Anonymous User asked: hi nami, great fan of your work here! im starting a webcomic soon, and seeing your dedication to APOC is part of the reason why i pushed myself to make my own. do you have any tips for beginners on this medium, and how do you usually come up with new comic ideas? thanks!
oh that's so lovely to hear, yay! webcomics take a long time to really pay off but i think it's worth the effort. as long as you're having fun drawing it, people will have fun reading it :) i highly recommend having a consistent update schedule. posting once a week can feel really slow, but it's nice when people remember to come and read each update as part of their week... and you can build up a backlog in advance so you're not rushing to finish a page the night before. (all the december comics i've been posting for mine were drawn on the same day or two in november haha)
for comic ideas, i keep a big list of everything i think of so i can draw them when i feel like it. i have years-old premises that are finally gonna get posted next month... sometimes i go a long time without thinking of comics, but if i sit down and focus i can usually come up with something fun. since mine is based around an ensemble cast, i try to look at which characters haven't shown up in a while or if certain characters have never really interacted before, and try to come up with something based on that. having a recurring question/premise helps too (for example the "what's your type?" series)... i like doing template-type comics and seeing what comes out when the characters have room to be themselves haha
i hope these thoughts are useful to u anon, have fun with your webcomic and always remember it's ok to take breaks from time to time~