After Haxor ending in 2018 and its almost 2021? Doesn't compasate work for webtoon? Btw I love your videos, continue your nice work!

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I have a story in mind for a webtoon or web "manga" i would like to make but I am so inconsistent with my art it's not even funny. I kinda wanna get someone to help with the art for me but I don't how to pay them back or anything. Real struggles of being me.