How much time do you bother spending on making Comics Pages?

[uglyfun]

Too long >:| (actually i've managed to use a faster system since i drew this comic but.... :'D)

[xkrazydog]

Really. Really Long.
On good days 8 hours. On bad days. 2 days.
I try my best to have consistent detail and atleast one background per page or full body.

[Falconer]

Really. Really Long.
On good days 8 hours. On bad days. 2 days.
I try my best to have consistent detail and atleast one background per page or full body.

Your bad days are my good days. ;A;

Well, I could maybe sketch and ink in a day, or color a whole page on a good day (if I'm feeling extremely productive and focused), but never both. And that's extremely rare.

[xkrazydog]

Really. Really Long.
On good days 8 hours. On bad days. 2 days.
I try my best to have consistent detail and atleast one background per page or full body.

Your bad days are my good days. ;A;

Well, I could maybe sketch and ink in a day, or color a whole page on a good day (if I'm feeling extremely productive and focused), but never both. And that's extremely rare.

whatifitoldyoumygooddayswerelikeonceamonth?
so i guess its "good day".
And atleast you... color yours. mine is just. blarh inks.

[SoupCandy]

Five to seven hours, depending on details and contents, usually spread out over two or three days.

I should probably spend longer, but lazy.

[UrbanMysticDee]

From the beginning?

Pages are prepared generally months before I start drawing anything. Research, before writing anything, generally takes a month, or more. Writing the script for a scene, or even a page, can take anywhere from a few minutes to weeks (with always the possibility of rewrites). I usually write scenes as they come to me, not as they appear in the story, so it can sometimes be years before I start to draw them (page 60 of The L was written in 2008 and wasn't drawn until 2010, and the last scene in Mimic was written in December 2011 and won't be drawn for a long time, for example).

The L generally takes one hour to draw each panel, so each page takes about 3-8 hours to draw. Mimic takes about 2-3 hours per page because most of the page is just shortcuts.

I scan the pages and then do all the fancy computer tricks, cleaning up the images, adding effects and background elements. This takes about an hour per panel as well and is a great time for me to listen to internet radio and lectures.

The pages are resized and then lettering is done. Not sure how long this takes, but it can be quite quick. It is important to resize the pages first, otherwise the letters don't look right and have to be fixed which takes a long time. Then the pages are inspected to catch any final mistakes.

[Sonic-ock]

Infinity-ajillion years, and that's why none of my comics have updated, because I'm working too hard on the pages,and not because I'm dicking around on Tumblr.

[Vitotamito]

1-3 hours typically.

[Wulfmune]

From the beginning?

Pages are prepared generally months before I start drawing anything. Research, before writing anything, generally takes a month, or more. Writing the script for a scene, or even a page, can take anywhere from a few minutes to weeks (with always the possibility of rewrites). I usually write scenes as they come to me, not as they appear in the story, so it can sometimes be years before I start to draw them (page 60 of The L was written in 2008 and wasn't drawn until 2010, and the last scene in Mimic was written in December 2011 and won't be drawn for a long time, for example).

The L generally takes one hour to draw each panel, so each page takes about 3-8 hours to draw. Mimic takes about 2-3 hours per page because most of the page is just shortcuts.

I scan the pages and then do all the fancy computer tricks, cleaning up the images, adding effects and background elements. This takes about an hour per panel as well and is a great time for me to listen to internet radio and lectures.

The pages are resized and then lettering is done. Not sure how long this takes, but it can be quite quick. It is important to resize the pages first, otherwise the letters don't look right and have to be fixed which takes a long time. Then the pages are inspected to catch any final mistakes.

I'm wondering what program you use to letter? I use photoshop and I resize as the last step, after lettering/sound effects. I keep completed high res files in case I want to print them someday.

[T1p2]

Despite the fact that I do everything in Paint and have all my character models saved in several large folders on my computer, it still takes me the better part of a day to complete even one page. Most of the time is spent designing the various backgrounds and props. Once I get all that done, I can resize and place the panels then work on dialogue.

[Durvin]

I force myself to do one page weekly on Mondays (usually at about 3AM before I go to bed), so here's what I do:
Monday: post comic, go to bed. Some time during the day, write the script for the next update. One-two hours.
Tuesday-Friday: stall, storyboard, procrastinate, figure out panel layout and all that, stall some more. Um...altogether probably not more than a whole damn hour. What? I got jobs and stuff to do.
Saturday: maybe if I'm lucky, draw a panel or two. Probably not, now that my new boss doesn't send us home until eleven or so, and I work at nine AM on Sundays.
Sunday: draw the shizzle out of everything: seven PM to one AM; assemble it in GIMP, add voice bubbles and panel borders, and post: three AM. Total: eight hours.

So I guess each page--they vary in length, usually around seven panels--takes me about ten hours at least, usually more.

And if yo' ass be calling it a "bother" to make comics, yo' ass best to get some mo' love fo' dem comics, or else dey ain't 'bout to be no damn good, however much time yo' ass 'bout to "bother" spendin' on makin' 'em. (Sorry, I've always found that wacky accents make it easier to say things like that without sounding dickish.)

[UrbanMysticDee]

I'm wondering what program you use to letter? I use photoshop and I resize as the last step, after lettering/sound effects. I keep completed high res files in case I want to print them someday.

It's not the lettering that's the key factor, it is the resizing, so I think you are really asking what program I use to resize. However, that itself is not really important in understanding what is going on. What is important is understanding my own peculiar proclivities regarding how I want text to look. I have to massage every letter to get it to the perfect shape. Take a look at a page like 59 where lettering was done first and it looks a little blurry where as on page 64, where resizing is done first, it is crisp and perfect. The little grey things around the letters is gone in the later pages, as are the little stray pixles (I call them "hairs") that sprout in odd places. The letters clearly stand out. They are no more an aspect of the picture, they are separate from the picture, floating above it.

[Falconer]

Really. Really Long.
On good days 8 hours. On bad days. 2 days.
I try my best to have consistent detail and atleast one background per page or full body.

Your bad days are my good days. ;A;

Well, I could maybe sketch and ink in a day, or color a whole page on a good day (if I'm feeling extremely productive and focused), but never both. And that's extremely rare.

whatifitoldyoumygooddayswerelikeonceamonth?
so i guess its "good day".
And atleast you... color yours. mine is just. blarh inks.

We probably work at the same speed in actuality, then. LETS BE SLOW TOGETHER.

[EromCX]

6 hours is enough to make a page, the problem is when you stop working on it to go watch TV, eat yesterday's chicken or anything else stupid.. XD

[inhuman-comic]

12-16 hours. depending on the page.

that doesn't really count the thumbnailing or the time it takes to put the scanned pieces together/retext it once it's scanned, though.